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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bluntys1rsturbo
nice cars test drove one a couple years ago, word of warning they are prone to melt piston 4 if remapped anywhere over 220bhp this was found to be injector 4 not supplying enough fuel, easily sorted with a set of uprated injectors (maybe astra vxr) cant remember off top my head.
Yeah Ive read up them and read about the piston no4. Ive joined up to the forums so got a bit of info on the problem. Its a very small percentage its happening to, but still, shouldnt be happening! Thorney Motorsport have looked into it and apparently it was one certain tuner who was mapping it incorrectly. Have a wee read if you get a chance its quite interesting:

http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/t...ing_News.shtml

Its still under warranty till December anyway, more than enough time to save up for some forged pistons & steel rods!

Dunno why vauxhall didnt use forged pistons from the start, seems silly!

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