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Hi there, lovely car you've built up.
Some of the details under the bonnet and inside are really lovely.
If I may I shall mention one thing that really bothers me, that number plate. It's just so long and boring, I'm not an advocate of private plates for all cars but that really deserves something shorter.
Either way, lovely car. Well done.
Some of the details under the bonnet and inside are really lovely.
If I may I shall mention one thing that really bothers me, that number plate. It's just so long and boring, I'm not an advocate of private plates for all cars but that really deserves something shorter.
Either way, lovely car. Well done.
MrMoonyMan said:
Hi there, lovely car you've built up.
Some of the details under the bonnet and inside are really lovely.
If I may I shall mention one thing that really bothers me, that number plate. It's just so long and boring, I'm not an advocate of private plates for all cars but that really deserves something shorter.
Either way, lovely car. Well done.
Thanks for the comments.Some of the details under the bonnet and inside are really lovely.
If I may I shall mention one thing that really bothers me, that number plate. It's just so long and boring, I'm not an advocate of private plates for all cars but that really deserves something shorter.
Either way, lovely car. Well done.
re: number plate - its one of a tiny number of Ph2 GTV's registered in 2004 so I'm loathe to change it as it will no longer be seen as a very late car
A picture paints a thousand words as they say
Lightened single piece flywheel, GTa clutch and Quaife diff, plus a new radiator
Drive of car is transformed, revs much more quickly and freely and the levels of grip is now astonishing
Wish I'd done it twelve months ago - all GTV V6s should have a Quaife
Lightened single piece flywheel, GTa clutch and Quaife diff, plus a new radiator
Drive of car is transformed, revs much more quickly and freely and the levels of grip is now astonishing
Wish I'd done it twelve months ago - all GTV V6s should have a Quaife
That does look superb and the mods done are what I would of done as well if I owned a GTV V6.
As a heads up though, the carbon plenum from ACT was actually developed on my GTA and tested too! It's deisgned to work with the standard TB as well as the Ferrari 360 TB. I ended up going a tad further and had a carbon plenum specially made up to take a Ferrari 430 TB which you'll see in the photo's below.
Also you'll be better off now having a remap done as we found out with the large chunk of extra air, she may start running a bit lean up top, mine was really iffy and bad with the Ferrari 430 TB fitted to the point she was not even making 240bhp!! A map by Gus @ Alfatune soon sorted that out.
Any questions feel free to ask. Oh and that photo was of mine
As a heads up though, the carbon plenum from ACT was actually developed on my GTA and tested too! It's deisgned to work with the standard TB as well as the Ferrari 360 TB. I ended up going a tad further and had a carbon plenum specially made up to take a Ferrari 430 TB which you'll see in the photo's below.
Also you'll be better off now having a remap done as we found out with the large chunk of extra air, she may start running a bit lean up top, mine was really iffy and bad with the Ferrari 430 TB fitted to the point she was not even making 240bhp!! A map by Gus @ Alfatune soon sorted that out.
Any questions feel free to ask. Oh and that photo was of mine
Interesting that you should mention that and could answer something for me.
Car has only covered a couple of hundred miles since the plenum was fitted, the car was mapped by Gus last year obviously before the plenum was fitted.
Yesterday on coming back from Autolusso the engine management light started flashing under certain circumstances although the car appeared to be performing perfectly
1st gear - no EML light irrespective of revs
2nd gear - EML started to flash after 4000rpm
3-6th - EML started flashing at about 3400rpm
As soon as revs dropped back EML disappeared.
It could be that the current mapping is not liking the increased airflow and its running too lean above a certain threshold
Think I will re-fit standard plenum and see if EML flashes, if it does not then it clearly will need Gus to sort the mapping out
Car has only covered a couple of hundred miles since the plenum was fitted, the car was mapped by Gus last year obviously before the plenum was fitted.
Yesterday on coming back from Autolusso the engine management light started flashing under certain circumstances although the car appeared to be performing perfectly
1st gear - no EML light irrespective of revs
2nd gear - EML started to flash after 4000rpm
3-6th - EML started flashing at about 3400rpm
As soon as revs dropped back EML disappeared.
