In my honest opinion, the 1.4 16v sporting engine is absolote ****e.
Mine just ticked over 2030 miles, it idles like a bang of bolts and to be fair, I dont often boot it, max rpm ive been at is 5500 but it just seems so useless.
(anyone else have an issue with there idle as in, when its ticking over you think it sounds like a diesel, mine certainly dosent sound smooth like a petrol should be?! it could just be me being fussy... compared my idle to any similar type DOHC 16v engines and it just sounds rough)
Ive always run BP ultimate or shell v-power for purity and this car does lack power compared to my old mk4 polo 16v (that had cams/bmc/straight through 4-2-1 with chip, possible 120-130 bhp never been tested) which is uderstandable
my mates standard MG-ZR feels like it has alot more than my car.
When my airbag system failed, that told me they had to replace the ECU (Which now groans permanently) maybe that has something to do with it?
any suggestions? or is this a charactaristic of this engine?