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  1. Posted

    As I already stated above, I have already taken my head, cam, intake manifold+exhaust manifold as far as I can without going for the CNC-head (tbh, because I am not willing to spend £2000 on aother head+fitting it) to breathe more efficiently. Hence, I was asking if fitting the higher rated map sensor was a good idea since the car will not bleed off boost if my current set-up produces in excess of 0.8-1.0bar. So hopefully now I have had this question answered.

     

    Short of fitting the CNC head or going for a capacity increase (there's another £2000 min.), I don't think there is any other mods I can really do.

  2. Posted

    So running the colder plugs with my power output is a good idea and either use an ISV reroute OR use a higher-rated map sensor not both ? Which ones are better, the W5's or W4's, what are they from and where can I get them from ? I take it I can just buy an aftermarket or 2.5kPa map sensor from another car (or does it have to be from a specific car or even VW ?) and fit it to my ECU before I have the car finally mapped ?

     

    Riley, I have already taken the head, cam, intake manifold+exhaust manifold as far as I can without going for the CNC-head (tbh, because I am not willing to spend £2000 on just a head+fitting it).

     

    CTWG60, as far as drivetrain goes, I have a newly rebuilt gearbox with VR / G60 combo ratios, Peloquin ATB diff., helix VR6 clutch and lightened / balanced flywheel together with weighted / shortened gear-shifter waiting to be fitted, so this should sort out any drivetrain issues I would have thought.

  3. Posted

    Surely if you fit an ISV reroute (to stop the ISV bleeding boost at 1 bar) or a Rallye / other uprated map sensor (I am right in thinking that there would be no point fitting both, as they both effectively do the same job by stopping bleeding boost over 1 bar ?) any boost over and above 1 bar and below 1.5 bar will be used by the engine anyways as not going anywhere else ?

     

    Ok it might not be being used efficiently, but if people are making more than 1 bar with the mods they have, surely fitting the uprated map sensor would allow them to make more power than if the engine was saying "naw, too much boost cap'n" and bleeding it off ?

     

    And as far as these plugs go, if I am running 245 BHP (with potential for more) on my G60 is is worthwhile for me to use the uprated / colder plugs, and if so which ones, the WR5DPO's or the WR4DP0's ?

  4. Posted

    Official name is BBS RC041 (the 7.5" width ones) and RC042 (8.5" width ones) and they did indeed come as standard equipment on BMW e36 328i Sport's. The staggered set i.e. pair of 7.5" on front and pair of 8.5" on rears was optional, otherwise they were all RC041's all round. I had a set briefly on my rado G60.

  5. Posted

    Alright folks,

     

    Was just reading on another forum about which spark-plugs to use in a G60. I know the standard ones are WR6DPO's but the post on the other forum stated that WR6DPO's should only be used up to about 200-220 BHP then WR5DPOs for 230-240 BHP, then WR4DPO's for over 250 BHP ? Could anyone confirm if this is correct ?

     

    Also was having a conversation with a guy online about G60 tuning and he said one of the limits on G60 tuning is the map sensor which only works up to 1 bar then bleeds off boost. He went on to say that this can be cured by sourcing and installing either a Rallye G60 ECU or the actual 2.5Kpa map sensor from a Rallye ECU as this is able to cope wth boost up to 1.5 bar ?

     

    Anyone have any thought on this, Darren / W3RKD what are your views on this ?

     

    Cheers.

  8. Posted

    Think I was quoted around £500 to have my car mapped when I spoke to Wayne last.

     

    Read the thread over on dubforce by BERNO, and he hasn't done that much extra to the engine, exhaust manifold, decat and remap thats all. Still, at least it seems he didn't get ripped off by Sam / blue_joe like I did.....onwards and upwards though.

  9. Posted

    Ok, my mistake JezzaG60, but I wasn't having a go.

     

    Anyways, interesting plot that g60bv, good to see as it's Wayne at Chipwizards that will be mapping mine. Figures I am aiming for are 200-210BHP at wheels and 220-230ft-lbs torque, when considering I will still have the standard bottom end and no CNC-head are pretty reasonable I think. I know the G-Lader is limiting, but then I want to keep the engine, reasonably, as VW intended. It would be easy to go 16VG60 or 16VT to achieve bigger power but then it wouldn't be the same really would it ?

