ABV-VR6

Quite a collection mate! Very nice! Do you feel a "big" difference between the 5th (0.79) and the 6th (0.75)gear? Must have been a great feeling the first time you shifted it into 6th!! I should do lime you and start writing things down as I forgot some already! Cheers

Lovely sight! Nice to see the 6th gear box making a peek-a-boo. Can't wait to hear about it! Cheers

Sounds like a good plan to me! Can't wait to enjoy mine one day as well... Cheers!

Oh that makes sense, headlights do look super clean. Ya, I bet the G60 as taken à toll on the budget!

Looks stunning! The blue coming from the headlights is it from the bulb? And man, I love those wheels! So how's the 6 speed transmission mate?

Thank you Hasan. So an AG ecu would work as well you think? I ended up making the deal with the seller based in the UK who had the CP and he agreed to ship it to Vince. Thanks Dox for pointing me in the right direction. Thank you all for helping me out with this, much appreciated!

I don't know much about ECU but I would assume that if the chip is going to be wiped, I can probably use any ECU as long as it is for an ABV with coilpack no? Just so maybe I can open more buying options??

🤣😂😁 That's funny and true

Thank you kindly, very nice of you to offer. I'll send a message right now to the seller and ask if he'll send it to Vince or not. I'll be in touch, cheers!

Yes it's a CP one, didn't know it was rare! Vince told me that when he programs it, the immobilizer can be removed and he suggested to do that. Weird thing is my car doesn't seem to have it? I found no module when I pulled everything to do the heater matrix. Plus there's no hood switch or things like it. Japanese quirk?

Thanks, I just checked that out. At £400 it's WAY too much for me but the one at 130, seller is accepting offers as well. That would work. Just not sure how I could ask the seller to send it to Vince instead here though, most sellers won't send to a different address than the one from the PayPal purchase.

I sent Vince the part number of my Japanese ECU and he confirmed it was the same as the UK cars. And since my modifications are somewhat standard, he has mapping for them and no need to dyno test. Basically, Any ABV coilpack ECU would do it I suppose. I can send mine, it's just that I would prefer to be on the cautious side and keep mine OEM in case something goes wrong down the line. But if I can't find, I'll just do that.

With my challenge to find a chip made to accommodate my 268 cams and MK4 head gasket for an ABV engine over here which has been impossible to find. I decided to reach out to Vince at Stealth and he said that it would be possible to use mapping he has already to make me going. Which is a very good news! Now I am facing the dilemma of either sending him my ECU or find another one closer to him to be programmed and sent back to me. Long story short, I'm just checking here in case one of you would have one for sale before I send my only ECU overseas. Cheers!

Looks fantastic mate! Can't wait to hear your feedbacks, cheers

Ha ha that's funny! 🍻

This luck with these speedy fixes can’t last 😖🤣😂. It would be nice not to have any for a while though🤣😂🤣 I know eh! You're on a pretty good streak with your fixes right now!! Good for you and well deserved! Good to know both passenger and driver side are interchangeable too.. Cheers!

No worries mate! I think now both versions (one or two wires) have been covered so you should be golden when it's your time to make it happen.

Thanks so much mate for all that explanation and pictures, super appreciated! It seems like all newer horns have both wires just like yours and mine being an old Italvolanti Corsa has just the one. I won't install the silver ring and plug the black wire from the boss directly to the horns one. And yes, you must be right, it's got to be self grounded. Thank you for showing me the brass disc, now I'm sure that it was the right thing to do by forcing it down to be flush. Thanks a lot, cheers!

There's nothing more, it's wrapped in leather and nothing more than one wire coming from each horn buttons, then they are all cramped together with that male connector.

That is a very good idea. So I did what you suggested and no changes if I press the horn button or not so I guess for conclusion, it's not self grounded within the steering wheel...

What do you mean mate by brass bit in the plastic housing? The metal disc with the male tab, I figured it is for the ground but I don't have any coming from the steering wheel. That's where the confusion is coming from, usually the wire from the boss connects to the positive from the horn, then negative to that ring. But I only have one wire?

Ok, I'll try to make my questions clearer then... 1) How do you plug the steering wheel when the horn only has one wire? All horns I've looked at comes with 2 wires, one for the ground and a 12V. If I have only one wire, should I deduct the horns are self grounded within the steering wheel? 2) If I install the ring provided with the MOMO Boss, I end up with 2 male terminals but I only have one female terminal. So I don't install it then? 3) I don't have an engine or power in the car now so I don't know what is what. I never installed an aftermarket wheel before either.

Maybe my question is not that stupid then!? I'll post on feck book group to see if I get an answer, cheers!

I feel borderline stupid for asking this and I did a bunch of searches on the internet before and I just can't find anything with the same setup that I have. I don't know how to properly hook things up... The hub boss has one wire with a female terminal. My steering wheel 4 horns buttons are bridged into one wire with a male terminal. Logics wants me to hook these 2 together but don't I need a ground of some sort? And then there's the silver ring that came with the boss, looks like it goes between the steering wheel and the hub boss but since it's a male connector and there's only one then something is missing because I can't hook up my horns this way. Lastly do the brass part underneath the hub boss showed in the picture needs to be pressed in a little, is this normal? Because it didn't wanted to go in without mild persuasion... Thanks a lot in advance, much appreciated!

That's fantastic news mate! Very happy to hear that you have been able to make it feel like brand new again. And it's nice too, when mostly it cost just time 🍻. Do you have an oil catch can on your system to purge some of that oil? Never heard of the 1.8t pcv valve, does it fit without modification? Cheers!