love that. So how does it feel now on the new engine?
Another really really late reply..... Sorry Rob 
Anyway heres the last load of pictures
JBS manifold fitted and turbo bolted up
Helix 6 Paddle clutch + flywheel refitted
Engine and SQS gearbox joined together
My little modification to robs engine mounts which should stop them coming out
After Rob came around and cleaned the engine bay
Anyway heres the last load of pictures
JBS manifold fitted and turbo bolted up
Helix 6 Paddle clutch + flywheel refitted
Engine and SQS gearbox joined together
My little modification to robs engine mounts which should stop them coming out
After Rob came around and cleaned the engine bay
Proof Rob can work (well putting wheels on)
Then it was starting time.... Ran like it was started yesterday......
Ready for me to take to work for MOT and Aircon re-gas
Job done for me Passed MOT, A/C all sorted and Rob did the first 25miles last thurday (at 14psi) and I changed the oil on friday......
I will leave Rob to update you from here
Then it was starting time.... Ran like it was started yesterday......
Ready for me to take to work for MOT and Aircon re-gas
Job done for me
Passed MOT, A/C all sorted and Rob did the first 25miles last thurday (at 14psi) and I changed the oil on friday......I will leave Rob to update you from here
Was going to put something about you getting in the engine bay Rob although Dale beat me to it lol!
Amazing how quickly it goes back together isn't it. Have fun with it and hopefully you won't be able to break anything with that little turbo of yours
Amazing how quickly it goes back together isn't it. Have fun with it and hopefully you won't be able to break anything with that little turbo of yours
Thanks Dale!
It's a Pro Alloy bespoke replica of the old coolers A&M used to manufacture when they were in business. If I go bigger turbo I imagine it'll definitely need swapping out for something much bigger but seems to be doing the job nicely on the hybrid.
Efficiency is key
Following on from the above I'm pleased to say the car is now running - great to have it back.
Here's a video of the first start, though the poor audio quality makes it sound worse than it was. The SQS gearbox was quite loud until the oil found it's way round everywhere
Seven months on, out of Dale's garage at last
Going back a couple of weeks, cleaning my IC pipework up before it was refitted to the car:
My old standard valves, guides, springs and retainers:
Once the car was started we left it running for ~5-10 minutes to allow the oil and coolant to fully circulate and bring everything up to temperature before turning it back off and letting it cool down for the night.
The following day the car was driven a couple of miles to get a fresh MOT and the air con re-gassed, then once taxed it was ready to be run-in.
Once everything was up to temperature I took the car out for a further 20 miles to bed the rings in by accelerating for short bursts and then decelerating back down through the gears to load the engine, repeating in cycles as necessary. On average changing at around 4,000 RPM, sometimes building it up to 5,000. This was with the boost limited at a bar.
It was during these initial miles I realised just how much transmission whine I now get from the SQS semi-helical gears, even having retained my synchros. In short - I LOVE it
Every gear engages just as nice and smooth as OE, but the noise is something else. I'll get a video soon so you can hear for yourselves. I dare say it wouldn't suit everyone as it's constant and particularly loud on low speed overrun, but I personally love it like this as it boosts the whole motorsport feel to the car. Christ knows how noisy Bill's dog box must be!
What with the transmission whine, turbo spool, diverter valve and the popping from the exhaust it gets a lot of stares from pedestrians and cars alongside you - it does give the game away somewhat![[B)]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/shades.gif "Cool [B)]")
It's obvious that the overbore has affected the fuelling quite a lot, with what looks like AFRs of 15 on boost, and constantly stalling itself when dipping the clutch after a short burst of accelaration and then stopping at a junction/some lights which is f**king annoying, but nothing that can't be fixed with some tweaks to my map. Other than this though the car feels great and pulls strong even on reduced boost.
On Friday night Dale dropped the oil for another batch of Millers CFS running-in oil which I'll use for the next 400-500 miles to finish running it in on reduced boost. With the fresh oil in I took the car out for a late night drive to get some miles on it and collect a few logs to check that everything is OK.
It's a Pro Alloy bespoke replica of the old coolers A&M used to manufacture when they were in business. If I go bigger turbo I imagine it'll definitely need swapping out for something much bigger but seems to be doing the job nicely on the hybrid.
