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Leave it disconnected. Not necessary for VAC compensation on this setup

There are at least 10 versions of service record book, all with different info.

Yes that's exactly right

I've always seen 18k or 18 months interval on the 1.2 16v. More often is better though

Ah I used a version of ECUedit on ca18det ECUs a longtime ago. Where are you based?

Re: CAMBELT SERVICE, CORRECT TOOLS BUT CAMS KEEP OUT OF TIME BY VALVE SPRINGS FORCE!! all of this! The belt should have centralised if you turned the pulleys once the belt tension was set. Pulley will be fine if the straighten the lip.

Canems would be ideal if a full standalone is the way to go. Any further plans with it like adding ITBs? Would be a nice way to do it bit by bit. My cammed mk1 was a little screamer on 213s and omex

The AEM F/IC looks very capable

Depends what you get. I've used a few piggyback systems in the past, if you can get a wiring schematic they're usually simply from then on. They're cack on 172s but a mk1 ECU is simple enough not to get confused

Have you bought the adaptor kit for vvt engines? The lower nut comes in that.

Its a bit of a cheat, but a piggyback ECU like an smt6, unichip etc wouldn't be a bad option

its not really a case of considering it, the hardware to do it is quite specific.the stock ECU is a very simple and quite crude piece of kit. Does the job just about. I'd not start tuning a mk1 on the stock ECU anymore, emulators and burning chips is not the fun it was 10 years ago. I've not...

Not sure, have to base it on the time it takes. I'd guess at an hour extra give or take

Can do. Much prefer the cup setup for simplicity in the bay, and the space it give you for adjusting personally, but either way works

there's a few versions on different years, some are pot punched in. Sounds standard

didn't say expensive, I said they cost more than the toyosport ones. I wouldn't sell them, the fit is embarassing

just as bad!!!!!! worse tbh as they cost more Dawn, you have standards, you don't want made in china tat

I've run lots of vw rads on different spec ITB cars, they only start to struggle on very very hot days, with high compression engines.

is it ATpower throttle on a tdf ecu? every one I've seen with that setup runs high idle. It's usually because the idle control parameters in the ECU aren't activated, and the throttles are not setup properly. 1600 is very high though, I suspect you have an adjuster screw come loose or similar

seem popular for the 197 because they're cheaper than fixing the original piece of crap properly. I asked piper how much they could do a decent replacement for and it was going to be over £700. They weren't interested as for that cost everyone would buy the ebay tat so they wouldn't sell any...

if it's a 172 exhaust manifold you're talking about, they go for about £30 and there's loads of them around on here, ebay and just lying around. I have 3 for a start

I do. Supertechs are fine, still a decent upgrade, but I'll use these as they're genuinely 1 piece, and not just a lie on their website

yup. Used them in Petes race engine. (Toastfrenzy)

Its more like £1100 all in from me.

Nick has summed it up really. They just optimised everything without road car compromises. Also the sequential gearbox has very low parasitic losses so more power is transmitted to the wheels. They didn't however have 200, that's a myth no matter what's claimed.

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Sounds like a servo issue to me. More likely the VAC pipe has a hole than anything else.

Don't like that profile at all myself, but that's very cheap.

Iffy.....lol that's being nice. Call you tomorrow. Might come and get the lump while Jo sleeps off her night shift.

Well after over an hour of trying lots of different tools and nothing moving at all, it was literally the last resort. I can't think of more than 5 or 6 times in 18 years of working on cars that I've had to do it though.