Rybo
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
Location: Cumbria
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looking great bud- can i ask why the ecu is fitted if its running carbs??? i know little about carbs but though they ran without?
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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its a old cav ecu, when the cav had a carb, but no injectors. it controls the dizzy timing and has a map sensor to read manifold pressure and adjusts the timing to suit
mainly cos of the dizzy its running, if i changed the dizzy to the other type i wouldn't need it.
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by Adam-D]
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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todays work, fit the bonnet, half done
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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bonnet is now fitted properly
weekend job, sort the wiring out so it starts and stops as it should and may move under its own power
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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first off, im sore. not stopped all weekend pretty much.
took the exhaust off w-l and fitted it to chrex/chris's car.
then took his exhaust and fitted it to mine, my decta is still blowing at the uni join so i gotta fabricate something for that.
right, heres what i got done,
fitted bonnet catch's they work now,
exhaust as said,
haeneses went in.
dials "had murder getting all the bits working, and i do mean all of them every single function had to be modyfy'd to work"
started off with speedo "electronic" then dash lights. indicator, flash, fog, battery, oil pressure, engine temp, then rev meter.
not all looms have a rev wire in the loom as i found out and then made one for it.
made the loom for the ecu to run, and found the dizzy plug and dizzy both suspect so thats the next job. along with a new handbrake switch.
connected gear linkage
removed damaged plastic arch's
made up a dash panel it isnt finished yet but needs a few more switch's etc
fitted 2 of the three pulls for fire and electrics
fitted the mirrors
on the plus side, it now moves under its own power.
still got loads of wireing to do, and tons of those little jobs that seem to take forever.
i only got a few photo's at the end of today. been to busy to take them as i went.
bonnet
pulls
dash panel "not finished"
lots of wireing to do
harneses
dials
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
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All due to ya bud, you worked fookin hard this weekend on this!
Is looking good now, everything is coming together and when its roadworthy its gonna be a concourse track car!
'track slag' my arse! Sounds great though, and i sure as hell hope its ready for PVS!
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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small update from working in the rain etc today but i did magae to do this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd6nNb7yfko
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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starting to really take shape adam
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Rybo
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
Location: Cumbria
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looking good, i have the exact aerocatches (see project lol) there great but get some grease in them...i found it stops em from going stiff in the cold weather
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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todays job entailed, wireing, more wire,ing, gave it a wash, sorted out the oil pressure gauge, and that was about it,
need a arch, and a indicator, prob a few more bits, wil be mot'd soon
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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i have gsi skirts and arches
also indicator bulb holders
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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need a std arch, and just the orange bit of the indicator, i had one it broke, i have more i think, cant bloody find them
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K-B1990
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Registered: 2nd Feb 09
Location: Peterborough
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custom colour paint? would look nice.
like a pearlescent 2 tone ice white that goes light blue as you go past...?
[Edited on 28-04-2009 by K-B1990]
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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i might get some white dulux emusion and do the doors white
till i get some fibre ones
[Edited on 28-04-2009 by Adam-D]
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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white is the best colour
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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powerflex arb bushes fitted, handbrake adjusted, arch liners fitted-ish, rear arch zip tied on till i get a unbroken one.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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not a massive update, car has gone for - setup-cam fitment, mot
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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woohoo
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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it has a mot, and its running 98bhp at the wheels.
and it really is a little hooligan
got 2 advisarys, handbrake is a bit rubbish, and a bit of plastic needs moving, not bad seen i built the entire car
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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not bad matey, what specs the motor? saw car yesterday when mate was having his clet mapped again
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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yeah seen that, silly power bugger.
nova gte engine, kent cam setup, bill blydstien headwork.
twin 40's
power is still climibing till the limiter cuts it, could have more but i wanna get used to it first
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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were abit gutted, mates looking at water injection for it now. wana see 400bhp, only making 367 i think, but def makes me think how the feck people get some of there figures for lesser spec motors....pubtalk is where its at
can you not use the 1.6 cav dizzy btw with vac advance? or which ever they use on the 20xe when going carbs?
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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i mean, if i didnt have the limiter, on track id probably get over excited and blow it up
ill get a lumenition one which is adjustable limiter.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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whats the limiter set at?
If the bottom end is has uprated studs, etc etc then why not see where it leads to. Its a cheap enough engine simply replace if you whap a rod through the block
REVS!!!!!!
The lack of weight really makes the car lively
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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6.2 i think it cut in,
bottom end is a unknown, could be made stronger, it couldd be std.
i have a spare block/engine, gonna use it it first, with this months spending to get it done, i have no money left, none, at all.
its first trip will be pvs, then when ive been payd ill move it on a little. track days etc
[Edited on 08-05-2009 by Adam-D]
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