Digital Corpus
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Ok. So small update. I never took the time to look at a few things under Adaption in VCDS and I noticed today that group 1 was adapted to 32686, aka, the lowest value possible for this group.
- SBC Stage II Endurance upgraded to a DC Stage IV clutch - Feramic disk on both sides of clutch plate, larger rivets, stronger support bolts for pressure plate, more robust pressure plate
- 14 lb flywheel - Two sides to this coin. I'll explain later, possibly with video
My IQ was sitting at ~1.4, though occasionally 1.2 and 1.6. At this level of fulling I produce a mild haze in 5th gear, WOT, going up a moderate grade.
Well, setting this back to stock, 32764, almost killed the engine with an IQ of 0. Hammer modded it twice. First time was with no adaption and an IQ of about 3.4, but there was a noticeable loss of power. It's now at 2.0-2.2, though I'm going to run a tank with adaption pushing it to 3.8-4 to see if it'll help a little on economy.
Anyhow, I noticed a nice side effect of the fuelling reduction. Previously, when moving from a standstill, the car liked to kick or buck for a rev or two just before it was moving appropriate at idle. Holding the revs at 1500 RPM and moving from a stop helped, but the kick was still there. I figured this was from the lighter fly wheel. However, this kick is no longer present with the higher IQ . Now, I see no reason to not have the lighter flywheel.
Unfortunately, I won't take the time to dyno it with the 14 pounder vs a 21 pounder, but if someone wants to sponsor the swap to a 21 lb and then back to my 14 lb, I'll pay for the dyno to see if it really makes a difference.
PS - Our region is known for some particularly strong east to west winds doing a solid 40 mph, but known to reach gusts in excess of 60 mph. They decided to start up tonight right after I finished adjusting my fuel pump so I didn't run logs.