Update time.
Took a few more days off work last week to get the car ready for its trip to Hinckley to meet the R Tech lads.
Needed to finish off the WMI and fuel pump install, as well as putting in all the interior that had gone missing...
Over the past 2 years I had removed a piece of trim every so often for various reasons, before last week my car had no trim or carpet in the boot, no gearnob gaitor and all lower A,B and C panels were off.
Anyway, no pics of all this - as too busy actually working to take snaps.
Got the alignment done on Saturday morning and then headed off to R Tech
Had a good chat with Niki, he talked me through the mapping process, was very impressed at their approach.
Before they do any mapping they do a check of the complete set up to make sure its all good - no boost leaks etc
He commented on how good everything looked in the bay, and that he was looking forward to mapping my car - which made me feel quite
Sadly it didn't last too long today. Got a call from Ben this afternoon telling me that as soon as the car went up on the dyno one of the jubilee clips for the oil cooler failed and the hose popped off and caused a mess in the engine bay and dyno
The clip was overtightened (by me
)
I used the clips provided in the oil cooler kit that came off eBay (Matt Lewis Racing) and I thought it was up to the job - obviously not.
Tried to call later to see how they had got on but called to late and they had finished for the day.
I decided to skip the gym and head home to log onto Facebook and see if there were any updates (Niki normally uploads pics every so often and said he would do so for my car).
Logged on and saw this:
Oil covered bay - bad!!
And this:
And the following comment from Niki:
It's all about the flow! LCR with AGU head, CR k04 hybrid (to Bagder5 spec) relentless manifold, 550cc injectors, R32 throttle body, SEM inlet manifold, highflow fmic setup. 340bhp @23psi @21deg advance @.82 lambda @930deg egt @270gs..... This is without the WMi running
340bhp without WMI!!
Suddenly my mood has improved somewhat
He is hoping for another 7-8bhp and EGT's below 900deg with the WMI - if I get close or achieve 350bhp I think I will explode