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Here are some pics of the new Longlife exhaust which I got on 16/09/05 becuase the old one was knackered. It is a Cat-Back system. This was fitted in plymouth, would definately recommend Longlife. The exhaust sounds really good I didn't want it to loud so it is nice and subtle, I think that the tailpipe really suits the C, they got this pipe in the day I was there so I am a pioneer of this pipe! The fit cost £385 - A bit more because of the tailpipe. - Oh and its got a lifetime guarantee, which is nice. Also inlcude a picture of the OLD exhaust before it was taken out....

Hello everybody & welcome to my pride and joy: 94 Dragon Green VR6! I have owned this baby for over 3 months now, registered on the forum the day I bought her. It is fair to say that I am obsesed, current specs: Engine: Standard 2.9VR6 Chassis: Standard setup Exterior: Dragon Green Paint, colour coded door handles Exhaust: Longlife with custom tailpipe Alarm: Autowatch RLi160 All the above as of 4-10-2005 The exhaust and alarm have been fitted since purchase (due to the former not working!), running total of money spent: roughly £1000. I bought the car for £4000, at the time this seemed like a bargain - 125k, but I have seen some cheap cars around recently. I am still very happy though the bodywork is in extremely good condition, the engine runs fine despite the fact that the chains have not been done. The next things that I plan on forking out for (when I have the money) are: koni/H&R suspension setup incl. full re-bush new engine mounts new plugs & leads I really want to concentrate on getting the chassis sorted before looking at power and performance and it seems that the koni/H&R setup is the weapon of choice, and yes, I probably will drive up to stealth to get this work done, is this crazy? I hope to keep this thread updated as much as possible with the work that I do on her (even though I have no mechanical experience), would love to hear all of your views and opinions, thanks to everyone that gives me advice and to all of those that will in the future! So thats us, here are a few tasty morsels to wet your appetite, these were taken the day I picked her up so she was all standard then... :cry: Current Spec :Engine Bay: OBD2 Conversion Bored OBD2 Throttle Body Longlife SS Exhaust Polished Inlet Manifold Dynamat Hoodliner :Exterior: Clear Side Repeaters Colour Coded De-Locked Handles Colour Coded No. Plate Surround De-Rear wipered All red rear lights Tinted headlights Lupo Wipers Door skinz 16x7 Compomotive MO's :Interior: Custom Mats Red heater controls Red Clocks :Drivetrain: Koni TA's H&R Springs JOM Lowering spring caps 6x Goodridge braided hoses 288mm front brakes with MK3 calipers MK4 rear brakes Pagid Fast Road Pads all round :ICE & Secure: Autowatch RLi160 :New & Replaced bits: Lambda Probe Throttle Body Fuel Filter All Solid Brake Lines Headlight Switch Handbrake Cables

Try http://www.everythingipod.co.uk I bought the belkin leather holster, iTirip & charger for the cigarette lighter but there is loads of stuff to choose from depending on which generation your ipod is. I do recommend the belkin leather holster as a cradle btw.

This is what i'm saving up for... what else do I need to budget for? bushes, topmounts..?

I would also say ignition, check your plugs. Does it feel like you have lost power?

Found a screw in my tyre on thursday, only had it fitted on tuesday, it had probably done 50 miles . Luckily it was a very short one and in the deep tread so i didn't puncture it.

Well when you put it like that! Apart from the O2 Sensor reading though, the ECU is working fine. All the other readings are fine and it performed fine on the rolling road. Could it be that during the disconnect I fried only a minute portion of the ECU? I guess the way to be sure is to try another ECU. RK Engineering didn't have one (or we would have tried it), which is another reason to take it to stealth.

