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******Motors Chat - Round 6******
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wotzgoingon wrote: »That's what I was gonna reply to you when you said they would all be on a low setting. One high pressure turbo would probably put out just as much as the three combined on a low setting.
It's more to do with reduced lag than the same overall power.
One big turbo creates lots of lag, where as using 2 (one the same as the single turbo and one smaller to help it spool) reduces lag and helps response
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It's more to do with reduced lag than the same overall power.
One big turbo creates lots of lag, where as using 2 (one the same as the single turbo and one smaller to help it spool) reduces lag and helps response
That's true alright I suppose.
VW tried to do with the TSI engines. One supercharger for low rev power and then switch to turbo for high revs. Someone on here said recently they had to get rid of that in the newer TSI engines as it caused alot of problems supposedly.0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »So for feeling bad for my shoddy attempt at wiring on the car, I'm now teaching myself now to wire properly using proper stuff
Bit of insulation tape. be grand :pac:0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »So for feeling bad for my shoddy attempt at wiring on the car, I'm now teaching myself now to wire properly using proper stuff
Had a look at your build thread there. Buy yourself a good crimpers, wire strippers and a load of assorted crimp connectors. Much cheaper in a motor factors or electrical wholesalers than the likes of Halfords for connectors. Sit down and practice stripping and crimping with a few offcuts of cable. I had boxes and boxes of them connectors in the home house shed until my mother "accidentally" fired them into a skip during a clearout :mad: I told her when I moved out not to touch the shed! Ah well.
Edit: Buy lots of heat shrink!! You'll figure it out eventually0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »See i have the bits, i just need wire, I've feck all wire, plus i need to figure out how the connectors actually work yknow? so that's my night sorted it seems
Any use?
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[Electrician Snotaul] All those crimp connectors are colour coded to the size of cable needed.
Red connector- 0.5mm2 to 1.5mm2
Blue- 1.5mm2 to 2.5mm2
Yellow- 4mm2 to 6mm2
[/Electrician Snotaul]
You will probably come across all those cable sizes as you go on so no harm in learning cable sizes and matching connectors. It pretty easy once you get the hang of it. See if you can get hold of a few off-cuts of 1.5, 2.5, 4 and 6mm2 STRANDED cable and work with them.
Even though I'm an electrician (well I was), I always find it difficult to explain certain things to people online
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »Any use?
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[Electrician Snotaul] All those crimp connectors are colour coded to the size of cable needed.
Red connector- 0.5mm2 to 1.5mm2
Blue- 1.5mm2 to 2.5mm2
Yellow- 4mm2 to 6mm2
[/Electrician Snotaul]
You will probably come across all those cable sizes as you go on so no harm in learning cable sizes and matching connectors. It pretty easy once you get the hang of it. See if you can get hold of a few off-cuts of 1.5, 2.5, 4 and 6mm2 cable and work with them.
Even though I'm an electrician (well I was), I always find it difficult to explain certain things to people online
Much easier when you're with them in person
Haha I'm very grateful! I watched a video there apparently I'm best off using, a non insulated connection with heat shrink tubing around it, as there wont be any shorts or water getting in0 -
wotzgoingon wrote: »That's true alright I suppose.
VW tried to do with the TSI engines. One supercharger for low rev power and then switch to turbo for high revs. Someone on here said recently they had to get rid of that in the newer TSI engines as it caused alot of problems supposedly.
Lancia have done this, AFAIK they were the first and they used it in Rally. More notably, Nissan used it in the March Super Turbo, a cracking little road car that I must own. :cool:
Btw, the truck stuff is called Compound Turboing, DGT can tell you more if he's around. 0 -
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »That sounds good too. I don't really see much of a difference between using insulated or non insulated once you've heat shrank them. I find that insulated crimps tend to have a tighter connection to be honest (but that depends on the type of crimping tool you use too). Best of luck with it anyway. You'll pick it up in no time. If you think I can be of any help drop me a PM
I've one of them draper multi tool things one of these exact yokes
And it's not crimping the connection solid, I can nearly talk the wire back out
so i'll figure something out, hopefully i will, id like to get the hang of wiring, also seriously appreciate the help If i can be of any use either, gimme a shout 0 -
Cheers dude. Will do!toastedpickles wrote: »I've one of them draper multi tool things one of these exact yokes
And it's not crimping the connection solid, I can nearly talk the wire back out so i'll figure something out, hopefully i will, id like to get the hang of wiring, also seriously appreciate the help If i can be of any use either, gimme a shout
No offence but I despise those type of crimpers but they might do the job on non insulated crimps. I prefer a ratchet crimpers such as
If the wire is still a bit loose with the crimper you're using it could mean that the crimp connector is too big. Try a smaller size or you can try a slight cowboy method of crimping it as tight as you can and then using a pliers to give it that extra squeeze to secure it. Try not make s**t of the connector though
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »No offence but I despise those type of crimpers but they might do the job on non insulated crimps. I prefer a ratchet crimpers such as
Cheers dude. Will do!
If the wire is still a bit loose with the crimper you're using it could mean that the crimp connector is too big. Try a smaller size or you can try a slight cowboy method of crimping it as tight as you can and then using a pliers to give it that extra squeeze to secure it. Try not make s**t of the connector though
A friend of mine who is a hgv mechanic swore by them so i figured sure why not, but I'll look into getting one of them, knowing my luck I'll make bits of the connector though, heres a stupid question, does the wire need to be touching in the connector or does the connector act as like a bridge to both pieces?0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »A friend of mine who is a hgv mechanic swore by them so i figured sure why not, but I'll look into getting one of them, knowing my luck I'll make bits of the connector though, heres a stupid question, does the wire need to be touching in the connector or does the connector act as like a bridge to both pieces?
Get one off ebay for a few quid.
No such thing as a stupid question when it comes to electricity.
As in should the wire be touching its connection point once its crimped? No. A good crimped connection looks like this (the left one) whether it be a spade connector (which you're using), a lug (pictured) or any connector for that matter
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »Get one off ebay for a few quid.
No such thing as a stupid question when it comes to electricity.
As in should the wire be touching its connection point once its crimped? No. A good crimped connection looks like this whether it be a spade connector (which you're using), a lug (pictured) or any connector for that matter
The bare copper shouldn't be exposed at all
Perfect yeah that's pretty much what I was getting at, like here's one i just done, i think it's alright
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toastedpickles wrote: »Perfect yeah that's pretty much what I was getting at, like here's one i just done, i think it's alright
Thats nearly spot on. Crimp the bottom part too. I should have mentioned that earlier. You'll need to crimp twice with your crimping tool. Once with a ratchet crimper. Should look something like this minus the exposed copper
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »Thats nearly spot on. Crimp the bottom part too. I should have mentioned that earlier. You'll need to crimp twice with your crimping tool. Once with a ratchet crimper. Should look something like this minus the exposed copper
Gotcha, I done one there connecting two wires, which ill have to do for another sensor at the front of the engine, actually I'll have to do both, hard to believe this is the same camera i take all my pictures with, i'm no good at adjusting settings for indoor
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Snotaul Goodman wrote: »I'd shed a light on it alright
toastedpickles wrote: »This picture makes me happy for so many resaons :pac:
I also told him to set fire to it earlier, rings me going I found what looks to be a black widow!!
To someone who is terrified of spiders :pac:
It was only a harmless false widow in the finish :cool:
Such a cool spider
Car related as I found it in an Alfa, making it an.... Alfa Spider :pac:0 -
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