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Phil, the wirings easy, but I've installed after market management now. The problem I ran into is the bloke who originally did the conversion bodged quite a lot of the wiring. For example soldering in different coloured wires in place, scotch locks, twisted wires with tape. So that side of things have been a pain. But we are slowly getting there now!Quote:
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Connor I too agree about silver/anthracite wheels but the car is for my Mrs and she was adamant that she wanted them black. (I've never liked black wheels)
That's looking fantastic mate!
Not really posted in here for a while but to update, the engine now runs and I'm waiting to get it booked into Wayne Schofiled at Chipwizards in Rochdale as i believe he's the man to Map DTA ECU's. Engine may is almost 100% complete. Been doing alot of work on the interior this past weekend. Painted it all black and to be honest it looks pretty good!!
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Good work, the cars come a long way since you had it, looked pretty tired at the start of the thread. Looks nice and clean now.
Aint seen one of those Velo's inlets for years.
Cheers Adam, Believe me matey if we hadn't had the spit she would have been on the scrap yard a long time ago. 14 Months I have been working on this but again it hasn't been a solid 14 Months, just when i can get up there at weekends as its in the fathering laws garage. Yeah i believe the Velos things are quite rare now. I tried to look for information about them on the web but couldn't find any thing. believe there was a write up on Velos in a old TV magazine would have been a interesting read.
Good stuff mate, should get a video up of it running :thumb:
good work mr dayle; velos torque tube wasnt it..? Do remember that when i went down there many moons ago- though by then i was sold on jenvey ITB's..
Any news from mr bowyer?
I did speak to him about it over Facebook and he would check if he had any in stock but he didn't get back in touch. He did say they were 2 prices £18 or £28 with the bearing supplied and pressed.
cool fair dos. still cant believe he's on facebook.
Small update on the car. We are getting there now, brakes are fully finished after having a night mare with the brake hoses. Interior has all been re-done and is currently being re-fitted and I have made some custom mounts for the recliners. Car has been booked in with AB Garage in Hawarden, Been told these really like DTA ECU's i did try and get in touch with Wayne Schofield but with no such luck.
Has anyone used AB Garage for mapping before??
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looking very nice mate, i bet you cant wait for the mapping to be done?
No mate, The Mrs is really excited about getting this on the road!Quote:
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i would be too, all the hard work has nearly paid off
engine look sweet fella :thumb:
Cheers peeps, Can't believe that after 2 weeks I finally book into a rolling road then Chipwizards call me back the day I book with someone else. Stuck between 2 rocks on who to get map the car now!
I know Wayne Schofield is meant to be the doggs dangleys especially with mapping DTA,s but I've heard A.B Garage are good at what they doo and are good with the software at a fraction of the cost.
looking good mate be nice to see what it does on rollers, you taking vid ? i need you inlet lol
Will take a vid but not really bothered about numbers as they are pub figures as long as its responsive.
Exellent thread, got alot of good ideas off this
Looking good Dayle
If you can afford it, its worth going to Wayne at Chip Wizards in Milnrow/Rochdale
I know a few lads who have had cars mapped and they can only sing praises for wayne - Certainly knows his stuff
I know he's obsessed with getting the best he can from each engine, and won't charge an obscene amount even if he's spent Hours and hours on it
Geoff Roberts had his Mk2 Escort rally car there recently - was there from lunch time till after 9pm and geoff ended up giving him more than he asked for !!!
I think Lynchy had his rallycross car mapped by him as well :)
Dave
Not long been back from the rolling road. Was quite an eventful day and can reccomend Aide at AB Garage in Hawarden. Really nice bloke and knows his stuff especially with DTA's.
Car did well today especially because of the 30 degrees weather we had the blowers wouldn't blow enough cool air to keep the radiator cool so slowed things down a bit. We need to go back in a 1000 miles to finish the map off as she is currently limited to 1000 miles as the engine is REALLY tight. Although I think these aren't the most accurate numbers and i don't normally bother as its pub talk but it made 118bhp at the wheels at 5500rpm. When its run in a bit more its going back for the top end of the map finishing off. But the car does drive lovely as i found out before when the Mrs took it around the block and the torque is really good too.
All in all a top day and again bit thanks to AB Garage.
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Not overly impressed at my balding spot lol.
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The Mrs putting the grille back on, She couldn't wait to have a drive in it.
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Few more pics from the rolling road.
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Not overly impressed at my balding spot lol.
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The Mrs putting the grille back on, She couldn't wait to have a drive in it.
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Not posted in here for a while but car's all meguiars'd up for summer and now running a LC-1 on the DTA S40 currently see's about 45MPG now on a run which is better than the 28MPG we originally had. Had a local lad re-map the tootling around traffic fueling it was 30% too rich in some places.
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Just a shame the Mrs is 7/12 months pregnant and can't fit in it :-s and me not being able to drive due to visual impairment isn't the best!
so the first place that mapped it hadnt done such a good job?
Did you ever get that mechanical cambelt kit from bowyer?
No mate I gave up in the end lol.
Yes they had done a good job... of the top end above 50% throttle it was spot on and the lambda removed a max of 5% fuel and about 85% throttle it removed and added none. It was all the bottom end that was to ****e especially starting cold in a morning but that's sorted now fires first time even down to 0 degree's. Suppose they can't do everything in 5 hours or so. The lad who finished it off had the car for 3 days and payment was 2 packs of tobacco and a crate of John Smiths! WINNER.
ahh, so the first session was a bit of a lesson in mapping on a budget, but it worked out for the better in the end.
Cool. Prooves once again that binning that o.e inlet on these gets the engine where it should be. Looks like the Velos 'torque tube?' inlet they used to do.
Looking good Dayle, the engine bay looks nice and clean :) similar spec to my engine which is also very torquey
Yes its a Velos torque tube. Another thing I did discover after the first mapping session was there was a rattle somewhere in the engine and under further investigation someone at some point had tried to removed the screws from the throttle body butterfly.... and had caused the butterfly to move slightly as it wasn't tight. I don't think that would have helped! Yep the engine is quite torque to be fair pulls quite well for what it is. Still the rev limits only set to 6800 as the standard injectors on the C16XE won't flow enough for any more revs... and it runs a standard FPR but its OK for Katie.
Mine is limited to 7220rpm on standard injectors and FPR. Still wants to keep going as well :d
Its just what the bloke who mapped the car said. We tried to put the fuel in the ECU that the engine would need and it spat its dummy out saying the injectors couldn't supply enough fuel at given fuel pressure. Would have been nice to put it to 7200RPM, I'll have to invest in a uprated FPR.