Efficiency is key
Following on from the above I'm pleased to say the car is now running - great to have it back.
Here's a video of the first start, though the poor audio quality makes it sound worse than it was. The SQS gearbox was quite loud until the oil found it's way round everywhere
Seven months on, out of Dale's garage at last
Going back a couple of weeks, cleaning my IC pipework up before it was refitted to the car:
My old standard valves, guides, springs and retainers:
Once the car was started we left it running for ~5-10 minutes to allow the oil and coolant to fully circulate and bring everything up to temperature before turning it back off and letting it cool down for the night.
The following day the car was driven a couple of miles to get a fresh MOT and the air con re-gassed, then once taxed it was ready to be run-in.
Once everything was up to temperature I took the car out for a further 20 miles to bed the rings in by accelerating for short bursts and then decelerating back down through the gears to load the engine, repeating in cycles as necessary. On average changing at around 4,000 RPM, sometimes building it up to 5,000. This was with the boost limited at a bar.
It was during these initial miles I realised just how much transmission whine I now get from the SQS semi-helical gears, even having retained my synchros. In short - I LOVE it
Every gear engages just as nice and smooth as OE, but the noise is something else. I'll get a video soon so you can hear for yourselves. I dare say it wouldn't suit everyone as it's constant and particularly loud on low speed overrun, but I personally love it like this as it boosts the whole motorsport feel to the car. Christ knows how noisy Bill's dog box must be!
What with the transmission whine, turbo spool, diverter valve and the popping from the exhaust it gets a lot of stares from pedestrians and cars alongside you - it does give the game away somewhat
It's obvious that the overbore has affected the fuelling quite a lot, with what looks like AFRs of 15 on boost, and constantly stalling itself when dipping the clutch after a short burst of accelaration and then stopping at a junction/some lights which is f**king annoying, but nothing that can't be fixed with some tweaks to my map. Other than this though the car feels great and pulls strong even on reduced boost.
On Friday night Dale dropped the oil for another batch of Millers CFS running-in oil which I'll use for the next 400-500 miles to finish running it in on reduced boost. With the fresh oil in I took the car out for a late night drive to get some miles on it and collect a few logs to check that everything is OK.
Here's what I managed to collect before the laptop died on me, useless old battery only gives me 5 minutes to capture what I need before it needs recharging.
Log 1: recorded pulling off from standstill and going up through the gears as normal driving, no excessive revs. Also worth noting that this was running on 7 month old VPower...
Log 2: Collected once the car was refulled with fresh VPower, this time on a dual carriageway driving at just over 3,000 RPM for a few seconds in steady state cruise in 3rd gear, then accelerating close to the redline before changing up into 4th.
Log 3: This final set were taken on the same dual carriageway, this time holding it steady in 3rd at 3,500 RPM, then ~4,500 RPM before opening it up to WOT through the gears.
I'd welcome peoples' thoughts on these - looks like it could do with some more fuel but happy to see no concerning signs of misfires or detonation.
I've reset the timing advance back to 0, with the water/meth still running to help things slightly.
The car has now covered just over 150 miles in total, with Friday nights drive consisting of several runs towards the redline in various gears, then letting it decelerate back down to load the engine and repeating as necessary - making sure to keep the speed, gearing and revs varied as much as possible.
The only issue I had at one point was for the car to refuse to rev and the EPC light to come on, almost as if the DBW system had packed in. Thankfully, turning the engine off and on instantly cured it. A VAG-COM scan revealed these codes:
Looks like the 17744 ties in with tis, though I've not seen it before. The rest I'll keep an eye on, bearing in mind I hadn't cleared any since before the rebuild...
Log 1: recorded pulling off from standstill and going up through the gears as normal driving, no excessive revs. Also worth noting that this was running on 7 month old VPower...
