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    Yes you must match the part numbers as the sockets are different with each MAF type. OBD1 uses the long 6 pin connector, OBD2 uses a shorter connector. OBD1 has a metal plate attached to the MAF body, OBD2 has a little plastic protusion from the MAF body. For the East Anglia region, MJS Services (Bosch agents) in Ipswich (01473 212594) supply OBD1 MAFs at the price stated above. £150 exchange (new internals, old plastic body) or £200 for a completely new unit. I'm not sure how much the OBD2 mafs are tho. There's no point in spending £50 on a new plastic body in my opinion and the exchange o
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    It's likely to be a wheel sensor or the brake pedal position sensor, which sits in the servo under the brake master cylinder. The BPS is £45+VAT and comes as a kit with retainer rings, a seal and a bag of piston extension caps. Not the nicest of things to fit, get a small mirror, will make life easier! Wheel sensors aren't too badly priced but if yours are the originals still, they can be a pain to remove. If it's not either of those two, it might be a faulty lock valve in the ABS pump unit. Not cheap. If you've got access to VAG-COM, the ABS ECU is 100% accurate with it's reporting, so th
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    Six Appeal, nice car! Are those wheels RH Cups? Have only seen your Avatar until now.
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    I tried some NGK iridiums and didn't notice any difference in the way the engine ran, but they would last longer than standard ones. Which is no bad thing if you've got a Schrick manifold. I would tend to go along with what Vince says to be honest. Kev
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    Petrol prices

    FishWick replied to jte's topic in General Chat

    What size tanks do the Golfs have? I gave up at £51.34 in the Corrado and there was another 10 litres to go. Scandalous. Apparently Blair's chronies are in crisis meetings about it as they're worried about more protests like last time. British citizens used to take it on the chin but I think we're ripe to reek some anarchy now!! I think this time round it's the oil cartels getting greedy again, rather than the government just slapping another increase on. Either way, it whinces at the pump. And speaking of petrol. I guess most of you use Optimax? Have any of you checked your plugs recentl
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    Gutted for you Mike. My manifold flap binds aswell. My car was the grey/violet Corrado on the ramps less it's cylinder head. Vince will be looking at my flap this week and hopefully it won't have to come back home with a standard manifold. It's something to do with the bushes, Schrick are sending some out that are too tight. I saw a manifold on Saturday where the flap was too loose and it was making a horrendous noise at idle. Nevermind, sure it will all be sorted in the end.
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    MAFs are notoriously difficult to diagnose properly. The ECU will only code a MAF if the following conditions are true:- Short to Ground No Signal - i.e. unplugged, severed wires, totally dead etc. Implausible signal. What affects most of us is a MAF operating out of range, i.e. not quite rich or lean enough. The ECU won't detect MAFs that are operating out of range. This is true of both OBD1 and 2, in fact it's just one of a many bugs in the Bosch M2.9 firmware. I've had a couple of OBD1 hotwire MAFs put on an oscilloscope at my local Bosch agent and the waveforms looked normal, but it ma
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    Agreed there. The M20 engine does indeed sound nice' date=' had a few 325is and 320is myself. Doesn't sound a world apart from the M3 engine though. They're very smooth and punchy cars. They sound like they're running on 3 at idle because of the firing order and boxer layout. At 4000+ rpm though, it sounds sublime imo.
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    No it isn't. I've driven VRs with both and they don't sound anything special at all. Just a loud noise that is feckin irratating to be honest. No the standard airbox doesn't make any sort of sound, and that's the whole point of it for me. I'm more interested in what the engine delivers to the tarmac than what kind of noise it's making. I've known so many people to revert back to the stock airbox after having an induction kit. Suggests a lot really.
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    If they're made by Beru, don't complain, they are the best. And yep, VW fitted red leads at the factory. Your black ones probably aren't original.
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    Hmmm, each to our own I guess. It sounds dull to me, nothing distinctive about the noise at all. M3 straight six, that's distinctive. Big Block chevvy V8, that's distinctive. Subaru flat four, again, sounds unique.
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    Induction kits are a waste of time, especially those ridiculous RAM air things that make the MAF look like it's sprouted an Affro. The stock airboxes are actually tuned and do a much better job than people realise. Been there, tried em, back to stock and loving it.
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    If you plan on numerous mods, you're better off with a reprogrammable piggy-back chip, otherwise the standard chips used for rechips are only writeable once unfortunately. The MAF sensor won't be able to adapt to the extra air the 3.0 is pulling in and the preset fuelling at WOT won't be rich enough either.
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    248-256 for midrange, 260-270 for better top end but as already mentioned, the Schrick 268s were designed to be used with the manifold to give the same kick past 4000 as you get below it, with no loss of bottom end.
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    The schrick gives you more torque. That's all you need to know!
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    Yeah mine sounds a bit different. I've got a standard exhaust and K&N panel filter and it sounds a bit quieter with a bassier rumble.
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    Ooops, that'll teach me for not reading the thread properly! The way Vince maps is a good method by the sounds of it. Hadn't thought of that. I was quite lucky in that I picked up an ECU and big throttle cheaply from a VR that had already had all that done at AMD. Strictly speaking, the ECU probably could do with another remap to fully customise it to my particular engine but as all the pinking has gone and it pulls like a train, I don't think there's much of a gain to be had with a second remap. A supercharger *and* schrick must really kick arse!
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    JCorrallo's plot is interesting. I'm not sure about the Golf but on the Corrado you get more power and obviously a lot more torque. A recent dyno on a Corrado at Stealth with just the Schrick gave 202bhp (12 more than standard) and 192lb/ft at 3600rpm (42 more than standard at that rpm, 11 more peak than standard). The schrick sets the engine to run as 2 banks of 3 cylinders below 4000 rpm and as a 6 cylinder engine at 4000+. Therefore there should not be a *drop* in power past 4000. Perhaps Jcorrallo's manifold flap is not opening fully at 4000 or the engine simply isn't pulling in enoug
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    260 is somewhere in between. As soon as move away from the standard profile, you're going to shift the torque band unless you've got a Schrick manifold. 260 is a good profile, you shouldn't lose too much low down and from 4000 onwards you'll get a noticable improvement. About 10bhp.
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    Yeah the VR6 was designed in the 80s and the Golf harks back to 1974..... so 'knocking on a bit' is an understatement, LOL! You need to compare apples to apples to keep it fair and the 330D is in a different league to both the 150 PD and the VR6, both in terms of chassis technology, engine technology and cost.
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    I think the duration is around 240, not sure about lift though. Stealth racing will know.
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    For torque, use Shcrick 256 cams. I think the standard VW duration is about 240. Schrick 248s are also meant to be good for torque. Personally I'd go with the 268s if you've got the manifold. The gob of torque at 3500 with standard cams then leads onto a flat 4K to redline feel. The 268s continue where the change-over flap leaves off, pulling hard to the redline. [ Edited Fri May 07 2004, 03:19PM ]
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    Dunno about that. Sounds optimistic to me, perhaps on AmD's rollers, but not known accurate ones such as Stealth's. A 2.9 engine with the same kit makes around 210 - 215, so 225 from the 2.8 id hard to achieve. I just can't quite see an ancient 12V making almost as much as an R32 somehow. K
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    680 is the official factory set speed. Either someone has been fiddling about with the throttle stop or you're running seriously lean or rich at idle.
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    vr6 engines

    FishWick replied to ingham's topic in General Chat

    Nope, Lancia got there before VW did. But it wasn't as good or quite as compact, but unfortunately VW can't lay claim to having the first shared head for a V engine.
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