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MK Indy 1.6 ecotec at Daytuner
mediabloke - 17/6/09 at 12:41 AM

Sorry for the lengthy post. Just had to say thanks to you all for the mine of useful information that is LCB. You helped me to resolve my megajolt teething troubles:
- moving my tacho feed from the PIP line to the EDIS module's CTO (clean tacho out - pin 11) to fix the erratic rpm input reported by the megajolt configurator
- asking a sub-contract engineering firm (Micron) to mount my trigger wheel accurately on the crank pulley
- replacing the crank sensor that had been gouged as a result by our less-than-centric trigger wheel mount!

So, target achieved, the Indy was ready for the rolling road. And your suggestions helped again, in the form of Daytuner...

A baseline run showed a max. of 103hp, and a peak 91.5 ft-lbs of torque in a narrow band 1000rpm-wide. The idle was lumpy, it was popping and banging at idle and on the over-run, and the smell of fuel after a blat was pretty strong to say the least...

The end results? After replacing the mains that appeared to have been drilled out to 155 with some 130s and lots of fettling, we now have an almost-perfectly-smooth power graph, peak power of 115.7 and 98.94 ft-lbs of peak torque, over a much wider range between 2200-6800 rpm.

The difference in the car was amazing on the way home: much more rangy(sp?). I could decide when I would change gear, not having to do so to keep the car moving (if that makes sense???) I'll have to control myself, but it could take weeks to lose the smile off my face!

Thanks to you all for contributing the info in the first place. Thanks to Nat (Nsdev) for advice re. the trigger wheel, to Dan Mason and Marc for recommending Daytuner, and particularly to Damien Tracey for a job well done. Another satisfied customer.

So summer's here, the car's ready to go, (bar my polybush squeaks) and I need an excuse to use it. Anyone up for a blat around northern parts, the midlands or wales...?

Cheers - Francis.


marc n - 17/6/09 at 12:52 AM

damien is a top man certainly knows his stuff, very helpful too, glad he has another satisfied customer, im sure there will be plenty more posting on here

if your out and about on a saturday drop in to our place we are there 8-30 am till 1-30pm on a saturday coffe machine is always on, and if any later than that we can be found in the wellington 100 yards down the road enjoying a beer

have fun with the car

best regards

marc


gingerprince - 17/6/09 at 02:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mediabloke
So summer's here


Is it? It's p1ssing it down out of my window!

Sounds like we need another run up to Hawes


daniel mason - 17/6/09 at 05:39 PM

am glad its driving a bit better francis.summer will be much more fun.


mediabloke - 17/6/09 at 10:47 PM

Thanks guys.

Marc - a drive through the country lanes to Harrogate... That's an idea: there are worse ways to spend a sunny Saturday morning.

Here's hoping you're going to be smiling soon too, Daniel.

quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
Sounds like we need another run up to Hawes

Yep - but I'll have to bring back cheese this time. The comments last time went something like:
"You're back late."
"You didn't get the cheese?"
Wonder if they do Wallace & Gromit car stickers, like the 'Ring ones...