Thanks again john.
Out of interest how do you know so much about diagnostics/engines?
Dave I'm assuming you learnt so much from building your conversion? It's all very impressive and helpful.
Out of interest how do you know so much about diagnostics/engines?
Dave I'm assuming you learnt so much from building your conversion? It's all very impressive and helpful.
I learned everything I know about 1.8Ts here (with a bit of side reading). Most of my learning came/comes from trying to work out what John is on about.... 
'Maximum Boost' by Corky Bell is a good grounder on turbocharging.
'Maximum Boost' by Corky Bell is a good grounder on turbocharging.
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It's amazing when you take a step back and start to realise how much info is on this website....and for free 
I'll find a copy of that book, thanks
I'll find a copy of that book, thanks
I'm a chartered engineer with 20 years experience working with thermodynamics, combustion engineering, air/gas handling equipment, and producing control philosophies for industrial processes, most of which is applicable to engines.
But my love/interest has always been cars/engines. There's lots of fantastic books around and tinitinet is a great information resource. Corky bells book is a good starting point for the basics of forced induction, but there are many more out there. You'd be amazed how much there is in your local library.
My limited knowledge of the ecu on our cars is from talking to guys that map these things, along with fault finding on my own car (of which there has been a lot over the years), books, and applying logic.
There are however significantly more knowledgeable people on here, and elsewhere. For me it's just a hobby.
But my love/interest has always been cars/engines. There's lots of fantastic books around and tinitinet is a great information resource. Corky bells book is a good starting point for the basics of forced induction, but there are many more out there. You'd be amazed how much there is in your local library.
My limited knowledge of the ecu on our cars is from talking to guys that map these things, along with fault finding on my own car (of which there has been a lot over the years), books, and applying logic.
There are however significantly more knowledgeable people on here, and elsewhere. For me it's just a hobby.
I'm just a bodger......
A bodger with enough skill and confidence to take on mechanical jobs on your car that most people on here would be too scared to even start.
Like Dave, I love taking thigs apert and rebuilding them to see how many spare parts I can have left when I've finished.
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Like Dave, I love taking thigs apert and rebuilding them to see how many spare parts I can have left when I've finished.
They're all reusable in the future though.
One of my rod change linkages on my Ibiza is far better now the split pin is spaced out with the threaded collar from the key ignition switch on one of my long dead Cooper S's.
your car has come a long way Aaron mate, anyone that hasnt seen and heard your car needs to..i think most LCR owners are using your car as basis to which we all want our cars to be..the paint and attention to detail is fantastic...nice one bud.
it must be nice to have such a background when your hobby is playing with cars. ive learnt everything by jumping in and taking things apart... working on the basis that if you take them apart you know how they go back together. i remember my first gearbox, my mum wasnt impressed with the state of her kitchen, heheI'm just a bodger......
I wouldnt call any of your work that ive seen so far a bodge Dave, you obvioulsy know what you are doing.
Thanks Bret, thats nice of you to say. where have you been recently? its been a while!!
im going over Pats later... should i take the Leon??? i think Pat is going to have parts everywhere if i do, ill take them off and he can check for holes
hahah...well in the colder months i hibernate, when is the next meet?, will pop along, i feel like im being really antisocial lately, but im really not..
We need to put a thread up matey... It all went a bit tits up, which is a shame because it must have been one of the more successful meets on here. I'm sure we'll get it back on track.
I'm going to try and get to as many shows as possible the year. Any takers?
