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Old 25-04-2006 | 03:23 PM
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playing with my secs monitor -what is accpetable air charge temps?

its an rs500.just want to make sure its within tolerances,as i have a bit of a running fault,and will high temps poss be caused by a weak running engine?
Old 25-04-2006 | 03:47 PM
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Anything under 55°C full bore in 4th / 5th (approaching redline) - without water injection and 44°C same, but with water injection.
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cool-thanks.ive not driven the car hard yet,due to this fault but its only at 33 or so running round town.
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was seeing about 40 celcius when hooning it round the ring in those high gears - nice and steady it stayed
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Off boost temps are completely irrelevant and will be caused by heat-soak from the engine / radiator....
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im just trying to eliminate everything before it goes to msd tomorrow.its only developed the fault since fitting the closed loop stuff and the 83lb injectors.it will hold 2000 rpm happily from cold but after about 5 mins of running it starts getting very lumpy and holding back although it idles great and if you give it a big rev it revs happily-its just at mid throttle where its funny when warm.im presuming its just a set up issue now as it hasnt been mapped yet.
tried to run it to santa pod on sunday but only got 10 miles at 70 mph before the turbo was glowing red hot-presuming its running very lean.

just been checking everything-lamda wiring etc-basically everything ive fitted,but it all seems ok.its just a pain to trailer it to blackpool tomorrow-but its better than a fucked up engine due to my ignorance....

im sure stu/kenny will spend 20 mins on it and make it ok....hopefully
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