Lenny Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 9 hours ago, Dave sport tdci said: I think I could do with a new gear box mount it's a bit soft And I would like to get a remap one day may be bigger intercooler as I would like more power Check out https://nbstyling.co.uk for Diesel upgrade bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain611 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Wow I missed a lot from a day 🤣. Those wheels look nice. There's something about them which makes the car look mint 👌. Seats look nice also, never knew recaro still did cloth seats. What engine do you have? If you have the 1.6 or 2 litre diesel search up hdi tuning. The main guy there can map your car for a good price and he's into the Peugeot Citroën PSA diesel engines. I have the 1.6 diesel 90hp 206nm and he can up that to 120hp 276nm from just a map 👍. He charges £150 to send the ECU to him for him to map or the better option is to take the car to his Bristol workshop and let him road test the car and check the parameters so he maps it accordingly which is £200. Just about all reviews on his Facebook page is 5 stars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Lenny said: Check out https://nbstyling.co.uk for Diesel upgrade bits I'll have a look thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, zain611 said: Wow I missed a lot from a day 🤣. Those wheels look nice. There's something about them which makes the car look mint 👌. Seats look nice also, never knew recaro still did cloth seats. What engine do you have? If you have the 1.6 or 2 litre diesel search up hdi tuning. The main guy there can map your car for a good price and he's into the Peugeot Citroën PSA diesel engines. I have the 1.6 diesel 90hp 206nm and he can up that to 120hp 276nm from just a map 👍. He charges £150 to send the ECU to him for him to map or the better option is to take the car to his Bristol workshop and let him road test the car and check the parameters so he maps it accordingly which is £200. Just about all reviews on his Facebook page is 5 stars. Sadly it's 1.8 tdci but thanks for the heads up I'll have a look at this There doesn't seem a lot of tuning options for the 1.8 I have a Ron box and a Ramair intake that gives a nice Choo Choo noise I'd like a decent turbo down pipe as the ford one looks very restricted it's in a s shape remap and larger intercooler but I also need to get saving as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 With the focus on about 47000 miles and 13 years old she doesn't feel very quick so today I thought I would check my boost pipes for leek's so I pulled the the one going to the inlet manifold and egr I could not find any splits but the one pipe had what looks like grease all behind it ? Any ideas about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 So while I had the pipe off I thought I'd take a look at the inlet manifold 😲 it was bad very bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 So I started to give it a clean now I know ideally you should take the inlet manifold off and clean it all out but I didn't want to go that far so I did as best I could with a flat head screwdriver I know I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 I was as careful as I could to pull the oily crud out and not in It's not perfect but it is a lot better This is why you should blank your egr to stop this from choking your diesel engine Which this car now has 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 So after the cleaning the car feels smoother on tic over more responsive on initial take off and less smokey on first start up And I'm hoping for more mpg we will see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 I have to apologize for my spelling errors I'm dyslexic and find it a real Paine and have to rely on predicted text so I may make mistakes sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Wouldn't worry too much about it mate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4zz Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 looks like it was chocked up real bad by the looks of the pictures. glad you seem to have noticed the difference since givin it a clean. don't worrie about the spelling mistakes. look forward to seeing more updates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 hours ago, b4zz said: looks like it was chocked up real bad by the looks of the pictures. glad you seem to have noticed the difference since givin it a clean. don't worrie about the spelling mistakes. look forward to seeing more updates Yes it was pretty bad lots of short journeys and no egr blank I was surprised how bad it was with the low mileage I had a golf TDI with double the mileage it was not anything like the focus but I did used to blow the cobwebs out regularly ! The focus only has one previous owner the father in-law and he didn't drive it very hard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain611 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Id get the EGR blanked. The inlet manifold on mine was as caked in carbon as yours and what a difference it looked after cleaning. I'd say I felt the same difference as you but sadly you quickly get used to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, zain611 said: Id get the EGR blanked. The inlet manifold on mine was as caked in carbon as yours and what a difference it looked after cleaning. I'd say I felt the same difference as you but sadly you quickly get used to it. It was one of the first thing I did when I got the car was to blank the egr just had a look at your build and yours was bad to must be a ford thing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachbum84 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Everything looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 10:31 AM, beachbum84 said: Everything looks great! Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Nice work so far, especially on a budget! It certainly scrubs up well for its age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 Thanks it's not too bad from a distance but up close it could do with a machine polish and a cuppul of dent's pushed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 So since having my tracking adjusted I've noticed on full lock I'm scrubbing on the inside wheel arch on the passenger side I think that there is something from ford to restrict the steering can someone post a link as can't remember it's name thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 This is my tracking results it was a fair bit out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dave sport tdci said: So since having my tracking adjusted I've noticed on full lock I'm scrubbing on the inside wheel arch on the passenger side I think that there is something from ford to restrict the steering can someone post a link as can't remember it's name thanks Rack limiters. I'm not sure the tracking equipment was set up properly looking at those results though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Why is that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave sport tdci Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Car drives nice and straight now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Just now, Dave sport tdci said: Car drives nice and straight now Tbh I'm surprised it drove anywhere before if those original figures are accurate... Unless you've replaced some suspension or steering parts, toe doesn't just randomly end up that far out of spec but still equal on both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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