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Re: Escort Sigma 1600 Race Car
Funny how sometimes bad news are infact great news. I had my injectors tested and the result was a disaster. "Bin them" was the recommendation. They had some 50% differences in total volume between them on partial load near idle and 30% on full duty. I ordered a new set on the spot. All this cost me 400€ but I'm still smiling and feeling light at heart.
So after work I raced to the garage to start putting the car back together. I installed the new fuel lines which proved to be a good move. The old fuel feed line had leaked in its protective pipe. The stagnant fuel inside the pipe had softened the hose and it made some alarming cracking sound when bent. This new hose is higher quality and stronger and can be submerged to fuel. Some fuel hoses apparently can't.
The new iinjectors are a 70cc's bigger so I need to get the car on the rollers to get it mapped for the new squits. If it starts to run proper that is.
Thought I'd stick in the new manifold on while I'm at it to see how it performs. So I needed to spray on the coating 24h before installing.
The coating was very thin and left the media blasted surface quite grainy. Propably blasted with too coarse media for this coating. Nevertheless It does it job protects against corrosion and even more so acts as a heat insulation. Looks almost like cast plastic when dry.
So I still have a week to make it to the season finals.So that feels like a real fighting chance. The new injectors should arrive tomorrow or on monday. If the car starts to run properly I was promised it would be mapped by the end of the week.
Funny how sometimes bad news are infact great news. I had my injectors tested and the result was a disaster. "Bin them" was the recommendation. They had some 50% differences in total volume between them on partial load near idle and 30% on full duty. I ordered a new set on the spot. All this cost me 400€ but I'm still smiling and feeling light at heart.
So after work I raced to the garage to start putting the car back together. I installed the new fuel lines which proved to be a good move. The old fuel feed line had leaked in its protective pipe. The stagnant fuel inside the pipe had softened the hose and it made some alarming cracking sound when bent. This new hose is higher quality and stronger and can be submerged to fuel. Some fuel hoses apparently can't.
The new iinjectors are a 70cc's bigger so I need to get the car on the rollers to get it mapped for the new squits. If it starts to run proper that is.
Thought I'd stick in the new manifold on while I'm at it to see how it performs. So I needed to spray on the coating 24h before installing.
The coating was very thin and left the media blasted surface quite grainy. Propably blasted with too coarse media for this coating. Nevertheless It does it job protects against corrosion and even more so acts as a heat insulation. Looks almost like cast plastic when dry.
So I still have a week to make it to the season finals.So that feels like a real fighting chance. The new injectors should arrive tomorrow or on monday. If the car starts to run properly I was promised it would be mapped by the end of the week.
The rollers show its not missing a single pony. Infact due to the new manifold it's even gained some between 4000 to 6000. Some 10 to 20Nm more to be more precise.
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