TJ
29-08-2004, 07:03 PM
sat night:
running like shite , turn the bleed back 3 clicks, runs wonderful , turn it back up 2, runs like a dream and hard. Starts to stutter etc onto boost , i think wtf is going on ive done plugs like a week ago. so i back off drive it off boost, then try again in about 5 min, its fine. go over some bumps, turn onto leach hwy, going up the hill away from maccas. give it a tiny bit of stick, spools then
Boom! blows a cooler hose off, right on a top of a blind hill. somehow manage to crawl it a little further off road.
thanks to adam, sean, josh. josh and simon who came down to help out , got it back on and nice and tight. left us wondering why it would pop off at 8-9psi - the culprit was found to be the bleed valve, which had one end fallen off , it say after the speedhumps it couldnt hang on anymore. this allowed it to boost as much as possible as there no control over wastegate. i thank my lucky stars it popped a cooler pipe or i would have lost an engine. no boost gauge doesnt help either.
sunday:
go to see josh run at plex, then decide to go out and give it a run
run one - 15.16 at 94mph - 2.8 60 footer , drive off line at 1000rpm with the bleed valve completely shut
run two 15.3 at 96mph 2.9 60 footer, cant hear the limiter for shit and bounce of 2nd and 3rd gear added two clicks (1psi) to bleed)
run three 15.06 at 98mph 2.9 60 footer , watch the tacho this time and get it better , though it spun off the line
run four 16.8 @ 80mph - 2.2 60 footer - get an awesome launch then promptly smokes the clutch - launching at 3k was enough to fuck it good
am i happy - hell no
am i sad - not really - i know it has no lsd no clutch no mods. the mph is good the lack of mods has killed me with my 60 foot times etc. im sure it can only improve from here.
well done to josh aka d1 rx7 too - 13.8 on debut.
Tom
running like shite , turn the bleed back 3 clicks, runs wonderful , turn it back up 2, runs like a dream and hard. Starts to stutter etc onto boost , i think wtf is going on ive done plugs like a week ago. so i back off drive it off boost, then try again in about 5 min, its fine. go over some bumps, turn onto leach hwy, going up the hill away from maccas. give it a tiny bit of stick, spools then
Boom! blows a cooler hose off, right on a top of a blind hill. somehow manage to crawl it a little further off road.
thanks to adam, sean, josh. josh and simon who came down to help out , got it back on and nice and tight. left us wondering why it would pop off at 8-9psi - the culprit was found to be the bleed valve, which had one end fallen off , it say after the speedhumps it couldnt hang on anymore. this allowed it to boost as much as possible as there no control over wastegate. i thank my lucky stars it popped a cooler pipe or i would have lost an engine. no boost gauge doesnt help either.
sunday:
go to see josh run at plex, then decide to go out and give it a run
run one - 15.16 at 94mph - 2.8 60 footer , drive off line at 1000rpm with the bleed valve completely shut
run two 15.3 at 96mph 2.9 60 footer, cant hear the limiter for shit and bounce of 2nd and 3rd gear added two clicks (1psi) to bleed)
run three 15.06 at 98mph 2.9 60 footer , watch the tacho this time and get it better , though it spun off the line
run four 16.8 @ 80mph - 2.2 60 footer - get an awesome launch then promptly smokes the clutch - launching at 3k was enough to fuck it good
am i happy - hell no
am i sad - not really - i know it has no lsd no clutch no mods. the mph is good the lack of mods has killed me with my 60 foot times etc. im sure it can only improve from here.
well done to josh aka d1 rx7 too - 13.8 on debut.
Tom