Got My Car Back

[mwilcock 0]

i need find out what the stock internals can take before i start making it any faster!

 

ported and polished tb is 55quid i dunno what gains this will have though!

[welshpug 1,661]

Practically none at all Mike!

 

be careful winding any more boost or the Stock ECU will reach its limit (or rather the MAP sensor does) and you'll get boost cut.

[mwilcock 0]

well i dunno what else i can really do

 

an intercooler upgrade is a defo! coz mines too small but piping is too tight.

 

was thinking of the megasquirt route see if i can get a few more horses through timing and fueling but megasquirt in my opinion is quite difficult.

 

what other options do i have?

[sonofsam 5]

Just enjoy it!

[mwilcock 0]

i yearn more powwwwwwwaaaaaaaaa

 

racing my mates evo 4 standard (280bhp) soon

 

i think my chances are good, up till about errm 60ish? lol

[sonofsam 5]

You should of gone 16V Turbo then

[mwilcock 0]

that was my original plan using a 16v head but once i whipped the head off, it didnt have the cut outs in the pistons?

 

this engine was from an xm and i honestly thought it was an rgy, all items ive bought have been rgy including an extra 20quid on the lambda sensor because it was rgy not rgx??

[sonofsam 5]

Did you look on the block for the engine code?

Too late now though if your engines in you've got no chance of seeing it

 

XM should be RGY though.

[mwilcock 0]

yeah thats what i thought, thats why i never looked

 

o well i wont complain about the extra 5-10bhp

[mwilcock 0]

does anyone else with this engine have any wierd problem like mine?

 

it feels like all s*ite is buildin up in the exhaust when ive like e.g going down a hill in 3rd gear with no revs. after doing this it just wont go on boost properly and like kangaroos, if u rev it clear a few times then drive it, its fine????

[mwilcock 0]

no-one got any idea?

[Headling 0]

Just read your post, think im having the same probs perhaps? it could be my turbo i think?

 

have a look at my post in XU general and maintence, sounds similar problem but im getting 0.6 at best and tailing off no matter what i do and also an oil leak!

[mwilcock 0]

this engine is a massive learning curve.

 

lots of different probelms.

 

like i said mine is like getting gunjed up in the exhaust and unless you rev it clear it just kangaroos on boost

 

i sorted the boost out the other day and had it spiking just under bar then dropping off to around 0.7

 

ive been told this is the actuator and a cossie one would be better, althought these arent the easiest things to get to.

 

mine also smokes on tickover, sometimes badly sometimes hardly at all, depends on driving style.