...found out why my CE light had come on...afr out due to my tweaking the mbc a little bit too much! Turned it down again (bu99er!) to save piston meltdown. Good for a while though, car was feckin quick :) As there are absolutely no rolling roads (to get the afr set up correctly) within 250 miles of where I live I'm gonna have to down go the remap road instead....bleat etc ;)
NnnnnnnnnnnnnnOoooooooooooooooooo :(
[quote=p fandango;230438]nnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooo :([/quote] lol
150 quid,30mpg and loads o power. Don't see the problem.
[quote=AlanG;230450]150 quid,30mpg and loads o power. Don't see the problem.[/quote] the saving of £130 lol
[quote=p fandango;230438]NnnnnnnnnnnnnnOoooooooooooooooooo :([/quote] Took it out this evening- just got back, and...you'll be pleased to hear the mbc went back to it's former position :firedevil Caned f'@ck out of it and no CE light! Pleasure was massive so bllox to a remap :uglyhamme (for the moment at least- I'll try and keep an open mind) Does the ecu have some sort of limited 'learning' capacity regards afr? Even better,Pedro: it appears a mate has discovered a rolling road in Luxembourg so it's only a 50 mile hike, which is fine. Depends what they charge though- as there appear to be so few it'll prob cost zillions of euro just for a power run let alone hourly rate to adjust afr etc. I'll keep you posted mate! Off to Bitburg, Germany for some 1/4 mile fun this weekend- bracket racing, something I've always fancied doing.
[quote=AlanG;230450]150 quid,30mpg and loads o power. Don't see the problem.[/quote] Ah, sorry mate- it's just not the route I want to take- it's too easy! You probably think that's daft, but I really like 'tweaking' stuff myself; gives me some sort of strange (?!) satisfaction to have taken the DIY path... :flying:
[quote=JelT5;230503]Took it out this evening- just got back, and...you'll be pleased to hear the mbc went back to it's former position :firedevil Caned f'@ck out of it and no CE light! Pleasure was massive so bllox to a remap :uglyhamme (for the moment at least- I'll try and keep an open mind)[/quote] :partysmil
Does the ecu have some sort of limited 'learning' capacity regards afr?yes it does mate, not sure what the capacities of it are tho i'm afraid. On a fresh/reset ECU my car won't even idle till after a few cranks & the ECU has tried some different fuelling, it then smoothes off & runs fine
Even better,Pedro: it appears a mate has discovered a rolling road in Luxembourg so it's only a 50 mile hike, which is fine. Depends what they charge though- as there appear to be so few it'll prob cost zillions of euro just for a power run let alone hourly rate to adjust afr etc. I'll keep you posted mate!excellent, its always a good idea to check your AFR's. I can't remember your exact boost but i do remember you've kept it sensible so can't see you having a problem. I helped FFM out with his T5 & at the rolling road his AFR's were spot on even running a 19T, they did turn the fuel rail pressure up so you could get them to try that if you are running a bit lean
Off to Bitburg, Germany for some 1/4 mile fun this weekend- bracket racing, something I've always fancied doing.my bro runs bracket racing for the VWDRC championship he's in, & i will tell you its harder than you think. good luck & keep us posted on it all
[quote=JelT5;230505]Ah, sorry mate- it's just not the route I want to take- it's too easy! You probably think that's daft, but I really like 'tweaking' stuff myself; gives me some sort of strange (?!) satisfaction to have taken the DIY path... :flying:[/quote] Hey,don't apologise matey. It's your car,your choice. As long as your happy:funkybana
[quote=p fandango;230662]:yes it does mate, not sure what the capacities of it are tho i'm afraid. On a fresh/reset ECU my car won't even idle till after a few cranks & the ECU has tried some different fuelling, it then smoothes off & runs fine[/quote] That's interesting- if you remove the ecu then it resets? Does that cause any probs other than just waiting for it to sort the idle fuelling? [quote=]excellent, its always a good idea to check your AFR's. I can't remember your exact boost but i do remember you've kept it sensible so can't see you having a problem. I helped FFM out with his T5 & at the rolling road his AFR's were spot on even running a 19T, they did turn the fuel rail pressure up so you could get them to try that if you are running a bit lean[/quote] It appears we've found another one about the same distance away in France that some of the hillclimb guys use- so I'll give them a go (in the not too distant future) if their price is a bit more competitive than the Lux dyno...198 euro per hour ffs!!! [quote=]my bro runs bracket racing for the VWDRC championship he's in, & i will tell you its harder than you think.[/quote] I'm under no illusions about it being easy. Looking forward to it though and breaking into the 14s this wk/end...it's a matter of pride or something like that lol
[quote=JelT5;230700]That's interesting- if you remove the ecu then it resets? Does that cause any probs other than just waiting for it to sort the idle fuelling?[/quote] tbh mate i don't think it will make any difference to yours, mine has idling trouble because i've made my own enlarged MAF housing. I used it as an example of the ECU's adaption capabilities, sorry for confusing for you mate. If you take the ECU out over night it should clear it if you fancy giving it ago anyway
It appears we've found another one about the same distance away in France that some of the hillclimb guys use- so I'll give them a go (in the not too distant future) if their price is a bit more competitive than the Lux dyno...198 euro per hour ffs!!!is it French-land thats got the tight regulations on modifying car & don't let you do anything to your engine? That might explain the lack of tuning equipment if i remembered that right (which i doubt lol)
I'm under no illusions about it being easy. Looking forward to it though and breaking into the 14s this wk/end...it's a matter of pride or something like that lolwhile i was crewing for my bro at his last race one of the fellow competitors ran a perfect ET, they predicted their time exactly to 0.001 of a second (which means she couldn't be beaten). Have you wound your boost up a bit more just to be guaranteed into the 14's?
[quote=p fandango;230720]tbh mate i don't think it will make any difference to yours, mine has idling trouble because i've made my own enlarged MAF housing. I used it as an example of the ECU's adaption capabilities, sorry for confusing for you mate. If you take the ECU out over night it should clear it if you fancy giving it ago anyway[/quote] Ok cheers for that and no worries- I live my life in a state of confusion lol [quote=]is it French-land thats got the tight regulations on modifying car & don't let you do anything to your engine? That might explain the lack of tuning equipment if i remembered that right (which i doubt lol)[/quote] Seem to be quite a few modded cars around and a pretty big following for motorsport, so not sure about that... [quote=]while i was crewing for my bro at his last race one of the fellow competitors ran a perfect ET, they predicted their time exactly to 0.001 of a second (which means she couldn't be beaten). Have you wound your boost up a bit more just to be guaranteed into the 14's?[/quote] Boost is up but if it needs to go up further to get into the 14s then so be it :) it's definitely gonna happen!