It could be that the current mapping is not liking the increased airflow and its running too lean above a certain threshold
Think I will re-fit standard plenum and see if EML flashes, if it does not then it clearly will need Gus to sort the mapping out
Andy665 said:
Interesting that you should mention that and could answer something for me.
Car has only covered a couple of hundred miles since the plenum was fitted, the car was mapped by Gus last year obviously before the plenum was fitted.
Yesterday on coming back from Autolusso the engine management light started flashing under certain circumstances although the car appeared to be performing perfectly
1st gear - no EML light irrespective of revs
2nd gear - EML started to flash after 4000rpm
3-6th - EML started flashing at about 3400rpm
As soon as revs dropped back EML disappeared.
It could be that the current mapping is not liking the increased airflow and its running too lean above a certain threshold
Think I will re-fit standard plenum and see if EML flashes, if it does not then it clearly will need Gus to sort the mapping out
That's interesting, 1st thing to check is earths, because the ECU is earthed via the standard plenum, with the carbon plenum you need to earth it via an earth strap like I did, if you look closely you can see the cable from the ECU to bulkhead. Car has only covered a couple of hundred miles since the plenum was fitted, the car was mapped by Gus last year obviously before the plenum was fitted.
Yesterday on coming back from Autolusso the engine management light started flashing under certain circumstances although the car appeared to be performing perfectly
1st gear - no EML light irrespective of revs
2nd gear - EML started to flash after 4000rpm
3-6th - EML started flashing at about 3400rpm
As soon as revs dropped back EML disappeared.
It could be that the current mapping is not liking the increased airflow and its running too lean above a certain threshold
Think I will re-fit standard plenum and see if EML flashes, if it does not then it clearly will need Gus to sort the mapping out
If that don't sort the issue then pop the original plenum and pop to Gus and he'll refit the carbon plenum, do a on road data log and sort out the issue. It's what he did for me and he came down from his place to Essex to sort it out for me
The earth caught me out when I fitted it originally, engine would turn over but not fire, some lateral thinking and common sense allowed me to arrive at the conclusion of the ECU nt being earthed, fitted an earth strap and it fired.
I will check the earth but don't think it will be that as the EML light flashing on was so consistent in terms of the parameters it appeared, I'm 99% it's running lean - although I'm surprised that the plenum with a standard TB would create an issue that the ECU could not compensate for
I will check the earth but don't think it will be that as the EML light flashing on was so consistent in terms of the parameters it appeared, I'm 99% it's running lean - although I'm surprised that the plenum with a standard TB would create an issue that the ECU could not compensate for
You ditched the carbon plenum? Did you have to get it remapped, or it's still mapped for the carbon plenum?
I much prefer the simpler phase 1 dash and not a fan of the silver dash embellishments on the phase 2 onwards, but that carbon weave effect is still a bit too spangly for my taste.
That steering wheel is lovely and seems excellent value. Is the tricolore a little coloured leather feature or a stuck on enamel badge?
I much prefer the simpler phase 1 dash and not a fan of the silver dash embellishments on the phase 2 onwards, but that carbon weave effect is still a bit too spangly for my taste.
That steering wheel is lovely and seems excellent value. Is the tricolore a little coloured leather feature or a stuck on enamel badge?
carinaman said:
You ditched the carbon plenum? Did you have to get it remapped, or it's still mapped for the carbon plenum?
I much prefer the simpler phase 1 dash and not a fan of the silver dash embellishments on the phase 2 onwards, but that carbon weave effect is still a bit too spangly for my taste.
That steering wheel is lovely and seems excellent value. Is the tricolore a little coloured leather feature or a stuck on enamel badge?
It needs a remap for the carbon plenum, it had already been recapped by the mater that is Gus of Alfatune and really could not justify another remap so recouped my costs by selling it onI much prefer the simpler phase 1 dash and not a fan of the silver dash embellishments on the phase 2 onwards, but that carbon weave effect is still a bit too spangly for my taste.
That steering wheel is lovely and seems excellent value. Is the tricolore a little coloured leather feature or a stuck on enamel badge?
The carbon weave is actually really subtle and for me, a massive improvement on what I thought was a very cheap solver finish
Re the wheel, its a little gel badge
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