Code:
Friday 20 May 2011 21:41:03
6K0 906 032 AA 1.8L 20VT EU3 05 0002
Group A: '001 Group B: '032 Group C: '020
RPM Temperature Lambda Bin. Bits Lambda Lambda Bin. Bits Bin. Bits Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization
TIME TIME TIME
Marker STAMP /min °C % STAMP % % STAMP CF CF CF CF
0 920 96 0 1111111 0.4 -1.1 8.6 0.8 0 0 0 0
1.2 920 96 -1.6 1111111 1.6 -1.1 8.6 2 0 0 0 0
2.4 920 96 2.3 1111111 2.8 -1.1 8.6 3.2 0 0 0 0
3.6 920 96 -1.6 1111111 4.11 -1.1 8.6 4.61 0 0 0 0
5.01 960 96 -3.1 1101111 5.41 -1.1 8.6 5.81 0 0 0 0
6.21 1040 96 0.8 1101111 6.61 -1.1 8.6 7.01 0 0 0 0
7.41 1320 96 -4.7 1101011 7.81 -1.1 8.6 8.3 0 0 0 0
8.8 1360 96 -3.1 1101011 9.2 -1.1 8.6 9.71 0 0 0 0
10.11 960 96 5.5 1101111 10.51 -1.1 8.6 10.91 0 0 0 0
11.31 1040 96 -3.9 1101111 11.69 -1.1 8.6 12.11 0 0 0 0
12.49 1240 96 -1.6 1101011 12.89 -1.1 8.6 13.29 0 0 0 0
13.69 1440 96 2.3 1101011 14.09 -1.1 8.6 14.49 0 0 0 0
14.89 1520 96 5.5 1101111 15.29 -1.1 8.6 15.69 0 0 0 0
16.09 1440 96 8.6 1101111 16.49 -1.1 8.6 16.89 0 0 0 0
17.29 1320 96 9.4 1101111 17.69 -1.1 8.6 18.09 0 0 0 0
18.49 1320 96 4.7 1101111 18.89 -1.1 8.6 19.29 0 0 0 0
19.69 1480 96 -3.9 1101011 20.09 -1.1 8.6 20.49 0 0 0 0
21 1680 96 -3.9 1101011 21.4 -1.1 8.6 21.8 0 0 0 0
22.2 1680 96 3.9 1111111 22.6 -1.1 8.6 23 0 0 0 0
23.4 1560 95 9.4 1111111 23.8 -1.1 8.6 24.2 0 0 0 0
24.6 1320 96 0 1110111 25 -1.1 8.6 25.4 0 0 0 0
25.8 1040 96 2.3 1101111 26.2 -1.1 8.6 26.6 0 0 0 0
26.99 1000 96 5.5 1101011 27.39 -1.1 8.6 27.79 0 0 0 0
28.2 1360 95 -4.7 1101011 28.59 -1.1 8.6 28.99 0 0 0 0
29.39 1840 95 -2.3 1101011 29.79 -1.1 8.6 30.19 0 0 0 0
30.59 2760 95 -3.1 1101001 31 -1.1 8.6 31.5 0 0 0 0
31.99 2920 95 -1.6 1101101 32.41 -1.1 8.6 32.89 0 0 0 0
33.29 2560 95 -14.1 1101101 33.69 -1.1 8.6 34.09 0 0 0 0
34.49 2280 95 0 1110101 34.89 -1.1 8.6 35.29 0 0 0 0
35.69 1960 95 0 1110111 36.09 -1.1 8.6 36.49 0 0 0 0
36.99 1640 95 0 1110111 37.39 -1.1 8.6 37.9 0 0 0 0
38.3 1040 95 0 1111111 38.7 -1.1 8.6 39.1 0 0 0 0
39.5 960 95 -2.3 1111111 39.9 -1.1 8.6 40.3 0 0 0 0
40.68 920 94 2.3 1111111 41.08 -1.1 8.6 41.48 0 0 0 0
41.88 920 94 0 1111111 42.28 -1.1 8.6 42.68 0 0 0 0
43.08 920 94 -0.8 1111111 43.48 -1.1 8.6 43.88 0 0 0 0
44.28 920 94 0 1111111 44.68 -1.1 8.6 45.08 0 0 0 0
45.48 920 94 -3.1 1111111 45.88 -1.1 8.6 46.28 0 0 0 0
46.68 1000 94 0.8 1101011 47.08 -1.1 8.6 47.48 0 0 0 0
47.88 1600 94 -2.3 1101011 48.28 -1.1 8.6 48.68 0 0 0 0
49.08 1200 94 2.3 1100011 49.48 -1.1 8.6 49.88 0 0 0 0
