22-11-2015, 11:00 AM
So only about a month on from the MOT, I've finally pulled my finger out and started trying to sort this misfire...but only because its the christmas meet next week 
Cars looking pretty sorry for its self at the moment. Work has taken over lately so i haven't had any time for it but that should change after christmas which will be good.
I ordered a set of BCR7ES from ECP and surprisingly they turned up next day. Even more surprising is they got my order right!! So I've been out this morning, unfrozen the bonnet catch, opened it up to find a engine covered in cobwebs. Clearly its not been used in a while
I was expecting the old plugs to be jet black to be honest. Ive been doing a lot of reading on this recently and what Stef has said above is right. 8s are great if you are constantly foot to the floor but I'm not. No one can afford that lol. I pulled the old plugs to find them in surprisingly good nick!
The only one that concerns me is the left hand (cylinder 1) one is rather oily but i also found it to be substantially looser than the others so this may have been the cause of my misfire. Ive fitted the 7s and will monitor them but I'm glad to see its been running rather healthy even on the wrong plugs. Well i say wrong, with a build like this which is more trial and error, there isn't really a right or wrong!
Went to start the car to check it runs ok. Nothing. Guess i better get that battery on charge
Cars looking pretty sorry for its self at the moment. Work has taken over lately so i haven't had any time for it but that should change after christmas which will be good.
I ordered a set of BCR7ES from ECP and surprisingly they turned up next day. Even more surprising is they got my order right!! So I've been out this morning, unfrozen the bonnet catch, opened it up to find a engine covered in cobwebs. Clearly its not been used in a while
I was expecting the old plugs to be jet black to be honest. Ive been doing a lot of reading on this recently and what Stef has said above is right. 8s are great if you are constantly foot to the floor but I'm not. No one can afford that lol. I pulled the old plugs to find them in surprisingly good nick!
The only one that concerns me is the left hand (cylinder 1) one is rather oily but i also found it to be substantially looser than the others so this may have been the cause of my misfire. Ive fitted the 7s and will monitor them but I'm glad to see its been running rather healthy even on the wrong plugs. Well i say wrong, with a build like this which is more trial and error, there isn't really a right or wrong!
Went to start the car to check it runs ok. Nothing. Guess i better get that battery on charge
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft