Saxperience - Citroen Saxo Forum - Willsys VTS Engine conversion. Hydra now available to others, price included

Saxperience - Citroen Saxo Forum (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/index.php)

- Your Saxo Photos / Videos / Progress Reports (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=19)

- - Willsys VTS Engine conversion. Hydra now available to others, price included (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84693)

Quote:

Originally Posted by willsy (Post 2027027)

Yep there's always something and to be fair its a pretty massive project to take on. would have to be incredibly lucky to get something spot on straight away.

As i was saying to a few people at the weekend and to Graham earlier the most frustrating bit is that it took:

2 weeks to get the old engine out, engine pay painted, new engine in and getting it running the first time. That was all work done myself and by Laurie (gf's dad) just a few hours work per day aswel spare time.

And then since then its been nearly 7 weeks of just rubbish problem after problem which is out of my hands and capabilities.

The oil leak was an absolute pain, should never have occured had the place put the head/bottom end together with the timing right in the first place

Then the mapping has taken a while due to having to take the time finding out where the problem is and eventually identifying that its a faulty part thats been supplied. It happens to the best of us unfortunately but its such an inconvenience to all involved and a big drain on the finances.

Graham at Xspec has been immensely helpful and supportive throughout. Massive thanks to him

I just hope its every bit as worth it when i take it out for its first proper drive

yea it gets you down a bit
i gotta say though from the seek peeks ive had its going to be worth it
and i know ive said but im willing to help out with little bits (when i can walk)

and having some1 like graeme helping out is definatly a bonus
he definatly knows what hes on about

Just a thought... You don't actually need a stepper motor do you? :ponder: If you get the car to running temperature, then set the throttle so that the idle is perfect, it's end of story. However, you will get high revs during cold-start.

After spending 6k on the engine and 1200 on kms i dont that would be a very good option, getting rid of the icv and manually setting the throttle. Obviousley he wants this perfect and that wouldnt be!

In theory, it's not such a bad thing...

best thread i have ever this thread wil be helping me alot when i do put my vts engine in lush car mate

what was the oil leak in the end?

What's happening with car exactly Willy?

toad atm its sitting on the dyno at xspec awaiting the ecu/loom problems willsy has encountered i think

So why is he selling all the KMS kit?

ok im not too sure then tbh

Worrying mate. Seems like he's decided to drop the KMS idea then...

well i know the origonal is coded so he cant use it

How confusing! He raises a For Sale thread, but doesn't mention anything in his progress thread. How damn inconsiderate! lol

Ill post a bit of an update soon.

KMS is going. No offers on it yet though :(

wow that took a long time to look though, nice work tho was well worth the read,

Are you taking her to FCS?

Have you driven your car long distance yet? i drove mine on the motorway and after about 40 miles at 75 it started burning oil then when i put my foot down it would stop then come back again after about 5 miles.

Didnt know whether the skimmed rockers could have brought them down too far and is drawing oil in through the breather the engine side of the throttle butterfly. I have the other breather in a catch tank.

Sell me that Procomp and i'll think about making an offer on the KMS ;) :P

when i was at xspec earlier i had a lil sneaky peek
and took some snaps

hope you can get it sorted soon man

Such a nice car - Massive shame its not on the road running right!

Really feel for you matt, must be a nightmare being off the road an all!