50.28 1640 94 2.3 1101011 50.79 -1.1 8.6 51.19 0 0 0 0
51.59 2040 95 -3.1 1101001 51.99 -1.1 8.6 52.39 0 0 0 0
52.79 3080 94 0 1100001 53.19 -1.1 8.6 53.59 0 0 0 0
53.99 4240 94 0 1100001 54.39 -1.1 8.6 54.79 0 3 0 0
55.17 3720 94 0 1100101 55.59 -1.1 8.6 55.99 0 1.5 0 0
56.39 3600 94 0 1100001 56.77 -1.1 8.6 57.19 0 1.5 0 0
57.59 4120 94 0 1100001 58.09 -1.1 8.6 58.49 1.5 0 0 0
58.89 4280 95 0 1110101 59.29 -1.1 8.6 59.8 0 0 0 0
60.2 3280 95 0 1100001 60.69 -1.1 8.6 61.19 0 0 0 0
61.69 3640 95 0 1100001 62.2 -1.1 8.6 62.58 3 0 0 0
62.98 2840 95 0 1100001 63.48 -1.1 8.6 63.89 0 0 0 0
64.37 3120 95 0 1100001 64.79 -1.1 8.6 65.28 0 0 0 0
65.68 2920 95 0 1110101 66.08 -1.1 8.6 66.48 0 0 0 0
66.88 3160 95 0 1110101 67.28 -1.1 8.6 67.68 0 0 0 0
68.08 2640 95 0 1100001 68.48 -1.1 8.6 68.88 0 0 0 0
69.28 3280 95 0 1110101 69.67 -1.1 8.6 70.07 0 0 0 0
70.47 2960 95 0 1110101 70.87 -1.1 8.6 71.27 0 0 0 0
71.67 2360 95 0 1110101 72.07 -1.1 8.6 72.47 0 0 0 0Log 2: Collected once the car was refulled with fresh VPower, this time on a dual carriageway driving at just over 3,000 RPM for a few seconds in steady state cruise in 3rd gear, then accelerating close to the redline before changing up into 4th.
Code:
Saturday 21 May 2011 00:00:01
6K0 906 032 AA 1.8L 20VT EU3 05 0002
Group A: '002 Group B: '001 Group C: '032
RPM Load Inj. On Time Mass Flow RPM Temperature Lambda Bin. Bits Lambda Lambda Bin. Bits Bin. Bits
TIME TIME TIME
Marker STAMP /min % ms g/s STAMP /min °C % STAMP % %
0 2720 71.4 6.97 37.03 0.38 2840 92 0.8 1100001 0.76 -1.7 13.3
1.16 3000 103.8 9.84 65.08 1.56 3080 92 0 1100001 1.96 -1.7 13.3
2.38 3240 82.7 7.79 52.47 2.76 3280 91 0 1100001 3.18 -1.7 13.3
3.58 3320 37.6 3.28 20.36 4.07 3360 92 2.3 1100001 4.57 -1.7 13.3
4.98 3320 22.6 2.05 14.36 5.46 3320 91 7 1101001 5.88 -1.7 13.3
6.37 3280 23.3 2.46 15.08 6.87 3280 91 0.8 1101001 7.38 -1.7 13.3
7.77 3280 23.3 2.46 15.61 8.17 3280 91 3.1 1101001 8.57 -1.7 13.3
8.97 3280 24.1 2.46 15.58 9.46 3240 91 -2.3 1101001 9.88 -1.7 13.3
10.36 3240 24.1 2.46 15.42 10.76 3240 90 -1.6 1101001 11.16 -1.7 13.3
11.56 3240 24.1 2.46 15.36 11.97 3240 91 2.3 1101001 12.47 -1.7 13.3
12.87 3240 27.1 2.87 17.11 13.27 3240 90 2.3 1101001 13.67 -1.7 13.3
14.07 3240 28.6 2.87 17.11 14.47 3240 90 -3.9 1101001 14.87 -1.7 13.3
15.25 3360 159.4 16.81 127.58 15.65 3560 90 0 1100001 16.07 -1.7 12.5
16.45 3840 163.2 18.86 106.94 16.87 4040 90 0 1100001 17.27 -1.7 12.5
17.67 4320 160.9 18.86 133.78 18.07 4480 90 0 1100001 18.47 -1.7 12.5
