Volvo 480 Club Europe

Ps: keep me up to date, i have always wanted to build a track car!

Looking great

Love track sl@gs

martinholmesuk wrote:Dave, You have what's called a B18FT(M) which is a b18ft without the sensor, the ecu goes into closed loop.

Is that good or bad??

Its not running right and gets a missfire/hesitation at higher rpms

Seems a bit better now.

If i fit my lambda, would it better still? What is the reason its there? WIll it improve driveability?

Ok sorted, i have reduced it from 650 to 500. So ill see what the fuel is like over the next few days.

19Mpg is just really bad!

How do you measeure it again??

What setting on the multi meter?

I might fit my lambda as well just to help (even a little)

Hmm maybe mines is set too high then??

What is it best to be set at?? 650?

Ok got the clivo insured , taxed and MOT'd. Ran it for a few days now and it eats the fuel!! 10er will do maybe 40-50 miles. Is that right? Im also not running a lambda sensor, if i put one on will the fuel economy be better?? As with no lambda it will running rich yes? Happy and sad at the same tim...

In the summer the car gets cleaned everyday so the autoglym does the trick for me. In the winter its in the garge, cleaned before it goes in then wrapped up when its in :) I think results-wise mate you answered the question yourself. Bilt Hamber Auto Clay (Bar and Auto Clay) brings up the car far be...

You will be just down from me. I work for Vauxhall in Sighthill

muddyfox470 wrote:How much was your microfibre dry down cloth? and what cloth do you use to polish?

cheers

ian

£11 for the drying cloth (IIRC)

Use the megs aplicator pads or a circualr pad to apply and a microfiber to take off.

Outside: Hose down to get rid of crap Wash using autoglym shampoo with 2 buckets: One with the soap and one with clean water to rinse teh sponge. Wash windows then rinse wash roof then rinse wash uperhalf of car then rinse wash lowerhalf then rinse dry with megs micro fiber Polish using autoglym sup...

Where is the plug stiuated in the loom?? Ie whats it near?

martinholmesuk wrote:No a machine code reader. There is a LED flashing light module on passenger side strutt (480 of course) btw Volvo will tell you there is a major problem.... it's in a clio hehe

lol

Well rolling road it is then!

Some of them are good.

Does the B18ft engine have a plug to put a dianostic machine into??

The reason i ask is that i would like to take my car along to volvo to get it checked to ensure the engine is running all ok.

The engine has been recently been put into a clio hence the reason i want it checked.

cheers Dave

I found that my uprate acuator was allowing too much boost through and the ecu will cut it off as to not damage anything. Once mine was replaced with a standard unit al was ok.

Someone did this on a 5 door clio on cliosport.net.

Didnt work all that great and carbs need contiually moitering to make sure all is ok.

Get the injction system working!

2 pics from today. Unsure if i might take the turbo badge off.?!?!! 36 miles done now http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/DJWDave/000_0401.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/DJWDave/000_0403.jpg Hopefuly it wil be on the road properly within a few weeks. I didnt really like the clio when ...