What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:15 am

Sounds like a mission, i'm sure those hours will be quickly forgotten when you can see out the rear window.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:24 am

Arranged a box of 'stuff' to be delivered for it... However, there is a distinct possibility that its dispatch will be delayed whilst gaps in the box are filled with other parts

bonester · Postby **bonester** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:56 pm

Started a complete respray. Going to take a while.

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hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:59 pm

Dropped it off at the tuner to well, get it tuned.

Tomorrow after lunch I pick it up and find out how much power it makes.

When I left today it had hit 85rwkw on the rough tune, and had the the rev limiter raised to actually suit my gauges lol (not hat I'll be revving to 7500, but nice to know I can if I occasionally need to)

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:47 pm

All tuned, result 85.8rwkw at 6289rpm

Tune is about 99% spot on, only issue is that on sudden throttle stabs from idle it drops revs and occasionally stalls.
But I suspect that's more a limitation of the adaptronic and speed density tuning rather than the tune.

I'll drive it a few weeks and report back to them if it has any issues.

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:02 pm

hks_kansei wrote:But I suspect that's more a limitation of the adaptronic and speed density tuning rather than the tune.

I try not to annoy people by asking many questions about aftermarket tuning as I don't intend getting into that area myself - but I can't help asking what "the adaptronic and speed density tuning" means?

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:41 pm

Adaptronic is the brand of ecu I am using.

Speed density tuning is where you don't have an air flow meter and the tune relies on air temp, manifold pressure,and throttle position.

The factory ecu conversely does not measure manifold pressure and is tuned via throttle position, air flow, and air temp (it has a fancy name but I forget what it's called)

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:46 pm

Ah thanks - the ecu I knew, but "speed density tuning" I'd never heard before.

S2-13BT · Postby **S2-13BT** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:18 am

hks_kansei wrote:only issue is that on sudden throttle stabs from idle it drops revs and occasionally stalls.
But I suspect that's more a limitation of the adaptronic and speed density tuning rather than the tune.

Nah... Needs some work on acceleration enrichment. This is normal unless the ECU has been told to react quickly and add some fuel. An Adaptronic should be more than capable of smooth tps transitions.

apsilon · Postby **apsilon** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:29 am

Took it for the first shakedown run since buying it last weekend. Wanted something simple and not too far from home in case of any issues so ran up through Galston Gorge and the old Pac to PITS for breakfast and back the same way. Ran perfectly

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:47 am

S2-13BT wrote:Nah... Needs some work on acceleration enrichment. This is normal unless the ECU has been told to react quickly and add some fuel. An Adaptronic should be more than capable of smooth tps transitions.

Yeah I figure it's just a fine tuning thing for the sub 1100rpm area.
accel enrichment is spot on at every other rpm, just that idle to revving bit is slightly off.

The shop price includes return visits if any stuff like this pops up, so I'll give them a call.in a couple do weeks.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:23 pm

I drove this beast for 6 days in California in stead of my NB. Never again...

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:04 pm

Made a video of 4 sessions over 3 years on SMSP GP. Used Premier Pro to speed up the slower laps so that they started and ended up at the same time. It allows the video to be paused so you can compare different speeds/lines. The Racelogic software does this automatically, but these cannot be shared.

ak_perth · Postby **ak_perth** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:40 pm

Cleaned my electric window switches on my NA.

My driver's side window would sometimes not go down or would stutter but always went up perfectly so i guessed the problem was with the switch.

Found a YouTube video on how to perform this simple task and voilà, window goes down perfectly now!

The contacts on the rocker switches were literally black from 24 years of carbon build up.

pcmx5 · Postby **pcmx5** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:27 pm

ak_perth wrote:Cleaned my electric window switches on my NA.

My driver's side window would sometimes not go down or would stutter but always went up perfectly so i guessed the problem was with the switch.

Found a YouTube video on how to perform this simple task and voilà, window goes down perfectly now!

The contacts on the rocker switches were literally black from 24 years of carbon build up.

On of the great things about an MX,always some help available.Hope your car is still sounding great!
Peter