I've just phoned the rolling road near me to get the 5 booked in, and when they asked about how it was running at the mo, I mentioned that with the TPS (the black box on the NS of the throttle body) is disconnected it holds a high idle, but with it connected it doesn't hold one at all, even when adjusting the screw.
The dyno guy then says that the early ones (mine is an 89) has a throttle position switch rather than a proper potentiometer, and it'll be much more difficult to map the car unless I change it out, and that there is a Tailgate McNoIndicate part that fits.
Has anyone heard of this or know what I need to be looking for?
Post by Vindi (Russell) on Dec 8, 2017 17:20:22 GMT
I got mine via ebay ... £15 for the Tailgate McNoIndicate VTPS and I got my adaptor from Cerberus for about the same money. Works perfectly, been on for 4 or 5 years.
one recommendation I can personally attest to, don't get a plastic VTPS adapter, or at least get one that is sound to higher temperatures. My 3d-printed ABS one warped. I got the ally one off G19 earlier this year. Much better.
I got mine via ebay ... £15 for the Tailgate McNoIndicate VTPS and I got my adaptor from Cerberus for about the same money. Works perfectly, been on for 4 or 5 years.
one recommendation I can personally attest to, don't get a plastic VTPS adapter, or at least get one that is sound to higher temperatures. My 3d-printed ABS one warped. I got the ally one off G19 earlier this year. Much better.
That just depends what material is used when it was printed. Mine (made by Cerberus) has been used with TBs and then on a 270bhp turbo setup (in a friends car) continually as a daily and on track for the past few years ... no issues at all.
Ones directly from cerbs are great quality, no one has complained about his ones
Plenty of the copies of his however haven't been quite as good
The problem is a certain person has been complaining about Cerbs versions a lot ... and now happens to sell his own version. Which fits his m.o. in other products he sells as well.
dadbif, I have bought that exact sensor. I like this idea of making a bracket and spending a fiver on a sensor than spending £50 on a sensor and another £25 on a bracket...
Do you have a pic of your bracket I can see?
Do you think that I could make the bracket out of Carbon fibre rather than ally? would it stand to the heat and the strain? (I should think so...)
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