I have an 89 KE Laser Ghia sedan with the up specced EFI 1.6 with optional overdrive auto. It has good low down torque but not much up top.
My friend used to have two KEs, one a 1.6 carburettor with three speed auto wagon and a "bubble hatch" with the same drive train. They both went really quick off the mark, much better than mine does. I can sometimes feel mine wanting to go harder, but then it gets a mild flat spot and feels it's usual sluggish self (compared to those two). I can't work out why. I have changed the fuel filter a while ago and now use 15w 40 oil instead of 20w 50 with only slight improvement to throttle response. Now the rear end is making a strange noise when I brake, as though the rear cross member the independent suspension arms bolt to, has come slightly loose. I had a manual KE years ago and had to replace that cross member for some reason I forget and now this one may need it too.
