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papa_lazaroo · 12-11-07, 09:23 PM

It starts on petrol when cold, but as soon as the engines ecu switches off the simulated choke, the gas cuts in. I had done about 3/4 of a mile this morning, when It switched .

When they set it up, you can either take the standard telemetry, that means you loose about 2-5% performance, or you can do what I opted for, which is to drive around with a laptop in the car for an hour, and it gathers data on your driving styles, then you go back and they set it up for your type of driving. So, if my dad had done it they'd have set it up for economy,him being a dodering old fool, they set up on mine at 130% nominal performance (they can go as high as 145%) so I won't get as much per gallon, but I will get between 98, and 100% perf. I keep switching between gas and petrol, and cannot tell any dfference in oomph. the only noticable difference is on tick over, there is a slight, reallly slight flutter on gas, but we are taking minimal. just a shame the car came back with Faults.

In one way it's helped because I got to see Reg at Rovamania, with his T4 diagnostic on the go, brilliant bit of kit. Appartently, most diagnostics that worked fine on up to 52 plate cars won't run on 03 and beyond 180's and most MG badged cars but is ok for over badged cars

12-11-07, 09:23 PM	#3
papa_lazaroo Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Erdington, Birmingham Posts: 518	It starts on petrol when cold, but as soon as the engines ecu switches off the simulated choke, the gas cuts in. I had done about 3/4 of a mile this morning, when It switched . When they set it up, you can either take the standard telemetry, that means you loose about 2-5% performance, or you can do what I opted for, which is to drive around with a laptop in the car for an hour, and it gathers data on your driving styles, then you go back and they set it up for your type of driving. So, if my dad had done it they'd have set it up for economy,him being a dodering old fool, they set up on mine at 130% nominal performance (they can go as high as 145%) so I won't get as much per gallon, but I will get between 98, and 100% perf. I keep switching between gas and petrol, and cannot tell any dfference in oomph. the only noticable difference is on tick over, there is a slight, reallly slight flutter on gas, but we are taking minimal. just a shame the car came back with Faults. In one way it's helped because I got to see Reg at Rovamania, with his T4 diagnostic on the go, brilliant bit of kit. Appartently, most diagnostics that worked fine on up to 52 plate cars won't run on 03 and beyond 180's and most MG badged cars but is ok for over badged cars __________________ Caution: I Brake for Cake !