18.87 4760 154.1 17.63 138.14 19.27 4880 91 0 1100001 19.76 -1.7 12.5
20.28 5240 169.9 19.68 173.28 20.68 5400 90 0 1100001 21.08 -1.7 12.5
21.48 5640 169.9 19.27 184.44 21.97 5800 90 0 1100001 22.47 -1.7 12.5
22.87 6080 162.4 18.45 184.44 23.27 6080 91 0 1110001 23.67 -1.7 13.3
24.07 4600 23.3 2.46 22.36 24.47 4560 91 0 1110101 24.96 -1.7 13.3
25.36 4440 14.3 0 12.58 25.76 4400 91 0 1110101 26.16 -1.7 13.3
26.56 4280 14.3 0 13.06 26.96 4240 92 0 1110101 27.36 -1.7 13.3
27.76 4160 13.5 0 12.31 28.16 4120 92 0 1110101 28.56 -1.7 13.3
28.96 4040 12 0 9.25 29.36 3960 92 0 1110101 29.76 -1.7 13.3
30.15 3880 13.5 0 10.17 30.56 3840 92 0 1110101 30.96 -1.7 13.3
31.35 3760 14.3 0 9.36 31.75 3680 92 0 1110101 32.15 -1.7 13.3
32.55 3600 14.3 0 11.17 32.95 3560 91 0 1110101 33.36 -1.7 13.3
33.86 3520 19.5 2.05 13.08 34.26 3480 91 0 1101001 34.66 -1.7 13.3
35.06 3480 45.9 4.1 31.89 35.46 3480 91 0.8 1101001 35.95 -1.7 13.3
36.35 3480 46.6 4.92 32.5 36.75 3480 91 5.5 1101001 37.15 -1.7 13.3
37.55 3480 48.1 4.92 31.39 37.95 3480 90 2.3 1101001 38.35 -1.7 13.3
38.75 3480 57.1 5.33 38.56 39.15 3480 90 1.6 1101001 39.55 -1.7 13.3
39.95 3480 52.6 5.33 36.22 40.35 3520 90 -3.9 1101001 40.75 -1.7 13.3
41.15 3520 54.9 5.33 37.25 41.55 3520 90 -1.6 1101001 42.06 -1.7 13.3
42.56 3520 45.9 4.51 29.58 43.06 3520 90 4.7 1101001 43.46 -1.7 13.3
43.86 3520 39.1 4.1 26.06 44.26 3520 91 3.1 1101001 44.64 -1.7 13.3
45.06 3480 29.3 3.28 20.72 45.44 3480 91 3.1 1101001 45.86 -1.7 13.3
46.26 3480 30.1 2.87 20 46.66 3440 91 2.3 1101001 47.06 -1.7 13.3
47.46 3480 35.3 3.69 24.67 47.84 3480 92 0.8 1101001 48.24 -1.7 13.3
48.66 3440 45.9 4.1 29.36 49.04 3480 92 0.8 1101001 49.46 -1.7 13.3
49.95 3560 188.7 21.32 150.97 50.35 3680 92 0 1100001 50.85 -1.7 13.3
51.25 3880 178.2 21.32 132.69 51.65 4000 92 0 1100001 52.06 -1.7 13.3
52.54 4200 178.9 21.73 142.69 52.94 4280 92 0 1100001 53.36 -1.7 13.3
53.76 4480 180.5 22.14 153.25 54.25 4600 92 0 1100001 54.75 -1.7 13.3
55.15 4760 179.7 22.14 167.39 55.55 4840 93 0 1100001 55.95 -1.7 12.5
56.35 5000 178.2 22.14 170.67 56.75 5080 93 0 1100001 57.15 -1.7 12.5
57.55 5200 175.9 21.73 172.75 57.95 5280 93 0 1100001 58.35 -1.7 12.5
58.75 5240 49.6 4.92 36.89 59.15 4360 93 0 1100001 59.55 -1.7 13.3
59.95 4200 55.6 5.74 47.81 60.35 4200 93 0 1100001 60.85 -1.7 13.3Log 3: This final set were taken on the same dual carriageway, this time holding it steady in 3rd at 3,500 RPM, then ~4,500 RPM before opening it up to WOT through the gears.
