09-05-2012, 08:12 PM
I would like to say my running issues are not down to the inlet after a chat with a ECU specialist today.
The 1.8 Sagem ECU suffers from being spiked by broken down coils. The best thing that can happen is it wrecks the ECU completely causing a non start - new ECU required.
Or what also happens is it blows several components in the ECU causing overfuelling, misfires, hesitation ect. You can replace every single sensor and you will still get these results.
My car is running the original ECU and original Sagem coil pack - both potentially faulty devices.
I still don't think the inlet has caused any issues and I did do a lot of looking into if the car can take it before I fitted it (I have a copy of the map on my computer somewhere!) and it should handle it fine. Only problem being is if something does go wrong, mainly lambda and map, it does throw a fit big style as the sensors are already on their limits with the manifold under normal conditions.
The 1.8 Sagem ECU suffers from being spiked by broken down coils. The best thing that can happen is it wrecks the ECU completely causing a non start - new ECU required.
Or what also happens is it blows several components in the ECU causing overfuelling, misfires, hesitation ect. You can replace every single sensor and you will still get these results.
My car is running the original ECU and original Sagem coil pack - both potentially faulty devices.
I still don't think the inlet has caused any issues and I did do a lot of looking into if the car can take it before I fitted it (I have a copy of the map on my computer somewhere!) and it should handle it fine. Only problem being is if something does go wrong, mainly lambda and map, it does throw a fit big style as the sensors are already on their limits with the manifold under normal conditions.
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft