Tuned Q4 -93

[AlfaJack]

Hello again everybody, now the car has gotten the new hub mounted, and a testdrive in the snowy weather, went very well and felt GREAT after all hard work and troubles we?ve come across.
just wanted to know what you have for oilpressure on idle, just in case?
mine were about 2?ish anyhow, too low?

thanks
David

Sounds OK. I have about 1 Glad it is going well

[Q4-Dave]

ok, no need to worry then

any tips of where to find a new generator, it barely charges what the lights are consuming!?

[AlfaJack]

DO you have a Bosch agent you could contact?

[#84]

There are plenty of small workshops doing generator repair, but the Magnetti Marelli generator is not easy to fix = expensive. Power Car sourced me a new one for around 5000 SKr.....

[AlfaJack]

Magnetti Marelli

Thought it was a Bosch

[Q4-Dave]

thanks #84, I will contact them..

no worries jack, everyone remembers wrong sometimes

[ecl]

i belive your oil pressure is just fine

[Q4-Dave]

hi guys
are your oil pressures higher with cold engine, mine are!? :o

got my new side (146) skirts on the mail today, will post pictures soon

helped a friend with his 20" rims for his Audi S4 today, put them next to my car and my brothers, quite big

test in front of my brothers volvo?s (one 242 with Turbo engine from -75 and a 6cyl 960 from -96) as well as my Alfa..

[mindus]

hi guys
are your oil pressures higher with cold engine, mine are!? :o

Yes, that how it suppose to be. Oil pressure is always higher with cold engine/oil.
M.

[Q4-Dave]

ok, thanks, was not sure about it, that?s why I asked

[jimnielsen]

Dave, what is the actual oil pressure measurement in bar a minute or so after you turn it on from cold? Here in Australia, where there is no chance of buying a new alternator, I would simply take it to an auto electrician and have it repaired. I can't believe all the snow!

jim.

[Q4-Dave]

We have about 1 meter of snow, unpacked! :p
It is also my job during the winter to get the roads free of it all (don?t know the word for my occupation in English though, hope you know what I mean)

when cold the pressure was between 4 and 5 bars, when hot between 1 and 2

[arjunior45]

I believe that what is important is to have the oil pressure higher than 0,7 bar at idle with engine hot {90 degrees}.
Yes, when the weather is cold oil pressure is higher, so do not worry. I saw even 7 bars during winter - no snow though - after starting the engine, during warm up. But with engine hot, coolant at 90 degrees and oil at 85 degrees, at idle is always at 1 - 1,2 bar.

[Q4-Dave]

then the oilpressure is allright in my car, thanks for the info guys.

about my alternator the light don?t glow anymore, maybe repaired itself or some minor loose connection in the wires, anyhow my MOT is on tuesday so hold your thumbs for me will ya

[Q4-Dave]

Yesterday it passed the MOT with many hints of how good the job that had been done was.
Surprisingly the one testeng my car knew a little about them, telling me that it had the engine and driveline of a lancia delta integrale and so on..

looking forward to this summer with car-meets and trackdays up ahead

//David

[Xti]

That's good news, congrats.

Cheers,
Cristian.

[Q4-Dave]

And today I mounted the Xenonkits I had lying about, what do you think?



/David

[AlfaJack]

Bright! Now you need to get little leds for the side lights.

[Q4-Dave]

yeah I know
I await them as we speak..
also did the bulbchange for the rear foglights so the hole bar looks as rearlights.. can post pics later

[Q4-Dave]

Here are some new info and pics of my car:

the things done that are new are not so many or big but still something, Silverstone frontsplitter (original) new 8,5mm race ignition leads, xenonkits in low/hi-beam and fogs as the pics posted before, a strutbar, some decals along the sides and new painted wheels 17", a T70C alarm and also got rid of all the little dents that were before so now spotless AND rust-free
also soon to come are coilovers and big brake-kits with braided lines and racing brake fluid..







best regards
will update when more things happens
David

[AlfaJack]

Looks amazing!

[pull]

that is simply awesome! Needs a spoiler now

[SteveNZ]

No, thats one item it does not need!

[jimnielsen]

beautiful job david.. love that black paint job with the white wheels..

[Q4-Dave]

thanks everybody for the comments, really warms my heart that you like her

the front strutbar is going to be powder-coated white and thinking of having the uprated ARB (thats on order for the moment) painted as well later on, so no pics for the strut for now

regards
David