Another one bites the dust

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by maximtaylor
Wasn\'t bouncing off the limiter too much was it Lee? I\'d imagine it\'s quite easy to do this whilst drifting?

Max

No Max it didnt hit the limiter at all.  We wernt totally brutal with it :p

Interesting comment Russ.  At least someone else has experienced this then.  So maybe I need to upgrade some fuel system although Im not sure where to start.

[gsb876]

I\'ve heard of fuel starvation at 1/4 tank, didn\'t realise it could happen at 1/2 tank too???

I would have thought at 1/2 tank it should be ok.

[scooby_si]

silly question but is getting such good MPG (how da hell did you do that?) a sign of potentially running leanhttp://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_10_2.gif\' border=0>?
Si

[clive]

are you sure it was not free revving enough (where the tyres were spinning ) to be fuel or boost cutting due to high revs ?

Hi Lee, the above has now been answered,

 l was trying to ask if the tyres were spinning where they had almost lost total adhesion due to drifting because it would then become almost like revving an engine out of gear and would be very easy to hit the rev limiter.

The same happens when you do a burn out preparing for drag racing, i.e. you need to control the revs to stop the engine hitting the rev limiter due to the tyres spinning so fast.

[Brett]

Sorry to hear that Lee,

 With regard to the fueling issue, I\'ve had it happen in my Egi and in my old silvia.  (On hard corners and dips egi, fast left with the silvia)

 Was it happening on every left hander, or just on the complexes?
 Also, was it doing it at the bottom of fast dips?
 
 Baffels can only help so much in a fuel tank, I\'m unsure as to the shape of the FD tank and the positioning of the pump, but it sounds like a flaw in the design of the pick up if its always on the left.

 So you drove it home on one rotor then?

[kevint]

Originally posted by J4P RX
I dont know what the fueling is like.  Its too much of a co-incidence to have the problem though and for that not the be the cause

Combination of already marginal fuelling plus some starvation from the fuel moving around the tank?  The previous owner had the car on the RR at CPL, can Guy provide the AFR plot?

Kevin

[J4P RX]

Its seems to be pretty much any reasonable speed left hander, but only if you drift it.  

Havnt been through fast dips as we only had a couple of the bends at Donington then we spun it round and went back the other way for display and not the entire track.

I drove home as it was as it was a night session anyway so at gone 10 I thought id get a clear run.  Ended up in solid traffic on the M1 at midnight and didnt get in till 2.  I think its a broken tip, so probably the 2nd rotor still does something?  I dont know.

I wasnt in the AA or anything so didnt have much choice and I thought it would get home.  My Drift Team already had two recovry trucks coming so I would of felt really bad needing one too.  We managed to break 4 cars that night so it wasnt a good night mechanically (we dont normally have issues) though we all still had a good time.

Lee

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by Kevint
Combination of already marginal fuelling plus some starvation from the fuel moving around the tank?  The previous owner had the car on the RR at CPL, can Guy provide the AFR plot?

Kevin

I dont know, I only have the power graph.  Can only assume that if there was an issue at the time it would of been looked at.

[Donato]

Very sorry to hear that. I know the feeling...

Hope you get it sorted soon...

Cheers

Donato

[Archbish]

bugger.  sorry dude.  good luck getting it sorted.

[davefrith]

Lee, being well and truely in the same boat as you, I sympathise, hope you get it sorted soon

Dave

[Initial-D]

Damn! That\'s unlucky and so soon after your rebuild. Hope the problem becomes apparent so it doesn\'t occur again.

My thoughts would be the fuel pump struggling to pump fuel under heavy cornering -- causing detonation. This occurs with some of the Bosch jobbies I believe too.

Mine should hopefully be back this weekend (fingers crossed) so hopefully you won\'t be far behind getting yours back. Such a shame as the funds could\'ve gone towards a new LSD and roll cage! (Isn\'t ya motor still under warrenty tho)??

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by davefrith
Lee, being well and truely in the same boat as you, I sympathise, hope you get it sorted soon

Dave

Dave - do you have problems with your new lump then?

Lee

[davefrith]

Indeed, hoping to get it sorted again soon

[iaint]

Gutted for you Lee - not been the most rewarding period of FD ownership for you I guess.  Glad you\'re going to stick with it though.

Still coming to trax or going to give it a miss now?

Iain