EGR/Fuel mod... what can i expect?

[dcurzon]

I've just been out and done the mod exactly as described in the thread in 'technical how to' section http://www.fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3968

i turned the fuel pump hex exactly one turn

What sort of improvements can i realistically expect from having done this mod??

My next trip in the van will be down to deepest, darkest south wales, towing a caravan - so around 230 miles each way.

Its a Mk5 SWB transit 100 (what do the numbers indicate anyway? transit 80/100 etc?)

thanks

[Transitwalla]

What sort of improvements can i realistically expect from having done this mod??

A little more pulling power at the cost of slightly worse mpg...depending on how tight the bearing is in your right ankle

My next trip in the van will be down to deepest, darkest south wales, towing a caravan - so around 230 miles each way.

Went to Pembrey [from Leicester area] weekend before last for a weekends historic racing...a nice mix of motorway and A road driving gave me an mpg in the high 20's [16gls @ 460 mls], MK5 SWB '80' towing a caravan. You should be expecting about the same

I have to add though I use the gearbox quite a bit relying on the torque of the engine to move us along rather than rpm...high rpm is unavoidable going uphill I know but theres no need for high rpm in any gear on the flat if you want reasonable mpg....but you need to keep up with modern day traffic I hear you say...accelerate at the same speed as a big rig and wheres the complaint? Vans towing caravans get a bad press anyway...everyone thinks you're a gypo

Its a Mk5 SWB transit 100 (what do the numbers indicate anyway? transit 80/100 etc?)

All to do with the legal carrying capacity..mine is an '80' and carries 800KGs...a '100' carries 1000KGs, '120' carries 1200KGs etc etc..

[dcurzon]

wow, thanks for the reply, good detail!

dont suppose you fancy giving some circuit tips for pembrey then?? not been there before, and got a 6hr endurance race to do on a k5 gsxr750

[Transitwalla]

wow, thanks for the reply, good detail!

dont suppose you fancy giving some circuit tips for pembrey then?? not been there before, and got a 6hr endurance race to do on a k5 gsxr750

Errrmm...not really as sidecars are my thing [me being the passenger] but heard it said that keeping out wide for the second part of the left hander [squaring the corner off by drifting to the right] works but gives someone the opportunity to dive up the inside

Turn 1 is the hairpin immediately at the end of the start finish line - potential here for carnage at the start of the race -

Turn 2 mild righthander leading into the lefthanders - brilliant corner for hanging out on the chair -

Turns 3/4 the lefthanders - many different ways to get round this one but find on an outfit hanging wide right after the first part works

Turn 5 mild right - rightside of the tyre will be coldish . . be careful on the throttle as it might spit you off

Turn 6 tight right leading onto the back straight is tighter than it looks but influences your speed onto the back straightaway

Turn 7 a right kink in the middle of the straight ...should be flat out here

Turn 8 90* righthander onto the start finish straight - you can go into this quite fast as there is loads of run off coming out the other side....

Dont fall off as this leads to a slow laptime andhurts when you wake up in the morning.

This is by no means the defintive way to ride this cicuit...this is my perspective as a sidecar passenger and former solo rider...

Sorry guys for taking up a little too much page space....

[Transitwalla]

Oh and nearly forgot if staying overnight. . STAY AWAY FROM THE GRASS - MIDGE BITES WERE A PROBLEM FOR US - well for the Father in Law anyway