So haven't posted in a while.
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Its been stressful getting the car mapped
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correctly for sure
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! Ill try to keep it as brief as possible, as my god this was
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drama from start to end.
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So I had come to an agreement with Adrian
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@ Fensport that because he had
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not kept log files to confirm if the car, was or was not mapped at the 16v,
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that if I reconditioned or replaced the alternator and brought it back up, Tom
and he would carry out the map corrections FOC.
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So I had refitted the
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alternator and carried out some other work as above
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( taking a day off work to
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do so
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) and then booked in with Fensport and travelled up.
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( 2:30hrs there
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)
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They fitted the map gear and got 5 minutes up the road and drove back.
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"17V"
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!!!! I couldn't believe it, they showed me on the mapping laptop
and I immediately called Curd Bros and spoke to Paul.
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Instead of trying
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to relay the info between the specialists I put the phone on loudspeaker
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and let them hash it out between them, Paul asked us to carry out a series
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of checks which involved putting the car on the ramp and checking each point
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to measure the voltage from.
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This made no difference and reluctantly Paul admitted fault, I told him he
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would be replacing with a brand new alternator and fit for me FOC.
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However I had wasted a whole tanks fuel going up and back, a day of work
but most importantly I had wasted the opportunity of getting the map
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corrections FOC which we had agreed.
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Adrian spoke to me and said he wouldn't
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charge for the 2 hours of inspection work, and said asked that we start fresh
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with the next mapping session to which I agreed.
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After all it was a waste of
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their time also.
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Tom raised the voltage limit on the ECU to 25v, and I drove home with my tail between
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my legs and straight to Curd Bros where I proceeded to hit my
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Aeroware lip into their drive and scuff the face badly FFS.
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By this time I was
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done, I handed the keys to Paul and said
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"FIX
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!"
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A couple of days later I had a call saying its got a new alternator on it and its
ready to collect, Paul had been still trying to get out of it and saying it was
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running at 14v when he tested the car and we even had a bit of a argument
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over the phone.
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However he later apologised as he realised I was purely stuck
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between two specialists telling me different things.
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I collected the car and then
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a week later made another 5 hour round trip to Fensport
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!
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I had checked the voltage on the correct point the day before with my
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multimeter to make sure, and it showed a nice and steady 14v
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But when I got there, I asked Tom to check and make sure it was,
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17V again
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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I said that cannot be right
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!
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, I was about to smash something but
sense prevailed and I said
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"check that multimeter" Tom checked it and it was
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running 3v higher then it should.
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.
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.
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.
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I immediately thought, was this all because of the multimeter
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?
but then remembered I had seen the laptop showing the spiking also.
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So Adrian and Tom installed the mapping gear and were gone for 2 hours,
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bought the car back and finally said its all good.
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I drove the car home
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£200 lighter excluding the two tanks of fuel I had put in
and the fact I potentially have a
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£75 fine for the dartford bridge that initial
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time
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( was not in the right state of mind to remember to pay
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!
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) but I drove
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home with the car finally working the way it should.
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And it drives great.
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conservatively mapped at 1bar considering my stock turbo and fuel setup, so
would expect around 300bhp ish, but at least I can enjoy the rest of 2017
and think about next years big turbo setup to finally finish the forged build.
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Yes, its been drama
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!