Do you ever have a period of time when everything you touch becomes a problem? I am having just such a period at the moment. If only I could leave things alone while they are working. Granted the main protagonists in this tale of woe are the wastegate and MAP kit, but they just seem to impact, and infect, other areas as I go.
The story so far:-
I fitted a TiAL wastegate, with thanks to Paul Smith. The damn thing fell off its adaptor brackets the following day as SFR (the American supplier) didn't tighten it up properly before it left them. I'm still waiting for the replacement bolts and gaskets and BKE sounds like a tractor. In preparation for climbing under the car again I purchase a bag of new bolts, exhaust sealing rings and the like from my OPC. £100 or there abouts, thank you very much. Can you believe that the three bolts that clamp the exhaust together in front of the wastegate are £7 each?
So the exhaust is still blowing - hopefully this will get sorted soon as BKE goes in for an MOT in just over a week.
Fitted MAP kit in the quest for more power. I didn't need a MAP kit (or more power), BKE was running beautifully. Fitting went without a hitch and it all looks great. The only down side is BKE now runs like a total dog.
There is an upside to this. Unusually, I followed my own advice and purchased the kit from a UK source rather than buy direct from the States. As a result, Andrew Sweetenham is getting things sorted out. I have little doubt that by Monday evening BKE will be bleaching tyres like a dragster and ticking over like a Rolls Royce. I do hope so or I may be looking for somewhere else to live. Shall we say that BKE is no longer a safe topic of conversation in the Sims' household.
Due to the fright over BKE's fuelling problems I thought I'd fit a Air Fuel Ratio gauge. Although, I was under no illusion that this was going to be an easy job, initial positive signs lulled me into a false sense of security. A sensor, cable and connection point were all sourced, together with finding a prepared socket on the exhaust itself. The sensor and cable were assembled and I dived under the car to fit the probe; except I didn't have the correct size allen key. New allen key, breaker bar and sundry other bits see another unexpected bill of £50. Back under car, do you think exhaust bung would come out? No of course it won't.
You get to the stage where you could just pick up a branch and give the damn car a sound beating.
The story so far:-
I fitted a TiAL wastegate, with thanks to Paul Smith. The damn thing fell off its adaptor brackets the following day as SFR (the American supplier) didn't tighten it up properly before it left them. I'm still waiting for the replacement bolts and gaskets and BKE sounds like a tractor. In preparation for climbing under the car again I purchase a bag of new bolts, exhaust sealing rings and the like from my OPC. £100 or there abouts, thank you very much. Can you believe that the three bolts that clamp the exhaust together in front of the wastegate are £7 each?
So the exhaust is still blowing - hopefully this will get sorted soon as BKE goes in for an MOT in just over a week.
Fitted MAP kit in the quest for more power. I didn't need a MAP kit (or more power), BKE was running beautifully. Fitting went without a hitch and it all looks great. The only down side is BKE now runs like a total dog.
There is an upside to this. Unusually, I followed my own advice and purchased the kit from a UK source rather than buy direct from the States. As a result, Andrew Sweetenham is getting things sorted out. I have little doubt that by Monday evening BKE will be bleaching tyres like a dragster and ticking over like a Rolls Royce. I do hope so or I may be looking for somewhere else to live. Shall we say that BKE is no longer a safe topic of conversation in the Sims' household.
Due to the fright over BKE's fuelling problems I thought I'd fit a Air Fuel Ratio gauge. Although, I was under no illusion that this was going to be an easy job, initial positive signs lulled me into a false sense of security. A sensor, cable and connection point were all sourced, together with finding a prepared socket on the exhaust itself. The sensor and cable were assembled and I dived under the car to fit the probe; except I didn't have the correct size allen key. New allen key, breaker bar and sundry other bits see another unexpected bill of £50. Back under car, do you think exhaust bung would come out? No of course it won't.
You get to the stage where you could just pick up a branch and give the damn car a sound beating.
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