slimjim Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Following Riceys thread here.... viewtopic.php?f=10&t=50251&start=0 about if he should or should not clean his butterfly in his throttle body.... What CAN I do to my car to make sure it runs longer... and is nice and reliable. Going past the normal fluid changes..... Just been down to see a friend who has air-hosed my cone filter try to get it a little cleaner and I SWEAR it sounds louder now. So... is there anything I can do to help my car... long term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 A grounding kit is pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 A grounding kit is pretty cheap. will look into it ... cheers Martin. Is this kinda stuff rubbish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Is this kinda stuff rubbish? Sounds like the engine flush thread we had the other day, i.e: taking all the nasty stuff sitting safely out of harms way and moving it around the engine where it may do damage... never had any experience with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 i like the ecotek boost foam, i used it on an old car and plan to do it to the jag. it cleans off carbon in the detonation area. i.e. its sprayed in after the MAF and burnt off in the combustion taking the carbon with it. not disimiliar to injector cleaners that are put in through the fuel tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Possibly something to look at then... And what is the idea behind the grounding kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 viewtopic.php?f=161&t=45809&hilit=grounding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 always make sure the oil is warm before flooring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Number up your HT Leads just in case you get them the wrong way around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Number up your HT Leads just in case you get them the wrong way around Yeah, do that anyway bud. always make sure the oil is warm before flooring it. Ha Ha Ha!! Thing is, I did that WAY before Ian did Won't be doing it again.... On one of my old cars, I used a dremmel and ground down the inside of my plenum/manifold intake. To be fair, this was because the original design was pants on the Volvo 440 Nothing like that I can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Number up your HT Leads just in case you get them the wrong way around Yeah, do that anyway bud. always make sure the oil is warm before flooring it. Ha Ha Ha!! Thing is, I did that WAY before Ian did Won't be doing it again.... On one of my old cars, I used a dremmel and ground down the inside of my plenum/manifold intake. To be fair, this was because the original design was pants on the Volvo 440 Nothing like that I can do? Hey hold on a mo here.... I wasn't in control of HT leads, ask Bennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I wouldnt go messing with the inlets myself - I matched a inlet manifold to the inlet ports on a 200SX a few years ago, but thats because the original casting was SHOCKING - if you get it wrong you can do more harm than good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 A grounding kit is pretty cheap. will look into it ... cheers Martin. Is this kinda stuff rubbish? i was contemplating running a GB on the stuff if people were interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Number up your HT Leads just in case you get them the wrong way around Yeah, do that anyway bud. always make sure the oil is warm before flooring it. Ha Ha Ha!! Thing is, I did that WAY before Ian did Won't be doing it again.... On one of my old cars, I used a dremmel and ground down the inside of my plenum/manifold intake. To be fair, this was because the original design was pants on the Volvo 440 Nothing like that I can do? Hey hold on a mo here.... I wasn't in control of HT leads, ask Bennett Not a dig mate. It is such an easy mistake to make. We have all done it. HT Leads always used to be numbered at manufacture but they have stopped doing this in recent years. After your experience, think it is a good thing for everyone to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I cleaned the throttle body as you mentioned on my thread Jim. It was pretty crapped up but white spirit and a bit of cloth soon sorted that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 I cleaned the throttle body as you mentioned on my thread Jim. It was pretty crapped up but white spirit and a bit of cloth soon sorted that out! Is your cone an oiled one? Was talking to a friend of mine who knows what he is talking about (he is rebuilding a 200ZX to stage 4 c550whp at the mo) and he said that if your cone is an oiled on, that might be the reason your throttle body was "Caked up" ... just from the excess oil being sucked through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Not sure bud. It's just a normal jtw pop charger that bought off ekona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Not sure bud. It's just a normal jtw pop charger that bought off ekona they are oiled as standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Not sure bud. It's just a normal jtw pop charger that bought off ekona they are oiled as standard Well, there you go, that could be the answer. When did you last clean the cone? Mine is a paper cone.... but it isn't a jtw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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