I'm going to try and get to as many shows as possible the year. Any takers?
i stripped my induction side of things down today... nothing at all to note. i also took the nozzle apart and gave it a clean, although it was already.
i will get some new plugs on order tomorrow and will gap them when they arrive.
im consistently getting poor figures from the MAF, i can tell this might get annoying. Even with the timing and boost dropped it still feels rapid, so its not the end of the world.
ive turned my WMI back on becuase i may as well have the cooling.... im running a 25% mix.
i do have some new logs but i dont think theyre worth posting.
i will get some new plugs on order tomorrow and will gap them when they arrive.
im consistently getting poor figures from the MAF, i can tell this might get annoying. Even with the timing and boost dropped it still feels rapid, so its not the end of the world.
ive turned my WMI back on becuase i may as well have the cooling.... im running a 25% mix.
i do have some new logs but i dont think theyre worth posting.
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I did some breif reading on timeing, and the reason its before top dead center is to give the petrol more time to burn, if detonation was at TDC the petrol/meth would not have all burned before the exhaust valves opened.
Just my two cents worth, when you pulled up on the drive on saturday Aaron, the car didn't sound as 'whooshy' or as loud as usual .... sounded like it was throttled back / choked unless you were deliberately being more careful than usual?
No Dave, its very strange. its running very well.. i have it with me today and actually had a Porsche driver acknowledge it for once
this is B7 T8 with a 25% mix
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1ML 906 032 A 1.8l R4/5VT 03 0001
Group A: '003 Group B: '020
RPM Mass Flow Load Ign. Timing Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization Idle Stabilization
TIME TIME
MARKER STAMP /min g/s % °BTDC STAMP CF CF CF CF
66.39 2200 20.78 14.1 33.8 65.99 0 0 0 0
67.19 2320 23.61 16.1 33 66.77 0 0 0 0
67.99 2520 26.56 16.9 33 67.59 0 0 0 0
68.8 2680 29.17 17.3 33.8 68.4 0 0 0 0
69.6 2880 42.94 24.7 32.3 69.2 0 0 0 0
70.4 3200 68.14 93.3 30 70 0 0 0 0
71.22 3720 131.72 100 8.3 70.8 3 0 0 0
72.02 4320 144.17 100 9 71.62 3 3 3 0
72.82 4920 165.72 100 10.5 72.42 3 3 3 0
73.63 5400 178.31 100 9.8 73.22 2.3 5.3 2.3 0
74.43 5800 176.86 100 12 74.03 2.3 5.3 2.3 0
75.25 6200 184.83 100 15 74.83 2.3 4.5 2.3 0
76.05 6560 185 100 15 75.63 1.5 4.5 1.5 0
76.85 6200 0 7.5 33.8 76.45 1.5 4.5 1.5 0
77.65 5440 180.61 100 12 77.25 0 0 0 0
78.45 5720 184.56 100 7.5 78.05 0 3 3 0
79.27 5920 186.33 100 15 78.85 0 3 3 0
80.07 6160 185.75 100 13.5 79.67 0 2.3 2.3 0
80.87 6360 183.33 100 15.8 80.47 0 1.5 1.5 0
81.68 6520 187.86 100 17.3 81.27 0 1.5 1.5 0
82.48 6240 0 7.1 9 82.08 0 1.5 0.8 0
83.3 5440 177.78 99.6 15.8 82.88 0 0 0 0
84.1 5560 176.86 100 13.5 83.68 0 3 3 0
84.9 5680 177.14 100 10.5 84.5 0 3 3 0
85.7 5840 177.11 100 12.8 85.3 0 2.3 2.3 0
86.5 5920 178.31 99.6 17.3 86.1 0 2.3 1.5 0
87.31 6040 183.03 100 16.5 86.9 0 2.3 1.5 0if i leave the ESP on from cold and pull away it bogs down Pat.... something its done since the Remap. i wouldnt give it any stick from cold anyway mate.
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Still not flowing as much air 
then again ur on boost 7..
Would be nice if we owned a dyno....
81.68 6520 187.86 100 17.3
17.3, isnt that quite alot? Thought u said it was running arround 11?
then again ur on boost 7..Would be nice if we owned a dyno....
81.68 6520 187.86 100 17.3
17.3, isnt that quite alot? Thought u said it was running arround 11?
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