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Glad it was only knackered fan and a melted plug could've been a lot worse! Must wire mine up at the weekend!

There are 3 I think? Brake servo, evap solenoid and I can't remember what the other was for but I've just blocked it off lol

More often than not it's the best way!

Awesome news :)

Bet you can't wait to get her mapped!

What happened to the GT35 mate?

Thanks for the explanation Kev, I wish I'd just done my own wiring, it was mostly for the time I would save by getting it done by a 'pro', I could've done the job myself 10x over by now, and probably done a better job!

Hmmmm, I'd be inclined to believe most things kev says on this subject, given his knowledge comes from his own experience and obviously a fair bit of input from Vince. I have a spare pair of untouched looms, might stick the engine loom on and see if I can get my sai code to clear!

My best price was with brentacre, £440. 33, 8 years ncb, 5k/year, 280bhp limit, everything declared, lives on the road. Apparently according to one insurer, sky iirc, because I work in the motor industry I'm in a higher risk group, charming!!

Cool I'll check that at the weekend, cheers! Looks like I'm going to have to open up the loom and fit a relay in, 99% sure I don't have one :( Wonder if any of the other guys that used SWICT have the sai relay fitted? I'm going to google fuel trims because I actually have no idea what they effect lol

You know what I'm doing don't ya mate, just in case I decide I like them lol

Oh and I bought this today

How do you test the variable intake Kev? Just get someone to rev it and check to see if the actuator moves? What sort of rpm should it activate? A CEL would be a handy addition, someone else mentioned it recently too! Yeah the 167 fuel pump relay works fine, you can also use a 32 for the ECU. I need to check my SAI, I'm pretty sure I haven't got a relay for it anywhere, will this cause problems? I have a 17841 fault code which relates to this, the only code that concerned me on the last scan. Can anyone remember when they removed the original VR6 looms? I had a single relay not part of the fusebox just hanging loose behind it, only connected by 2 wires, I think that is a 100 but I don't know what it's for! I'm dying to have a play with the turbo to see where I can fit it lol, going to drop the exhaust down soon and have a look to see how much room there is, another thought is to make a false floor in the boot and invert the spare wheel well....

Yes Kev still going to be rear mounted, I've seen enough of the engine bay to last me a while, working at the other end will be a refreshing change lol It's the 109 ECU relay, the way mark wired it meant it needed to be changed for a 30 or 32, he neglected to tell me and a lot of head scratching ensued, rubjonny off ed38 came to the rescue with the solution, when I told mark he seemed a bit peeved I'd been talking to other people about it then said he had just forgot to tell me! If it was wrong on yours it just wouldn't start mate. Yeah it's a BDB engine :) Mines BDB too as is Sams, I think Sam probably has the 109 and Mark just made a mess of mine and wired it differently. I paid him £550 for the work including the botched immo removal and supposed 280bhp ish generic map, which is probably the same one the other guys have, if they got him to do it. I really can't stress enough how unhappy I was with SWICT, almost threw in the towel because of his incompetence!

Cheers Sam, and yes I can't wait! It was just one thing after another with SWICT, from simple things like forgetting to tell me I needed to change the 109 relay for a 30(which Rubjonny on ed38 figured out before mark remembered) to just blatantly lying about posting things, on more than one occasion. Then finally turning my first ECU into an expensive paperweight! I'm going to source a spare ECU within the next few weeks for when I start tinkering with the turbo, once I've got it and had it de-immo'd if you want to try it on yours with a standard file I'll happily send it down, if it solved the problem the fault must be software. Alternatively i might have the same issue as you this time next week and can test it myself. I really hope that isn't the case though!

This is the picture I used to check mine was correct, from Sams guide. I'm using the same parts as you.

Finish tomorrow and currently at £31

Cheers mate, I'll have a drive over in the rado when the gremlins are sorted, probably cost me twice as much but it'll be more fun than the qashqai :clap:

Aye I know, I should just come over and take a look at all your spares lol, costs me a tenner in fuel every time I come over hahaha

I'll have the grill lol

Cheers, Kev, full of useful info as always :) I do have a loose relay attached in the loom, will have to check to see what it is, if that isn't it what sort of problems will manifest? Will it just throw a code or actually effect the running of the engine? I've still got the evap solenoid connected

I'm only 33 I just feel ancient :(

Looking good Sean! I'm picking up a koni/eibach -40mm kit on Saturday to try out, I know exactly how you feel, must be getting old lol

Welcome to the forum :) My post cat lambdas have been mapped out of the ECU, no fault codes. I removed the secondary air pump, just have the solenoid plugged in but I'm still getting a fault code for that, not looked into it yet. The evap solenoid is still wired up but not plumbed in, just going to hide it out of the way somewhere. Lots of info in the 24v conversion thread http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=20610

I sold a red front one on eBay last year, went for £76 plus postage! Good luck with the hunt :)