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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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are they different to saphire ones? i had to take mine off today to get the 8 injector manifold on it was hitting the throttle body & now the throttle body is on i cant get back in to screw it back on
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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could not weld a plate on the strut brace to hold it on, i have seen then done like this before Carlo.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Thats what andy n charlie did mate i will do that if i need to i have screwed it near the coil but looks shite
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 10:12 PM
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up anyone had this prob?
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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dont move it too far carlo
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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and within 12inches of the coil is very dodgy imo, as the map sensor is effected by the pulses from the coil
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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its a 2 piece one on the 500 to relocate it away from the plenum elbow.
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My RS 500 inlet clears my map sensor no problem? Sapph cossie using the standard sapph sensor bracket......
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
and within 12inches of the coil is very dodgy imo, as the map sensor is effected by the pulses from the coil
I was led to believe this too,but Mike Rainbird's coil is directly above his map sensor???
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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this is a genuine 500 one
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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aka is it for sale? i have just seen a pic of a rs500 engine bay there & the map sensor is just under the water bottle so it sits above the throttle body on them
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this is a genuine 500 one
I have a couple of these if anyone wants the correct part
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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mines not for sale but it looks like Pete can sort you out
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