jonnyfox Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Nope lol and yes we do :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Name the night Wednesday this week? Hows that with everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummo Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Wednesday this week? Hows that with everyone? No good for me I'm afraid - I'll be falling off the indoor climbing wall on Wednesday night. I could do Thursday though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thursday good with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyfox Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Lol can't do Thursday it's my sons Birthday, we're of out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 Well had the car back for a couple of days now so had chance to clean everything up When I started I wanted the engine bay to look 'OE'+ not like I'd done it myself... which I had, just didn't want it to look like it!!! Anyway its ended up exactly as I wanted Still need that Sutton 'Chapter' MLOC night out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumason10 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Engine Porn!! Very nice, looks better than OEM, nice job on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mambosasa Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Looks better than OEM. Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummo Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 When I started I wanted the engine bay to look 'OE'+ not like I'd done it myself... which I had, just didn't want it to look like it!!! That looks like no OE engine bay I've ever seen! Still need that Sutton 'Chapter' MLOC night out!!! And yes, we do. Wednesdays (after 9) or Thursdays are generally fairly good for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJWilma Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Quick question what's you compression ratio and cam duration / lift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 cams std, 1.9 multilayer gasket on std head but sorry don't know specific numbers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 One of the VX guys who lives out on track came over to see the car as he's interested in going cable throttle & standalone ECU and took the car out and kindly posted his thoughts on it Had a drive of MrSimba's car yesterday and its very very impressive! Drives like the car would if it had come out of the dealership with 370bhp. I wasn't completely convinced in all the chat about smooth power delivery so when i first went out with Simon driving i asked him to accelerate as slow as possible from barely moving all the way up to the red line and the car was ridiculously smooth. So then i asked him to hold it on part throttle then accelerate and let off constantly still nothing no fluttering at all. Headed back to the car park where i stuck my head in the footwell to check out the throttle pedal. The pedal is stiffer than oe but felt good and controllable under foot. Be interested to see it on track with heal and toe (im still pretty sh*t at h&t though ). At this point i think Simon was getting annoyed with my constant questions about different scenarios as i tried to convince my self it was sh*t and i really didn't need to part with any of my cash . So he chucked me the keys, i still haven't decided if this was to get rid of me to get some piece and quiet or so that i would be completely convinced. I hit the road and tootled off doing everything that i had already asked Simon to do as i was sure i could fcuk it up. I drove it at low revs which is a little boring after being use to my little turbo boosting like hell at that point and this doesn't come alive to higher up the rev range. The only time i could get a slight flutter was holding the revs right at the point where the turbo wants to really boost and kept slowly pushing the throttle pedal up and down and it still felt fine and im sure i would never come across this driving normally on the track or the road, it was just down to me trying to find faults. I think that sums it up really that i tried my hardest to fault it and just couldnt. It pulls like a train when you want it and can be driven by your nan at low revs as long as you trust her to park it. Car was an absolute pleasure to drive although i don't want to go down the garrett route my self as i like the fact i can blow my engine up one week and could have a new one in the next as they are readily available. Not to mention i don't fancy changing gearboxes every 2 mins. It has shown me that i would love to see how this standalone package would improve a fairly standard stage 4 vx and i have changed my mind that a high powered vxt can drive as well as the hype lead me to believe. May well give it a whirl myself but i would prefer someone else to go first before i part with my hard earned so i can see if the same gains are to be had from my setup. Love the idea of having two maps as well, one for a wet track and a balls out map for the dry. Also means i could let friends or my girlfriend drive it without me being too worried. Well done all involved in getting this car to the level its at and making a high powered VXT comfortable to drive in any weather. Should shut some of those whinning sc boys up now . This should of been done years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 It sounds a first class job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyfox Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Yea very good Simon, f&£@€$¥g brilliant mate!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSimba Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Car went back up to EFi on Monday for a health check & the first run on the dyno showed the car 20bhp down on before so something was wrong, Chris went through the mapping and tried a few things but the most he could get the car to do was 352bhp and overlaying the dyno sheets from last time the turbo was having to work a lot harder & run the car richer to achieve this 'its definatly mechanical' said Chris Tuesday Dave H did a full compression & leakdown test on the engine and it was in perfect health leak down on all 4 cylinders was 98/100!!! So Dave decided to pressurise the inlet system & check that with a very handy homemade attachment which finds leaks in seconds! Turns out I'd a large boost leak so an easy fix & more amazed that the car made 352bhp with that!!! can't wait to see what it can achieve now fixed!!! One other problem was the engine at high rpm was building too much crank case pressure I'd vented both the engine & gearbox to seperate filters but now need a breather off both sides of the cam cover not just the one, so am taking out the rubber hose to crank case & Dave H made me a breather pipe to replace it with which I'll 'T' piece into the existing catch tank & see how it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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