911hillclimber

Sorry, missed your response. tbh my application is not in a 911 layout, but the device does add some definition to the gear shift, but not in a significant way. against the high cost, I would not fit one again.

Next weekend Tim. sat is practice day, Sunday the Real Deal.

tried all those 908 graphics, but the body on the Lola is quite a bit smaller in area. The car weighs 560 kg so a bit Larry, 300 BHP, so around 500 BHP/tonne. Itis quite slow for a hillclimb car where 1000 BHP/tonne is not unusual.

Ace! thank you.

Good meeting you too, hope you enjoyed the day! Nice picture, thank you. weekend with the car was overall great, just wish I caught the TVR on the second run...2 hundredths off.

BIG DAY today for me and the Lola, morning at the rolling road, BHP Performance, very local to me which is nice for a change. Strapped the car down on the rollers and warmed it up. First time Ben had seen the Clewett ignition system, but no probs, he just thought it strange... Broke the engine in for 20 mins up and down the rpm in 2nd and 4th to load it all up and then set too setting the advance positions, tick over, 3000 and 8000 rpm, the latter somewhat academic! Mid way through the engine died suddenly. Loss of power to the ECU, blown 7A fuse, so 10A fitted (max current draw is 10A) Got going again and did a few runs and a few discussions and ran the engine to peak power. At this point we hit 295.6 bhp @ 6776 rpm, 243.2 Lbft @5066 rpm. (transmission losses are 35 bhp) Engine sounded great, good oil pressure and 100 deg C. Talked about where more could be gained, filters (oiled KN fitted) and maybe carb chokes (38mm in 50mm carbs) We decided to leave it there, the curves are great, very smooth and it sounds like it could go much further. I expected/hoped for a good 300/320, 100 bhp /litre would have been great. Engine still tight, and we didn't want to push the timing further but did try on deg less and lost 5 bhp, so we could be very close. Needed to add fuel at 6K so re-jetted the PMO's and that helped. Very happy with this, smooth engine, lots of torque and no peaks or flats. Quick little video here, try opening the sound up. Sounded ballistic in the chamber! https://youtu.be/Btr1ATBrrLc

I ran the engine 6 times today to check the plug leads and if all plugs were firing on cylinders 1,2 and 3. all ok. It starts really well cold or hot and the throttle response is instant. This is allwith very approximate ignition settings which need to be optimised. This will be on the rolling road Ina few weeks time unless I can get in quicker. Will take a video when it's there.

IT RUNS! Checked all the wires, all the volts, all the pin-outs and most importantly swore at it. Turned it all on. Pumped the carbs as usual and splutter and in an instant flashed into life. Sound amazing. Ran it for about 5 mins @ 2500 ish and blipped occasionally, oil pressure normal etc, no nasty mechanical noises etc. XDi has a solid green on switch-on, red/green on cranking, solid green on switch off. Left it for a few mins while Mrs Hillclimber stood and was mighty relieved, and it restarted like before (always was a a good hot starter). Switched off and linked the time light to #1 cylinder and re-started, 2650 rpm tick over, advance needs a tweak, but will leave it to Ben at BHP to dial it in. So, I have a running 1,000,000 bhp @8000 red line Lola hillclimb car. Might get to within 6 seconds of that Mini now.http://uphillracers.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Will take a video when at BHP and post it. Day booked for 20 April, 2 days before Prescott. Please may I say a very big thank you to everyone on here for the help, guidance and encouragement through possibly the hardest, most frustrating thing I've ever done. Graham.

t was a pleasure meeting Chris and Rob today and really appreciate the 5 hours we spent going through everything and more. Big effort, learnt a lot and have good details to send to Clewett and Electromotive for when the XDi box goes back to America. We did not get it going. Positives: The sensor is good, especially when we reduced the air gap to 10/8 thou, the sinusoidal wave was crisp and 4 volts. The air gap made a significant difference. The status of the light is unchanged though twice and briefly it did in fact alternate for maybe 2 or 3 seconds, but then reverted back to 'solid green'. Rob and Chris could not see anything I'd done was the problem. Photographs were taken of the traces to send to Electromotive We have got to the conclusion the XDi is suspect. Negatives? Have to pay to ship to USA and back Loose 4 weeks Cancel events and rolling road.

