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Will Adams
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 09:39 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Okay did my BFI install on the weekend just passed. I had attempted to do the BFI mod with the egg-cups. I found them at Woolworths (amazingly).

Are there 2 sizes of these eggcups at all? The ones I installed tend to overlap horribly (well 2 of them anyway) and do not sit flush with the airbox at all. Very dodgey looking at the moment. Mean but dodgey. I have seen other TT owners on the forum and their's seem to sit quite nicely and evenly.

Another question, I have noticed the intake noise from my mod and it is a really, really intoxicating noise when it comes on boost. Love it!! Anyway back to my question, I noticed that after getting it on boost and taking my foot off the accelerator I get a noise that sounds very similar to a vented BOV (very quiet though). I have the stock BOV on my car.
Tim Appleton
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 10:50 am, by:  Tim Appleton (Timbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did you buy the egg-cups to suit regular or free-range? As far as I know there's only one size. Just depends on placement of the holes.

If you are getting more induction noise then you would be hearing the plumb-back BOV venting, as it vents back into the inlet. Doesn't sound surprising.
Will Adams
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 10:56 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well that's good then as know I don't even have to bother with buying an aftermarket BOV.
Tim Appleton
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 11:23 am, by:  Tim Appleton (Timbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Unless you've somehow bumped the hose off?

Otherwise
Will Adams
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 11:30 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tim, don't think I bumped the hose off.


Tim Appleton wrote on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 10:50 am:

Did you buy the egg-cups to suit regular or free-range?




From the looks of the things, free-range . Yeah I did not see any other sizes at Woolies.
Don Bagnall
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 04:13 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Suggest using Chicken sized egg cups, NOT Ostrich!
Tai Johnsen
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Soarer V8

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Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 04:00 pm, by:  Tai Johnsen (Privatejohnsen) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had to bend the edges of mine to make them sit flush with the airbox..

You cant really tell from looking, but they are. Also, you have to cut the holes so that they all fit to begin with.. The otherwise they will overlap.. :-)
Will Adams
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 09:59 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just finished making a lid for the BFI and have now noticed something strange with the idle of my car. The car before the lid was idling at roughly 600-700 rpms (have no idea if this was 750 - just going on the actual RPM readout). The car with the lid on is now idling at around 400-500 (it seems to be happier at 400 for what ever reason).

Tried doing an ECU reset to see if this would do anything and took it for a drive (as per the instructions i.e. giving it a bit a few times). Still my car has decided that it wants to idle at this ridiculous level. This is on a GT-TL. Any ideas?

A friend suggested to leave it for a little while and see what it does. Might be the computer is still trying to adjust the mixture??
Will Adams
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 10:13 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

One more thing I forgot to mention is that when it is idling at this low level it isn't rough. It's relatively smooth-ish. It's when you press the throttle in there's a little bit of a delay/hole before it comes good (best way to describe it).

I'm wondering if it will heal itself given that I have just done an ECU reset.
Clayton Webb
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'31 V8

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Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 11:48 pm, by:  Clayton Webb (Clackers) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I pretty sure TT's behave weirdly after a reset for a while...
Will Adams
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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 11:16 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone know how long this weirdness will last?
Daniel Czechowski
DieHard
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:09 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Will, take it out somewhere empty, do the reset again with engine warm, then do 5 or 6 hard accelerations, then drive normally, it should behave alright within a couple of minutes... otherwise maybe your BFI is doing the opposite and choking the engine perhaps
Andreas Niaouris
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V8 Limited

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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:19 pm, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Will, throw up some photo's of your setup, maybe Daniel is right.
Will Adams
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 08:56 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

An update on this. Yesterday afternoon I started it and it was idling just right on cold. Took the car for a drive to the gf's and it's idling like it was before. For whatever reason it has fixed itself up alright now.
Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 10:37 am, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hmmmm, maybe your ECU is a slow learner Will
Andreas Niaouris
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:16 am, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ha ha
Will Adams
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:25 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes, yes it is. Trained it well I did.


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Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:30 am, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Will Adams wrote on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:25 am:

Yes, yes it is. Trained it well I did.




You can only be as good as your master

Just kidding :-)
Will Adams
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:53 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think that was implied Daniel.
Andreas Niaouris
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:59 am, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well it's good to hear it's running well now.
Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 12:08 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Will Adams wrote on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:53 am:

I think that was implied Daniel.




Oh... ... DOH! I'm a slow learner too then
Will Adams
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 12:13 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well maybe not as slow as the V8 boys................ ducks and hides
Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 12:19 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don Bagnall
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 03:47 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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David Vaughan
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 03:54 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I see that Will is easily frightened.

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