Why does my PP change?

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Hi,

I have been racing the seasonal event that requirers a car with 430 PP or less. I have been using a Focus St with 428. I changed out transmissions....etc so I could adjust ratios and tune. After tuning, my PP remained at 428.
I raced some more trying to get all gold in the events. I was not able to, so i thought washing and changing the oil might give me a little more speed. I also messed around with different wheels and tried to see if I could add some aero gear. The wings put me over the PP limit, so I removed them.
When I tried going back to the event, my car was no longer eligible....435 PP. The only changes were the oil change/wash and wheels. I went back to default wheels, but it did not change the PP.
I ended up powering down the engine to 430. I raced a little more, left the seasonals, but when I came back, my PP had changed again to 431 without any changes?!?

Does anyone know why this happens? I have to keep dialing down the engine in order to be eligible.

Would making adjustments to gearing and braking...etc change the PP of a car? Purchasing and installing adjustable equipment doesn't change the cars PP like a different exhaust would.

Weird. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
The oil change added power which added PP, and by driving the car, it added some power, which added PP. Cars have to be broken in to reach their full power and the one you were driving must have been under 180 miles/300 kilometers.
 
GTPorsche
The oil change added power which added PP, and by driving the car, it added some power, which added PP. Cars have to be broken in to reach their full power and the one you were driving must have been under 180 miles/300 kilometers.
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I agree,the break in raises pp. when you have more hp,it rises the pp.m. thats why you keep rising pp because of these two things
 
Wow. Such a minute detail. I knew oil changes added speed, but I did not know that it affected PP.

Thanks.
 
GTPorsche
The oil change added power which added PP, and by driving the car, it added some power, which added PP. Cars have to be broken in to reach their full power and the one you were driving must have been under 180 miles/300 kilometers.
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Thank you, this has happened to me too and it was so annoying. When I played B-Spec my car got 1 PP every race and I had to tune it down every time.
 
My PP changes when my girlfriend walks in the room. I don't see it as a problem because after some miles it goes back to normal. And yes, I've already passed the break in period.
 
KB18FAN
My PP changes when my girlfriend walks in the room. I don't see it as a problem because after some miles it goes back to normal. And yes, I've already passed the break in period.
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Don't forget to change the oil. Leaving dirty oil hanging around can severely reduce performance.
 
cbrown119
Wow. Such a minute detail. I knew oil changes added speed, but I did not know that it affected PP.

Thanks.
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When you change the oil it does show the change in pp and bhp before you confirm the oil change :-)
 
This reminds me of the time I made a thread called "PP Jump" or something like that and people started to comment on how dirty it sounded.:lol:
 

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