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jed

Just had a look at Rich's on BY and mine looks very similar except my battery is still under the seat. I haven't noticed it turning over slowly and it starts really well. Maybe I'm just lucky. Although if it was, wouldn't a larger gauge cable reduce the current drop?

I'll get some pics tomorrow in the light.

Its amazing how many people confuse power and torque. In a T3 Syncro power is of little relevance. Torque is what is required because speed isnt an issue. Torque is what gives the flexibility because effectively a T3 is a garden shed and a heavy one at that so to move it along up hill and down dale a good flat torque curve from about 1800 to 3000 rpm is what is required. Torque is what helps you negotiate green lanes at low revs, torque is what pulls you up hills and out of ditches and this is why modern diesels have won the fuel consumption wars recently. This is why most modern diesel cars cruise at 2000 rpm @ 70 mph .....torque. High revs = power and high fuel consumption. In a diesel low revs = torque and low fuel consumption ...

ninja.turtle007 wrote:. Although if it was, wouldn't a larger gauge cable reduce the current drop?

I'll get some pics tomorrow in the light.

Coolio, I have some checker plate left over of you want to cover the air hose in your LH rear wheel arch

jed

syncropaddy wrote:Its amazing how many people confuse power and torque. In a T3 Syncro power is of little relevance. Torque is what is required because speed isnt an issue. Torque is what gives the flexibility because effectively a T3 is a garden shed and a heavy one at that so to move it along up hill and down dale a good flat torque curve from about 1800 to 3000 rpm is what is required. Torque is what helps you negotiate green lanes at low revs, torque is what pulls you up hills and out of ditches and this is why modern diesels have won the fuel consumption wars recently. This is why most modern diesel cars cruise at 2000 rpm @ 70 mph .....torque. High revs = power and high fuel consumption. In a diesel low revs = torque and low fuel consumption ...

jed the spread wrote:

ninja.turtle007 wrote:. Although if it was, wouldn't a larger gauge cable reduce the current drop?

I'll get some pics tomorrow in the light.

Coolio, I have some checker plate left over of you want to cover the air hose in your LH rear wheel arch

jed

Thanks. PM the pics please.

ninja.turtle007 wrote:Although if it was, wouldn't a larger gauge cable reduce the current drop?

I fitted two earth straps on the gearbox front, one either side, and also increased the gauge of the earth cable that connects the battery under the seat as the if you felt the old earth cable it would get hot when cranking the engine... So worth doing earths as well!

The air pipe is a hard plastic one.

Those shocks could do with a clean

syncrowjoker wrote:Those shocks could do with a clean

That is clean. I've washed it twice since I've had it!

Tom, posted on other section. Dont suppose you have logged intake air temp, or the installer did when he ran vagcom after installing it?

ELVIS wrote:Tom, posted on other section. Dont suppose you have logged intake air temp, or the installer did when he ran vagcom after installing it?

I'll should be able to have a look later for you.

ELVIS wrote:Tom, posted on other section. Dont suppose you have logged intake air temp, or the installer did when he ran vagcom after installing it?

The temperatures on mine was fuel temperature 14.4*C
Intake air 9.9*C
Coolant temperature 43.2*C

Thats after it had been idling for a little while at 861 rpm. Bloody clever stuff

jed

cheers chap!

With a factory/1z intercooler mounted in the corner behind the rear light and boxed/sealed in for 'best' airflow over it mine reached the dizzy heights of a fairly constant 85' peaking at 86/87

Obviously not as good a position as some would believe.

jed the spread wrote:

ELVIS wrote:Tom, posted on other section. Dont suppose you have logged intake air temp, or the installer did when he ran vagcom after installing it?

The temperatures on mine was fuel temperature 14.4*C
Intake air 9.9*C
Coolant temperature 43.2*C

Thats after it had been idling for a little while at 861 rpm. Bloody clever stuff

jed

Dont suppose you can get your doris to sit with netbook on her knee and do it at 'normal' driving conditions in 4th? Mine were taken with ambient air temp of 8' ish