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Originally posted by davey_jack
True but max power tends to work good on a car used for drag racing, where as Dave's setup is better for road use, or circuit racing.

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its not about figures, its about the torque curve. the flatter the curve, the better the car is to drive.

True but max power tends to work good on a car used for drag racing, where as Dave's setup is better for road use, or circuit racing.

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Originally posted by davey_jack
Seems like Dave has got the right idea with producing more usable power as opposed to a higher max power figure, your new firm should be pretty successful!

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Originally posted by Paul_J
broster I think my car's falling into the 'die' category... Not sure if it's mapping related or what.

but car keeps stopping and cutting out when I'm sitting at lights idling, or busy junctions...

Then I'm unable to start the car again for at least 5 mins.

Fucking pain in the arse in rush hour to work, keep the revs up and you look like a boy racer, let them fall and you block loads of rush hour drivers in who are not happy.

Now starting to mis fire when driving normally :(

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Seems like Dave has got the right idea with producing more usable power as opposed to a higher max power figure, your new firm should be pretty successful!

only one....

cool, i took the dgrinder to the bulk head its so much fun lol, heater matrix is now out aswell as it the fan etc.....

it actaully costs a lot to have a light car lol!

got any pics with your cage?

broster, mine is now sort of stripped with cage and buckets. still have the front doorcards and dash.

paul, i wouldnt say thats mapping related, the map wont physically change from one dayu to the next, it sounds more sensor related.... seems like it could be lean when its hot, hence the issue with starting it....... get it booked in somewhere and see what they can do.

broster I think my car's falling into the 'die' category... Not sure if it's mapping related or what.

but car keeps stopping and cutting out when I'm sitting at lights idling, or busy junctions...

Then I'm unable to start the car again for at least 5 mins.

Fucking pain in the arse in rush hour to work, keep the revs up and you look like a boy racer, let them fall and you block loads of rush hour drivers in who are not happy.

Now starting to mis fire when driving normally :(

i was happy with mine for ages, was tempted to just leave it as it was really but then the inevitable happened, so it was either go standard bottom end ported head and standard cams or go all out.

im excited to see how it does when i have completed it, it shouldn't cost to much will have stuff that wont necessarily be really needed to run the power im after but hay everyone loves trick stuff lol!

id like to see how yours compared to my old spec, yours has interior still yes?

cant wait for it to be finished mark (yours that is) might give me the motivation to do more with mine.

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Originally posted by Dave A
enough of the 'catching up' mark.

at least mine works:P

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Bloody hell that must be quick

enough of the 'catching up' mark.

at least mine works:P

man people are catching up slowly lol! 14bhp more to go for the standard rods and pistons record haha!


mapping is a massave part of how the engine works, infact its the biggest part, you can throw all the money at it you want, but without the right mapping it will either die or not make power.

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I don't think i can draw a line that straight myself :lol:

Good result Dave :thumbs:

Good results matey :)

I want lol next time am up mate will have to take us out in it. :thumbs:

Still a healthy figure. :thumbs:

apart from it taken on a dodgy angle on my phone:lol:

graph looks good.

after stripping down the throttle bodies, cleaning and rebalancing them and a bit more mapping and some cam timing adjustments its now making much better, more usable power. rather than a 8500 rpm limit its making the power a lot lower down, I have sacrificed 3.6 bhp and 6 ft/lb of torque but the benefits are massive. its now making a perfectly smooth torque curve all the way to 7600 rpm and max power is now at 7700 rpm so rather than torque dropping off at high rpm it pulls so hard all the way to the limiter and is startaight back into the power after gearchanges.

new figures are 176 bhp and 124 ft/lb of torque.



just goes to show that its not about the figures, its all in the mapping and how the power is delivered and how usable it is. also now its making max power 800rpm lower my engine should last a bit longer:)