What did you do in the garage yesterday?
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There's re building,,,and there's re building.
Preparing the parts so they look brand new takes effort and lots of time,, as that picture shows though, much nicer to put each bit back on all shiny and new looking,,
You have to factor in the admiring your work time Anthony, as that adds hours and hours
Preparing the parts so they look brand new takes effort and lots of time,, as that picture shows though, much nicer to put each bit back on all shiny and new looking,,
You have to factor in the admiring your work time Anthony, as that adds hours and hours
Discopotatoes said:
Next week, all week I'm not stopping even for cups of tea, let's see if I can't get it back together before the end of the year
Have it running in a couple weeks if you try hard enough. I know you won't cut any corners though and it will be perfect when finished. Can't wait to see it running again and hopefully give you a race or 2 next year.
The front brakes on Tamy started to make the 'metal on metal' grinding noise as I arrived home from Brands on Monday.
Got some new CL pads to go in so popped out the pads to have a look. Pads were fine, still 6mm on them so can only assume that either somethig got temporarily stuck in them or its the rears.
Will check tomorrow on a short drive.
Got some new CL pads to go in so popped out the pads to have a look. Pads were fine, still 6mm on them so can only assume that either somethig got temporarily stuck in them or its the rears.
Will check tomorrow on a short drive.
mk1fan said:
The front brakes on Tamy started to make the 'metal on metal' grinding noise as I arrived home from Brands on Monday.
Got some new CL pads to go in so popped out the pads to have a look. Pads were fine, still 6mm on them so can only assume that either somethig got temporarily stuck in them or its the rears.
Will check tomorrow on a short drive.
Have you had CL pads in Tamy before? How did you get on with them?Got some new CL pads to go in so popped out the pads to have a look. Pads were fine, still 6mm on them so can only assume that either somethig got temporarily stuck in them or its the rears.
Will check tomorrow on a short drive.
N7GTX said:
The dreaded 'tick' under load indicating an exhaust manifold leak came back so a not pleasant 30 mins tightening all the bolts up again . Need to put this down as a monthly service item 
Or you could weld the living f
k out of the manifold fracture spots and then wrap them like I've done 
Not tested yet though, so could be an utterly useless and futile exercise
N7GTX said:
The dreaded 'tick' under load indicating an exhaust manifold leak came back so a not pleasant 30 mins tightening all the bolts up again . Need to put this down as a monthly service item
You can buy stainless locknuts and use studs instead which will cure the problem for goodcaduceus said:
N7GTX said:
The dreaded 'tick' under load indicating an exhaust manifold leak came back so a not pleasant 30 mins tightening all the bolts up again . Need to put this down as a monthly service item
Or you could weld the living fk out of the manifold fracture spots and then wrap them like I've done Not tested yet though, so could be an utterly useless and futile exercise
Edited by N7GTX on Sunday 24th July 09:50
Discopotatoes said:
N7GTX said:
The dreaded 'tick' under load indicating an exhaust manifold leak came back so a not pleasant 30 mins tightening all the bolts up again . Need to put this down as a monthly service item
You can buy stainless locknuts and use studs instead which will cure the problem for good
Completed home spun polishing work of my already excellent Lloyds LPG & petrol maps.... basic minor tweaks really 
The above represents week of mapping mapping working every other evening when traffic had calmed, I focussed on each parameter individually in a systematic way only moving on once I was completely satisfied a genuine improvement was achieved. As a base starting point to the above tweaks I applied logical theory, theory that suggested an improvement could be made but did not prove it. I then worked back from there using the principle of giving the engine exactly what it wanted rather than aiming for an ambulatory figure one might assume should be correct.
Mapping is enormously rewarding when you get it right and the Canems system/software certainly helps simplify the process, the results of a few enjoyable evening's work can be summarised by saying....
"From superb to outstanding, 'Ol Gasbag' continues to go from strength to strength"
- Built a slightly richer 13.1:1 AFR idle target in the closed loop target table delivering an even smoother idle on both fuels
- Returned to both open loop fuel maps to match the new 13.1:1 closed loop idle target optimising AFR & idle stability - (nailed it)
- Reduced closed loop fuelling initiation temp from 70 to 60 degrees an option made practical by the new slightly richer idle - it now also exactly matches the 60 degrees closed loop throttle management initiation temp which represents a more logical strategy than staggering these two closed loop features
- Pulled 1% fuel from air temp correction and similar changes in LPG fuel temp correction at 60 degrees to enhance hot idle
- Used LPG fuel temp correction to richen LPG cold starts slightly -20 to +30 degrees range only
- Reduced after start enrichment to 10% to suit new richer idle retaining perfect cold (& importantly) immediate hot starts
- Tweaked closed loop idle targets, now down from 1000rpm to a super smooth 950rpm idle - fast idle target 1200rpm - extended idle decay rate to 1 second to bridge and deliver even smoother low speed urban gear changes
- Polished AFR cruise targets in the closed loop target table - shooting for a completely stable 15.8:1 in the 10-50kPa 2-3250rpm light load cruise window
- Returned to both open loop fuel maps to match the new 15.8:1 closed loop low load cruise target to optimise AFR stability
- Reduced delta load threshold & enrichment at the light acceleration end of the transient fuelling map to further enhance smoothness of throttle response during low speed urban driving
The above represents week of mapping mapping working every other evening when traffic had calmed, I focussed on each parameter individually in a systematic way only moving on once I was completely satisfied a genuine improvement was achieved. As a base starting point to the above tweaks I applied logical theory, theory that suggested an improvement could be made but did not prove it. I then worked back from there using the principle of giving the engine exactly what it wanted rather than aiming for an ambulatory figure one might assume should be correct.
Mapping is enormously rewarding when you get it right and the Canems system/software certainly helps simplify the process, the results of a few enjoyable evening's work can be summarised by saying....
"From superb to outstanding, 'Ol Gasbag' continues to go from strength to strength"
Fell over a pile of rubbish I should have thrown out months ago.
Went to the tip with aforementioned rubbish to ensure incident cannot be repeated.
Went to pub for a pint as was sufficiently shaken up by earlier falling over to deserve a pint. Or 2. Which became 4.
In summary nothing was achieved in the garage yesterday. I may try again tomorrow.
Went to the tip with aforementioned rubbish to ensure incident cannot be repeated.
Went to pub for a pint as was sufficiently shaken up by earlier falling over to deserve a pint. Or 2. Which became 4.
In summary nothing was achieved in the garage yesterday. I may try again tomorrow.
ChilliWhizz said:
Fell over a pile of rubbish I should have thrown out months ago.
Went to the tip with aforementioned rubbish to ensure incident cannot be repeated.
Went to pub for a pint as was sufficiently shaken up by earlier falling over to deserve a pint. Or 2. Which became 4.
In summary nothing was achieved in the garage yesterday. I may try again tomorrow.
Err, Groundhog Day?Went to the tip with aforementioned rubbish to ensure incident cannot be repeated.
Went to pub for a pint as was sufficiently shaken up by earlier falling over to deserve a pint. Or 2. Which became 4.
In summary nothing was achieved in the garage yesterday. I may try again tomorrow.
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