Anybody help?? Ive fitted a stage 1 chip to my car with a rs 500 actuater, it goes really really well but on the actuater its wound right in does this mean its running full boost as I don't know what boost it is as I don't have a boost gauge yet. Any help would be great!

 

Do yourself a real big favour and take the car to a pro before this ends in tears pal. Your chip should have come with full instructions on fuel pressures and CO levels, not to mention boost adjustmen, plug heat ranget and on load fuel content checking... Im guessing yours hasnt and your in teh dark?

 

Yes I am in the dark, fairly new to the cosworth seen, the chip came off my freinds cosworth as he upgraded to stage 3. Where do I go from here then??

 

 

Call Stu and pop up to visit, if it ends in tears mate it will be mega exspensive



Mike

 

I think the answer is right in front of u mate!

www.remapping.co.uk

 

Yes I really dont want it ending in tears, it seems to be running fine its not popping n banging and power seems smooth, hopefully just needs setting up a bit!

 

Book it in with Stu@MSD - you will NOT regret it - he won't bullshit you about or tell you a pack of lies like some tuners will - Stu is straight down the middle and as honest as they come

 

For now mate, then when it goes wrong it will cost better safe then sorry


Mike

 

Cheers guys!! Stu@MSD I need your help!!

 

www.motorsport-developments.co.uk

01253 508400 usual office hours

 

Yes I agree perhaps taking to an expert tuner is the correct answer, but no one has actually answered the original question for us have a go tinkerers (come on if we didn't tinker and blow them up the tuners have less cars to rebuild! lol)

I always get this mixed up, I assumed the more wound in the actuator is (making it shorter and harder to get back on) the more it would run more boost (only ever done half a turn at a time)

Z

 

An 'RS500' actuator is not suitable for stage 1 or any other 'stage' beyond standard!

 

Rules of thumb:

Correct.

 

Did I get something right for a change?! Do I get a pat on the head? lol

Now take it to Stu and get a -31 and proper set up (I maybe eligible for a gold star now saying that! lol)

Z

 

Mate I'd have serious reservations about taking a chip that's been set up for another car and then putting it on my own.

It's not set up for your car and so it won't work within the correct parameters and as said, could result in considerable damage to your motor.

 

Most 'stage 1' chips/maps are off the shelf and so not adjusted in any way shape or form for an individual car! Providing it is what it is supposed to be then adding a -31 actuator and having everything checked should suffice.

 

Do you have any idea how many cars ive had for a "Stage1" over the years that turn out to have a bloody great ported head on em, or a BD14 installed?

Its incredible how many people rip off the greys and T34 and sell it as a "Never abused, standard cossie"

Pop your -31 on one of these babies and watch your pistons turn to chocolate around 11psi.

 

I know what your saying Stu but you yourself sell stage 1 chips as well as others 'off the shelf' which come with very simple instructions as to installing them! What i have said is true as most people that have a stage 1 cossie would have bought the chip and it wouldn't have been specifcly 'tailored' for that car. Obviously if the owner knows the spec of the car and it is 'standard' then there is very little danger installing a chip from a reputable source providing it is done properly and set-up in accordance with the instructions.

 

BTW Stu
I know exactly what your saying as the last Saff 2wd i bought was on yellows running a -31 and 'stage 1' chip of some flavour or other but had no boost gauge and when i checked it was peaking at 23 psi Thankfully i never give a cossie abuse until i know its healthy and set-up properly and as it turned out this things head was indeed 'very' ported but had had more skims than it should have had and the valves had created their own cut-outs in the pistons

 

Your right of course, but even my own kits say in big red letters:

"YOU MUST GET THE FUELLING CHECKED BY A PRO BEFORE HARD USE"

Its simply foolish not to. Even if it is a std YB and you set it to 14, i see LOTS that are still deadly lean due to 15yr old fuel filters, fuel lines squashed by some tw@ from ATS or Krap Fit and fuel pumps that are only getting 7volts from the rotten wiring.....


Anyhow.. im sure people get the idea.......

 

Lol it never ceases to amaze me how these get over-looked!
Every Cossie i have ever bought has had a fuel filter which has welded itself with rust to the carrier and obvioulsy never been changed

 

Its scary.... do these people just presume they dont have one or what?

 

ROFLOL..


ROFLOL even more


What has happened there Stu
My post has gone and you have quoted me from that post as me lol

 

lol we did ours this year (do I get my gold star now or what?! lol), was a tad fiddly (don't have the luxury of a 4 post lift!) but at least was done. The voltage to fuel pump is another thought on our cutting out problem, I'll have to BTTT my thread see if thats a feasible problem...

Z

 

And now i have just quoted you quoting me as me and have added to your your quote quoting me as me pmsl

 

I clicked fooking edit instead of quote... sorry pal.

 

Lol never mind

 

And my posts seem to be invisible cos no fooker replies to them

Z

 

I can only see 1 question in your above posts and as i am not in charge of dishing out the stars it wasn't my place to answer it lol

 

lol at least you read 'em! I was only kidding - thats the trouble with being female mate, PMT

Z

 

You can't possibly have PMT at the moment otherwise you wouldn't be saying you have lol

 

very true, sounds sadly like your too experienced in that department nope I rarely suffer it though judging by some of the antics on PF I'd say half the male population of PF seem to suffer more PMT that the women!
sorry off topic, lets get back to more interesting things like actuators...!

Z

 

Had a bit of a mess in my cossie tonight with my mate in his focus rs and I pulled away at first and then he started catching me, so ye will be getting it set up by a pro in a week or so because really I should leave him!

 

no u shudnt leave him

u shud be annihilating him.

id like a race with a focus rs in my s2

 

I did turn the boost down tonight though just to be safe so hopefully when its set up it should go like the clappers!!