The Flying Moose - Project 855 T5-R (Attempt 2!)

[Nealevo]

Looking more of a bargain everyday matey...

[hemihusky]

looking real nice good to see it getting the love i just didnt have the money for =( also rest assured the silicone wasnt me. if it was me it wouldve been red ££££ from my workplace =P but i know about the bodging £££££££s on cars. shouldve seen the mashup that was the old "decat" pipe i took off it when i did the cat! can you say stevie wonder welding much?

[The Flying Moose]

So what a long night, managed to borrow some ramps again after finishing work at midnight and worked until the early hours to get a few more jobs done.

Firstly did a full gearbox oil change with 75w90. I had no record of any change and in 20yrs and 180k I figured it wouldnt go a miss, I dont buy this lifetime crap! Turns out a job worth doing, the old oil was like coca cola!!!

Secondly turbo change... after a missing dataplate on the fitted turbo and having previously had a 15G actuator on I doubted its credentials as a 16T. Once removed on inspection of the veins it was clear it was a 15G so now sporting a 16T. Ran it in for around 20 miles after filling it with oil and cranking the car prior to startup and it runs well with no smoke, thanks Jamest5r and Claymore (previous owner of turbo before James!).

After fettling with the Blitz on maximum setting its now peaking in 4th gear at 1.25 bar and pulls so much better than before. Very happy indeed

Next job is a trip to Dave Walker at Emerald just down the road for a Dyno Run.

[kmb]

Certainly getting things sorted, some nice work here

[The Flying Moose]

Just a quick video to give an idea of the second and third gear pull at 1.1 bar accelerating from 30.

Looks slower than it feels!

[Jamest5r]

Looking good

[t5 pete]

Top Job em looking forward to seeing the car at retro

[Saaamon]

No messing about here, your really making progress. Great stuff!

[The Flying Moose]

Cheers guys, its that 5 Cylinder bug again... absolutely love driving it.

Best part is not usuing it all the time now means every time I do I have a massive grin on my face

[The Flying Moose]

Found a minus 31 actutor in the garage whilst having a tidy today... guess I'll have to fit that this weekend

[The Flying Moose]

Ok so had a little niggle for a while now which is bugging me and needs resolving. It did it before I fitted an RIP and the 3" throttle.

Basically the car has decided when up to temperature (within a few minutes of operating) it fast idles at around 1200-1300 RPM. When cold on initial start-up it idles at around 800 but if you turn off and start again warm it remains at 1200-1300.

I've checked all VAC hoses including the silly elbow, IC pipework is ok, changed thottle, changed idle control valve still happens. It's liveable but bloody irritating.

Any ideas???

[Nealevo]

Ok so had a little niggle for a while now which is bugging me and needs resolving. It did it before I fitted an RIP and the 3" throttle.

Basically the car has decided when up to temperature (within a few minutes of operating) it fast idles at around 1200-1300 RPM. When cold on initial start-up it idles at around 800 but if you turn off and start again warm it remains at 1200-1300.

I've checked all VAC hoses including the silly elbow, IC pipework is ok, changed thottle, changed idle control valve still happens. It's liveable but bloody irritating.

Any ideas???

No!! but when you find out let me know as mine does it too, driving me mad.

[claymore]

what happens if you disconnect the icv?

[Doingitsideways]

Does sound like a Vac leak.

Have you tried spraying carb cleaner around all the hoses/joints/inlet manifold?

[The Flying Moose]

what happens if you disconnect the icv?

No change whatsoever as with the tps too.

Does sound like a Vac leak.

Have you tried spraying carb cleaner around all the hoses/joints/inlet manifold?

No... I'll give that a go though.

Certainly no notable leak and it'll happily boost to 1.3 Bar and hold it.

[leet5r]

did you rob everything of my old green one em lol

[The Flying Moose]

did you rob everything of my old green one em lol

No! Only the IC top pipe and actuator, the 16T was completely shagged.

[Shinsplintz 101]

Have you changed the thermostat? Cheap enough & can cause weird & wonderful running issues if they fail. Think I read a similar thread somewhere recently, I'll try & dig it out & see if they found a solution. Good luck. Morgan

[t5 pete]

Or the temp sensor in the thermo housing

[MaxTS]

My brothers did this and a new temp sensor mostly fixed this and then when I did the PCV we found a the vac line at the end of the manifold worn and broke off and that completely fixed it when that was changed.