Essex RR day out ....

[ENSMR2]

Great day shame i couldn't run but turbo is now off and awaiting new gasket. will go to perfect touch for a dyno soon and then have figures to compare.

thanks enis and lads at PT well organise and great facilites

how did bry get up to 340 from his 310 which was done only the other week?????

THink maybe a bit of the old magic juice

Plain and simple mate. Mapping god

[ENSMR2]

Oh yeah, and I had a total of 3 hours sleepsince 2pm on Friday. That being on saturday afternoon lol.

Amazing what a quadruple espresso at 2am 4am and 5am will do for you

Still on not got my head down but am feeling very tired lol.

[Bry]

Great day shame i couldn't run but turbo is now off and awaiting new gasket. will go to perfect touch for a dyno soon and then have figures to compare.

thanks enis and lads at PT well organise and great facilites

how did bry get up to 340 from his 310 which was done only the other week?????

THink maybe a bit of the old magic juice

Plain and simple mate. Mapping god

The man is a Legend .Enis go to bed FFS

[BenF]

Just back home now (!)

Cheers to Enis and all at Perfect Touch for running such a good day - the dyno they've got there has to be one of the best setups I've seen anywhere. It was great to Cooling for the front and both sides of the car - with that all running full speed, it was deafening in the Dyno cell - even when the cars weren't being run up

Nice to catch up with many folks there too - there were some impressive results that people had got there - we need some more info on all the modifications behind the cars - eg Bry, congratulations for getting best figures of the day - what have you done since the last RR day at Engine Advantages?

Before I had to go I managed to get some pictures in - I also left my Video camera setup and recording everything in the dyno cell, so later this week I'll sort out playing all 3 hours into the PC and picking out the dyno runs. I don't think we got everyone unfortunatly as you couldn't start/stop the video for each run.

In the meanwhile, here are some photos from the day :

Everyone set and ready to go :



Philster and his clean Roadster with kit and Hass Turbo:



Appearing in a Magazine near you soon :


A very, very clean engine bay:



Lined up and ready to go :



Steve's Mk2 leaving after its run



Dan's VXR:



Mark's Supertrapp tip on his Hass Turbo'd Mk3:



Some pics of the dyno cell itself when mine was in there for its run - note alll the fans around inside:



Det cans:




Det being checked during the power run:



Peak power:



Whilst this was going on, everyone was talking about results, their cars etc...



As for my results - I swapped the K&N intake for an Apexi Powerflow, and fixed a coolant leak on the turbo the day before the dyno (and so didn't have chance to clean the car ..)

Power output was exactly as before - 220bhp at 7-8psi, no detonation but the guys at Perfect Touch told me the mix was getting a little too lean at the top end - (~15:1) so it looks like I need to get the Unichip map that Millway did adjusted and some more fuel added. That will probably cost a little power, but better that and end up with a safe engine map.

Having seen what a good job they did on the dyno day, I'm probably going to book it in with Perfect Touch, if they're happy to work on my NA-> Turbo conversion with a fifth injector ..

Ben.

[Bry]

there were some impressive results that people had got there - we need some more info on all the modifications behind the cars - eg Bry, congratulations for getting best figures of the day - what have you done since the last RR day at Engine Advantages?

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Since the last RR day I did at Engine advantages where I got 237whp,I've fitted a PE1919 turbo which is an IHI built turbo for Power Enterprise(but having one yourself I'm sure you already knew that )I've also fitted an Apexi power FC which I got Mapped by Tweenie Rob(Can't thank Rob enough) at Perfect Touch who's done an amazing job at mapping my car.All of this has resulted in my 340whp figure

[BenF]

there were some impressive results that people had got there - we need some more info on all the modifications behind the cars - eg Bry, congratulations for getting best figures of the day - what have you done since the last RR day at Engine Advantages?

.

Since the last RR day I did at Engine advantages where I got 237whp,I've fitted a PE1919 turbo which is an IHI built turbo for Power Enterprise(but having one yourself I'm sure you already knew that )I've also fitted an Apexi power FC which I got Mapped by Tweenie Rob(Can't thank Rob enough) at Perfect Touch who's done an amazing job at mapping my car.All of this has resulted in my 340whp figure

I thought you'd bought another turbo, but didn't know which one - people are fitting all sorts of different turbos to the MK2 nowadays

Is that PE turbo the bolt-on replacement for the CT-20? What boost level are you running it at to get that power figure?

