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X factor= FailMust admit, it was odd last night not having anything to do....
I ended up getting subjected to the X Factor with the girlfriend. I grant you that the car is a pain in the ***, but at least it doesn't make me watch utter gash TV.
3" TIP initial Development:
early picture from last night when I had 10mins
Well, I had an interesting night last night.....
On the way home from Bill's I may have given it a little bit of cherry down the A38 on the way home :whistle:
Anyway, overtaking a lorry, all the power died. And I mean died.
First thought was limp mode. The original version of the map that's on there did this a few times and just went a big wiggy. EPC light would come on and the ignition would need to be power cycled to fix.
The EPC light was on, so I rolled to a stop and turned it off. Turned it back on - EPC light still there, engine running on 2 cylinders by the sounds of things.
Not good.
To make matters worse, I had the girlfriend with me after picking her up. She's always complaining that the car never works and is always broken, so obviously when this happened, she went up the ****** wall... :-(.
Tried ignition off again, checked liquid gauge, 2 fault codes found. Cleared them. Started it again, faults back immediately.
Now, this would be really useful if you could tell what the faults are, but on liquid, all you get is a number... Out comes the laptop from the boot with trusty VAG COM cable (always kept in the car from previous incidents).
Two fault codes regarding the throttle body... . Reminds me of a problem I had once before.
Popped the bonnet, had a fiddle around..... the throttle body plug had come off.
The sigh of relief was not dissimilar to a 007P.
Plugged it in, and off I went. Happy days.
Very interesting thread :thumbsup:
Is there any advantage to be had by using a 3" TIP when the turbo intake is a smaller diameter?
Question: Is it all you had hoped for?
That remains very much to be seen... Will be dyno'd after fitting to see if there is any benefit.
As a general rule, the more free the flow, the better power made.
Yeah, I'm just not really convinced that the smaller diameter intake on the turbo wont act as a sort of bottle neck.
I'm just about to fit a Garrett turbo with 2 1/2" intake and 3" MAF. I have loads of smaller diameter silicone and aluminium but nothing 3".
I'll be very interested to see the figures with your 3" TIP fitted.
Am i been thick here, but arnt the silicone tips 3"? if so what is the idea behind it, so it cant suck in?
But still bottle neck at the 51mm end....lol
So it is the bend only that is going to make a difference if any..
How is the Adapter clamping onto the Turbo inlet?? Is that a small Grub screw I can see in the photo??
In motorsport they have air filter as close to the turbo so the air have less distance to travel ini.
Compressor A/R - Compressor performance is comparatively insensitive to changes in A/R. Larger A/R housings are sometimes used to optimize performance of low boost applications, and smaller A/R are used for high boost applications. However, as this influence of A/R on compressor performance is minor, there are not A/R options available for compressor housings.
I think what he is trying to do is see what difference a 3" TIP will make when fitted to his car...
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I think Wellys car would beneifit from a uprated actuator....
I think Wellys car would beneifit from a uprated actuator as well as a TIP.
Actually no... having a potentially stiffer actuator on this particular turbo (K04 hybrid) would make overall boost control worse... thats from experience... Bill will no doubt chip in when he is free to validate this but the last thing Welly's turbo needs is a different actuator...
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Guys how am I making it a fight or an issue...............
I just cannot understand the point in what your trying to do and was looking for an explaination which makes sense TO ME.
Can you upload a link please Welly were I can read the results people have got.
Nathan
and was looking for an explaination which makes sense TO ME.
Back to the 51mm if it is flanged down to a 51 from 3" surley part of the air is hitting a brick wall(metal) and rebounding causing all sorts of disturbance....
Nathan, noone said you was fighting, Welly said, "Why make IT fight for it" Meaning Air in