What shouldnt you ever do??
28 October 2002, 12:28 PM
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Location: Leeds - It was 562.4bhp@28psi on Optimax, How much closer to 600 with race fuel and a bigger turbo?
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Picture this...
You get your car running... but as you are using eproms you remove the ecu and sit it in the footwell so you can have easy access to it whilst mapping. As you are banned you sit in the passenger seat, and when travelling down a private road following another scoobynet member at speeds over (18.75x4)x2 You decide to back off and get the camera out of the boot to take some artistic photos / video's, when returning to your seat you stand on the ecu board and remove a cap and bend a daughter board over, car then cuts out... bend board back (mounted vertically) and all is ok...
Outcome??
Must refit a new cap and be more carefull... also mount sockets externally on ribbon cable..
One Lucky David
Oh and the only reason you were quicker top end was becuase of your wheel size!
You get your car running... but as you are using eproms you remove the ecu and sit it in the footwell so you can have easy access to it whilst mapping. As you are banned you sit in the passenger seat, and when travelling down a private road following another scoobynet member at speeds over (18.75x4)x2 You decide to back off and get the camera out of the boot to take some artistic photos / video's, when returning to your seat you stand on the ecu board and remove a cap and bend a daughter board over, car then cuts out... bend board back (mounted vertically) and all is ok...
Outcome??
Must refit a new cap and be more carefull... also mount sockets externally on ribbon cable..
One Lucky David
Oh and the only reason you were quicker top end was becuase of your wheel size!
28 October 2002, 12:43 PM
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That is up there with other ECU mishaps such as programming an ECU in the pouring rain miles from home in a layby and the programming failing and the car being undriveable. I carry a spare ECU 
and a mobile phone 
and a mobile phone
28 October 2002, 02:12 PM
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David relies on me to turn round and "offer assistance"
All i can say is.....
...........any excuse
Told you my friends airfield had enough in it for over 150!!
Must buy him a pint for letting us use it.
Still cant understand how you had more power and more torque, yet i pulled away
comfortably (considering) in 4th and 5th
Steven
All i can say is.....
...........any excuse
Told you my friends airfield had enough in it for over 150!!
Must buy him a pint for letting us use it.
Still cant understand how you had more power and more torque, yet i pulled away
comfortably (considering) in 4th and 5thSteven
28 October 2002, 02:29 PM
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I felt sorry for you..
Your bigger wheels?
Different ratio's between 94 and 00?
Your a fat ****...
I'm getting det at the top end and cant rev to red line without thinking its christmas...
Quickshift.
Whats your rev limit?
David
Your bigger wheels?
Different ratio's between 94 and 00?
Your a fat ****...
I'm getting det at the top end and cant rev to red line without thinking its christmas...
Quickshift.
Whats your rev limit?
David
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28 October 2002, 03:06 PM
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happend mid morning today, sent cheque off last week, just wished i had done it before i got the new downpipe as it would have paid for itself straight away.