granby Posted June 6, 2009 Author Posted June 6, 2009 Well the cars back from having the engine fitted and i'll post up a bit more info on what has been done probably tomorrow when i'm not so tired But i would like to say a big THANK YOU to Eureka for giving me a lift back from Zen when i dropped the car off and to Skullfudge for taking me up to Zen to pick the car up, and to all the other members that offered help with the car, just shows what a great bunch of members we have in this club
Scooby Hoo? Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 Can't wait to do the official club write up on your car Ian. So glad you have her back.
col_2 Posted June 7, 2009 Posted June 7, 2009 good to hear shes back i bet it was well worth the wait :madnoel: well done
granby Posted June 7, 2009 Author Posted June 7, 2009 I want my car back Picked my car up from Zen yesterday after they had it for a month, it took a bit longer then expected as fitting a older type engine into a newage does bring up a few issues, also i had some other work done to it including fitting a PPG 5 speed helical gea***t and a Helix uprated organic clutch so it's ready for the bigger turbo now How does it drive It drives very well, it has a slightly lumpy tickover but thats not a major problem, it still has my VF34 turbo on it at the moment and it's producing 346bhp & 345ft lbs, it's getting max boost of 1.65bar at around 3300rpm in 5th and the power seems a lot more progressive in it's delivery, on my old engine i would get a big kick from the turbo until around 6200rpm and then the power would just drop off but with this setup i still get a (not so big) kick but the power just continues until the redline of 7500rpm, looking at the dyno printout i have at the redline it's still producing 330bhp :madnoel: Houston we have a problem Unfortunately there are a couple of problems at the moment which hopefully Zen will be able to sort out 1st one is when your braking and dip the clutch the engine just wants to stall, it's doesn't stall all the time but the revs do get very low but if you dip the clutch without braking the revs will drop below normal tickover but build up straight away? 2nd is the engine light is on, Zen did fix this when i picked the car up but when i stopped for fuel and started the engine again it came back on 3rd is the cooling fans are turning on/off every few seconds I'm sure these are just teething problems and Zen will be able to fix ASAP, can't wait to get hold of Eurekas turbo now and see what it goes like with that on
Scooby Hoo? Posted June 7, 2009 Posted June 7, 2009 Houston we have a problem Unfortunately there are a couple of problems at the moment which hopefully Zen will be able to sort out 1st one is when your braking and dip the clutch the engine just wants to stall, it's doesn't stall all the time but the revs do get very low but if you dip the clutch without braking the revs will drop below normal tickover but build up straight away? This is the same symptoms that Clive had before his Maf sensor packed up.
fudge Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 This is the same symptoms that Clive had before his Maf sensor packed up. What ECU are you running Gramps? I don't have a MAF sensor Hugh. It was my MAP sensor that failed on mine confusing the Motec800 that too much fuel was getting to the engine. A part of the Motec 800 is a 4 bar Map sensor. So it corrected the fuel setting too lean, hence the engine cutting out every time I stopped to a halt. Gramps could have the same problem, although I think it may have something to do with other sensors.
granby Posted June 8, 2009 Author Posted June 8, 2009 Standard ECU Paul is gonna have a fiddle with it on Mon 22nd but he did say the ECU may not be able to cope with the spec of the engine so maybe time for a ECU upgrade soon
Scooby Hoo? Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 What ECU are you running Gramps?I don't have a MAF sensor Hugh. Sorry Skull meant MAP Skull is MAFless Scooby Hoo? is BRAINless Granby is MONEYless
granby Posted June 9, 2009 Author Posted June 9, 2009 Drove home from work today and the engine light has gone out
fudge Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Standard ECUPaul is gonna have a fiddle with it on Mon 22nd but he did say the ECU may not be able to cope with the spec of the engine so maybe time for a ECU upgrade soon Paul will get it running sweet
granby Posted June 12, 2009 Author Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) My K-Sport 330mm 6 pot rear brakes have finally been fitted after getting the wrong kit first time around, fitting went fine apart from a couple of bolts that were a bit too long (nothing a blunt hacksaw blade couldn't fix ) Also fitted Ferodo 2500 brake pads front & rear as the standard pads supplied with these kits aren't really up to the job when doing track days, even though i've got to bed the pads in they already feel a lot better and can't wait to use them in anger Edited June 12, 2009 by Granby
granby Posted June 13, 2009 Author Posted June 13, 2009 did the balance weight's stay on the wheels? Yes but i may have a slight leak where the hose joins the caliper on the O/S, i will keep a check on it though
Deano 666 Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Yes but i may have a slight leak where the hose joins the caliper on the O/S, i will keep a check on it though ok, maybe just needs a little tweek now its settled in, keep your eye on it.
granby Posted June 22, 2009 Author Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) Must say a big thank you to Paul at Zen who had a fiddle with the car today and it runs much better , doesn't stall anymore and he adjusted the off boost running a bit which has made it feel much smoother Also had a catch can fitted with a drain to sump kit Just need the turbo now to round things off Edited June 22, 2009 by Granby
granby Posted July 9, 2009 Author Posted July 9, 2009 Done a couple of little mods over the last few weeks 1. gone back to the original WRX bonnet scoop (thanks mikkers) as the STi one is not needed now with the FMIC 2. used the original o/s fog light surround for a cold air feed for the APS induction kit, not sure what it's gonna be like when it rains though, might also do the n/s one as well as i think it looks a bit one sided the way it is at the moment
col_2 Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Done a couple of little mods over the last few weeks1. gone back to the original WRX bonnet scoop (thanks mikkers) as the STi one is not needed now with the FMIC 2. used the original o/s fog light surround for a cold air feed for the APS induction kit, not sure what it's gonna be like when it rains though, might also do the n/s one as well as i think it looks a bit one sided the way it is at the moment its looking great, well done
eureka Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 2. used the original o/s fog light surround for a cold air feed for the APS induction kit, not sure what it's gonna be like when it rains though should be fine mate just avoid big puddles mines been like it for a year now and no probs but my maf is on the blow through side so wont affect mine as much ,but should be ok turbo ready for you on 27th mate mine goes in then ?
granby Posted July 20, 2009 Author Posted July 20, 2009 Did another mod to the car the other day although i didn't intend to lol, managed to rip off one of my mudflaps when parking at work so time for a change, one off all off so the car is now mudflapless
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