Patchy NA6. 5 shades of red. 3 shades of Primer

Andy Wana · Postby **Andy Wana** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:52 pm

Patchy = Win

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:55 pm

Thanks for that write up, a very entertaining read! Its nice to read a story like that

Ben,

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:13 pm

I've joined the \"I've dríven Patchy\" club!

When's patchy getting a coat of paint for the nose?

Are those sunnies still sitting under where the roof folds back?

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:24 pm

I've been a passenger in patchy before it was old and grey. Back in the days when it frolicked along Putty rd chasing rabbits.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:35 pm

Patchy's Pimpin in Primer

timk · Postby **timk** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:40 pm

That is pimpin' yo!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:18 pm

The latest colour from Mazda... Dawn Mist Grey

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:29 pm

GREY!

Phew.. least it's not blue though.

Keep us posted!

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:38 pm

Classic Red.....Very soon!!!!

Postby **orx626** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:50 pm

sabretooth wrote:GREY!

Phew.. least it's not blue though.

Keep us posted!

OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:19 pm

Ooohhh I can kiss that dumppipe goodbye huh. :p

That or it's going to be blue.. wait.. why am I giving you ideas...

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:21 pm

patchy has changed a great deal in the last 12 mths

this is what she sounds like from the inside

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:54 pm

so with the addition of some hot cams, adaptronic, exhaust & asociated bits for her 20th birthday Patchy is quite a different car now than what she was 12 mths ago.

although The adaptronic was checked over by Mania, the mucking around on my behalf has started. With a huge help from ampz.

The car goes hard. Its a fraction less powerfull than standard under 4k rpm but then all hell breaks loose. between 4&5 it starts to pick up but at 5k rpm the earth moves. It still pulls at 7k rpm.

So for a few months I've mucked around with the map & changed things for the better. some worse. The good part is I can always revert back to an older map once I really muck it up.

one of the issues with having a big cam is that it will not allow the manifold to get serious pressure at idle. So instead of idling on about 25 Kpa its idling on 66 Kpa. Therefore dumping a huge amount of extra fuel when idling.
It also seems to bog down when the accelerator pedal gets planted. Probably adding too much fuel. Transient throttle when cruising was an issue but I think I got that sorted today.

But to get a more acurate tune, ampz recently installed a air intake temperature sensor and a progressive TPS.
since the AFM is removed it also removes the stock air temp sensor. So another one was rigged up & placed at the entrance of the intake

this is where it is for the moment.

A progressive TPS was also installed. This one is off an Audi. Ampz also rigged up a loom so it can be returned to standard if need be

so here I am. I call it a journey. Its been extremely exiting & fun as well as extremely frustrating at the same time. But I've had some great help.