Code:
Saturday 21 May 2011 02:17:07
6K0 906 032 AA
Group A: '001 Group B: '014 Group C: '020
RPM Temperature Lambda Bin. Bits RPM Load Count Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization
TIME TIME TIME
Marker STAMP /min °C % STAMP /min % STAMP CF CF CF CF
1.69 3560 93 1.6 1101001 2.07 3560 36.8 0 Enabled 2.59 0 0 0 0
2.97 3560 93 2.3 1101001 3.39 3560 36.8 0 Enabled 3.88 0 0 0 0
4.38 3600 93 0 1101001 4.78 3600 36.8 0 Enabled 5.18 0 0 0 0
5.58 3600 93 -4.7 1101001 5.98 3640 39.8 0 Enabled 6.38 0 0 0 0
6.76 3640 92 0 1101001 7.18 3640 38.3 0 Enabled 7.58 0 0 0 0
7.98 3680 92 4.7 1101001 8.38 3680 37.6 0 Enabled 8.78 0 0 0 0
9.16 3680 92 4.7 1101001 9.58 3720 36.8 0 Enabled 10.07 0 0 0 0
10.57 3720 92 1.6 1101001 10.98 3720 33.8 0 Enabled 11.48 0 0 0 0
11.98 3720 92 0 1101001 12.38 3720 33.8 0 Enabled 12.87 0 0 0 0
13.27 3720 92 4.7 1101001 13.67 3720 33.8 0 Enabled 14.17 0 0 0 0
14.57 3760 91 4.7 1101001 14.98 3800 81.2 0 Enabled 15.37 0 0 0 0
15.77 3920 91 0 1100001 16.17 3960 71.4 0 Enabled 16.57 0 0 0 0
16.97 4080 92 0 1100001 17.37 4160 77.4 0 Enabled 17.77 0 0 0 0
18.17 4280 91 0 1100001 18.57 4320 75.9 0 Enabled 18.97 0 0 0 0
19.37 4400 91 0 1100001 19.77 4440 57.9 0 Enabled 20.17 0 0 0 0
20.57 4480 91 2.3 1100001 20.97 4520 42.1 0 Enabled 21.37 0 0 0 0
21.77 4520 91 0 1100001 22.17 4520 44.4 0 Enabled 22.57 0 0 0 0
22.97 4560 91 0 1100001 23.37 4560 42.9 0 Enabled 23.77 0 0 0 0
24.17 4600 91 0.8 1100001 24.57 4600 42.1 0 Enabled 24.97 0 0 0 0
25.48 4680 92 1.6 1100001 25.88 4840 180.5 0 Enabled 26.28 1.5 0 0 0
26.68 5120 91 0 1100001 27.08 5200 176.7 0 Enabled 27.46 1.5 0 0 0
27.88 5400 92 0 1100001 28.28 5480 171.4 0 Enabled 28.66 1.5 0 0 0
29.06 5720 92 0 1100001 29.46 5840 163.2 0 Enabled 29.96 0.8 0 0 48
39.97 5880 92 0 1100001 39.06 5760 166.2 0 Enabled 39.57 1.5 3 0 0
41.17 4600 93 0 1100001 40.37 5520 41.4 0 Enabled 40.77 0 0 0 0
42.36 4480 93 0 1110101 41.57 4520 43.6 0 Disabled 41.97 0 0 0 0
43.57 4360 93 0 1110101 42.77 4440 20.3 0 Disabled 43.16 0 0 0 0
44.77 4240 93 0 1110101 43.96 4320 15 0 Disabled 44.36 0 0 0 0
45.95 4160 93 0 1110101 45.16 4200 15 0 Disabled 45.56 0 0 0 0
47.25 4040 93 0 1110101 46.45 4080 14.3 0 Disabled 46.85 0 0 0 0
48.66 3920 93 0 1110101 47.75 3960 13.5 0 Disabled 48.16 0 0 0 0
49.84 3800 92 0 1110101 49.06 3880 12 0 Disabled 49.44 0 0 0 0
51.15 3720 92 0 1110101 50.24 3800 15 0 Disabled 50.66 0 0 0 0
52.45 3600 92 0 1110101 51.55 3680 12.8 0 Disabled 52.05 0 0 0 0I'd welcome peoples' thoughts on these - looks like it could do with some more fuel but happy to see no concerning signs of misfires or detonation.
