Project Traxo

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GT3 said:
Got a link? I'm 99% sure the droplinks from an s2 rallye and any saxo furio/vtr/vts are the same.

If they are the original droplinks at 5 years old and average miles then I would say they probably need replacing yeah.
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So a Furio handles the same as a VTR/S?

I thought they were softer or maybe I am getting confused with the East/West Coast.
 
Well when it goes in for it's MOT on the 31st i'll get them to have a look at the drop links etc. I want this sorting, it doesn't fill me or passengers with convidence ;)
 
Just do what mini owners do and convince yourself that the odd knock or bang "adds to the character" :p
 
GT3 said:
Just do what mini owners do and convince yourself that the odd knock or bang "adds to the character" :p
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Haha, "bonjour, this be my french passion wagon. On entering right hand corners, you may hear a slight clunk/clang...........this is normal, the vehicle is made out of "fromage" :D
 
Small update:

Sold the goodridge hoses for price I paid for them and got the correct set of hoses from rally design custom made.

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Rang up and ordered them at 3pm and they custom made them and delivered them the next morning. Best service i've had from any company :)

Thinking of buying this chaps seats, doorcards, rear bench and harnesses for mine, what do you think?

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MrSix said:
Get the front two, don't bother with the door cards and bench - just run it without them.
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If I was doing that I'd probably get some plain black ones.

I don't want a stripped out car, I want it bearable for road use and if me and my mates go on road trips etc.

So to find a full interior with doorcards and bench trimmed to match I think its quite good.
 
GT3 said:
penski don't think the megasquirt can control all the sensors on the saxo engine so need omex or cheapest is kms engine management which is about £500 + wideband lambda, adapter loom, custom inlet manifold etc so while the bike tb's may be cheap the overall setup won't be. Also don't want supercharger.
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theres nothing special about the TU sensors it can control them perfectly in fact it can be callibrated to suit almost all sensors. it can also run alpha-n which is more suitable for ITB mapping, with any aftermarket you will need wideband ideally just to keep things in check, something like an innovate lc1 which you can pick up for around £150.
 
Is there any websites I can read up on this? definately interested was put off because of people on the saxo forums all running very expensive stuff to run TBs.

Small update coming tomorrow too.

And next week pick up a rather special gearbox with a few special parts in it :)

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GT3 said:
Is there any websites I can read up on this? definately interested was put off because of people on the saxo forums all running very expensive stuff to run TBs.
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yeah megasquirt has some huge helpful forums.
http://www.msefi.com/ (official megasquirt forum)

http://www.megamanual.com/v22manual/mtabcon.htm (official megasquirt manual)

http://www.msextra.com/ (forum for the "extra code" this contains traction control boost control etc etc)

http://megasquirt.sourceforge.net/extra/ (web page for what ms+extra contains)

http://www.msextra.com/manuals/MS_Extra_Manual_Index.htm (ms+extra manual)

the problem with ms is that there are only 2 recognized distributers both worked off there feet thus meaning that the uk scene does not really know much about it and such thing as what you just said get spread around by other tuners not knowing the system and trying to sell you there ecu. I am currently working with bowling and grippo to become a uk distributer also trying to seal a deal with innovate motorsports to supply wideband lambdas.
Also with ms if you can write c+ then you can write your own code for the ecu to suit whatever application you need, guys have come up with the ability to run it on the siamiesed port minis which before only rover mems could handle. lots of rx7s have been run on it now aswell due to new rotary code being written.

However the tu engine is a very simple 4 banger using bosch sensors all you need to do is calibrate for the bosch sensors and thats it. i have no idea where or who was telling you it wont work!

In all honesty MS1+extra is as advanced if not more then the new emerald K3 ecu with more features and more customization.

the downfall to megasquirt in the uk is there are not many people willing to tune it as, as with what i said above, not many tuners know the ecu, however if you have a bit of savvy buy a wideband o2 its pretty easy to get it running well yourself. Again i am looking into offering a service for RR tuning these (i have a friend with a rr although i would be looking at obtaining my own in the future) and possibly drive in drive out installs.


for your setup you would just run a toothed wheel decoder for ignition using the wheel 60-2 wheel that is already on the flywheel and read by the CAS sensor. Running wasted spark with alpha-n to give optimum throttle response on bodies and the ability to run silly wild cams if you wanted and upping the comp ratio to suit the cams (11:1 ??) with tbs and that setup i would expect that to see you the right side of 160bhp with the itbs providing reasonably tractability throughout the rev range and sounding damn sexy too \o/

if you was happy to get spannering most of it yourself i would expect it could be done for around £1/1.5k depending on the price of the cams from catcams (around £320 for the pair inc vat catcams part numbers 1321714 or 1321715) and what bike bodies/manifold you use
 
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GT3...at what age did you manage to get insurance on a VTS?

18, 1NCB, PP, 1 years 8 months I have had my license for and i'm struggling to get quotes.

Only one that stands out is Admiral @ £1300 tpft.

Cheers. ;)
 
Not quite understanding what ya wanna do here? Your on about using it for track days yet keeping, if not adding weight with the new seats, doorcards and rear bench?
 
digitalwolf said:
I hear the turbo charger is not the best option for the Saxo.

Supercharger is though :p
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It all depends what you want from the engine. A supercharcher and a turbocharger both have completely different characteristics.
 
Lopéz said:
It all depends what you want from the engine. A supercharcher and a turbocharger both have completely different characteristics.
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i think the problem comes from the stock cams, there are relativly long duration which for a turbo application causes too much valve overlap,meaning the inlet and exhaust valves are open at the same time for a period of time. you will just blow boost out the exhuast, with a supercharger this is not such a big deal as with a turbo.

however nothing a cam change/vernier pulley adjustment could not sort
 
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