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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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my mate has bought an s2, not a bad motor but its misfiring on acceeration, its got a collins chip fitted, he phoned collins & they said set boost to 15psi so he did, still missfiring, checked spark & ok, checked gaps & ok, checked leads & ok, checked dizzy & ok, now we think its fuel, anyone got any ideas about the meetering unit or anything else to check?

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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by nickywarwick
my mate has bought an s2, not a bad motor but its misfiring on acceeration, its got a collins chip fitted, he phoned collins & they said set boost to 15psi so he did, still missfiring, checked spark & ok, checked gaps & ok, checked leads & ok, checked dizzy & ok, now we think its fuel, anyone got any ideas about the meetering unit or anything else to check?

cheers nick
got to be fuel.

needs a good steup.

go to descent rolling road and get it tuned
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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i would do a Compression test first
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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bring it down to my place
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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fraser, checked also ok, but cheers,

got to be fuel though i cant think of anything else, worste bit is me & my mate had enought bits to build a car & a half as we were guna build a track s2 but sacked the idea & flogged the bits, mistake or what.lol

a good set up then you recomend?
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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were you at bud? ill recomend
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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well tyne and wear is a bit far from me and this place bruv lol

i know a wicked one. its in london uxbridge. called TORQUE OF THE DEVIL fella called chris todd. he knows everything mate

he rolling road tuned my old s2.
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thing is u put it on rolling road and if they good enuf they can play around with it and should be able to see why
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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true, i no of tourqe of the devil, bit fare for us, we got a couple of local garages round hear.
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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were you at bud? ill recomend
stockton town centre mate
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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just been informed he has took it to a local garage, got it running better but still missfiring on boost, guna have another look when he gets a adjustment fuel screw thing sorted seems he lost it.
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