Jay Jays Mk2 Project

[DUB 12V]

is this for real???? i had a worked 1.9 running full aftermarket ecu with lots of mods in a mk2 and its was quick but not QUICK> how much power do you think it has,

[GoLfMan]

is this for real???? i had a worked 1.9 running full aftermarket ecu with lots of mods in a mk2 and its was quick but not QUICK> how much power do you think it has,

its obviously not going to be ball tearing quick...

it'll be quick for worked 1.8 8v NA

[static1800]

Quick enough to put newer cars to shame that cost a hell of a lot more money....

the joys of mk1's and mk2's

[Golf Houso]

is this for real???? i had a worked 1.9 running full aftermarket ecu with lots of mods in a mk2 and its was quick but not QUICK> how much power do you think it has,

Are you using your little cousin's account now DUB 20V ?

Anyways, great to hear the car is running properly again I'd like to see how it matches us against a VR6, I'd say it'd be pretty close either way.

[jayjay]

i actually drove a mate's vr6 for a day last week. pretty tidy. and it has torque everywhere.

but driving this thing is fking ridiculous! k-jet is a big bag poop when the sensors are 20 yrs old and the loom is crustier than toast. to stop the pinging, the distributor is a lot more retarded than it could be and i pretty much have no power until 3 grand.

but from then it's all a bit crazy. I have to completely change my driving pattern to stay in the torque band. right now i think it's somewhere around 5-6 degrees static advance but yeah, if i'm not stuck in the <3000 rpm torque hole, this will eat stock vr6s...

[Preen59]

Good to hear it's running well mate.

You could always advance the cam timing a bit to move the power band lower if you are struggling for bottom end..

[Bug_racer]

is this for real???? i had a worked 1.9 running full aftermarket ecu with lots of mods in a mk2 and its was quick but not QUICK> how much power do you think it has,

Power is always relative to what youve been in before .
Best way to measure power is via rate of acceleration .
The only real factor then is going to be weight , as long as you traction .

[Bug_racer]

i actually drove a mate's vr6 for a day last week. pretty tidy. and it has torque everywhere.

but driving this thing is fking ridiculous! k-jet is a big bag poop when the sensors are 20 yrs old and the loom is crustier than toast. to stop the pinging, the distributor is a lot more retarded than it could be and i pretty much have no power until 3 grand.

but from then it's all a bit crazy. I have to completely change my driving pattern to stay in the torque band. right now i think it's somewhere around 5-6 degrees static advance but yeah, if i'm not stuck in the <3000 rpm torque hole, this will eat stock vr6s...

Is the distributor regraphed ? Whats your max advance ?

All critical sensors should be changed !

[Bug_racer]

The car never had a relay, just lots of spliced wires from a sucession of owners.

Beau built a new loom for the fuel pump relay and then was let down by all the relays being broken and overheating.

New relay $75! And bingo car starts and pump is controlled by relay again.

Quick road tune by me and its a bit of a beast

Dont keep us in suspense ! What was the a/f like ? What wideband unit did you use ? Im guessing the car doesnt have lambda probe?

[jayjay]

Is the distributor regraphed ? Whats your max advance ?

All critical sensors should be changed !

yeah i should get on to that.

it was running about 32 - 33 degrees advance at about 4500 up to near redline.

to what preen said, that's exactly what i thought about doing. advancing the cam gear half a degree maybe for a bit of drivability. But we're going to need to do something about the idle...

if it's above 1500, it's fine and smooth, but above 1500.. if it's below it's like 700-1400 1600-600..etc ie lumpy as all hell.

The idea of some sort of individual throttling interests me because i'm lead to believe that the individual pressure changes from each cylinder pulse doesn't affect the others. which ---> better idle (also itbs... )

so yeah, i'm going to take some sort of plunge when uni holidays come around