I've reset the timing advance back to 0, with the water/meth still running to help things slightly.
The car has now covered just over 150 miles in total, with Friday nights drive consisting of several runs towards the redline in various gears, then letting it decelerate back down to load the engine and repeating as necessary - making sure to keep the speed, gearing and revs varied as much as possible.
The only issue I had at one point was for the car to refuse to rev and the EPC light to come on, almost as if the DBW system had packed in. Thankfully, turning the engine off and on instantly cured it. A VAG-COM scan revealed these codes:
Code:
VAG-COM Version: Release 409.1-S
Control Module Part Number: 6K0 906 032 AA
Component and/or Version: 1.8L 20VT EU3 05 0002
Software Coding: 10500
Work Shop Code: WSC 12849
5 Faults Found:
18010 - Power Supply Terminal 30: Voltage too Low
P1602 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
17522 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor: B1 S2: Internal Resistance too High
P1114 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
16518 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1: No Activity
P0134 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
16487 - Mass Air Flow Sensor (G70): Signal too High
P0103 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
17744 - Engine Torque Monitor 2: Control Limit Exceeded
P1336 - 35-10 - - - IntermittentLooks like the 17744 ties in with tis, though I've not seen it before. The rest I'll keep an eye on, bearing in mind I hadn't cleared any since before the rebuild...
Here she is getting some fresh fuel, in dire need of a wash since Castle Combe(!)
On Saturday morning I took the car to have a full wheel alignment as Dale had needed to undo the camber bolts for the front coilovers, making it feel like it was ditch-finding all over the road.
With -1.5 degree negative camber dialled into the fronts and everything else aligned as it should be the difference is day and night, feeling really planted again
With that it was time to give the old girl a good wash:
As luck would have it when I went to drive home tonight the starter motor really started playing up and now refuses to crank the engine, so I've had to leave it tucked up at the rents until I get a new one fitted. I ideally also need to replace the 4 AWG cable running to the battery in my boot with 0 AWG as it does struggle to crank, even with a new heavy duty battery - though I wonder how much of this is down to the starter motor so I'll start with that and go from there.
Once this is sorted there's a few small jobs left to do; fit new rear pads/discs and paint rear calipers, fit correct fuel pump sender onto my LCR pump, fit new temp sensor on wing mirror and uprate in-line fuse to battery. Then once I'm satisfied it's safe from the above logs to do so, I'll continue running the car in up to 500 miles before taking a trip over to Badger 5 to get the map tweaked and up the boost to see what she's now capable of pushing.
That's it for now - thoughts/comments always welcome.
On Saturday morning I took the car to have a full wheel alignment as Dale had needed to undo the camber bolts for the front coilovers, making it feel like it was ditch-finding all over the road.
With -1.5 degree negative camber dialled into the fronts and everything else aligned as it should be the difference is day and night, feeling really planted again
With that it was time to give the old girl a good wash:
As luck would have it when I went to drive home tonight the starter motor really started playing up and now refuses to crank the engine, so I've had to leave it tucked up at the rents until I get a new one fitted. I ideally also need to replace the 4 AWG cable running to the battery in my boot with 0 AWG as it does struggle to crank, even with a new heavy duty battery - though I wonder how much of this is down to the starter motor so I'll start with that and go from there.
Once this is sorted there's a few small jobs left to do; fit new rear pads/discs and paint rear calipers, fit correct fuel pump sender onto my LCR pump, fit new temp sensor on wing mirror and uprate in-line fuse to battery. Then once I'm satisfied it's safe from the above logs to do so, I'll continue running the car in up to 500 miles before taking a trip over to Badger 5 to get the map tweaked and up the boost to see what she's now capable of pushing.
That's it for now - thoughts/comments always welcome.
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WOW rob and dale! Good to see it back on the road again! Truly jealous!
I would love to have some proper gearbox whine. Can't beat the motorsport feel on the road as you say. Unfortunately the closest I came to it is when my 1.4s gearbox went. All be it short lived. But some fun was had!! haha
Hopefully I can get my car to a standard of yours sometime Get those videos up!
