Scott

It isn't quite as sinister as that but your thinking is correct. The dipped beam lines are there to aid the beam pattern, they don't do much though thanks to how shocking the lights are to begin with. I checked mine 3 times at an MOT station, varying HIDs and clear lenses. Never had any issue and I have never been flashed by other drivers to notify me of dazzling lights, something that often happens in my mondeo. They certainly won't be "E" marked anymore anyway

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I understand bud, that's why I kept asking.... knew we would get there eventually

You think? You honestly think you explained what was written there? Maybe as you can see it working in your head you think you are explaining it when you write brief responses but I can assure you I didn't follow. Nothing else was really said by the way. It was just put forward in a logical, reasoned response rather than just throwing a couple of words together in each reply. Got there in the end though

In fairness Jamie covered it in one post, exactly what I was asking. Si mentioned it earlier also but didn't reply again when I queried the inner workings of it all. I think you would be surprised what I understand and don't understand about fuelling and the issues regarding mapping etc. This is the reason I asked for an explanation rather than a "just because" response from you. You had the "just because" well covered, but the understanding of it was sadly lacking hence why I had to keep probing... and eventually just came out and asked you if you knew or whether you were feeding from second hand information. You can tell me you know something, but until you give a reason why I won't just settle for it as being the truth. I'm just an engineer at heart, I want to know how and why things work... not just that they do

Ok so when the car is mapped everything inside the maximum boost level is covered? That's pretty clever stuff then. So would that mean you could remove the turbo and everything would run fine? I guess that's why base maps are quite common to get people to and from mappers? Everything outwith the boost is covered, the car then needs mapped for boost. I was thinking more of engine conservation lol. Keeping the "high" boost for those special occasions if you know what I mean. Running around the 700 mark I think I'll be pushing my luck a little so I don't want to do it too often.

There are various options to how the treatment is done. One of the methods sounds VERY dodgy to me and I really wouldn't fancy it. Of course the other option is about 2k more. Always the way isn't it.

So it's ok to run lower boost than the map is catering for, just not higher? It's not making sense to me. You are saying the map sensor sees the boost and the ECU accomodates it, surely if it can accomodate it for lower boost it should accomodate for higher? Do you understand this fully or are you going on what you have been told? Just asking as you aren't putting forward any concepts for the idea.

The eyedrops are only till the eye(s) heal. Once healed they should not be required, I can't see any reason for them anyway.

I think you're missing my point. I'm not talking about BPU. Lets take your car as an example though... What would happen if you had your car mapped to 1.2bar, everything running great, and then decided to crank up the boost to 2 bar? Everything would be rosey?

Thanks, that is the sort of thing I'm looking at. I would only be after 2 settings though, I'm thinking around 1.2 and around 1.7 (or whatever gets me to around 700).

Right I'm confused then. Why does a car need re-mapped when the boost is increased then? Surely if it was that simple more boost would mean higher injector duty? Map sensor sees more boost, ECU adjusts accordingly?

If the map is expecting 1.8bar surely if you cut it back too much, say 0.5bar, it would run MEGA rich? I understand that there is automatic headroom in the map, and the ECU will pull the timing/fuel etc to match. It's just a pull though, not a proper map so I wasn't sure how far it can be taken.

Do you know what the highest and lowest are Ricky? Are they mapped in or just boost alteration settings?

I'm sure Ryan would be the best person to ask about this but I thought I would try here first to save hassling him privately. I'll use examples for simplicity... Say you have a car mapped to 700hp at 1.8bar. What sort of lower boost levels can you run without having to adjust the map? There are lots of people running dual boost settings without having dual maps. Just wondering what the limitations are. Now I know that dual maps would be the best option but just thinking of cost constraints etc, if I can get away with dual boost settings rather than dual maps I would probably just go with it. Cheers

I'm sure 'crap' is fine guys, it's used plenty pre-watershed in friends afterall. I was just using it as an example, seems to have turned into a debate lol.

Makes no sense mate. Sounds like something someone who painted their car with hammerite would say to be honest. He didn't mention "rules" he said it isn't what the car scene is into. Trends come and go, think of fashion. Years ago it was flip paint & veilside corsas. Nowadays it's Euro, sleeper etc. People can do what they want with their cars IMO, it makes no odds to me as it isn't me being seen in it and judged, and you can rest assured that is exactly what people do when they see a car that stands out.... in a positive or negative way. If you want to make a good impression, then go with the trends, if you don't care then do as you wish. Whatever you do don't walk around with blinkers on, do something to your car that is way out there or miles behind the times and expect to get positive feedback. It just doesn't happen. I'm one of the people that doesn't give a damn, but still judges regardless

If you go onto richer sounds you will be able to see your options. Going down the non-bluray route means doing it "properly" as they say.... good old fashioned AV Reciever and speaker system.

No worries mate will do

Money sent mate, you will need to clear your message box though Same addy as last time if you still have it. Cheers

Did he decide to put it on the market again?

That's a strange looking bit of kit. What good is the wastegate there? Is it a cut end?

I'll take them for a play Rob. Cheers

Went through all this myself a while back. Sounds like the actuator between the Turbos is stuck open and you have possibly blown your second turbo. To check boot it right up to the redline. If the 2nd tubby is ok you will see late boost. If its not you will see nothing. That isn't conclusive, its just a quick check. Next easy step is to do the quick ttc mod to see what that gets you. If nothing I would say its most likely the turbo.

Ahh, I thought that was the "almost finished" part lol.