adamski frst

ok after spending a bit of time with the car today i am proud to say that the escort IS chipped!!!!! ok thats that 1 so dont need to buy one....

the next thing is that the amal valve has been totally disreguarded!!!!!

which is very bad in my thoughts and the actuator pipe goes straight on the turbo hence no restriction or boost control.... after bumping into a fellow ecossie owner i found that the pipe frm the act needs to go to the turbo and to the amal valve and also a pipe frm the amal valve to the air box, which in my case is the K+N (fitted somehow??)

that been said i have my new fuel pump arriving tomorrow so will have that to fit and gonna order a new fuel reg on monday so i know thats sorted too!!! also going to plumb the amal back in for now then will fit a apex avc-r to solve the boost when i have the ecu diagrams.

hopefully if the amal don't solve the problem it then could be plugs and leads as i have a feeling the incorrect plugs may be fitted......


apart form that its all good its gone in for some work this week



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juss 1

adamski frst, when you have chipped your car you need the gaps made smaller on the spark plugs not quite sure why but its something along the lines of the extra boost blowing the spark off track so you would get a miss now and then there is a big article on it in performance ford this month as they were doing a test on a new management system and they said that is how it would benifit cosworths running high boost.

adamski frst

yes i think the plugs are my genuine problem?? so i dunno which ones to buy and put in?? rang a few tuners and they all said different ones

but i have the regulator coming in the morning and the pump too, so just need to get some plugs and fit it all and should be all sorted??

sailorbob

Are you interested in selling (me ) your old regulator?

ryan_belfast

I told you to check that it was chipped...you said you had, how can you not see a chip sitting there? Its plugged into the ecu ffs.

juss 1

Ryan_Belfast, chill out dude there is no need for thatadamski frst, you ll be well impressed when its all done mate keep me informed oh i used champion plugs and whoever sets it up for you will know the correct gap so would not worry about that too much.

ryan_belfast

Perfectly chilled mate, its just the way i talk, didnt mean any offence by it...must be our slang lol thats the way we talk to one another, apologies.

adamski frst

ryan the car was not at my house it was at my mates there fore i spent no time with the car i was presuming things wrong maybe but i was..... but now i know its chipped

adamski frst

and also..........


yes thats right folks its fixed!!!!!!!!!!


and i have to say it goes like fcuk.......


after speaking to numerous tuners and so on and checking things, it came down to the smallest thing......

plug gaps....

yes thats right so basically i got new plugs on and shrunk the gap 15 tho and then took it up the road and it went like a train!!!!

no hickups or anything no pinking just pure power!!!!


got to test the brakes too now the cars running well and they are real good not AP's but uprated ones and they stop really well...

got a few more things done to it today and its in for work to be done this week now so i'll leave you with that thought....

so a big thanks to all for there help and various tuners for putting up with me moaning i'm now a very happy,

Adamski

ryan_belfast

Nice one mate, glad you finally got it running well..... What plugs did you use cos i need to change mine as they are spluttering a bit

adamski frst

i have motorcraft items reccommended by GGR cant remember the part no but also NGK are v good gonna be using them next but get the correct ones as the big turb and small turb ones are different , and learn from me and get the gaps correct before you fit them, not like the garage did before selling the car to me

Franco

iTrader: (2)

Thats the one, nowt wrong with the Ford esc cos plugs............Good enough for Harvey, good enough for anyone

ian rst

So what plugs are these??

Speedy G.

iTrader: (1)

Remember that for the small turbo Esc Cos, you can ONLY use the plug that was originally from the small turbo one. NO other plugs will do.
Can't remember the name at the moment.

ryan_belfast

Why?

Speedy G.

iTrader: (1)

Cuz Stu said so.

No really m8, just ask Stu.

ryan_belfast

hehehe...

adamski frst

the book lists NGK items for big and small turbo madels so i guess he means get the correct ones...... motorcraft are also good...