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[The Batman]

valentines day adventure hopefully today me and Vocky will get the following done today: fit pre rad fit water pump fit second coolant tank remove fog lights fit front clam and brake cooling pipes weighed everything yesterday and currently +7.5kgs hopefully the fog lights and brackets will weigh a kilo or two each

[Cookies220]

Blimey Joe, you're really going to town on your vx! nice one

[The Batman]

cheers buddy and you got your map put back on yet?

[The Batman]

fit pre rad
fit water pump
fit second coolant tank
fit original injectors
attach all pipes
tart up the toe link thingy
remove fog lights
fit front clam and brake cooling pipes
run power to the water pump
fit catch tank + filter
fit KnN filter and pipe
fit gasket (when it comes )
fit charger
fit piper back box
fit rear clam
fit speedlines

finally drive to Courtenay Sport and get them to swap sensors round and fit new injectors and stage 2 SC remap

Edited by joe_589, 14 February 2009 - 01:46 PM.

[vocky]

it's nearly finished, coming along quite nicely edit: is that fit the speedlines to vocky's vx220 ?

Edited by vocky, 14 February 2009 - 03:17 PM.

[The Batman]

i did notice you thinking about how you could get them in your grandads car without me noticing

[vocky]

damn I thought I got away with wheeling them next to the honda oh well theres always tomorrow

[The Batman]

i wasnt fouled by the " i wonder what they look like in the back of my motor " trick

[Madabout....]

Nice project. Speedlines will look great.

[The Batman]

cheers buddy and congrats on buying some speedlinealikes

[Madabout....]

cheers buddy and congrats on buying some speedlinealikes

Cheers. Promised not to spend money modding by VXT. Ive owned it a week and have a hard top coming on Sunday and now the wheels next!

What ECU are you running with the supercharger conversion.

Ive also got a modified mx5 running 230bhp, which now has a Link standalone ECU.

Alot of the guys with mx5s run superchargers and tend to use megasquirt, emerald or emanage ecus.

Be a quick car when all done

[The Batman]

whenever people talk about different types of ECU my brain stops as i dont for 1 second have a clue about any off them at the moment i am going to be using my standard ECU, however if courtenays cant remap it then that will be the time to upgrade it, but i hope they can remap it! my plan was to not spend any money on it this year.... i kind of failed at that once you start you cant stop! thats pretty impressive for an mx5 bet that shifts! should be at a stage 2 250bhp but i have a few tweaks but the rods wont be able to take much more... so there next on the list with new pistons! maybe next winter

[Madabout....]

whenever people talk about different types of ECU my brain stops as i dont for 1 second have a clue about any off them

at the moment i am going to be using my standard ECU, however if courtenays cant remap it then that will be the time to upgrade it, but i hope they can remap it!

my plan was to not spend any money on it this year.... i kind of failed at that once you start you cant stop!

thats pretty impressive for an mx5 bet that shifts!

should be at a stage 2 250bhp but i have a few tweaks but the rods wont be able to take much more... so there next on the list with new pistons! maybe next winter

Got to admit I dont know alot about aftermarket stand alone ECUs. I went with the link ecu as there was good previous experience of people using this with uprated mx5s so thought it was proven.

The mx5 does surprise a few people.

Good Luck with the remap. I have not done enough reading on here to know what ecus people are using. I know from when I had an elise the emerald I think was popular.

[techieboy]

Got to admit I dont know alot about aftermarket stand alone ECUs. I went with the link ecu as there was good previous experience of people using this with uprated mx5s so thought it was proven.

The mx5 does surprise a few people.

Good Luck with the remap. I have not done enough reading on here to know what ecus people are using. I know from when I had an elise the emerald I think was popular.

Very few people run an aftermarket ECU on a VX as we need an ECU that supports the electronic throttle body and there are fewer options available. Unless of course, you convert to a cable operated throttle as with the TMS/Webcon ITB kit which comes with an Alpha ECU (or could be used with the ECU of your choice).

There is hope that the next step up from the OEM ECU for the NA will actually be to fit the ECU from a turbo which is a bit more of an open book to the aftermarket tuners. Think that's probably a way off yet, though.

[snowwhite]

There is hope that the next step up from the OEM ECU for the NA will actually be to fit the ECU from a turbo which is a bit more of an open book to the aftermarket tuners.

Really? I would have thought they are very different ECU's, would have thought one from an L850 might be a lot closer, but still, if so, that would be very useful

[The Batman]

managed to save 2 and a bit kilos by removing the fog lights. also saved alot more kilos by removing and shortening parts so my stage 2 SC will add about 4.5 - 5kgs to the car, which actually isnt too bad.... will have to see how much weight it saved by the speedlines. then its just a case of eating salads all the time The car is now finished apart from fitting the gasket for inlet to charger, which will be in the post to me on monday. Also have to fit the back box, then the charger and filter and then the clams then its a case of driving 3.5hrs to courtenays while not using the boost...... BOO!!! that is going to be painful!! hope they have a nice sofa! as i will be accidentally falling asleep there as i will be traveling there after a night shift

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

........then its just a case of eating salads all the time


........hope they have a nice sofa!

you'll be eating salads as you will be skint ..........mine you youngsters don't pay no bills at home my two dont

and yes they have a nice sofa plus coffe facility and tv/dvd

[The Batman]

........then its just a case of eating salads all the time


........hope they have a nice sofa!

you'll be eating salads as you will be skint ..........mine you youngsters don't pay no bills at home my two dont

and yes they have a nice sofa plus coffe facility and tv/dvd

i pay my way

get the lil ones out and earning so they can pay rent

dont like coffee

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

get the lil ones out and earning so they can pay rent

dont like coffee

they have hot chocolate and tea as well
the lil one are 23 ..21 and 19 1/2 now .... that's why i cant have a supercharger
lucky the vx keep me young and a bit of french porn

[The Batman]

they have hot chocolate and tea as well
the lil one are 23 ..21 and 19 1/2 now .... that's why i cant have a supercharger
lucky the vx keep me young and a bit of french porn

not so little then

any young ladies?

i think you should change from french porn to english porn!