  10. Posted

    I've already discussed the loss of 67 BHP in an old thread before, and don't particularly want to get drawn into a long discussion about this again. I agree that 67 BHP loss through the drivetrain is a high figure, but not considering the issues at the time. Then again for example, shaggy lost 47 BHP through the drivetrain when his was RR'd and rule of thumb is in general 15-20 % AFAIK loss. I would expect my loss still to be around 40 BHP even when the new gearbox / LSD, flywheel, clutch and standard-ish wheels are fitted.

  11. Posted

    Sweet choice of wheels mate, and your ride is very like my old white G60 ! As far as your wheels go, 16x7.5 et 33 4x100 will be fine, no probs. If you go to 8" wide, you might need the rear arches rolled but as long as you stick with 195/40 on the front and 205/40 tyres on the rear you will be fine mate. The car itself will cope with 8x16" all-round, however, it it was me and for driveability, I would keep it at 7.5x16" on the fronts and 8x16" at the rear,

     

    Cheers and HTH.

  12. Posted

    My white corrado G60 did a 14.669 quarter at Crail with only 210 BHP and 195 ft-LBS torque......(Jabba chip, 68mm pulley, jabba induction kit, ISV reroute and leaking Audi 100 Quattro intercooler). It depends on the driver as well though.

     

    The JD Engineering car you mention making 255 BHP ATW (IIRC was actually around 320BHP at the crank), was the 16VG60 synchro Corrado - not really comparable TBH, seeing as 16VG60.

     

    Henny and blue_joe both made over 250BHP (not more than 260 BHP though), but they had capacity increases (1.9 and 2.0 respectively) and CNC-heads, water-injection etc. I am still on the standard PG 1.8 bottom end and already have nearly 246 BHP.......so that bodes well hopefully seeing as still have work to do on the engine. I wouldn't have said that a 268-276 Schrick cam was THAT massive either......

     

    I know of several other rado's, MK1 / MK2 G60's that are around 270-280BHP (e.g. MelG60 on here has a 276 BHP MK2 G60 ), but yes they have big heads, cams, small pulleys and capacity increases to 2.0L, but still 8V. But have never heard of an PG 8V G60 engine making more than 290 BHP

  19. Posted

    If the offsets as standard (no adapters) are et23 and et15 then i'm afraid they won't really fit with any type of adapter mate :(

     

    Fitting them using adapters will decrease the offset, which is et35 as standard on standard width wheel. So they will really stick out of the arches with an et of 3 and -5 respectively using a 20mm adapter. However, if the offset is et23 (front) and et15 (rear) AFTER using adapters, you will probably be ok. The rear arches might need rolled a bit and you'll probably need to have coilovers and narrow profile tyres fitted for better clearance, but that's about it. You need to find out what the offsets will be after fitting the wheels using adapters.

     

    Which typre of Porsche wheels are they, 944 Cup 1's or 2 like the ones below ?

     

    cup1.jpg

    cup2.jpg

     

    It might help determine if they can be fitted.

     

    Cheers and HTH.

  20. Posted

    Hey all,

     

    For those that have Audioscape amp-racks installed in their rado's, how does it actually get fixed into the RHS of the boot ? I can't see any fixings on the pic of the one I have just purchased. I have done a search on here for info but no details exist.

     

    Cheers.

  23. Posted

    The lights pictured in my pics were on my last corrado G60. However, I didn't find they reduced light output THAT much, obviously not as bright as standard ones, but they passed MOT with no problems and never got stopped my poilice or had complaints from anyone who thought they were not bright enough.

     

    Cheers.

  24. Posted

    Borbet B's, albeit 9x16" all round.......

     

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... C00746.jpg

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... C00875.jpg

     

    B's, 7.5x16" all round

     

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... C01147.jpg

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... C01002.jpg

     

    C's

     

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... 0605_6.jpg

     

    flat-faced mirror-polished C's

     

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... C05709.jpg

     

     

    Oh and I know of a set of 7x15" ET35 4X100PCD Borbet B's going, newly refurbed as well, PM if interested.

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