I would love to have some proper gearbox whine. Can't beat the motorsport feel on the road as you say. Unfortunately the closest I came to it is when my 1.4s gearbox went. All be it short lived. But some fun was had!! haha
Hopefully I can get my car to a standard of yours sometime
Get those videos up!your cable is the issue Robbie..
you have a heater running front to rear with that amp cable you run..
only 10.5v @ starter when I checked it on cranking, so the demand current will be higher... heating the cable more, and the starter has to cope with the extra current. For same power, less volts means more amps. Decent phat gauge cable will fix it.
you have a heater running front to rear with that amp cable you run..
only 10.5v @ starter when I checked it on cranking, so the demand current will be higher... heating the cable more, and the starter has to cope with the extra current. For same power, less volts means more amps. Decent phat gauge cable will fix it.
Cheers Josh! The transmission whine is just awesome - will post a vid once the starter motor is replaced
Credit where credit's due, MASSIVE thanks to Dale for all his hard work and attention to detail on this one which speaks for itself - upon starting the engine and running it in we've not had one single issue/leak...nothing The car is the standard it is because of his work (and my OCD).
I've mentioned them before but thanks again also to Bill, Alex and Sam for their help throughout this phase of the build - appreciate your inputs.
Bill's emailed me some recommendations on the above logs this morning so I can make the necessary adjustments to fuelling while I continue to run it in - then it's off to Badger 5 for some magic
Credit where credit's due, MASSIVE thanks to Dale for all his hard work and attention to detail on this one which speaks for itself - upon starting the engine and running it in we've not had one single issue/leak...nothing
The car is the standard it is because of his work (and my OCD).I've mentioned them before but thanks again also to Bill, Alex and Sam for their help throughout this phase of the build - appreciate your inputs.
Bill's emailed me some recommendations on the above logs this morning so I can make the necessary adjustments to fuelling while I continue to run it in - then it's off to Badger 5 for some magic
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Cheers - ordering some 0 AWG cable now so I can replace both and be done with it. It's a pain in the arse with it struggling to start all the time
EDIT: Reading back over this thread it sounds as though I'm going to struggle routing 0 AWG cable through the car, underneath the door sill trims where my 4 AWG cable currently runs alongside the meth line.
I'm looking at getting some CM50 (50mm^2) cable from http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/cable/batterycable.php - is it safe to run this underneath the car? It looks as though this is what Bill has done in his car?
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You will get 0awg through the car. Ive seen it done.
Strange how i get zero cranking issues with 4awg. Have you checked your earths?
RE: Logs. Dont bother with logging 032. LTFT can just be checked after completing a decent amount of miles after clearing codes. Clearing codes will reset this to 0.
Doesnt seem to be hitting full load, im guessing youre running low boost in those runs?
Sounds and looks awesome tho.
Strange how i get zero cranking issues with 4awg. Have you checked your earths?
RE: Logs. Dont bother with logging 032. LTFT can just be checked after completing a decent amount of miles after clearing codes. Clearing codes will reset this to 0.
Doesnt seem to be hitting full load, im guessing youre running low boost in those runs?
Sounds and looks awesome tho.
Cheers Phil - I thought you were running 4AWG without any issue...weird. I'll check the earths to be sure but thinking the cable ultimately needs uprating to something more heavy duty.
Boost is currently limited to a bar while I run it in over the next few hundred miles. Even on cropped power it educated a "so-say" 330 BHP WRX API Impreza which was fairly amusing. Peak airflow in those logs looked to be 184 g/s which equates to roughly 230 BHP atm.
Bill advised I add in 13% more fuel which I'll do later on and clear all codes etc - just want to be sure it's not too lean.
Boost is currently limited to a bar while I run it in over the next few hundred miles. Even on cropped power it educated a "so-say" 330 BHP WRX API Impreza which was fairly amusing. Peak airflow in those logs looked to be 184 g/s which equates to roughly 230 BHP atm.
Bill advised I add in 13% more fuel which I'll do later on and clear all codes etc - just want to be sure it's not too lean.
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With the cable I have 4awg but now my climate control panel is not working would this be because of the cable , car starts 1st time etc
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