Metrix Motorsport S54 on megasquirt

[TheNineveh]

Thats sounds like either a timing belt/chain tentioner or a fuel problem if its fuel it could be either injectors (dirty/misfiring/ecu) or fuel pressure (dirty filter/weak pump)

[zepyoor1234]

what is the problem of the car? it doesnt run well.

[E30engineering]

buy motec

[240SSONLY]

PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS CAR..... i hate my vanos, its too advanced so i get a little more performance out of it, but still... i dont wanna spend $2500 on a new solenoid...? wat do you recommend? how does that plate work out for you guys... what your gas mileage, fuel maps lke? wat about ignition? how do you plan for the advance? how many lights on your dash do you have on? lol

love the intake plenum

[2URBO2]

@240SSONLY Go to ww w .mrvanos. co m

[240SSONLY]

@2URBO2 good thinking... i was planning on talking to dr vanos... but i guess mr is just as good... i dont know if you see the irony in that...

hahhaa

[2URBO2]

@240SSONLY Hehe, i dont. Irony aint my strong side.

But i guess both are good, look around at ebay for packages from them. You know, DIY packages.

[240SSONLY]

@2URBO2 no such thing for the s54... the people that know rebuild the seals and its a meticulous job... lol

the mr vanos guy apparently re engineered a part too... the cam sprockets i think

[RedTurbocar]

@240SSONLY

VAC Motorsports has Vanos elimination kits for the S54, that's whats on this motor actually....it's not recommended for a street car however as you lose a lot of low end torque.....on a race motor, you A. Won't be spending much time below 4K rpm and B. Have different cams that cannot be used with Vanos

[240SSONLY]

@RedTurbocar i get all that.... thank you for your input cheif... i just dont know what to do about mt advanced vanos... lol

i just wanna get rid of that freeking thing... even though it does a good job at "saving" me gas mileage... lol i just dont feel like dropping $2500 into a solenoid that will fail again... you see my point?

[krapfeaster]

mine failed, get rid of it if you can. Mine grenaded needed to do complete tear down, biddies chipped a cam sprocket tooth. You're lucky if a failure of the VANOS is just the VANOS. =]

[240SSONLY]

@krapfeaster i know... i dont own my e46 any more... now i live in colombia south america... enjoying a better quality of life...

but its tru... def get rid of the vanos... its not worth the ''extra gas milage it gives you...'' any way real race cars... run v-tec ALL THE TIME... lol

[2URBO2]

That idle wasnt good.

[sonicburger]

@2URBO2 Yah +1 to that.

Idle search to the max.

[2URBO2]

@sonicburger What IS that scraping sound??

[Volvohp]

that soundss hot and worked out thats wat i lik