steve in stockport

February 25, 2015

Bob there won't be an edis on that set up, it was part of the ignition system on some fords in the 90s that will run an engine in limp mode if the ecu packs up.

What power is the ecu receiving, is it getting a good supply? Possible voltage drop between battery ignition switch start relay and the ecu?

February 25, 2015

Check all the free things first, engine earth, ecu earth-has it got it's own good clean earth point, 12v supply to ecu and coil, is the battery in good condition and not run down from all the trying. Wiring continuity on crank sensor plus a comp test as Rob said. Air leaks on the inlet side.

Then start buying things, plugs-zetecs are/were super sensitive to plug fouling and once soaked in fuel never seemed to run right. Can you swap the coil pack for another to eliminate that and maybe even the ecu.

Are the coil and ecu near each other? Possible interference but probably unlikely.

February 24, 2015

Sorry read again and you've got R1 carbs not weber, but same applies is their too much fuel going in or is it to weak to start? Have you activated the cold start enrichment/choke on the carbs when you're trying to start it?

February 24, 2015

First off, there is no physical timing adjustment on the redtop, you time the cams and crank together when you fit the cam belt. If you've got that wrong then you'll need some new valves as it's an interference engine. All the timing adjustments are done within the mapping of the ecu.

So you're running NODIZ Pro, I've just had a look at their website and a couple of things come to mind.

Have you got a 2.0 redtop basemap loaded on the ecu?

Are you running the 60-2 internal trigger wheel or an external 36-1 and is the ecu set to recognise the right one?

Nodiz uses a 2 wire crank sensor, vauxhall original item is a 3 wire, could this cause a problem?

Is your ecu set up to run a TPS and if so have you got one fitted and wired in?

have you tried swapping the leads for 1&4 and 2&3 cylinders to the opposite sides of the coil pack?

Have you got the ecu connected to a laptop so that you can make any necessary adjustments to the ignition timing?

How much fuel are the webers chucking in, could it be flooding from the beginning?

February 23, 2015

Pedro, it's as easy as any other action camera to use, you get a selection of mounts when you buy and it will also fit Go Pro mounts. I have a Go Pro suction mount from buying an original hero years ago but there are lots of others out there.

Bob, the quality is very good for a £65 camera, you tube does no favours as it renders the film as you upload and ruins the quality. As Duck says it doesn't react as quickly to changes in light as the Go Pro but it's a fraction of the cost and by changing the exposure settings and white balance etc in the menu you can get very good footage.

There is an SJ5000 out now, but it doesn't review very well at the moment and probably not worth the extra money, google techmoan and see his reviews of all sorts of action cams.

I would have filmed longer, but as it was a nice morning there were pesky walkers everywhere getting into shot and as you can see in the film it started to snow again up in the hills so I headed home.

February 23, 2015

Had a bit of a drive out into the Peak District earlier today and tried my hand at a bit of time lapse photography with the SJ4000 camera and a cooking timer. Stitched it all together in windows movie maker and for 20 minutes shooting you get 20 seconds of film.

February 16, 2015

Hi Paul, nice looking car and with the optional gold titanium finish too. I'm only just down the road from you in Hazel Grove, then there's ECAM who's in Tytherington. There used to be guy called Richard with a 2B opposite the boat builders at Poynton marina and another in Bollington but I'm not sure if the last two still have their cars.

February 16, 2015

you should be able to have it all on one map, when Dale at Bailey Performance mapped my engine he sorted out al the power side first then set about the cruising mapping which just involved holding the car at set speeds ie 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70mph and tuning the speed sites within the map for thoses speeds to 15 AFR or very slightly lean. These sites are only touched when holding a constant speed and when you're giving it some stick and going through the gears the map visits a whole different set of sites where the fuelling is all about power.

February 16, 2015

They were going to run kitfest down at Castle Combe last year and pulled the plug on it six weeks before. Hopefully as they've tied it in with another event it should go ahead, but as it's an action day I think the focus will be mainly on the track side of things as that's where the money is going to come from for them.

Might be worth getting a load of flyers for the end of season bash printed up and giving them out to all the club stands at Stoneleigh, as there's not a lot else on offer it could tempt a lot of people.

February 15, 2015

Aren't MOT emissions done at tick over? You shouldn't need two maps, even a full balls out power map should be able to meet the emissions at tick over and then come on strong when you put your foot down.

Having said that I do have a friendly tester, when I put the turbo engine in he said it should have a cat, to which I said, 'yes in an Astra it would have, but this car only needs to meet 3.5% CO and 1200ppm hydrocarbons' and his reply was that they only look for visible smoke because it's a kit - happy days.

