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X-pack??? Lol so much for savign your wonga eh Gav?!

Right, out of interest do you have to use a fast idle solenoid thing? I'm going down the megasquirt route but want to keep it simple as poss. What is it and do I need one?!?

thanks

No you don't need one. All it does is raise the idle on a cold start and keeps the idle constant when hot. Without it your really no worse off than having a carb idle wise. For the cold start idle you could fit a Bosch thermostatic valve that is fitted to the flapper system and also to the ford jettronic as fitted to the 2.8's and stuff like that. Its nice to have and makes it smoother obviously but no real deal.

thankyou!

Quick update, i've built my 3.44:1 lsd axle and will be putting it in tomorrow.

The engine is largely ready to roll after my change to the ACT twin plenum so once i've plumbed in the fuel it should be ready to roll. . . . .

Quick update, axles in and everything (i think) is attached to it. Everything is filled with fluid and most of it is staying there too. Errrr, All the electrics are done except for running a wire to the a.f guage in the car.



Just need to put petrol in it which i would've done if it weren't for the fact that my jerry can is full of two stroke mix dammit!

Heres some pics.



It normally sits lower than that at the front byt about 2" but theres some spring raiser rubber things on it at the mo to make it easier to get in and out of my garage.







The s**t hole i have to work in!

Gav,

I wondered what the reddy-brown colour your car was and then I worked it out



C U P R I N O L !!!!!! and there's a 5 year guarantee on it!

Lol IT AINT BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup i was wondering how long until one of you lot spotted her!

Quick update, still waiting for the ecu to come back from the chap thats fixing it but toher than that its all done, i think.

In the parts acquiring dept i now have a R154 supra box (its a big fat fooker!) and M112 uberblower in my possession!

ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It runs! Sort of. . . . .

All my settings were wiped from the ecu when I plugged it in (except it knew i had edis) somehow but it ran almost instantly. I need to generate a complete msq (or find one from someone) and then i can get cracking with the interesting bits!

gav, i got my req fuel at about 13.2 m/s

i have a copy of my lambda and ve tables some where if you want to copy,
as our engines aint far off from each other,
i cant send you my .msq as not sure if my vems one will work with megasquirt

Cheers Tony, i'll see if they're compatible and get back to you!

Just use the standard 5.0 TVR edis map, it wont be right but it will get you running safely and you can back it off from there.

Where is this tvr edis map?

its in the standard MS extra maps download called TVR5.0L.msq

I still have a copy of your old MSQ so can extract the VE tables off that for you.