EDGE's Saleen

Titsy · May 15, 2007, 08:57:32 AM

Quoting: EDGE

det' cans

do what?

Fieldy · May 15, 2007, 09:27:15 AM

Edge.....

Check your tyres, make sure they're MOT safe. My car failed on all four tyres, yours might have the same problem

(they crack through lack of usage

)

Fieldy · May 15, 2007, 09:27:52 AM

Quoting: Titsy

do what?

I didn't have A clue either, I thought it was me being A dumbass so I kept my mouth shut!

EDGE · May 15, 2007, 09:54:31 AM

lol..... philistines....

det cans are like very high quality ear defenders with a tube from each ear that goes to a bolt on the engine so you can hear the detonation as soon as it happens....

here are some electronic ones...

Fieldy · May 15, 2007, 10:06:44 AM

I never open my bonnet, I just get in and drive

What does the Det stand for? I know Cans are the headphones as we used them in the sudio

EDGE · May 15, 2007, 10:08:29 AM

detonation

Fieldy · May 15, 2007, 10:10:30 AM

Quoting: EDGE

detonation

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EDGE · May 15, 2007, 11:10:10 AM

Fieldy · May 15, 2007, 11:47:57 AM

EDGE · May 17, 2007, 05:23:09 PM

Titsy · May 17, 2007, 05:32:18 PM

Anyway, back to business..... Pray tell what you use an engine stethoscope for...

Listening for pinking maybe?

ianjpage · May 17, 2007, 05:53:04 PM

Quoting: Titsy

what you use an engine stethoscope for... Listening for pinking maybe?

Quoting: EDGE

so you can hear the detonation as soon as it happens....

Titsy · May 17, 2007, 05:55:47 PM

Quoting: ianjpage

Quoting: Titsy
what you use an engine stethoscope for... Listening for pinking maybe?

Quoting: EDGE
so you can hear the detonation as soon as it happens....

still doesn't say why you would want to listen to the detonation....

EDGE · May 17, 2007, 06:01:36 PM

LOL....

you don't want to hear det. that's the point..... you have them on while the car is on the dyno so that as you bring the revs up, when/if you hear the slightest bit of det you can get off it quick enough..

if you dont use det cans, by the time the det is loud enough to hear over all the other noise, chances are, you've broken something..

simple really....

ianjpage · May 18, 2007, 03:31:18 AM

wot he said!!

EDGE · May 18, 2007, 05:53:37 AM

EDGE · May 18, 2007, 05:22:43 PM

ok.... wideband sensor removed... I even gave the car a dust... yep its been in the garage that long

really looking forward to driving it actually.... i dont care if it rains or not... im going for a MAJOR PIMP !!!!

EDGE · May 18, 2007, 05:23:00 PM

if its raining it'll obviously be a very, very slow pimp.....

ianjpage · May 18, 2007, 05:30:18 PM

hehe

EDGE · May 19, 2007, 06:34:25 AM

MOT .... check...

PIMP.... check...

HAPPY.... check....

ianjpage · May 19, 2007, 05:14:56 PM

philoldsmobile · May 19, 2007, 08:47:14 PM

so its been a happy stang day all round then!

EDGE · May 20, 2007, 05:56:33 PM

indeed it has phirrip.... indeed it has..

while i didn't get on the throttle hardly at all on the way to and from the MOT place the car definitely felt "lively", and that was off boost... There again, after not driving it for 6 months its hard to tell... plus, compared to the berlingo work van, walking seems lively speed wise !!!!

it ran fine all the way there and back, need a bit of fiddling in the dashpot decay rate functions to get it to coast down smoothly but other than that it was all good....

must buy a wide band o2 gauge though that i can have on all the time, having the afr I have now isnt much cop for a forced induction car, naturally aspirated yes, but not mine....the gauge will be up for sale soon i guess....

EDGE · July 01, 2007, 09:15:12 AM

well... it's been quite a while since I've updated this so i thought I'd check in....

I've spent most of the time on the house so the Saleen isn't quite finished yet, but it's getting there. I went out and did a few hours of data-logging a fortnight or so ago and it's taken ages to go through it all. I've been fiddling with the mapping since then and I just need to upload the current one on to the ECU and take it out for a test. It so far, looks good up to 3750rpm ish, which realistically, is as much as you can hold on the road for any time.

Once this map is on the car and has tested ok it's time to bite a fairly large bullet and book a dyno day. I've not been on boost at all yet as I wouldn't be able to hear any detonation soon enough.

I seem to have spent a ridiculous amount of time fiddling with the "coasting fuel shut off" flags which cuts the fuel off when you have been off the throttle for x amount of revs... its a pain and feels like you've dropped 2 cogs and are using engine breaking. Apparently a lot of circuit racers like it as it helps braking...... useless on the A10 though..... still... i found out where to turn that off

So, get current map on and test..... then dyno...... happy days....

sixpack2639 · July 01, 2007, 10:57:23 AM

Well done mate!! Let us know the results of the next dyno.