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My idle is too high around 1200 rpm
I've obviously tried to unbolt the screw under the linkage but even with a gap , idle 's too high
released tension on cable
Managed to adjust the spring on the other extremity ( not really a factory mounting...)
The spring is pulling vertically but the linkage would go down at the end of travel so the geometry is bad
I could ( hardly ) find a better place for the spring BUT even if I push the linkage back the idle is not comming down so much .
I've obtain a +- 1100 rpm seems a bit high for my ears (?) , no way could reach a stall but idle is constant & regular
Any help ?
I've obviously tried to unbolt the screw under the linkage but even with a gap , idle 's too high
released tension on cable
Managed to adjust the spring on the other extremity ( not really a factory mounting...)
The spring is pulling vertically but the linkage would go down at the end of travel so the geometry is bad
I could ( hardly ) find a better place for the spring BUT even if I push the linkage back the idle is not comming down so much .
I've obtain a +- 1100 rpm seems a bit high for my ears (?) , no way could reach a stall but idle is constant & regular
Any help ?
Tanguero said:
If the throttle butterflies are closing and the throttle pots aren't completely knackered, then you have an air leak on the inlet side of the throttle somewhere.
Try listening for it with a length of tube with one end held to your ear - you can often hear the air rushing.
Ooh, talking about that, is it possible that one of the butterfly retaining screws could have dropped out/in ??Try listening for it with a length of tube with one end held to your ear - you can often hear the air rushing.
(Sorry, don't want to panic you, more testing my comprehension really)
sonnylad said:
Mr Cerbera said:
My idle is 800 rpm
Sounds far too low, you need to be up nearer the 1000rpm mark for alt to be charging battery.
listen, as you've stuck your head above the parapet, a quick (?) question to a lighting engineer.
HID units ? Waht are all these comments I keep reading about wiring them "directly to the battery" and "avoiding the ballast resistor".
By the way this is from a person who has difficulty changing the batteries on his TV Remote control - so keep it simple, pleeeeease
HID units ? Waht are all these comments I keep reading about wiring them "directly to the battery" and "avoiding the ballast resistor".
By the way this is from a person who has difficulty changing the batteries on his TV Remote control - so keep it simple, pleeeeease
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Some HiD kits use the cars wiring to provide the 12V supply to the HiD Ballast system which then steps this up to the High Voltage AC supply needed by the bulbs.
Others that connect to the battery only use the cars Wiring to control a set of relays that come with the kit to control the lights, on/off and hi/low. The 12Volt supply comes directly from the battery via an inline fuse.
The advantage on a TVR of the direct from the battery version is that the light control units in a Cerb are in the boot so the wiring goes from the front to the back and then back to the front again, this is one reason why the lights in a Cerb are often so bad, by the time all the wiring has been traversed you are left with 10Volt at the bulb. Direct from the battery takes all of this wire out of the high current part of supplying the bulb and just uses it to control relays so it doesn't have an adverse effect on the brightness of the bulbs.
Rewiring your car to use relays in the same manner as HiD kits can actually make a huge improvement over the standard system, not as good as HiD but much better than standard.
Mr Cerbera said:
Ooh, talking about that, is it possible that one of the butterfly retaining screws could have dropped out/in ??
(Sorry, don't want to panic you, more testing my comprehension really)
That's certainly possible, so is a bent butterfly. Hopefully its more likely it is just a dodgy O ring under the heat barrier or something.(Sorry, don't want to panic you, more testing my comprehension really)
gruffalo said:
Some HiD kits use the cars wiring to provide the 12V supply to the HiD Ballast system which then steps this up to the High Voltage AC supply needed by the bulbs.
Others that connect to the battery only use the cars Wiring to control a set of relays that come with the kit to control the lights, on/off and hi/low. The 12Volt supply comes directly from the battery via an inline fuse.
The advantage on a TVR of the direct from the battery version is that the light control units in a Cerb are in the boot so the wiring goes from the front to the back and then back to the front again, this is one reason why the lights in a Cerb are often so bad, by the time all the wiring has been traversed you are left with 10Volt at the bulb. Direct from the battery takes all of this wire out of the high current part of supplying the bulb and just uses it to control relays so it doesn't have an adverse effect on the brightness of the bulbs.
Rewiring your car to use relays in the same manner as HiD kits can actually make a huge improvement over the standard system, not as good as HiD but much better than standard.
Thank You, Sir ! Even I understood that Others that connect to the battery only use the cars Wiring to control a set of relays that come with the kit to control the lights, on/off and hi/low. The 12Volt supply comes directly from the battery via an inline fuse.
The advantage on a TVR of the direct from the battery version is that the light control units in a Cerb are in the boot so the wiring goes from the front to the back and then back to the front again, this is one reason why the lights in a Cerb are often so bad, by the time all the wiring has been traversed you are left with 10Volt at the bulb. Direct from the battery takes all of this wire out of the high current part of supplying the bulb and just uses it to control relays so it doesn't have an adverse effect on the brightness of the bulbs.
Rewiring your car to use relays in the same manner as HiD kits can actually make a huge improvement over the standard system, not as good as HiD but much better than standard.
Byker28i said:
Knowing Fubes, a credit card and useful Indy. 
Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 10th February 08:41
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