My 89 MI16

3 minute(s) of a 84 minute read

400 miles after oil leaks repair inspectoion results...

I raise it back up this weekend and I'm happy to report that this MI16 is absolutely oil leak free now. That rear main bearing cap seal was definitely cause of my engine oil leak and no leaks at transmission as well. It is extremely clean on top and bottom. However it would not be Peugeot with out further problems.

My new outer CV boots are spitting grease out but I can't fined any holes or damages and all clamps are tight so back on jack stands next Saturday. Also noise is present at left front wheel,one click type noise per wheel rotation.

It was ideling weird when cold so I got my lap top hooked up to it found fuel trims all over the place,now that was easy fix with link. Idle motor position had to be set with link as well and with some reason ECU was seeing 90% WOT so I had to enter TPS off set scale in link to get .63V and 100%TPS at WOT. Not sure what happened but it's running great once again.

9-10-2015

I'm testing launch control for past few days but it's hard to get it right as these engine have low torque. I can get nice launch with very little wheel speen but it bogs down to about 3500 RPM which is terrible power band on these engines. Now if launch control is set on higher RPM I get too much wheel spin and it doesn't move very far that way,timing and fuel tables don't make any difference either.

So I've decided to cam it and gain extra HP where I think it would help getting launch control where I like it. If I could gain extra 20-30 HP with cams and re-tune I'm sure it would work like a champ.

9-29-2015

Better steering wheel :-) got it from Marc.

And one photo of my MI16 next to the ocean.

I was wondering how long before it was spotted this weekend at Monterey and end up on V.I.S.I.T

Funny thing is before I made that left turn older gentleman was like OMG a Peugeot! Now I can't remember when was the last time I've seen one of those and this one is beautiful. He took the picture then I turned left and that's when a V.I.S.I.T member snapped that photo of me turning left.

People looking at it,asking questions or taking pictures of it happens everyday and I don't get tired of it :-)