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  1. On 3/31/2021 at 7:28 PM, snails ep91 said:

    excuse my ignorance...

    but surely if you remove the idle control valve you will have idle issues no?

    I have idle issues with mine currently and trying to educate myself on what could be the issue. many things point towards a faulty icv, i have tried cleaning it out as it was coked up but still have a similar issue..

    There is an idle screw under the rubber bung on the throttle body.

  2. Benefits are less load on the battery while loaded up like headlights on full, heater blower on full, rear heated screen on especially this time of the year. Getting your battery upto full charge quicker good for people that use the car for short runs or not regular.

    It wouldn't over charge the battery the alternator has built in regulation and knows when its under load "supply's to demand". Pulley size is usually the same on the Same model of alternator it just has higher output (thicker winding on the stator and rotor plus bigger diodes in the rectifier)

    Usually the alternator gets upgraded when you add more electrical load like a huge sound system or running an inverter in a campervan, towing a caravan with a leisure battery or fridge thats on while the caravan is being towed to destination or the likes of a vehicle that run a refrigerated unit or electric heaters. 

  3. I'm thinking more idle and deceleration the vacuum created in the manifold can be upto -1bar I've seen mine at 0.8bar that could possibly suck the valve open causing a juddering effect when decelerating as the valve opens and closes with the vacuum increasing and decreasing. Its only in theory as I've never seen it done before suppose there is only one way to find out. I hope it works. 

  4. The 5e has approx 10mm more stoke making the block around 10mm higher.  I've just hit the same problem I'll let you know what I find as I've still got the car my 5e came out of. I've also noticed the engine to cat/decat brace doesn't line up. There is no alternative for that so I might end up re drilling the bracket. 

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