i used 4AWG amp cable to put my battery in the boot
General christmas for Chii
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Wonder what dunc used as well? :chin:
Jordan
Jordan
arc said:and then empty the car
and look at all the stuff that came out of it!
The phrase is everything but the kitchen sink, but you managed to remove a fridge/freezer, a microwave and half a bottle of WKD.
loving it arc was already impressed with your cinq project so far as its quite a little sleeper but i think the multipoint injection will be a nice touch and one part where i did notice the difference between my cinq sporting and my arosa as the cinq sporting was nearly as quick yet the arosa is a hell of a lot smoother at doing it and the megasquirt will be the icing on the cake for your engine but if you dont mind me asking why are you using a megasquirt aftermarket mappable system as i though the standard 1242 MPI ecu was totally useable and mapable?
any more plans for it apart from the engine and battery move? are you keeping the interior striped?
wayne
any more plans for it apart from the engine and battery move? are you keeping the interior striped?
wayne
You're going to raise it?
fingers99 said:
hopefully hes getting coilovers and lowering it properly:idea:
wayne
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Arc's renewing the suspension he told me on MSN, maybe it's become a bit worn out from being that low
The younger modder said:but if you dont mind me asking why are you using a megasquirt aftermarket mappable system as i though the standard 1242 MPI ecu was totally useable and mapable?
any more plans for it apart from the engine and battery move? are you keeping the interior striped?
wayne
to use the standard mpi ecu, i'd have to had found an uncoded punto75 ecu or used the keys from a coded one. It would but suitable to running a standard engine, and my engine aint standard. The standard ecu is mappable, but not easily and therefore expensive to do. Ultimately it would need bodging to allow me to run boost eventually. And would def need mapping again after that.
Megasquirt on the other, much better ECU. A lot more features, like boost control, water injection, dual tables, knock sensor etc etc and i have a wideband lambda controller to help it out.
Other plans, new rear radius arms and powerflex bushes, new front wishbones, UT front calipers, GT rear calipers, and any other bits i spot on the way!
Interiror is not staying stripped.
some more pictures
quite a bit of wire came out..
loadsa space for me shiny red catch tank
and i've pulled the dash to bits
quite a bit of wire came out..
loadsa space for me shiny red catch tank
and i've pulled the dash to bits
I wouldnt use welding wire if I were you...Its not rated for continuous duty at high current i understand.
A typical Welder will run at 50-80% duty cycle at 130A ish...not 100% Duty Cycle at that current.....
A typical Welder will run at 50-80% duty cycle at 130A ish...not 100% Duty Cycle at that current.....
ive ordered battery wire.
welding wire would be fine though, it wouldnt be under continous load - most load is when starting the car, and that'd be it.
welding wire would be fine though, it wouldnt be under continous load - most load is when starting the car, and that'd be it.
arc said:
i totally understand how good the megasquirt kits are but correct me if im wrong but your talking the close end of £800? and i thought the standard ecu was better than it is obviously so i understand why your using the megasquirt now
there highly recomended on the forums and theres a couple of projects on clublupo using them (throttle bodied Gti for example :yum: )Are you planing to turbo it in the near future then? and whats the current spec and rough power once these current mods are done?
good luck with it arc
wayne
i will ultimately be turboing this car, but not till its finished n/a tuning wise.
with the new ECU, MPI etc on i am aiming for around 110bhp.
megsquirt ecu can be had, fully built and tested for the happier side of £300
with the new ECU, MPI etc on i am aiming for around 110bhp.
megsquirt ecu can be had, fully built and tested for the happier side of £300
that cheap? :chin: that because your doing your own wiring?thats the approx price of them, you'd have to do your own wiring regardless of what ECU you bought. Setting it up will be the fun part! We're quite lucky in that all the required sensors etc are all already in place.
also, some UT calipers turned up today
also, some UT calipers turned up today
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Looking forward to more pics of this mark. When you say UT front brakes and GT rears, should it not be the other way round? Just sure people have said they use GT fronts and UT rears GT rears are the same as cinq fronts though arent they
Jordan
GT rears are the same as cinq fronts though arent theyJordan
UT fronts fit under 13 inch wheels where GT fronts don't. GT rears are Cento front discs but with a handrake caliper, obviously.
Its exactly the set up I have
Cheers
D
Its exactly the set up I have
Cheers
D
is there any issues fitting the GT to the rears, those calipers haven't turned up yet - for UT rears i was going to use UT hubs - for the GT's, should i be looking for GT hubs?
You use the cinq hubs, to which the cinq front discs fit perfectly. Using GT calipers, you need to fabricate a mounting plate for them.
Cheers
D
Cheers
D
Another project to follow , keep us posted mate.
, keep us posted mate.
