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Originally Posted by Bodalenko
86mm. The start isn’t an issue. Starts and runs as per 98. Seems to be worse 30 sec after starting and runs rough to the point where reversing is a pain in the arse due to almost stalling and actually stalling. Once fully warmed and going the car runs perfectly and behaves as per normal. My car was tuned by Harrop and truthfully, after their second go at it, it’s the only part of the process I’m not impressed with. I do have another Ecutek tune ready to drop on it but haven’t done it as yet. Apparently a lot of tuners avoid using the direct injection and put too much emphasis on the port injection, but as you know once the pedal is too the metal it’s hang on for the ride. How’s you transmission dealing with the much higher torque and HP. I have a spare sitting in my garage but so far the orig seems fine..
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I've only just got my cold start fixed (on the new small pulley).... it was taking up to 40+ seconds of cranking to get her going. But to be fair it is now a low compression bottom end, and the Motronic had to be tuned from scratch. Its now not a bad start...but will never be like a 98ron start.
The tuner had a queue of maybe half a dozen different cars he was trying to fix with their cold starts (as it has just turned to winter)...its pretty hard,
'cause he only gets one crack at it per day (first thing in the morning).
In reality though, I won't be running on E85 most of the time as its just too hard to source, particularly on longer trips.
The gearbox is %100 fine, it did about 25k with the larger pulley, and only about a 1k with the new higher power set up. One of the benefits of not having huge mechanical grip with the tyres I'm running, means that the drivetrain doesn't (perhaps) have to deal with the potential loadings of stickier rubber...
Having said that, I do tend to treat the "infamous" 4th gear with a little more love.
