My new BB1 lude

The Ballbag · Post by **The Ballbag** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:28 pm

YES Bri, glad to see there is a new project on the go. You know I'm only down the road if you need a hand with anything at all. Still owe you after the help you used to give me on the old Lude.

Been playing golf over at Henlle recently, I'm a member there now so i'll have to pop down after a round one day and see how she's coming along. Looking like you've made a great start though!

Looking forward to seeing the patented Bri front bumper on this.

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:12 pm

Matt man if you fancy popping down give me a message first, I moved house! It will be good to catch up, infact we should get a meet going, should do it soon though a certain local somebody wont be able to play out in the near future.

Bucks, how are you dude? been a while, yes its good to be back, no matter how hard I try I just cant keep away from ludes

them wheels are BKs lots and lots of stuff to do.

The Ballbag · Post by **The Ballbag** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:30 pm

haha that would have been interesting if i had just turned up at your old place unannounced then. A meet sounds good to me. You had any recently?

Has your new place got a nice convenient car park opposite for meets and doing donuts?

bucks420 · Post by **bucks420** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:17 am

yea man not bad cheers, getting the lude sorted for the summer so happy days. i've toyed with the idea of chopping it in but i know ill want another so ill stick with it

no worries with the wheels, was going to say i've got a spare you can have but there made by league, the other 3 are knackered so there no good to me anymore. So whats next on the list for this one then or is it wait and see?

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:25 pm

@Ballbag nope afraid not but I am sure I could sort something out. Will drop you a PM soon.

Bucks, next up is to change inlet manifold, zaust, suspension, then its about cosmetics, I have a small hole near rear passengers arch to sort and usual arch rot, in all fairness they are not too bad but its still a case of cutting and welding to get rid properly, which also means the whole car will need to be resprayed. Its no secret that I plan on making a copy of my last lude but I think this one will stay silver.

Lots to do, so I thought I would get stuck in today... at 3

I stripped down the old manifold and built up the new one ready, its doable but its a muffin of a job, even had to remove oil filter just to get at bolts at back underside of manifold. I tried my very best not to break anything this time but ended up busting my knock sensor in two

Its all in bits right now but it should be running again tomorrow, will see if I can be arsed doing my shocks and zaust too.

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:59 pm

Well what a muffin of a job, did it easy enough but ended up with a water leak, FITV playing up and an oil leak, sorted all that, runs a lot better but STILL have a slight flat spot between 3+4k and revs take a while to drop down, when they do it almost cuts out! I know its not vac hoses because I labled them all, The whistle came back so I bypassed the IAB under the manifold to see if that was the whistle but nope, now I broke one of the nipples of it

I changed the pressure regulator on the fuel rail and so far no whistle.

So far I have :

done timing
fuel filter
dizzy cap
rotor arm
IAB bypass
fuel pressure regulator changed
new TB
new inlet manifold
different FITV
Changed air filter

And yet still a slight flat spot, plugs and leads is the only thing left I can think of, I do want to try another FITV to see if it will settle properly when its warm, when its cold its all perfect. Its got me a bit stumped this time

Oh yes got my sub wired up so at least I got some big tunes. Next up is shockers and zaust, maybe a bit of body work too.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:59 am

Worth checking the valve clearances?

Post by **Drax** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:14 pm

Bri wrote:Well what a muffin of a job, did it easy enough but ended up with a water leak, FITV playing up and an oil leak, sorted all that, runs a lot better but STILL have a slight flat spot between 3+4k and revs take a while to drop down, when they do it almost cuts out! I know its not vac hoses because I labled them all, The whistle came back so I bypassed the IAB under the manifold to see if that was the whistle but nope, now I broke one of the nipples of it I changed the pressure regulator on the fuel rail and so far no whistle.

So far I have :

done timing
fuel filter
dizzy cap
rotor arm
IAB bypass
fuel pressure regulator changed
new TB
new inlet manifold
different FITV
Changed air filter

And yet still a slight flat spot, plugs and leads is the only thing left I can think of, I do want to try another FITV to see if it will settle properly when its warm, when its cold its all perfect. Its got me a bit stumped this time

Oh yes got my sub wired up so at least I got some big tunes. Next up is shockers and zaust, maybe a bit of body work too.

if you need any 'test' parts for a day or two, pop up to mine mate as i have Els old silver 4g sitting on the drive for a few weeks rest before its taxed again

my mate who bought it doesnt have the money to tax it until he next gets paid lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:18 pm

use the wd spray test buddy when you can hear the whistling to narrow it down

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Sat May 11, 2013 10:07 pm

Only a few little updates, Got rid of the whistle and Idle issues but I am still being plagued with the flat spots in the lower half of the rev range when its warm. I have done all of the following to try and get rid, I know its electrical or injector related.

done the following so far

Main relay
coil pack
sealed injectors in place carefully
Air fuel temp sensor swapped
02 sensor swapped
map sensor swapped
TPS swapped twice
throttle body swapped numerous times
knock sensor replaced after the mishap I had with it
ECU swap
EGR Swap
Replaced whole intake manifold
FITV (about 3 times)
IACV (about 3 times)

Im thinking now either dizzy internals, water temp sensor, whatever it is its a sensor on the circuit that is used when warmed up because its not there at all when its cold. Had this for months now. will get there.

While I have not been able to track it down yet I thought I would get some other jobs done like re covering the parcel shelf and fixing the 6x9s in properly.

Had some good news, I have had a small pay rise and now a proper contract at work instead of working through an agency, as I deal with the paint supplier I may be getting 5 litres of paint as a freebie in the colour of my choice

Fingers crossed I will be getting stuck into the body work and have the throttle issue sorted soon.

Some pics:

What I do at work

shelf re covered

old EGR

new

how I get EGR on and off

What I found in my ECU

That's it for now but I will have more coming in near future

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