[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Doesn’t look like it except for spammers.

Someone must be paying for the domain name etc.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Nice work mate, good to see you got it finished.

Looking forward to some driving video’s.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Looking good.

 

What do you think of those adjustable strut mounting plates?  They look like the ones of TM i see advertised occasionally.

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[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

A workmates brother in law worked for GMH.  He drove around in vehicles fitted with industrial dataloggers that monitored everything.  The vehicles were his daily drivers so they they get bulk data for every part of driving in real world use.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

That area looks strangely familiar for some reason even though I can’t seem to place it right now.

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Funny you say that.

https://instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/da3e0163d7690345fde17b60e9e87b94/5E26A532/t51.2885-15/e35/73147810_517341155715472_5633143980437183274_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=104

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Yes it depends on the injectors, I believe LS injectors are rated at 4 bar, I believe this was done because with a dead head style system you have a large column of fuel in the fuel line that is moving very slowly at idle, when you nail the throttle and dump a whole lot of fuel into the engine the rail pressure momentarily drops as the pump has to work hard to get that column of fuel moving. For arguments sake, lets say it drops 5psi momentarily that’s a flow loss of about 8.6% but if the system was operating at a lower typical pressure like 43.5 psi (3 bar) that same 5psi drop is now a loss of 11.5%.

Higher line pressures also mean less flow so lower pressures are off benefit.

 

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Maybe heat management in the bay needs looking at if indeed that is the culprit.

 

What pressure are you running?  Stock they run something stupid like 58psi with the dead head setup but with a full return style a more regular 43psi would probably work better as the pump isn’t working as hard and volume is also better at the lower pressures.  This is assuming you have the ability to re-tune to suit the lower pressure.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Nice

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Yes I agree that a PWM controller is a good idea but a single 044 should not cause these issues.  The 044 and Walbro equivalent are in thousands of cars getting around daily.

 

The missus daily comes factory fitted with a fuel pump pwm controller

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[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

What size is the return line?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTz227uWCk

At about the 30 minute mark they show how a supercharger belt behaves with a manual tensioner and then how a OEM style tensioner maintains belt tension.  This car was loosing 100hp due to belt slip even with the manual tensioner tightened as much as they could get it.

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LOL this thread taken a bit of a turn.  I’ve been trying to tell people for years O rings like a bit of lube just like your missus does….

 

Hope you get better soon, I can sympathize with the pain issue and not been able to do what you want, my surgeon this week said another 3 months before he thinks the shoulder will be back to reasonable strength/use.

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If I remember correctly the boys spent a fair bit of time playing with the steering angles on  Binky to fix the bump steer problem.  Had to re-manufacture a fair bit of the structure in the end.  I believe they had similar CAD drawing on the ground that you ended up with too.

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[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Having a nail fall off is much better than seeing a doctor rip it off even though you can’t fully feel it.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

I made a similar mistake a few weeks ago.  We had to go and save a damsel in distress, after the late night move was done I had to back a trailer down a long driveway with no lighting over a rise so I couldn’t really see where I was going.  Got out ok but killed my shoulder doing it, my boy ended up driving home.

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Lucky you, I just found out I’m gonna be on restricted hours/duties for another 6 weeks :(

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Fuck, you got me beat.

Well then a little sepsis and blood poisoning won’t bother you at all then.

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Anonymous wrote:

How are you guys tearing the tendons?

Broken and dislocated shoulder/arm 6 years ago.  Mine never came right after the original surgery so this is the 2nd attempt.  This time the plan was to remove the metal ware that was put in 6 years ago and remove some inflamed tissue but when I woke up things were worse than expected, there was a whole lot of scare tissue around the old break which was removed including the tendon (as I understand it).  This is the bicep (bi obviously meaning two)

They cut the Long head tendon where all the scar tissue was binding up the joint.  Right now I’m struggling to lift the arm around shoulder height and above which is what the long head part of the bicep kinda does.

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Judge1 Frazer wrote:

this will make you feel better just had surgery on my left arm on Wednesday bicep tendon rupture repair , it hurts like hell

 

I know the feeling, had shoulder surgery 8 weeks ago but I’v permanently lost one bicep tendon.  Been a long 8 weeks so far.

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