I have one unfortunately, new, and it will not work. I've spent over 20 hours trying to get it to spark, it is the kit Clwett sell for the 3.2 and twin plugs. I think I've exhausted Clewett's 'customer service' and it seems their email response has gone from 12 hours to never suddenly. I would dearly like to ask some questions if you have one and it works! Graham.

I will fit the plug leads today, tempted to just fit 6 of them and see if it tries to run. If this all comes to nothing, Clewett have stated by email that they will NOT cover any shipping costs for a faulty unit. That I must send it directly to Electromotion for repair, who say on their web site they are not accepting repairs now for anything. If i send it to Clewett they will charge me to forward it to Electromotion. Dollars are a test of Customer Service. BUYER BEWARE? Tried more things today to find a solution. Nothing changed. Have asked for a free replacement from Clewett.... Think I know the answer.

Ha! Too very true. Have a game plan, kicks-off tomorrow, hope to have it licked by end of this weekend. Got this to look forward to:

Well! Engine will not start. All turns over but not a pop, cough or fart. According to the Diagnostics fault finder, the crank sensor is at fault (which would account for the total lack of life), but the resistance of the sensor is 616 Ohms, and the general figure for a good one is 620 Ohms, so nothing wrong there. Have power where it should be and the right level, all grounds ok, all wires in the right holes in the ecu 23 pin connector. Have emailed Clewett for guidance, have a clear morning tomorrow i hope to look again with fresh eyes and a reply from Clewett. I hate car wiring. Damp squid and all that, but will sort it tomorrow I hope.

Getting VERY close now! Save me from wiring! At very long last got to the end of all the wiring on this simple car. Takes ages and ages to do. The XDi controller is wired and in place, about the driest space I can imaging in this far from sealed car. Getting the pins into the large multi wire block was a real pain all refusing to simply push home. Had to open the whole connector up and do them. Hate it. Made a splash shield in ABS sheet velco'd to the unit. The unit is a heat sink, so air much freely pass around the exterior. The controller has to get to ground, power is needed (3 power lines) so they have to be 'enabled' only when the full ignition /fuel pump circuit is live. The kill toggle switch then shuts off power to the ignition and fuel simultaneously. They have to be individually fused too. All the gauges have to get 12V prior to that status, but all done finally. Put 12 litres of Shell's best oil into the engine... Put a refreshed mega red-top racing battery int the car, and connected it up.... Went to remove the top set of plugs. Plug spanner too short, so mad one the correct length... Pulled the 3 power leads to the XDi, no petrol in the car deliberately....just to ensure it would not start! Turned the electrics on and pressed the starter motor. All churned over for 30 seconds and got 3 bar oil pressure at cranking speed. Put all6 top plugs back in with my new plug spanner and nipped them up. Cranked the engine over again for a few seconds, sure sound like a high compression engine! No fuel means no first fire-up. Planning to do that on Wednesday afternoon once i have the silencers on. Too busy tomorrow and Wednesday morning. So nearly there, no excuses left, just the Moment of Truth.

ajor outage of the internet today and the PC probs yesterday, waiting for the 3rd issue to arrive on the computer front... Let's see how far this post goes! Friday, and the day in the garage to fit the engine and box back in and start linking up the essential connections. Going to leave the smaller stuff until the engine runs in case it has to come out again and goes in the skip. Cleaned the engine 'bay', got all the bits together, nut n bolts and prepped the clutch. Checked the electrics again, 3rd time, and hoisted the engine off the stand after fitting the custom exhaust manifolds, tricky to make and 2 bolts very tricky to fit. Pleasingly, all the clips and brackets for the wires all missed the chassis getting this fat engine into the skinny slot, the bay looks so big until the 3.2 is hovering above. Touch at a time saw the engine in and the front cross member into place and all lightly buttoned-up. You do the bolts up tight when the box is attached and mounted. The fresh clutch popped on and the box with it's WEVO shift gate fitted was cleaned externally and slipped into place just as it should. These jobs are sooo much easier using these tools. [url=https://postimages.org/] The new ignition system sort of blends into the old look of the car, the dry sump is in. Next will be the electrics of the control unit and getting that to be powered by the current dashboard which may be a challenge. With that all done it is time to check the settings of the controller, pull the top 6 plugs out and churn the engine over to get oil everywhere. And then...add fuel, and pray.