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Just thinking about an ECU remap
rashg60:
--- Quote from: usmangti on July 22, 2015, 01:20:08 pm ---what was your old dv like? Also I find when I don't drive mine much or without giving it the beans it does start to feel flat. Get it nice and warm and go for a good drive, going through the gears. Nowadays I make sure to give mine a good blast in a few gears daily and I have not felt it go flat since.
Check your oil levels too.
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I think you hit the nail on the head usmangti - I just took the car out for nice long blast and boy does it feel good. The smile is back on my face.
I actually hardly drive my car and barely cover 200 miles in a month, so your advice on taking it for a nice long spin was perfect.
So if it loses boost again, chances are the DV is the first culprit to blame?
AJP:
I do a hell of a lot of short journeys in mine, and after a while, even once it's properly warmed up, it can feel decidedly flat.
I recently did a 400 odd mile round trip, plenty of A roads, motorway, varied driving, and the car certainly felt much stronger after that. Now after more of the short commutes to and from work, I'm sure it's gone a bit flat again.
I used to think the old 'ECU learning' thing was a bit overstated, but with this car in particular there's something in the theory.
I think they call it the 'Italian Tune-up'!
Also, about a week after getting a new rev G dv, pcv and cam follower, the car seemed to get even stronger and smoother than the obvious improvement straight after the parts were fitted.
All that said.... I'd still get it down on the rollers at R-Tech. Just be sure of things.
usmangti:
--- Quote from: rashg60 on July 23, 2015, 08:18:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: usmangti on July 22, 2015, 01:20:08 pm ---what was your old dv like? Also I find when I don't drive mine much or without giving it the beans it does start to feel flat. Get it nice and warm and go for a good drive, going through the gears. Nowadays I make sure to give mine a good blast in a few gears daily and I have not felt it go flat since.
Check your oil levels too.
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I think you hit the nail on the head usmangti - I just took the car out for nice long blast and boy does it feel good. The smile is back on my face.
I actually hardly drive my car and barely cover 200 miles in a month, so your advice on taking it for a nice long spin was perfect.
So if it loses boost again, chances are the DV is the first culprit to blame?
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Glad to hear it feels better. Yeah I would defo agree if you feel a loss of power dv would be the first to check. The last time I changed my dv was because it was feeling flat but there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. Swapped a Rev G for another Rev G. However at the time I was rarely driving the car maybe once a week, now I drive it 4 days a week and do about 50-60 miles it feels a lot better. A good old "Italian tune up" does the trick or extended drive clears any issues with boosting.
What @AJP has said about ecu learning I think is spot on and I have never felt it more than with any other car than this car. Also I have read and feel like it might be right that you don't always get full boost if you just floor it WOT, what is better is to feed the power through smoothly. Might be worth mentioning my car is standard ie not remapped.
rashg60:
Fantastic advice usmangti - I will be less hasty next time and just give it a nice long drive instead!
usmangti:
you're welcome :happy2:
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