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« Reply #180 on: September 02, 2013, 07:14:47 AM »
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You guys are making me want to buy a Volvo myself! Cool thing with the Volvos is that for instance the S60 T5 is quite easy to reach beyond 300 bhp just by changing exhaust system and a quick reprogramming of the ECU. Anyone familiar with ME7 in general can fix this. In comparison, 300 bhp is more of a struggle with the VAG 1.8T to say the least, so the Volvo gives quite a decent level of "good bang for the buck" I'd say. |
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« Reply #181 on: September 02, 2013, 07:48:19 AM »
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Can't beat the blown five pot over the 4 pot  |
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« Reply #182 on: September 02, 2013, 09:29:54 AM »
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unfortunately any honda with a cheap turbo will beat our cars  , but then again, it is a honda |
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fredrik_a
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« Reply #183 on: September 02, 2013, 12:40:36 PM »
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unfortunately any honda with a cheap turbo will beat our cars , but then again, it is a honda Sure thing, but tuning the Volvo is about one hour and 15 minutes to fit the exhaust and about 15 minutes to modify the software (once you have done like 20 of them earlier...  ). Tuning the Honda fitting a turbo and geting it to run properly takes more than an hour and a half I guess...?  So... If you are in a hurry... Go for the Volvo.   |
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« Reply #184 on: September 02, 2013, 02:37:30 PM »
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Only wins because they're so light. For example, a 95-2000 (6th gen) civic is about 2300lb curb weight, stock, before the ricer deletes the AC and everything else they can to save a few pounds. The S60R AWD curb weight is around 3600lb!
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« Reply #185 on: September 02, 2013, 03:14:43 PM »
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i know, i also would get tired of my car sounding like my weed eater, the volvo's have a nice sound to them :-D but seriously, one of the local guys here has a civic with a swapped in cheap motor and an ebay turbo kit, the only thing that costs some money was the hondata setup, after i got through with it its probably faster then my car , hard to tell because it gets absolutely no traction |
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« Reply #186 on: September 02, 2013, 03:16:34 PM »
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I caught an Civic Type R in my air filter yesterday, lol
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« Reply #187 on: September 03, 2013, 03:30:22 AM »
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Whoa! Less of the Honda hate lads!  Mine's a '90 Crx Sir with a T28 And it sounds nice thank you. Bloody Volvo drivers.... |
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« Reply #188 on: September 03, 2013, 06:28:49 AM »
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My first car was also a 160hp vtec civic. Blown it up after modyfing ecu with over 10.000 rpm Next car was a turbo volvo, so i guess its natural evolution to come to a volvo in the end |
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« Reply #189 on: September 09, 2013, 08:20:19 AM »
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Hi.
Im thinkin about ethanol powering my 2004 2.5T as a learning project.
Problem is i havent quite figured out the hardware needed to read/write ecu without removing the eeprom. Is the Galletto 1260 or MPPS the way to do it?
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« Reply #190 on: September 09, 2013, 04:25:46 PM »
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I have used either or, but MPPS seems to be more reliable IMO, just make sure you get a good one, the ones from china right now are junk.
and oh how i wish e85 was around here, i went the other route with meth injection instead.
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« Reply #191 on: September 09, 2013, 05:22:28 PM »
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here in Brasil we have E100 since 70´s; believe me, the really good thing is power, for handling (start below 15°C, wanr-up, tip-in, etc) gasoline is much better |
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« Reply #192 on: September 10, 2013, 03:22:32 AM »
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Ok thanks, think im gonna try the galletto at first.
Yeah I've cheap converted a 850 to e85 before and winter time was rough. Hopefully I'll be able to resolve coldstart issues by mapping for e85 instead of just raising fuel pressure.
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« Reply #193 on: September 10, 2013, 02:06:12 PM »
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Ok thanks, think im gonna try the galletto at first.
Yeah I've cheap converted a 850 to e85 before and winter time was rough. Hopefully I'll be able to resolve coldstart issues by mapping for e85 instead of just raising fuel pressure.
no clue on cold start issues, i had read through a few pages a while ago about something with multiple spark and me7, but good luck trying to define those maps if they are included in our ecu's also as far as galletto or mpps, make a good bench flasher also with galletto, you may have to select something like audi, or something with the chip you have in bootmode, it will work, MPPS has an option called bosch generic, then it lists 512, or 1mb flash. i cant say this is quality, but it works! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13073104/20120922_120939.jpg |
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« Reply #194 on: September 11, 2013, 05:21:39 AM »
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no clue on cold start issues
Multiple sparks is something I have not yet tried although I'm running E85 in one of my cars. Basically in the wintertime with temperatures dropping below zero degrees you notice a real difference compared to petrol and the enrichement required is quite substantial. For coldstarts below -5°C I use an electrical engine heater and if the temperature falls below -10°C for a longer period of time I run the car on petrol instead. |
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