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Old 13-11-2008, 09:47 PM
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hi all

ive my head done on my s2 with a newman cam . mate came round to time it in and it wont ideal so took round block its missing a bit , when i pulled up lifted bonnet turbo and manifold was glowing bright red i know this happens after hard use but only doing 20mph . so i rang a tunner to ask them and he said its retarded timing , never heard off this could any shed a bit off light on this for me .

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this was happening with mine, got it set up by msd and it seemed to cure it, but if I nailed the car the turbo would glow a bit, did it do it before the head work?? my head also only did it after head work, i had a stage 3 big valve fully ported head from c-head-dev
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no ok before head work always run a bit hot but never seen it like i did today , do you think it just needs setting up proper ?
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Originally Posted by dazrs
no ok before head work always run a bit hot but never seen it like i did today , do you think it just needs setting up proper ?
to be honest i dont know, after mine was set up it was much better inrespect to the glowing issue, but i was also told of loads of reasons for the cause, one aalso being the turbo not flowing efficiant enough for ther airflow from the head causing backup gasses. Speak to a few tuners and see what they think, mine has now been broke, but thhe glowing issue was never fully cured
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The ignition is retarded. Try twisting the dizzy clockwise a couple of mm, you'll probably find the engine wakes right up.

The reason is the ignition timing is related to the cam timing which you have changed.
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Originally Posted by Rick
The ignition is retarded. Try twisting the dizzy clockwise a couple of mm, you'll probably find the engine wakes right up.
....then shortly after, you'll blow a hole through a piston.

Get it to a tuner mate, it really needs properly checking.
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thanks for replys

got the car booked in at tunners for next week , gonna put it on the rollers so be good to see wot power its got , what do you think i should get from k&n air filter , scorpian exhaust , chip , newman cam , t3 turbo ?

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Originally Posted by dazrs
thanks for replys

got the car booked in at tunners for next week , gonna put it on the rollers so be good to see wot power its got , what do you think i should get from k&n air filter , scorpian exhaust , chip , newman cam , t3 turbo ?

cheers
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