I don't have any knowledge of cars so I decided to come on here to see if the issues this car has would be worth my time and effort to get fixed. As it runs right now it just doesn't seem to have nearly enough pull as it should. The dealership claims to have had the compression ratio checked and all is well.

I test drove the car today and the aem gauge for air/fuel ratio when at idle is around 15.1 ish. When I am driving it and get on it... this number jumps to over 20 and the gauge goes into - - . Would this just require a tune on a dyno to fix this ratio? It has a vortech super charger and from what they can estimate over 12k $ of aftermarket parts put into it. The car does not stall or anything and seems to run great, it just lacks the power that it should have when getting on it. My eclipse gt has more power than this...

I'm just very hesitant at buying something that i have no idea about. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

I would be also.

 

i would have a mechanic who works on VQ's check out the car and pay for it to have a couple pulls on a dyno before buying it.

 

pass on it... your test drive along with the countless others are ruining the motor. its a ticking time bomb.

 

If you feel like it lacks the power that it should have then its a definite pass. these problems are not worth the effort and money to fix. keep looking around for better options and when you do find something that you love get it inspected by a professional inspection company.