The Rebirth of Smokey Eddy - The 1.9 Saga

[rabbitman]

My Rabbit is the same - fan comes on only when changing from low to high and not from high to low.

Chris

Mines the same........I never knew about it before but now it kinda bugs me..........

[GTD_MK2]

Yes, the blower / High beam thing is normal , it works on every second click because the blower is connected to the X-circuit, and the x circuit gets powerded by the headlight bulbs when you use the high beam sw.

[Smokey Eddy]

that is so weird

[8v-of-fury]

Edna! Hows this beast running!? Still have yet to update FUELLY I see... Not impressed

Maybe you are holding back because of the 26mpg you got just floggin' this thing

[Smokey Eddy]

Hahahah
well i haven't burnt a full tank yet!!!
well, not with the speedo hooked up at least.
two injectors leak like CRAZY so i guestimated that my mpg will be a -10 just because of the amount of diesel that comes out of them
one injector actually sprays out...
the timing is hopelessly retarded. sometimes in the morning it will run really really bad and i'll get fed up and giver on the smoke pedal and it will like back fire... make a loud noise and make a huge amount of smoke and no power.
im collecting things into "to do" piles.
right now i've got a dash pile which is
new speedo cable and antenna wire to go in the back of the dash.

next is the fender at which time i'll also lower the suspension back to stock or just below stock ride height

i just switched out the damaged IC with a new one

i got a new set of lifters waiting to go in when i properly time it. I'd also like to replace the injectors at the same time. this leak is getting out of hand.

my IC pipe leaks oil vapour all over my belts so the V belt regularly slips which is getting annoying. RadoTD and I have teamed up so we've been organizing and working together a bit. he and i have the same intercooler and when he plumbs his we'll plum mine with alluminum pipe instead of the ABS im using.

what else...
i think  i need two new hubs for the front because they are badly stripped.

i just did new vented and drilled rotors

the passenger pig tail completely doesn't work now.  andddd the windshield is getting replaced this coming week. likely friday which is the day i have off.

[Smokey Eddy]

Jeremy, 4.4L/100km... thats higher than my 2000 TDI

[RadoTD]

I've got some errands to run Tuesday morning, but I'll head out your way probably around noon and we'll get through a bunch of those things you need to do.
No luck finding a mandrel bender I can use yet though

[Smokey Eddy]

oh I'm working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. be home 7:00pm each of those days.

[honda_is_the_best]

Bump to the top 

hows it comin ed?

[Smokey Eddy]

Today after work im hopefully welding a new downpipe as the one from the 1.6 rubs the bottom of the car at a certain rpm.

Grey_Smoke has been kind enough to send me a passenger fender and turn signal pig tails with his uncle who was visiting and lives near me!! (HURRAY!) for a very reasonable price too, i'm very greatful. I'm meeting his uncle on wednesday to pick them up.

I still need to book a time for the windshield to get replaced. I got extra days this week otherwise it would have been today.

RadoTD came over the other day and we drove each other's cars. There is something special about an AAZ powered Corrado. And his grin while driving my car re-assured me that my hard work might possibly be worth it once the jetta is a little nicer to look at.

I've got plans to paint the interior black as well. My friend tried out this dupli-colour vinyl & carpet paint and it works great on the vinyl - not so great on the carpet. So I think i'll take the seat covers off and the carpet out and soak them in a bath of dye instead of spraying them with a can.

Also, is there any chance that the pushrod in my transmission could be too long for the clutch set up i have? If not, Im thinking i should have found the 210mm plate that the pushrod pushes against. Could the 200mm one im using with the 210mm clutch, P.Plate and FW be fouling it up at all?
the reason i ask is my speedo jumped a couple times on hard accelerations and that clutch should never slip...
Could there be a slipage happening in the transmission anywhere? It definitely takes more torque than the old stock one but my stomach sank when i saw the speedo jump from about 70-80km/h...

ps. Expect to see a pretty sweet update from RadoTD and I. It has to do with intercoolers we're stoked about it.

fuelly is retarded and wont take my trip mileage vs. fuel consumption. it goes off of the odometer reading vs. the previous fill up... which i think is stupid
anyways, i took 2 seconds to figure out my mileage and it is DISSSMALLL

19.0469393 MPG

that's over 12L/100km.

[morgoon]

Wow busy week or so for ya 

good luck with everything

[RadoTD]

fuelly is retarded and wont take my trip mileage vs. fuel consumption. it goes off of the odometer reading vs. the previous fill up... which i think is stupid
anyways, i took 2 seconds to figure out my mileage and it is DISSSMALLL

19.0469393 MPG

that's over 12L/100km.

You can change that in your settings somewhere to go by tripometer. And once your injectors stop leaking, your mileage will be a lot better. That's about what an equivalent gasser would do anyway

[rodpaslow]

I missed the heater fan discussioin, but the heater motor and radio stay on if you press and hold the brake petal before you shut the car off.  The heater motor and radio will stay on.  This is also factory that may have something to do with the lights. (MK2)  My MK3 had the radio wired through the headlights.  If the lights are on the radio will stay on.  Some wierd Deuchland wiring...

[Smokey Eddy]

I just found out a mark i got in math was 3% shy of being able to take the next course...
so looks like i'll be getting a welding ticket as i'm too dumb for school. I'll likely have a ton of free time in the coming months to work on the POS.

[Thezorn]

Hey eddy, I just realized I forgot to post up pics of that Manual boost controller I told you guys about.

It does act more like a wastegate rather then a blow off valve, all it does is regulate the flow of air between the line that goes from the turbo neck to the wategate.

It comes out of the turbo here.


and goes to the wastegate here.


All I did was cut the line, and place my boost controller in between them to not allow any flow to the wategate until the boost pressure reaches the desired level, which is 15 PSI for me.

The controller looks like this.


And is made of these parts.


It acts like a regular "BALL AND SPRING" MBC and only opens to let air through when there is enough pressure pushing up on the ball. The time at which the ball will move is controlled by the pressure of the spring which is pushing down of the ball inside the controller. The spring pressure is controlled by a bolt on the top of the MBC that pushed down compressing the spring to any level of resistance you want.

Its been working awsome for me, and is alot nicer then playing with the wastegate.

If you guy want a parts list of what I used I can post that up also.

Sorry for the insane delay for this post 

Will Zorn