riko666

As the title says, I'm hoping to get my coilovers soon and therefore need to get them swapped with what's currently on the car, as well as separate the shocks/springs and Pillowball mounts on my current suspension - it's imperative this gets done before July 5th as I leave the country then, so is there anyone willing to lend me a hand? I was considering getting spring compressors and do it myself but I have neither the money nor patience for that. If anyone local is willing to help, I'll gladly get you a drink or some other favour! I'm in Caterham, Surrey for referrence, so please, if anyone is willing to help please let me know a.s.a.p! Thanks

Pete's Almera, his friends from Uni wrote it just before they buggered off from France

Well if you may or may not know from TGTT, me, Starlet_Sam, GoldenVTR and Streetech...so, Sam, Dan and Pete, went to Le Mans a couple of weeks back now....in short, brilliant week, though I missed a few good oppurtunities to having a VIP Pass to the Ferrari Garage and some other things...ah well. Enjoy the pictures: Oh, and to end the trip...60mi from Boulogne, I got a fine and a driving Ban in France:

I'll need a set too...how easy is it separate pillowball mounts from shock/spring assembly?

Cause he's ripped off dozens of people on TGTT

ewww, clean that up, and rest of the mud on the car while you're at it Thanks for the comments chap, everyday I hate this car less and less...then other issues crop up like a clunking from the suspension at the front to match the rattle at the back

bla bla bla, it's a little bit of Le Mans

Small Update:

Leda "used" to be Local in Kent, but they have now relocated to Derby, TDI-PLC is in Essex, don't know what they're like but they seem to have a decent reputation, otherwise ummm, yell.com it

saw him when I was round that area 6 months ago too

cheers for the comments guys, like stheriously. Harrison, well I've known that the Walbro pumps were overkill...just didn't know to what extent, I know the 4efte only uses, what, 135lph as standard? So with the Walbro pump, 125lph will just be sent back to the tank...heated. As you can tell, I've decided against the pump for now, but what would be a happy medium? I've got some 315cc/min injectors coming, thought they'd be a good precaution, and cost me £20 from Canada. by the way, got new mods Le Mans Mudd kit

hey there Kevin, nice to see you round these neck of the woods (though I'm a noob too )

Indeed it was - in the end it's less hassle with the 4e-fte with the management side of things and cracking the 5efhe open to swap the pistons etc...Ah well, can't complain! And I wondered what car you had, always associated you with a Paseo for some reason!

oh right? Well what could it be? I'm just......argh.......hate the car. I left the negative unplugged on the battery and drove out for a bit, it cut once in vacuum, but otherwise, it'd cut at around 0.9Bar, but that's stock isn't it?? Please someone help me with this

Unfortunately it isn't - I'll get an HKS one for my CT9b me thinks, do you reckon it'll sort the issues? When does the standard ECU run into Fuel Cut, 0.8Bar isn't it? As i'm selling my FCC

Ebay - it's not an actual TRD Item

speed cut is 112mph/180kph in Japan is it not? And my car has had a speed cut defender installed prior to buying it (have a 180mph speedo)...and not to condone speeding, as I greatly don't, but I've been higher than the Japanese speedcut

it's JAM as well, so would be 1Bar or thereabouts

well they have an external wastegate I believe, the internal wastegate of the CT9 is controlled by the Turbo Actuator - my JAM Actuator is made to produce 0.95Bar, using a stiffer spring to achieve this as well as some other refinements. However, the car DOESN'T climb over that...I get boost cut even when in negative boost (vacuum) when cruising...it just irritates the Bejesus out of me

wastegate? Isn't it controlled by the Actuator? In which case I have a JAM Actuator

I have a Fuel Cut Controller (JAM) and can't afford a boost controller just yet but I want to fix the issue at hand rather than avoid it...as in why is it hitting Fuel Cut so often now, surely it isn't normal

Right, well with my boost gauge installed I can finally give general numbers. Now, For the last couple of weeks I've been having erratic fuel cut, and I mean all the time - warm weather, cold weather, anything in between. The worst thing is that I don't push the car or anything, fuel cut usually kicks in when I'm at a steady 70mph. Thing is, I'm not running into boost induced fuel cut as at 70mph in 5th the car's at -0.2Bar of boost (OEM Dumpvalve leaks boost unless on pressed throttle). The Boost does rise quick though, shoots to near 0.9Bar when full boost is reached around 3000rpm. Now, what could be causing the erratic fuel cut? It just keeps on cutting in, steady 70mph, through the gears, and just now going up my hill in 2nd at 2000rpm...it's just annoying me to the point I'm just going to run a Standard actuator and no FCC...it's just too much of a confidence killer, I feel as if the car will just blow up. Mind you, I did have the fuel rail/injectors off earlier this week trying to fit an intake manifold gasket (failed), reinstalled them and that seems to have started the issues (not sure if I was running into fuel cut as often beforehand....though when I did reinstall the fuel rail/injectors I did forget to tighten the fuel rail ground, and on a 60mph journey i hit fuel cut 30-40 times...). Let me know your thoughts, I've reset the ecu several times, and either my Diagnostic Port doesn't work, or there's nothing wrong as the ECU Light stays on

update updated

Anyway: I've only connected the vacuum hose (Tee'd it off the MAP Sensor) as I do not value my electric knowledge...or lack thereof. But found the perfect position for it, right in the line of site....hole that I drilled is fugly but, meh by the way, do I need to use this: Waiting to receive my CT9b, SARD RRFPR, 7MGE Injectors, Walbro Fuel Pump (And once I finish paying for them - JAM ECU & JIC Magic Coilovers)...and hopefully do a rough dyno tune just to have everything hunkydory, so, watch this space