flak monkey
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Been out for a blat
First nice dry, sunny and warm(ish) drive of the year today Around the coast and cross country roads around Norfolk. Found some more good roads to
add to the list too!
Great fun, very quiet on the roads, plenty of bikers around. Now all I need to do is finish tweaking the MS and sort a couple of flat spots.
Fuel economy increased from 20mpg to 25mpg lol Think there is more to be had yet though as it is still running well rich in a few of the cruising
ranges. Target is 30mpg once I am done...
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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matt.c
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:39 PM |
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Spotted!! Funny enough in a fuel station!
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locoR1
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:45 PM |
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What a greet day im so jealous! sounds like you put a few miles on it is there a noticeable difference in the way it drives? was it worth the
effort?
amazing what a bit of sun does for motivation i took the cover of mine for the first time this year though it was about time i got a few
jobs done before it goes back on the road.
 
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:50 PM |
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I went out in mine yesterday when I got home from work. forgot how quick it is 
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:52 PM |
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i had a nice drive out today, and a very long outing friday.lol
i have not worked out the mpg. i do not want to as i sure it is not a lot, asi am normaly in the petrol station or cleaning it, i am geeting good at
clean black cars now.lol
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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coozer
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 08:56 PM |
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Yep been out in mine today, taking advantage of warm(ish) clear blue sky's....
Nothing fancy, just a couple hours driving which I wouldn't even contemplate in the tintop. Pure driving just for the blue sky's...
Took some pics.. heres one!
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 09:29 PM |
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Did about 100miles today. More planned for tomorrow.
With regards to how it drives, its not much different to be honest. I did it mainly as a learning excercise in prep for the duratec transplant and
forced induction.
I am having a few issues starting from cold at the moment, but tweaked a few things this morning which might help. Think it needs some more fuel!
It might well be better once its all set up though.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 10:22 PM |
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i have never really taken mine out for a nice drive on the roads since i finished it (november)
would like to have gone out today but the bl00dy boiler blew up (literally) on friday night so £800 later and a wrecked house i have a cold house,
with a nice shiney new boiler on the wall not quite connected up! Hopefully finish it tomorrow ready to be corgi connected up monday/tuesday
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 11:26 PM |
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Must admit I was very tempted... but went to Manchester instead! Still too cold...
Steve
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omega0684
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 11:37 PM |
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i just wish i could afford to tax and insure mine at the moment, being out of work sucks! claire got the car idling sweet today and the car was just
shouting at me to go for a spin!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 11:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
i just wish i could afford to tax and insure mine at the moment, being out of work sucks! claire got the car idling sweet today and the car was just
shouting at me to go for a spin!
And funny thing is - you were right about it being a very long drive home............blue skies , dry roads , and a tank of super unleaded
Hoo boy it was a good day for a thrash
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 12:51 AM |
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Man i can't wait to get my retest in April. I remember renewing my bike insurance and tax this time last year and got about 2 weeks tops out of
it before it started chucking it down for another month or so.
I'm going to wait out a bit longer this year.
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 01:38 AM |
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best day of the year so far and my car is sitting on a trailer with a broken engine
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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DIY Si
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 09:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Must admit I was very tempted... but went to Manchester instead! Still too cold...
Steve
Too cold?! That's what thermal pants were invented for! I've seen minus temps in mine with no heater. Although -4 was a bit much, even
for me.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 11:03 AM |
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Been out again this morning, not muc traffic around, and where there was plenty of overtaking oportunities.
MS is getting pretty good now.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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dean100yz
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 07:29 PM |
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Ive only owned mine a few months so get out on every opportunity
Been out all day today, went out thurs and fri night too
Nice roads and not too cold either. I read people saying this alot but its so true. The smile i have on my face right now - im like a big kid!
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 07:48 PM |
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Sounds like your really getting into the setting up of the Squirt now David. What sort of MPG are you getting with the throttle bodies??
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:00 PM |
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Currently getting about 25mpg more to be had yet though, hoping for about 30mpg when its sorted.
Got a few niggly issues, nothing major though. Mainly a couple of lean spots just off idle, which I think I am going to have to tune out manually. I
also dont know what sort of AFR I should get at idle, but anything under about 13 causes issues...
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:03 PM |
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but anything under about 13 causes issues...
Anything under 13 is surely Rich IIRC???? Unless I'm wrong which may solve a couple of my issues
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:11 PM |
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how come your bothered about MPG in a car like this? if you want good MPG then buy a tdi tintop! lol
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:16 PM |
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how come your bothered about MPG in a car like this? if you want good MPG then buy a tdi tintop! lol
Not worried but as the car is lighter then surely you should be able to attain a similar mpg on a blat to the donor vehicle. i'd have thought
that for a spirited drive ( not a lunatic flat out one) that 30mpg should be attainable. Given that mines has done 7 or 8 mileas and maybe 20 runs uo
to temp in the garage and has used 20 litres then after sva there's still quite a bit of work to be done I HOPE.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:20 PM |
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I am not bothered about mpg, i just want it running well. Its not very far out now. If i lean the idle up much more the engine dies under light
throttle, leaning out too far.
Theres little point chucking in more fuel than it needs to produce max power, does more harm than good to the engine and my wallet!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:27 PM |
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If i lean the idle up much more the engine dies under light throttle, leaning out too far.
I'm finding that under VERY light throttle the engine splutters a bit. I'm looking at putting in more low down tps bins when I finally get
round to getting it on the road.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:37 PM |
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Thats exactly what i get. I think it might be a side effect of using alpha-n as I cant think of a good way around it without sacrificing a lot of tps
bins and compromising other areas.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:45 PM |
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From my understanding of it the bigger changes in airflow occur during the fist say 25% of the throttle movement so higher throttle openings would be
OK covered by a bigger gap in the tps bins.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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