I simply unplugged the possitive terminal, left it for 15mins, 20 tops. reconnected the terminal then drove for about 30mins doing all of the acceleration procedures etc. I very much doubt if it would mean anything but my ipod charger was probably plugged into the cigarette lighter! From start to finish I don't recall doing anything else to the car. After a few drives I noticed the MPG was down and here we are! (Thanks for the continued help & advice btw :wink: )

Ok, spent hours down in St Agnes today to no avail... Changed the lambda probe to a new one still the same problem, overfueling and displaying 1.2 etc. on VAG-COM. We checked the voltage to and from ECU and (I think - bit tired) it read fine. The boys at RK were stumped and even phoned Stealth, who also seemed unsure what was wrong. The lambda I think thinks that it is running lean all the time therefor adds fuel and runs rich but continues to think its running lean...? confused myself. Could it be the ECU? bearing in mind this all started after an ECU reset. I'm going to book up some work with (and take the very long drive to) Stealth so hopefuly they will be able to sort it with the car there.

I had this problem on my Vr6, one of my plugs wasn't sparking - check 'em.

What like conservatories? or regular brick ones? :wink:

Take it back to Pendine beach and get the photo re done properly (road level, correct angle etc.) then your sig will be cool as.

Loving the dates above the pictures. :thumbleft:

That was me! On my way down to St Agnes to get her ECU sorted out, will be going down there this thursday as well.

It is confusing because it does one final wipe. Only two setting, on or off.

Can we turn this thread into a poll would be nice to see the stats in graph form..?

Do you have an ultrasonic sensor installed on the setup? Could be a bit of a wimp (over sensitive).

One of the guys at RK noticed that one of the wires (yellow one i think) going to or from the probe looked dodgy. They are going to take a closer look when I go back for an engine tune in a week.

Ok, just been down to RK Enginering in St Agnes (thanks andrewdowd), we did the basic setup 2 faults found: 00537 - Lambda Regulation 08-10 Control Limit Surpassed - Intermittent 00525 - Oxygen Sensor (G39) 29-00 - Short to Ground Took the beast for a 30min drive, MPG much better (averaged 33mpg on the way home)! Re-connected the VAG-COM still the same fault codes. We also noticed (before the drive) that when measuring the engine sensors the Active Lambda reading would stay at 1.20 when idle, if we engaged the throttle and the car rev'd to 3000 then released the throttle and let it idle again the reading would quickly count from 1.00 back to 1.200 again. This reading should be 1.00 +/- 0.02 all the time shouldn't it (rhetorical)? I thought this might be something to do with the throttle position..?

It looks like dragon green to me (same as mine), storms were classic green weren't they? Complete bargain sure it must be worth twice that. I was thinking about cream leather so a few more pics would be appreciated!

South West Audio & Security Fitted and supplied my Autowatch 160 RLi for £265 took them about 2.5 hours, they visited my house. Friendly & polite. They cover pretty much all of devon & cornwall so for anyone in the area, I recommend them! For a number check the yellow pages because there are a few depending on where you live.

Thanks a lot for the help RW. get the feeling that i'm speaking to the right guy! Just need to sniff out a VAG-COM in cornwall now...

MPG figures from the dash. Correct, I didn't do the second part of the procedure... Do you think thay I am using more fuel than I should be then or is the MFA just displaying it wrong? As far as I can tell the car is performing exactly the same as before I did the "reset". I need to get hold of a VAG-COM then...

After new exhaust was fitted on the VR6 and all the problems sorted on the drive home I got about 34MPG :-P Was advised to do a ECU reset so I did and took the car for a varied drive etc. for 30mins. Now the car is averaging about 26MPG :x I figure either: 1. The ECU has never been reset and the old figures were innacurate for my car and 10 years on its not as economic as it was. (The new MPG reading is accurate) 2. I messed up the reset or something and the ECU (or somethinng connected to it - lambda jobby) isn't working properly. (The new MPG reading is wrong) Can't really tell yet if it is actualy using more fuel... Any ideas?

I get the same problem, I think it is my worn suspension. The spring tries to turn on its plate but because its worn it suddenly jumps into possition making a loud clonking noise.