car all sorted, still awaiting coilpacks from Autodoc that i ordered on the 12th though.
Alternator replacement worked really well, the old one was probably struggling for some time. The new one has it running really smooth again. I noticed that the coil pack earth was not super tight, so did that up and now the mis fire / cut out has stopped. Its boost city and FAST
altenator died this week, so i've whipped it off and have been doing some bench testing to check its not just the voltage regulator.. i think the unit itself is dead, so i have ordered a refurbished Bosch one. so things arriving this week: 4 x new coilpacks 4 x spark plugs 1 x Recirc valve 1 x Alternator 1 x Battery
expensive week, but should have it back in top condition again
i have been logging the ECU, running calculations against the MAF readings to get an indication of BHP. Obviously this is not at the wheels, but gives a pretty good indication of the region of power. Peaking at 264 in this log was nice to see but generally in the low 230's is expected. This is without going beyond 5000rpm as i have a mis fire issue, soon to be resolved with new N75 and coilpacks. once i can rev to red line, i should see 240's on average i would think.
I'm looking for a rear bench in red UV material. inner part needs to be in good condition as i'll be stripping them apart to trim another set of seats.
located near Bristol so ideally, not after something thats really far away.
Have you got a link to the stuff you used? I want to do the same to my 8v loom and that looks great!
you dont need anything fancy, i got loads of this stuff as you get a variety of sizes. You don't need the glue based ones. Just cut your wrapping to length, secure with good quality 3m electircal tape then heat shrink over the top
standard friday afternoon on conf calls so i go into the garage and make more progress on the car: I didnt like the stereo speaker loom so made a new one
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