yeah its just such a dopey thing to do but no harm done.
had the car back on the rollers on wednesday, showing 3/4psi it made 155bhp and 144lb/ft. ill get a picture of the graph up at some stage, the power curve is spot on, really smooth and still climbing at the limiter which is nice. the torque curve shows the slight flatspot ive got but isnt too bad at all really.
i know its the standard 'go to' line :lol: but the rollers genuinely seem to under read. my mates E46 325 is 190-195 from the factory and made 173. another friends 3.2 audi a3 which is 256 from factory, plus a remap, made 216! and in the past, weve had an s2000 be down 30bhp, and very quick MR2 turbo and MX5 turbo make less than expected, at 238 and 172. we recon between 10-12% under actual figures working off a rule of thumb, so if so mine should be around the 170 ball park which seems reasonable. either way, the arse dyno never lies, and its saying its pretty quick :lol:
ive had a few days in the workshop this week, spent 2 days sorting the stripped down loom of my mates puma, refitting whats left of the dash (his is even smaller than mine) and finishing welding up the floor, rear sills and one rear arch replacement. so mines taken a back seat.
did a mock up of the new saxo radiator and mk4 golf intercooler. got a couple of bits of silicone and some joiners to order to fit that new setup. got the mondeo V6 throttle body properly fitted to my spare manifold, and ported the opening to suit. thats ready to go on the car now but i need the correct TPS plug to wire into my car. cant fit the puma TPS as the throttle plates rotate the wrong way unfortunatly. will probably wait to fit that lot with the new engine ive got to go in, along with the M62 and megasquirt.
on the subject of the new engine, i picked up the rebuilt parts on wednesday afternoon and set about rebuilding the engine wednesday night. got it stripped down, and discovered a few of the big ends showing signs of wear. fitted the new main bearings without a hitch but the big ends turned out to be wrong. ive been supplied 40mm bearings which according to a quick google search seem to be what the engines meant to run, however my crank has 42mm big end journals... :? i took them back to eurocarparts and they are the only size their catalogues list, as do most suppliers i looked at from the google search. ive got the number for the product manager at the eurocarparts HQ in london so im going to speak to him, and do a bit more research online. seems very odd though. its an MHA engine from an early/pre facelift car, so if anyone can shed any light on that itd be greatly appreciated....
im off to the usa in a few hours (pulling an all nighter tonight so i can kip on the plane!) so the car will be untouched for the next few weeks but im planning on smuggling the supercharger, megasquirt and a few other bits and pieces back with me, so will be plenty to do when i get back!