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Venturing into car culture with a project like a 6th generation Honda Civic is a fantastic choice, especially since you're new to working on cars. These Civics are indeed celebrated for their ease of maintenance and a wealth of available modifications. With your budget and goals in mind, let’s...

One of the first things to check would be the transmission fluid. Insufficient or contaminated fluid can cause the transmission to behave erratically. Since it's a Powershift transmission, which is essentially a dual-clutch system, it's crucial that the fluid is at the right level and in good...

Welcome to the community! Jumping into your first project car is an exciting step, and a 6th generation Honda Civic is a fantastic choice—known for its reliability and ease of modification, it’s perfect for someone just starting out. Plus, driving a Volvo XC70 II daily? You’ve got great taste in...

Welcome aboard! It’s always fantastic to see new faces in the community, especially those who come with such enthusiasm and a cool ride like your Audi A1 Pocket Rocket! It sounds like you’ve got some great stories lined up from your Renault 5 GT Turbo days too—can’t wait to hear those. Feel...

You mentioned that replacing the engine mounts initially helped a lot, which is a great clue. Engine mounts are crucial for absorbing the vibrations and movements of the engine. If the shaking returned after a few months, it’s possible that the mounts might be faulty or of low quality. It might...

It was a long time ago so I don't have any paper work or specs to hand but from memory. The 3 angle valve job and head porting/polishing made quite a difference to low end torque. I fitted a Scorpion exhaust to it but can't remember cam specs. It still leaked oil after a rebuild so I wish I'd...

I got myself a copy, it was a very interesting read. I think I might actually do a video series on advanced driving. Another recommended book was very advanced driving by Tom Topper, I got that shortly after passing my test and still dip into in now and then.

Did you fit braided hoses to the brake lines? Hope you have a fun time there, keep us posted.

Welcome to the forum! It's fantastic to have someone with your background and passion joining us. Italy is renowned for its rich automotive culture and history, not to mention some of the most iconic car brands and racing heritage in the world so I'm a little Jealous. Your experience as a...

Hey Mark, welcome to the world of TorqueCars and congratulations on your BMW 3 Series E93 325D M Sport! It's a fantastic choice, especially with that hardtop convertible for enjoying both the performance and the sun in Bedfordshire (you do get some sun I'm told up North!). With a budget of up...

Welcome to the forum! First off, let's set one thing straight: Every expert was once a beginner, and every master craftsman started with 0.5% know-how—or even less. It's the passion, curiosity, and the journey of learning that bridges the gap between dreams and reality. And by the sounds of it...

Keep us posted my friend, always interested to hear peoples progress on projects, and yours has certainly caught my eye.

I can only really provide very general troubleshooting advice here my friend, this isn't something I've actually dealt with myself but hopefully it might spark an idea or lead to a solution for you. The EWG actuators are crucial for controlling turbocharger boost pressure, and if they're not...

Your Honda Civic really sounds like it's been transformed into a true performance machine! I must confess to knowing little about ECU upgrades on the D series specifically and pretty much all I know is on this page https://www.torquecars.com/honda/d16-tuning.php which I have just updated for...

I hope these pointers will at least get you looking in the right direction. My overall gut feeling is the cam chain/belt or tensioner is running slack pushing out the timing, but without seeing a car it is really hard to guess. The first thing I would do is pull up the error reports for each...

Hi buddy, good to hear from you, thanks for the intro. Keep me posted with your plans, I'm always interested to hear what people are up to with their car projects.

I don't know much about these buddy, they are so rare over here. What are your plans and aspirations for it? I did find out that the Mitsubishi Mirage CE shares its platform and some components with the Mitsubishi Lancer of the same era. Both vehicles were built on Mitsubishi's global small car...

Very nice, good to meet you my friend. I'll be doing a video on these soon on our YouTube channel. Do you have any plans for it at the moment?

You have had a very fortunate escape there my friend. I'm glad all is well. Your mechanical sympathy and knowledge saved the day.

The fault code check would be the first thing I checked. That idle is really low. Plugs and coils would have been my first guess but you've already done that. Are there any noises or rattles from the engine. Cam advance pulleys rattling, misfiring? Did they do an ECU update with the service...

Thats bad! The temp sensor requires coolant so if that spike the air inside the water channels got scarily hot - internal engine parts were probably glowing. Oil will help cool an engine but it'll only go so far. I would check it for compression, the most usual thing is a warped head and...

Have you tried Awesome GTi, in Manchester, I would go with a remap, K&N Intake for the sound and swap out the back box on the exhaust again for improved sound. (Cobra, Scorpion & my personal favourite Miltek) Exhaust sounds are fairly subjective, so try to find videos that allow you to compare...

Have you spoken with Gotts Van & Car Service Centre? A friend used them a while back and found them better than the main dealer. Cat automotive are also listed as Audi Specialists, they are Revo dealers and have been around for quite a while, it'll be worth chatting with them but I can't...

That's looking very nice my friend. Good work, all that time and money is paying off.

You should be fine, the oil will not have mixed very well with the coolant so should come out again quite easily, your engine temps are likely going to be higher than with coolant, but oil is pretty good at carrying heat around an engine. I can't see any degradation happing to the water pump...

Tell me about lithium batteries, can you use a conventional charger on them? Does the stock charge system in car work ok or does it need to be modified to make it work?

You are as old as you feel IMHO. As long as your reflexed and health allow you to drive safely keep on it. Age is not as good an indicator of ability or acuity as health. If you haven't grown up by 30 you don't have to is my motto!

The answer is that I don't know with any certainty the stock turbo tends to give out before people hit a power limit. I don't think those have variable valve timing on the exhaust if it's the 120hp engine you have, so choose your turbo wisely. You will also struggle with traction at those...

Awesome, the beast is ALIVE!

Interesting, I've just been researching tyres too for mine. I settle for the Uniroyal rainsports, a great wet weather tyre perfect for those long hot British summers we have. So far I've been really impressed, even in the wet/dry they grip really well. The Yokohamas are fantastic but I did find...

You've not mentioned cams, exhaust (cat back) or lighter flywheels. Getting the head flowed and ported can also help improve power delivery on higher power projects but you need to weigh up the costs. I think the ECU mods will be the biggest gain you get on this, the rest will only make a small...

What are the best ECU mapping/tuning upgrades on these engines? The reason I'm asking is that my article on this engine is way out of date and far too general in nature I would really like to make this article more useful especially as it is quite popular. I am also interested to know your...

Thanks for all these updates, it is proving to be a really interesting project. What was the cam profile you ended up with in the end?

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Sounds nice what power figures are you aiming for? I look forward to seeing your pics. What is the spec on this? Always interested to see what people are using and which mods they have chosen.

Hi buddy, nice to meet a local. The project sounds awesome I've not seen this done, You'll probably have one of the fastest T3's on the road after this little lot is installed! Are you going aftermarket ECU or using the donor ECU?

That sounds awesome my friend. Quite a transformation.

You've done a lot in that time my friend, it's always interesting to see what you'll get up to next.

Underboost is not related to the injectors, it could be the turbo actuator not setup properly or the air flow metering not properly registering. The map needs adjustment if you change the turbo, injectors or air flow sensor otherwise your ECU will protect itself from the strange readings it's...

The worst thing is that pipes, wires and connectors tend to break so be very careful and assume everything is brittle and fragile. Other than that it is a fairly easy job (for a reasonably competent mechanic), sometimes swapping the sensors from the old engine to the new will be required it...