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****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

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  • #3932
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    dgt wrote: »
    Need help people....

    Where could I go to get an ECU virginised? Or even how to go about virginising one? It's from a 1998 Alfa V6, CF1.....

    There's a place in galway I've been keeping an eye on, they seem pretty good, I think anyways http://www.ecotune.ie/index.php


  • #3933
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    What happens if your car goes sideways at a normal/non drift track day?
    Flagged down?


  • #3934
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    There's a place in galway I've been keeping an eye on, they seem pretty good, I think anyways http://www.ecotune.ie/index.php

    Hmm might give them a shout if I can't find something, cheers! :D

    Ideally a CF2 ecu would be perfect for my application! ;)


  • #3935
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    dgt wrote: »
    Hmm might give them a shout if I can't find something, cheers! :D

    Ideally a CF2 ecu would be perfect for my application! ;)

    Tis the least I can do! I also emailed yer man about the hot item ;) awaiting a reply :D ran it by the family and they all approve which is very odd but I'm not asking questions :pac:


  • #3936
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    dgt wrote: »
    Need help people....

    Where could I go to get an ECU virginised? Or even how to go about virginising one? It's from a 1998 Alfa V6, CF1.....

    Thats immo off etc I assume?


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  • #3937
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Thats immo off etc I assume?

    Yep I need it off as the car came with a plain key not a coded one....

    It's the early type ecu so big metal box with pcb and lots of chips inside


  • #3938
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Max even at the drift days the cars never come in contact and by Jesus they are some affair compared to the track days. It's very civilised, everyone gets room, no one stops a quicker car going through.
    I'd feel very safe with the e60 out there.
    The biggest thing to worry about is keeping it on the track and watching for brake fade into the likes of Ford, and turn 3 is contrary with how it tightens easy to unsettle the car there.

    It'll always be Honda to me
    CianRyan wrote: »
    What happens if your car goes sideways at a normal/non drift track day?
    Flagged down?

    If it goes sideways nothing will be said, if you're sending it sideways then you'll get a talking to and if you keep it up then the day is over
    dgt wrote: »
    Yep I need it off as the car came with a plain key not a coded one....

    It's the early type ecu so big metal box with pcb and lots of chips inside

    I'll ask Joe in the morning


  • #3939
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Much appreciated Gary :D


  • #3940
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    I missed all the V6 talk...:(



    I really must stop being attached to cars these days, t'will be my downfall if it hasn't already....:pac:


  • #3941
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    166man wrote: »
    I missed all the V6 talk...:(



    I really must stop being attached to cars these days, t'will be my downfall if it hasn't already....:pac:

    Thank fook I knocked some sense into ya :pac:


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  • #3942
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    As I imagined, no drifting and no racing.
    Must book my test again, maybe I'll be able to get the Mazda there, if even towed down!


  • #3943
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    As I imagined, no drifting and no racing.
    Must book my test again, maybe I'll be able to get the Mazda there, if even towed down!

    You will be driven absolutely demented if you decide to tow it..... Been there too many times! :(

    Go on people, rub it in, a fair few were Fiats.....


  • #3944
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    dgt wrote: »
    You will be driven absolutely demented if you decide to tow it..... Been there too many times! :(

    Go on people, rub it in, a fair few were Fiats.....

    Towing it down would be the right job, I'm sure Cian knows somebody who could muster him 4 slicks :cool:


  • #3945
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    dgt wrote: »
    Thank fook I knocked some sense into ya :pac:

    I wouldn't be so sure if that. Chap would sell his mother if it meant having a busso.


  • #3946
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    It's been 4 weeks since I've driven my car and I miss it :(:(

    I can't wait to drive it again, really missing having something that's fun to drive and chuck about.


  • #3947
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    It'll always be Honda to me

    Damn it I thought I'd get shot down for that but I will always know it as that too!


  • #3948
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Max even at the drift days the cars never come in contact and by Jesus they are some affair compared to the track days. It's very civilised, everyone gets room, no one stops a quicker car going through.
    I'd feel very safe with the e60 out there.
    The biggest thing to worry about is keeping it on the track and watching for brake fade into the likes of Ford, and turn 3 is contrary with how it tightens easy to unsettle the car there.

    Ah well if you are bringing your manual e60 I'll have to go ;)


  • #3949
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    A 132 F Type just passed me.

    WOW


  • #3950
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    A 132 F Type just passed me.

    WOW

    I saw one in Gort on Saturday, UK reg. going the other way so no pic either! :( what a stunning looking car though :D


  • #3951
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    dgt wrote: »
    I saw one in Gort on Saturday, UK reg. going the other way so no pic either! :( what a stunning looking car though :D

    Well at least we know someone in Ireland has taken the plunge


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  • #3952
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    Ah well if you are bringing your manual e60 I'll have to go ;)

    You still have an extra 5 though :(
    I don't know whether I can do it though, commitments wise or just from the point of view of trashing the car.
    I know if I get out there I'll be ripping the guts out of it.


  • #3953
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Well at least we know someone in Ireland has taken the plunge

    True, would love to know how much it costs here.....


  • #3954
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    OSI wrote: »
    You have to be acting the absolute dick to trash the car. I had all 4 wheels squealing and boiled my brake fluid to the point of having almost no stopping power, and still didn't put it in the dirt.

    Ya, you'd need to be really pushing to go off or do damage.


  • #3955
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    YbFocus wrote: »
    You still have an extra 5 though :(
    I don't know whether I can do it though, commitments wise or just from the point of view of trashing the car.
    I know if I get out there I'll be ripping the guts out of it.

    Ah but its a track and I have a slush box so surely that should make it up :P


  • #3956
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    Ah but its a track and I have a slush box so surely that should make it up :P

    Right lads As long as the day suits :)
    Max it will be interesting but a sequential with that much more power and torque. . You'll lay waste to it :)


  • #3957
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Right lads As long as the day suits :)
    Max it will be interesting but a sequential with that much more power and torque. . You'll lay waste to it :)

    But i'm a complete novice, never been to a track day ever (spirited drives around quiet roads excepted ;) )


  • #3958
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    But i'm a complete novice, never been to a track day ever (spirited drives around quiet roads excepted ;) )

    One bit of advice.....drive er like you're later for mass :pac:

    But seriously, keep tight into the corners and you should do ok


  • #3959
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    One bit of advice.....drive er like you're later for mass :pac:

    But seriously, keep tight into the corners and you should do ok
    I do alot of that already, thanks to driving in the "DS" mode!

    Yeah, I think I might head for that training day beforehand. Anyone else feel like doing that too?


  • #3960
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I can organise experienced ladsto sit in with people on the day if needs be. I'd hope Lightning could make it too


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  • #3961
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    What day would we be looking at....how long do I have to get saving :pac:


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