GRM report...was:Re: Mixture question

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Big Mac. I agree with Dan. Play boy racers with a MKII, not a MKI. They are far too rare to turn into junk.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 09:09 PM
>To: 'Brian McGarvey', 'Scirocco List'
>Subject: Re: GRM report...was:Re: Mixture question
>
>Goddammit! Why turn a perfectly good MK I into one of you POC GRM cars??
>Bring the goddamn thing over here for a place to park and I'll see if I 
>can't find a decent home for it.
>Maybe, just maybe, if you're nice to this car, let me have a chance at 
>finding it a good home, I'll help you tune your fucking VEMS GRM car.
>Probably spend six months trying to figure out the hyroglyphics of tuning 
>your fucking VEMS to try to save this one car.
>I'm serious!
>Dan
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>From: "Brian McGarvey" <bmcgarvey@gmail.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:41 PM
>Subject: GRM report...was:Re: Mixture question
>
>
>Cathy, et al..
> Well after much handwringing after the winter and realizing there was a
>puddle of frozen water under the car.. we let it sit for a long time, but in
>hopes I took the ECU with me...
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>I worked on the ECU alot..
>
>My brother "fixed" our sunroof issue..
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>Brett provided it a place to be worked on and live..
>
>So Brett and I worked on the two white cars last weekend.
>
>The GRM car now starts and runs. problem from before was extremely fouled
>plugs.. It now has toolbox barrel specials.. We'll take more if you have
>em..
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>So the GRM car now has all new engine management, EFI running lowZ
>injectors, trigger from the dizzy, and ignition via dizzy.
>
>Repairs to be performed next.. Radiator replacement (not as simple as it
>sounds ITBs are in the way). whoo hoo found out its for a 6pack of beer..
>thanks Brett!! and .. fill your name here.
>
>Now we have to get the master tuner down to Bretts to give it some magic..
>Bubb.. Bubb.... Bubb.. free beer.. Bubb.. Free Beer.. Bubb... and a ride
>down and home if you want it..
>
>
>Now for the NEW news..
>The GRM team just acquired a sweet MK1 for the GRM race.. were going for
>concourse points with this baby..
>81, white 2.0L aba, with Zender kit... More to come soon.. BTW if your in
>the Balt., DC area I need a place to park it..
>
>BigMac, Brett(Frank on good days), Bubb (some days), BrianH, BradM, ByronM
>and the other B's involved/implicated..
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>On 5/23/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>>
>> On 9:43:31 pm 05/22/06 "Brian McGarvey" <bmcgarvey@gmail.com > wrote:
>> > Because I didnt know all the facts.. You said 8v @ 10.1:1 compression
>> > I immedialty assumed non-stock or 2.0l aba. I can confirm the small 8v
>> > (1.7EN) CIS-Lambda will run an 11:1
>> > 2.0L aba -- although not well the JH CIS fuel dizzy and armature
>> > works much better doesnt knock at WOT... or hot days.
>> >
>> > But the basic thought was VW in the 70's and 80's was worried about
>> > long lasting cars and pretty good fuel mileage. so running lean at
>> > load would be seemingly a bad idea. I was assuming you were not
>> > getting enough fuel at load...
>> >
>> > and since your running CIS ( no lambda correction ) and knock box (
>> > ign retard on knock) you are running a non-factory option setup.
>> > IIRC...
>> > Rich at idle + stoich else is ok. afaik...
>> >
>> > see you in a couple days..
>> > Bigmac
>>
>> Yeah, I went digging into my Bosch stuff and it suggests rich at idle and
>> WOT, stoich the rest, but I may try a bit rich provided it will idle,
>> since
>> it's an ethanol blend I'm most likely to burn and it has extra OH groups,
>> so more O, less HC as it were, so needs to be a bit richer than 14.7:1
>> most
>> likely. (thanks Timbo for reminding me of that). The Bosch manual suggests
>>
>> 13.1-15.1 as the range, and I'm lean of that now for sure. (15.9:1) It's
>> straight CIS, as you said, and a JH with RD pistons and solid lifter
>> head/G
>> grind. A nice quick engine, not a monster, but that will come with time,
>> and this one is bags of fun as it stands. :D
>>
>> See you soon, bringing the GRM project? Oh, and thanks, seems you're the
>> only one who replied.
>> Cathy
>>
>>
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