February 15, 2015

As above Dan, if it's the mondeo slave it might need spacing to get the right throw. Jase had this when he went to the RV8 with hyraulic clutch, the slave cylinder was over extending without a spacer behind it.

February 14, 2015

Looks very similar to the fuel injected pinto ignition system with the TFI module mounted on the aluminium heat sink

February 12, 2015

In your position I would think again.

Sorry and this is not intended as an insult, but having read your previous posts on this and other subjects I think you are at or maybe even past the extent of your knowledge and this is a safety critical part of the car you're dealing with.

Fitting an after market pedal box doesn't give you the option to have a brake servo, which is what has led you to think about heading down this path. It will also ivolve some structural work to the car so that you get a good solid fixing of the box or you'll get flexing of panels and pipes which will give you poor feel and possible failure of the pipes.

There are a few otions open to you that may provide a solution:

1 How much does the new manifold interfere with the existing servo? Can the servo, the cross bar and the existing pedal box be mounted any higher to give the clearance?

2 There are smaller servos available, measure your available space and get down to a breakers and see if you can find a servo and cylinder that will fit in the space, then you need to sort a fixing to the cross bar and new pipework

3 Fit a servo and cylinder on the bulkhead in front of the driver as is the case with most of these cars and attach to the Sierra pedals

4 Fit a cylinder without servo as above, the tandem one on this page is more than up to the job of stopping you without servo assistance

5 Fit a cylinder as above with a remote servo in the nosecone and pipe it up accordingly

6 Have whichever pipe/pipes on your new manifold are in the way reworked to clear the existing servo and manifold

February 10, 2015

Have a look at bosch auxiliary water pumps, they fit them to the vauxhall turbo cars but there are also quite a few other manufacturers that fit them.

February 7, 2015

Will do Barry,where abouts in Stockport are you?

February 6, 2015

You should have 1 and 4 leads on one side of the coil pack and 2 and 3 on the other. If it's like that and not firing try swapping the leads to the opposite sides. Ignore any numbers marked on the coil pack as the plug may be wired differently with the nodiz.

February 3, 2015

A couple of years ago Adrian Flux automatically renewed my insurance even though I hadn't agreed to automatic renewal,

Chris already knew this was Flux's custom and practice from his experience a couple of years ago and yet still chose to insure with them last year,probably because the price was right. That was the opportunity to avoid the anger he's feeling now by going with a different company.

It will all be there in the T&Cs that none of us bother to read because we're inherently lazy and that's what the companies are banking on.

February 2, 2015

Sorry, but sending you a letter advising that your policy will be automatically renewed unless you contact the insurance company to instruct them otherwise isn't theft. If you then don't bother to respond to the renewal notice it isn't their fault or any sort of wrong doing.

All you need to do is take the time to respond to the renewal notice and if you're concerned ask them for acknowledgement of your instructions in writing. At least then you'll have proof if they act contrary to your instructions.

It amuses me that we will spend hundreds or thousands of pound trying to get more power or more bling and then expect to pay as little as possible on insurance and yet still get a 5 star service if we have a problem.

February 2, 2015

The stray wire you have coming from pin 9 was probably for switch illumination when the lights were on. Put some heat shrink on it and tape it to the other one.

January 31, 2015

Updated list for May show:

Me - weekend, camping

Foz - Sunday

Mitch - weekend, camping

Iggy - weekend, camping

Mark - weekend, camping

Darren - weekend

Matt - weekend, camping

Pete - weekend 2 cars

Mike - weekend

Maurice - weekend

Ron - weekend

Jase - weekend, camping

Lee - weekend, camping

Barry - weekend, camping

Simon - weekend, camping

Stuey - weekend

James (V8) - weekend

Andy - weekend, camping

Craig - weekend, camping

James(red top) - weekend, camping

Pete Dawson - Sunday

January 30, 2015

Did you do anything with the carbs before fitting ie stripping,cleaning, rejetting?

Could be dirt affecting floats and needle valves,perished, damaged or missing seals,loose screws on the bowls, too much fuel pressure.

I had zx6 carbs on my red top, a facet cube pump,no pressure regulator, never had any leaks but I did strip and overhaul them all first.

January 28, 2015

He's on there now Mitch

January 27, 2015

I've just been flicking through video 15 on there and the young lad Carl who is helping fit the roof obviously moved on from RH Engineering to acting as he's a dead ringer for Spencer from Phoenix Nights!

January 27, 2015

Here you go

windscreen assembly is at 23 mins

January 27, 2015