JackyBoi Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Some. Unfortunately, there have been a few issues with the car, which have delayed things. - The titanium exhaust I bought wasn't capable of flowing enough, so it had to be removed for mapping. Paul thinks it must have been made for an NA, but to be fair it seemed to cope at BPU. I really do have to thank Paul though for really going the extra mile to help sort things, he donated me an old superdrager FOC to get me going. - The Whifbitz SMIC wasn't up to single turbo power. Whifbitz did warn me about this, so I've gone with one of their FMIC kits for now - The Bosch 044 I installed was faulty and fuel pressure was dropping. A new walbro pump sorted this - Syvecs are having a nightmare with my gearbox by all accounts. I'm not sure whether is just the gearbox, or is to do with the Bosch throttle too, but they aren't able to get the car driving well. From what I gather, progress is being made, but at the moment I have no idea when they will sort it. I naively assumed there wouldn't be any issues here, as syvecs list my car as being P&P with the S6 plus, and they have a promo video showing a tiptronic car working with one. In addition to all that, they found my crank pulley was almost dead, so that needed changing. But at least that's something I won't need to worry about now for a long while. Pauls been doing a great job in running around between Darren and Syvecs, and keeping me up to date with progress daily, which has been very reassuring. I think I would have been a nervous wreck otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TT666 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Loving this thread, keep at it. Your car is gonna feel like a different animal when you get it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 DBW? Mine ran like a bag of shit with the stock DBW and syvecs, wasn't nice to drive at all so I got rid of it in favour of a normal cable TB. Ryan said the stock DBW throttle body is very poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 DBW? Mine ran like a bag of shit with the stock DBW and syvecs, wasn't nice to drive at all so I got rid of it in favour of a normal cable TB. Ryan said the stock DBW throttle body is very poor. It is. It's a hybrid one and it's complete crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 DBW? Mine ran like a bag of shit with the stock DBW and syvecs, wasn't nice to drive at all so I got rid of it in favour of a normal cable TB. Ryan said the stock DBW throttle body is very poor. I binned the stock drive by wire for the reasons you mention, in favour of the Porsche / Bosch DBW unit that Whifbitz and Ryan G recommend. Not only is it proper dbw, but it also costs about 1/10th of what Toyota charge for a new vvti throttle body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) I bet it's a DBW problem, won't be the gearbox. Can't beat a cable mate You have reminded me I need a new TB for my build. Good luck with getting it sorted mate. Edit.. I just realised you got flappy paddle? Maybe it is is gearbox, or both as you say. Edited February 26, 2016 by JamieP (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Cheers mate I specifically wanted dbw for the cruise control aspect. Whifbitz have a few cars running this throttle now, I gather the issue is tye way the tiptronic box communicates with the stock hybrid dbw throttle. I'm assuming the tiptronic box must be significantly different to the regular auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sorry I forgot you're triptronic, is this a first of its kind then? Triptronic and syvecs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 There is this one which is a VVTI tiptronic, this is the promo video I think Jay is talking about. [video=youtube;Nlby5KOc-vg] But I don't think this had the new Whifbitz DBW kit fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sorry I forgot you're triptronic, is this a first of its kind then? Triptronic and syvecs? As Frank said, I'm sure I'm the first DBW + Syvecs + Tiptronic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Always a head ache when your the first doing something and alot more expensive as you are a R&D project as such , could you have notlet the stock ecu deal with the gearbox and just wire the stock buttons as paddles to save one less problem or is the stock control rubish? On the plus side at least they didnt see you next tuesday Edited February 26, 2016 by mellonman (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Always a head ache when your the first doing something and alot more expensive as you are a R&D project as such , could you have notlet the stock ecu deal with the gearbox and just wire the stock buttons as paddles to save one less problem or is the stock control rubish? No, the stock control was great. Was quick on downshifts especially. But I was lead to believe by various traders that the S6 plus would do it better. Knowing what I do now, I would have probably gone with an S6 and kept the stock ecu for gearbox control. I suppose if nothing else, at least I'm set up for a future gearbox swap I've received assurances that I won't be paying for the R&D here, as this issue is nothing to do with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Thats good news then mate , best of luck with it hopes its up a running sweet soon with all the bugs out before the weather gets better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Cheers mate The car has been gone a lot longer than I had anticipated, but if nothing else at least it's not been on the salted roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Who actually owns that car with the green painted dashboard panels in the video and is he contactable? I now have a VVTI Tiptronic car here that should be on a Syvecs S6 Plus that's just a none runner and needs putting back to stock whilst the Syvecs / Tiptronic saga is addressed. Let no one doubt the complexity of putting a mappable ecu on a Tiptronic car, that controls all functionality, I have yet to see one working properly myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudsey Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Hope they manage to solve the issue soon for you. Assume the green one as a first is slightly different to your set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 The green one has been looked at over the last few days, but unfortunately the setup on that car is quite different from mine. They're doing to find a stock car to scope the gearbox, which will hopefully provide some answers. The speedo had stopped working too, but Pauls fitted a speed converter (kph - mph) Which has solved that. Also, while I haven't got and graphs to show you yet, Romain is confident the car will be making circa 550hp now @1.6 bar, which is really bang on the money. He's sending me the boost plots, so I'm looking forward to seeing how responsive the car is now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudsey Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 That sounds awesome. Hopefully with the gearbox cooler and some semi sympathetic driving it should last just fine. More than ample power with quick response I'd say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Still no news on the gearbox mapping, but on the plus side I have got some pics through today from Paul. This is the first I've seen of the single install finished. Really happy with the result, though I'll have to get my new intercooler pipes off for powdercoating in gloss black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Well even though you haven't had any updates it does look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Very jealous, that looks lovely J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Looks really tidy in there. Hopefully it's sorted soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew K Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Looking really nice mate, hopefully it won't be much longer before eveything is sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 That's looking really good. I'll see how I go with BPU and hopefully that will keep me away from your thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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