george wrote:Funny enough I did not really feel a huge improvement.
Thanks for the info George. I'm sorry that you didn't receive any huge power gain, but the information is useful.
SKRIK NIKS wrote:I went the free flow way with the intercooler ,i have also replaced the electronic diesel pump with a machanical one ,and that has make a huge difference
Hi Jan, thanks for the feedback. Sorry if this is a silly question, but did you do all at the same time - i.e. was the power gain definitely due to the pump replacement?
Thabogrobler wrote:Thinking about it, a standard KZ produces around 80Kw - not really much, hey?
Propelling a overweight, underpowered brick forward, 80Kw should not get you very far beyond 150km/h in any case...
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Probably true
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. I'll be sure to put that in the listing if we ever have the heart to try and sell our baby - "For Sale: Overweight, underpowered brick."
When I drove the same type of vehicle previously, I'm pretty sure that I remember two things distinctly:
- Doing 160 (and I think that there was still some oomf left)
- Idling up a steep driveway, with foot off the accelerator
This was at the coast however.
I'm fairly sure that the cat' is blocked - I plan to have it checked out early next week, and will report back if I learn anything useful
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I wonder why replacing the pump seems to help so much - i.e. what goes wrong with the old pump. Does anybody know what the guys do when they recon a pump? All that I can see in the engine repair manual is that it discusses disassembling the pump and checking the delivery valves.
Follow Up (03/02/2014):
Went to the local tyres/shocks/exhaust place today. They couldn't take a look at the cat' because the exhaust guy wasn't there, due to the taxi strikes. Whilst there, I did however manage to witness their staff driving another clients vehicle around with the handbrake very obviously on (the driver had to rev and clutch a lot to get the vehicle to go anywhere, and it was squealing horribly) as well as crash someone else's vehicle into one of the ramps... Our car has to go in for panelbeating tomorrow in order to remove a dent - will take it somewhere else to have the cat' checked as soon as it's available again.
Follow Up (14/02/2014):
Took the car to a (different) exhaust place today. Turns out that the car doesn't have a cat' in the first place :).