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Cheers mate, both have been great cars. Blue one is doing 60+ miles a day no worries, its due a service very soon but apart from that nothing to report.
Hows the 172 van going? I wanted to do a dci 100 van but like rocking horse s**t finding a good 100 now.
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Still no track control arm bushes. They never arrived and after excuse after excuse got my money back from the seller on ebay. Have ordered another front set of powerflex from Kamracing this time with rear vibratechnics bushes.
Clutch has almost given up and slipping all the time on...
@Daniel id get oem ones that are available and see if any of the other cosworth places have anything. Im well out of the loop with the cossies now so not sure who to recommend
Id be tempted to go to a specialist and get oem for the pas and water. Every time i use generic they seem to be slightly too small or too large, resulting in fail.
As far as i know the map Chris loads to the ecu is only a base map to get you to the dyno, i would take it steady unless you have the gear to log afr’s etc. He will sort the hesitation and start issues when its mapped.
Id be tempted to take it to an exhaust place and get it modified for more clearance if any more issues. Exhaust place remade mine on the Kangoo and no issues since.
Santa pod and back done! No issues journey was pretty uneventful apart from the drone of the side exit exhaust/ 044 fuel pump whining away and showing up a golf gti who thought he was clever putting his foot down when i went to overtake 😆
Cleaned up before
Pissed down all morning at Santa Pod...
Long time no update
Both dci's behaving as usual. Clean up as weather has been decent.
Changed dog bone mount on the blue dci as noticed it was torn when i changed the clutch. Oem this time instead of aftermarket
Fitted, 15 min job.
Been using the ac all the time in the hot weather in the blue...
Its really hard to choose a favourite out of the pair. Both are s**t on fuel, the Kangoo is quite refined with pas and electric windows and the torque absolutely nails you in the seat, fast as for what it is easy to drive, good modern brakes with abs. Its something that you can drive day to day...
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Not touched the Extra since its last ride out to Croft. Give myself a goal of getting the repairs done and mot'd for Retro Show at Santa pod on 20th of this month. Only needs a driveshaft and rear shocks fitting for mot he says?!
Jacked up and new gaz rear shocks fitted as i had robbed...
Not much in the way of updates, been using it quite often and no issues. Seen off a 15 reg audi tt diesel with ease the other night the lad driving it was gobsmacked :LOL:
Waiting for my powerflex front bushes to arrive so can refurb the front end.
Thinking about suspension upgrades. Not sure...
Looks class, i bet its great fun, my old Kangoo used to handle great. Pas wise, as @Daniel said above run the pas fluid on the minimum marker and your issues will be sorted.
Can report that it drives awesome on the road, I reckon this is as fast as my Extra van with around 270hp per ton. Hard to get the power down in first 2 gears but all systems go in 3rd;)
The power has highlighted the wishbone bushes have seen better days so have ordered powerflex black to fit...
Mapping day yesterday. Had prepared as best as i could and packed a few spares "just incase". Steady drive down to Efi made it there in good time.
Pre checks done, fuelled up and parked waiting to get on the rollers. Moggy arrives for a catch up in his epic nimbus r26r.
Waited for Chris to...
It does indeed have a megane pk gearbox with lsd. I think the main issue is it squats so much on boost, ive dialled in a bit more rebound on the rear shocks and going to look at the overall suspension setup and upgrade as ness. Will get some professional advice on where to go with it to keep it...
Cheers all
Just got back from Efi, Mapping went very well and made more power than anticipated, Chris done a great job and feels ballistic for what it is. Its hard to keep in a straight line in first 3 gears so best start looking at suspension upgrades next! Will do a full update in the morning ;)
Ill be buzzing if it makes 360/360. If the engine is a little tired and only makes low 300s ill be happy with that. Beggars cant be choosers:LOL:
Interestingly i found a build thread for the r26 i stripped for the engine.
https://www.meganesport.net/threads/my-forged-megane-r26.56621/
The...
Last few jobs done
Stainless air filter bracket to stop it resting on the brake fluid reservior.
Purge valve emissions s**t delete with a resistor to keep the ecu happy and no lights on. Had the valve plugged in and no pipes so had to go.
Last job was a good clean up
Full tank of juice ready...