alanrichey

Plus £1000 for the IVA

Those look very similar to mine, and the Superspec uses an Escort steering rack.

What hasn't been mentioned of course, is the sensible option to buy a ready-built one and then customise it to how he wants it to look. That has the advantage that he isn't thrown in the deep end and won't have to put the car through the IVA. I am sure when I started I would not have been able to build a car from scratch, but after 12 years of tinkering with mine I think I have learned enough that I could probably build one now (Except I am too old now ). Cars regularly appear on EBay, just make sure they are correctly registered.

If he is going to be building one then the IVA Manual is absolutely essential reading https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/iva-manual-for-vehicle-category-m1

Just to confirm the AGM will be held on Saturday at 15:00 in the teme hall, which is located near the GTM owners club stand

It’s on its way, although I can’t guarantee it’s working, as I haven’t tested it. But it came off a working car so I have no reason to think it’s not working. But we have to remember that what we are seeing on the trace is simply the status of the connection between the ECU and the sensor, not the actual signal it is sending. But it does no harm to try it.

OK, I ran the test on my car. The good news is that my battery behaved exactly the same as yours so we can probably ignore that. The bad nes is that I was right about your CPS. As you can see from my trace it swiched firmly to 1 when I was cranking and it did not deviate. till I stopped cranking So I think yours is not working properly, maybe a loose connecton ? My offer of a spare one still stands. Al

That certainly looks better, the TPS matches mine now. And although it seems a bit noisy the CPS is going to 1 for some time while you are cranking. I'm afraid I don't know much about thw injector system, mine has always worked so I haven't had to research them. I'll have a read up and see if I can find out how to test them. I'll try starting mine tomorrow with the coil disconnected to see what the CPS should like if the engine doesn;t start. Silly question, but I assume you are getting a healthy spark from the plugs ? Al

I can second the Vargas battery. I had one previously. My current one is a Lion 063, £40 from Eurocarparts with the Club Discount. Works perfectly. Remember you can use MEMSScan to check the TPS Operation with just the ignition on you don’t need to fire up the engine. Also worth doing a reset. I quote: "To reset the throttle position sensor (TPS) in a MEMS 1.6 system, you can fully depress and release the accelerator pedal five times within 10 seconds of turning the ignition on, followed by waiting 20 seconds. This procedure resets the closed throttle position. If the throttle switch (or the MEMS ECU's calculation of throttle position) shows "ON" when the throttle is closed, this reset is needed. "

As a reminder, the National Kit Car Show takes place at the 3 Counties Showground at Malvern the weekend of 31st May/1st June. This is the main annual event for the kit car community, so if you visit nothing else, this the one to attend. And the Club's Annual General Meeting will be held there at 15:00 on Saturday. The Club have been allocated stands E2/3/4 as shown on the attached diagram. See you there,

Good point. As I recall when I lifted my front end I did the rear as well so it was slightly higher then the front.

Best of luck

Thomas. Andy I have a number of spares for our engines. Would you like to borrow some sensors so you can try swapping them to determone if youjr sensors are at fault or you have an ECU/wiring problem. At the moment I can lay my hands on a CPS, a throttle body with the TPS and a Intake Air Temperatire sensor. I should empahsise we have never tested these sensors but I have no reason to suspect they are faulty. Al

Not a pretty sight is it ? Interesting that the Crank shaft Sync error is not showing up, but I assume that means the ECU is communicating with it OK but the readings it is getting don't make sense, Now I look at the TPS readings I see it is showing over 100º . If you haven't got your foot on the throttle it should be showing about 20º. So the ECU thinks your foot is pushing the throttle down, which will affect it's settings and ability to start There is nothing I know of that will show if the injectors are working other than physically checking them. The problem is that the small group of people involved with this have only been able to figure out about half of the data parametres output by the ECU, mainly thorugh trial and error and disconnecting things. . All the official documentation was sent to China when Rover was sold, and nothing was kept. I think even the documention for the official Rover Test Equipment didn't provide a full decode . So one of the parameters marked 'uk' (short for 'unknown' could very well be what you are looking for. Sorry, not much help Al

I've just written an article on this very subject in the latest magazine. If you opted for a PDF delievery you should have received it, otherwise the hard copy should be arrving soon. {Checking my records I see you didn't reply when I asked you the question, so it has defaulted to hard copy). Al

OK. Our experince with the other Superspec showed that even with the battery fully charged that even using jump cables didn't help. But try it and see what the voltage trace looks like. The Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) error shouldn't affect the starting, the idle system is independent of the normal running mode. Again, we have seen a Superspec with a TPS error and what happens is that if you press the throttle too quickly the engine stalls and even if you gradually increase the throttle the engine will be running very roughly. I assume the Crank Position Sensor (CPS) is actually used to determine the timing of the ignition, so I think the ECU signal is just an indication of whether it is working or not. Yours might be a bit dirty but I don't know if you can take them apart to clean them or you have to replace it. I've also found that trying to look at the Fault Codes under 'User Selected' crashes my program with an 'Overflow' error So I would ignore the error displays and rely on the Errors Tab in MEMSScan. I'll see if I can figure out why my program crashes.

Hi Thomas Thanks for those, most enlightening. There are a few things that I can see immediately 1. It looks like the Coolant Sensor and Intake Sensor are not working (they probably don't show up on your MEMSAnalyser as I only recently updated the display). I suggest you connect MEMSScan and check the Errors Tab, no need to start the engine, and that will show you all the errors. 2. Your battery looks very weak. Before cranking it is only showing 12.2V. A fully charged battery should be at least 12.6V. And it drops alarmingly when crank. We have recently found another Superspec which refused to start as the battery was not delivering enough power. We managed to start it by attaching a battery booster. Here is a comparison between yours and mine, 3. As I suggested before, your Crankshaft Position Sensor looks very dodgy. Yours is very noisy, Again here is a comparison. Admittedly my engine actually starts, but I still think the CPS as shown should be on/off. So worth a look I think. Hope that helps. Al

Good. Would be interested to see the log file.

Yes, that’s correct, the light is essential.

At the forward end of the fuel rail there is a pressure valve. Once the fuel rail reaches the correct pressure it opens and lets the fuel flow into the return hose. I would check it isn’t stuck shut. Also the ECU will not operate until the Crank Position Sensor tells it the engine is cranking, so you need to make sure that is working. Have you downloaded the Superspec information pack I built ? www.rmrsoft.com/Rover.zip Also, have you setup my MEMS ECU Analysis program?

The latest magazine has been published. I have distributed it to all the members who opted in for an electonic PDF delivery. If anyone who opted in does not receive it in the next few hours (remember to check your spam folders) let me know. Those of you who opted for a hard copy or didn't reply to my request for your preference, it is now at the printers and you should get it soon. Al

True, my mistake, thanks

Yes, easy enough to remove the fuel pump from the unit. It simply clicks in/out and is held in by the 2 tubes. But be careful getting the replacement as there are subtle differences between models, mainly the shape of the plastic base that fits into a similarly shaped plastic base. Having said that I managed quite easily to fit the wrong pump with a bit of bodging/bending/forcing and it still worked. You might also have to a bit of rewiring, but it’s very straightforward, there are only 4 wires (2 for sender, 2 for pump.

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For those of you running a Focus ECU, ivorbiggun has managed to track down the attached document. Ford-Focus_2002_EN__diagrama_electrico_5111f1103f.pdf