MasterOfReality
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Yeah that is true. I'm prob putting looks over reality here!
And you are the @MasterOfReality - don't let yourself down!Yeah that is true. I'm prob putting looks over reality here!
If you want a Holden V8 built, speak to Tony Knight in Adelaide. He's forgotten more about Holden V8s than all of the internet experts combined and is very reasonably priced for a real engine builder. He's done a few race engines for me (not Holden V8s) and I've seen quite a few of his 308/355 combinations make good numbers and trap the corresponding mph (unlike internet HP).Absolutely. Plenty of them available. It was more a romantic keep the holden block idea.
Cheers. Mrs George and I were talking about life other day and with all things I'm doing to keep money coming in the door pretty much any outside interest of mine has a ten year wait, including riding my bike at the moment. But I do appreciate the tip.If you want a Holden V8 built, speak to Tony Knight in Adelaide. He's forgotten more about Holden V8s than all of the internet experts combined and is very reasonably priced for a real engine builder. He's done a few race engines for me (not Holden V8s) and I've seen quite a few of his 308/355 combinations make good numbers and trap the corresponding mph (unlike internet HP).
He does mild stuff too if you just want a street motor and probably has one there, last time I checked it was a six month wait though
You didn't compare it with the old one?So I’ve just had Valeo confirm their listing for their dual mass flywheels for the Megane has an error, and I actually have a diesel flywheel. It’s about 4kg heavier than the petrol which would explain the idle problem - ECU can’t calculate the load properly.
It might even have a slightly different target wheel for the CAS…
Looks like I’ll be supplied a new correct flywheel, hopefully I can hit them up for the cost of having someone else fit it.
Different brand - the Valeo flywheels look very different to the factory fitted LUK unit.You didn't compare it with the old one?
The reluctor wheels will be different and all, give the wrong wave pattern on the oscilloscope, it should stand out like dogs nuts.Different brand - the Valeo flywheels look very different to the factory fitted LUK unit.
And no I didn’t think to compare weights! They’re both bloody heavy
Valeo isn’t exactly a dodgy or small company! Didn’t think to doubt their listings until I jsut happened to notice they only list the petrol sedan model for this one and the identical engine/trans fitted to the hatch and estate versions had a different flywheel part number - so I queried it with Valeo and they went away and discovered their listing was wrong.
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I actually had the CAS signal scoped, waveform looked good. Maybe the timing is ever so slightly different though. Who knows… When I get the new one and the old out, maybe I’ll be able to compare and see if there is a tooth count difference or something.The reluctor wheels will be different and all, give the wrong wave pattern on the oscilloscope, it should stand out like dogs nuts.
I actually had the CAS signal scoped, waveform looked good. Maybe the timing is ever so slightly different though. Who knows… When I get the new one and the old out, maybe I’ll be able to compare and see if there is a tooth count difference or something.
ECU would chuck a wobbly if it was seeing 56 crank pulses per revolution to every 8 on the camshaft (or whatever our French friends designed) instead of the petrol cranks 64 pulses. That should pop a crank or camshaft sensor error code.I actually had the CAS signal scoped, waveform looked good. Maybe the timing is ever so slightly different though. Who knows… When I get the new one and the old out, maybe I’ll be able to compare and see if there is a tooth count difference or something.
Or maybe the timing is slightly different. Dunno.ECU would chuck a wobbly if it was seeing 56 crank pulses per revolution to every 8 on the camshaft (or whatever our French friends designed) instead of the petrol cranks 64 pulses. That should pop a crank or camshaft sensor error code.
Maybe the 1400cc engine doesn’t want to idle the extra mass?
Thinks get pretty wild when you depart the norm. I had a Toyota Camry with a spun bearing in a 5S-FE 2.2L apart. ONE spun (actually gone gone, like wtf, not even the backing plate left) rod bearing. Thing couldn’t move itself up an incline with full throttle.
Gearbox out, engine running with your lovely wife on the throttle, angle grinder to the flywheel. Please get videoOr maybe the timing is slightly different. Dunno.
Lots of instances of people fitting light weight flywheels and ECU not being able to idle properly. Thinking the small extra mass might be at play.
Another one that came up as a maybe was the cruise control cutout switch on the clutch pedal! Apparently sometimes there are different MAP for clutch in and clutch out and some cars have odd behaviour like hanging revs when the switch is wonky. Wired. But my cruise does cancel properly on pressing the clutch…