oh the GTT
It a drawn through carb turbo setup, not blown through carb, it has been few years I saw it last time
To premix or not to premix, that is the question
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
my dad worked customer service for Renault, apparently evaporation and icing were a big pain on the turbo renaults.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Yep this is correct as I asked them about this seems to be what they do by standard. I keep my car out all the time and never had an issue in any weatherHarSc wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:54 pmAs far as I know, Revs seem to not connect this back up on rebuild... Or at least, the two R3s I've owned that were built by them shortly before I got them had the same setup with coolant not running through the throttle body... Never had any issues, and if they do this on most builds, i'd have expected something to creep up by now if there was something catastrophically wrong
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Intake icing is most likely when the ambient is a few degrees above freezing and the humidity is high.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Yep, common issue in winter the throttle body ices up when you're idling and the engine gets rough, stumbles returning to idle or stalls after being in low speed traffic. Seen it on a lot of cars where people disconnect that somehow believing cooling the throttle body down slightly will gain them anything power wise (it's not even measurable on a dyno).
I had it so bad on one car I had to keep adding IPA to the fuel to dissolve the ice with pre-throttle injectors.
Common fix on carbs too.
Connect it back up. Not worth the hassle. It's not done by almost every manufacturer going for nothing.
I had it so bad on one car I had to keep adding IPA to the fuel to dissolve the ice with pre-throttle injectors.
Common fix on carbs too.
Connect it back up. Not worth the hassle. It's not done by almost every manufacturer going for nothing.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Yeah im wanting to revert most of it back to standed to what I can that doesn't affect the tuning.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Had another look and I do believe you are correct as I've found some other hoses coming out of that tank and followed them to a pump of sorts and the red and black wires leading from it got to the MAF and past the firewall and guessing it goes to the ecu or its module or something. So all in all its not a pre mix tank lol. Here is a picture and thank everyone for the information, I think I will start a post somewhere when I start doing things.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
its one of those bs hydrogen fuel cell power adders.
the theory is you put water and electricity in, and get hydrogen out and it adds power....
but the parasitic draw of creating the hydrogen (if it even manages to) far outstrips the power of any hydrogen produced..... basic physics.
i thought it might be that but didn't think anyone was stupid enough to fit one these days..
get it ripped out.
the theory is you put water and electricity in, and get hydrogen out and it adds power....
but the parasitic draw of creating the hydrogen (if it even manages to) far outstrips the power of any hydrogen produced..... basic physics.
i thought it might be that but didn't think anyone was stupid enough to fit one these days..
get it ripped out.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Yep, bin it, fitted by the clueless.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
don't bin it, frame it as a monument to stupidity.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
LOL I thought the same James but decided to leave posting until the pipes had been followed and further info was known. This may also explain the extra wiring in the engine bay.qwakers wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:55 pmits one of those bs hydrogen fuel cell power adders.
the theory is you put water and electricity in, and get hydrogen out and it adds power....
but the parasitic draw of creating the hydrogen (if it even manages to) far outstrips the power of any hydrogen produced..... basic physics.
i thought it might be that but didn't think anyone was stupid enough to fit one these days..
get it ripped out.
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Re: To premix or not to premix, that is the question
Might as well leave the tank for fitting a SOHN in the future, that way at least part of it will be useful.
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