Like any car if the main load sensor fails the car typically won't run.
It's nothing to with being old. Load is a function of the map sensor influenced by throttle position. how can you think it's silly it doesn't work without its main sensor?
The map sensor not being calibrated is the problem.
Being the sensor used to determine load how do you expect the power fc to know what's going on with the engine with it not calibrated?
CAPS LOCK!
Is like yelling. Don't yell when requesting help.
It makes you seem like a crazy person.
My advice is as the others. Get a proper tune.
Don't kill your car with a random tune.
OK. That was hard.
I wanted to take the piss.
I still might......
Add to your list Injectors, lifters, compression ratio, inlet manifold, idle Control valve, vct, ecu, con rods, pistons, just off the top of my head.
So you are going to try and put neo cams into an s1 engine? Will that work?
We have had a Vf calais for a year and it has been faultless. Of course there's the chance a dud gets made and sold, it's a shame they haven't been able to sort it out.
As far as family safety goes it hard to go past the modern cars. More airbags than I can count. Side blind zone alert, proper stability control and then there's the comfort and convenience advancements.
While a hq has a cool factor, it isn't as comfortable or safe. That factors in for certain people.
Snapping an easy off is the real problem as they are hardened.
Are there mobile thread repairers in your area? They could have got the broken plug out very easily.
They might still be able to help, but there will be a heap of crap drop into the cylinder. Meaning head off would be the only way of doing it properly.
Edit. Peter is a thread guy , so no good there.
That easy out looks crap. ... heap tools are poor economy.
Take off your bov. Look at it.
If you can't see the hole give up on everything.
You can't block.the hole with the bov on the car.
As the hole is a little larger than m5 tapping size you can simply cut slots in a bolt to make a tap if you don't have a tap handy.