The one on the Roadster is a little smaller than yours - its just a ported PE 1215S - also a modified IHI Turbo, but I'm not certain which one it is based on.

They've done a great job mapping yours - you must be very pleased with the result there

[Bry]

there were some impressive results that people had got there - we need some more info on all the modifications behind the cars - eg Bry, congratulations for getting best figures of the day - what have you done since the last RR day at Engine Advantages?

.

Since the last RR day I did at Engine advantages where I got 237whp,I've fitted a PE1919 turbo which is an IHI built turbo for Power Enterprise(but having one yourself I'm sure you already knew that )I've also fitted an Apexi power FC which I got Mapped by Tweenie Rob(Can't thank Rob enough) at Perfect Touch who's done an amazing job at mapping my car.All of this has resulted in my 340whp figure

I thought you'd bought another turbo, but didn't know which one - people are fitting all sorts of different turbos to the MK2 nowadays

Is that PE turbo the bolt-on replacement for the CT-20? What boost level are you running it at to get that power figure?

The one on the Roadster is a little smaller than yours - its just a ported PE 1215S - also a modified IHI Turbo, but I'm not certain which one it is based on.

They've done a great job mapping yours - you must be very pleased with the result there

Hi Ben,yes it's the direct bolt on replacement turbo for the ct 20.Boost was at 1.4 bar although on the road I normaly use between 1.1 and 1.2bar just to be safe.I can't say enough how pleased I am with the mapping work Rob has done,it's not just the power,the car's sooooooo much smoother than it ever was and it's better on fuel

[ICEMAN]

Nice power figure Bry =D> All the hard work is paying of

[Driftlimits Performance]

Was only there for a couple of hours, but was nice to catch up with everyone.

You know how much of a car geek you are when you know all the people there

Bry's car is the mack daddy.

[ICEMAN]

Was only there for a couple of hours, but was nice to catch up with everyone.

You know how much of a car geek you are when you know all the people there

Bry's car is the mack daddy.

Well done to everybody else aswell. Sounds like it was a great day.

Bry,s car is a credit to mr2,s everywhere. Will take he,s offer up soon and ride shotgun. Cant wait!

[matt_mr2t]

I'm still utterly livid that my gasket's didnt arrive especially after I even told the fella I would go and get them myself on Saturday.

Nice to meet some people and catch up with some I havent met before.

What happened to Mark and this Alfa MR2?

[Bry]

Thanks guys

[Antstarr]

Whos Owen? he got 400bhp?!
Which car was that?

Did every1 smile for their mugshots? I did hehe.

[jonb-]

Whos Owen? he got 400bhp?!
Which car was that?

Did every1 smile for their mugshots? I did hehe.

Owen was the tall guy with the cute girlfriend. His car was parked outside, red with a rather loud exhaust and small multispoke wheels iirc.

Ben, are you going to get the rest of the pictures up sometime?

[Ian Geary]

I got 240 wheels, 278 at fly with my rev3 GTS, on stock boost of 13psi.

Mods are HKS air filter, xxxx downpipe and blueflame exhasut.

I think this compared pretty well with Jonb's 290bh/p - perhaps his extra 12bhp comes from the ST205 cc plus departure 2 and apexi filter instead of my aftermarket parts?

I was hitting a bit of detonation at the top end, so the guy reckoned I should retard by about a degree, which also might have had something to do with this.

I thought it was a good day - so my thanks to the organisers.

Ian

[jonb-]

Mods are HKS air filter, xxxx downpipe and blueflame exhasut.

I think this compared pretty well with Jonb's 290bh/p - perhaps his extra 12bhp comes from the ST205 cc plus departure 2 and apexi filter instead of my aftermarket parts?

Despite what my garage says i'm still running the stock IC as i've yet to get around to fitting the ST205cc.

I think my extra few horses would have come from i was running a boost controlled 0.9bar that peaked at 0.96, not the TVIS controlled .9bar solid (though held .9 for most of the run, just spiked at the start.)

Some good numbers considering our cars are 12 years old.

[matt_mr2t]

Will we be told when this is going in the mag?
I only opened my engine lid to show my mate but every one seemed to want a butchers so I left it open lol.

[philster_d]

Never off duty eh Luke ?

[tweenierob]

Hi people..

I'd just like to say thanks from all of us here for a well behaved day!!

The day went smoothly for us and everyone was friendly, sorry if i didnt get a chance to talk to everyone.

Glad the weather held out, nothing worse than p1$$ing down rain for a RR day!!

I hope that you were impressed with the set up we have here, weve tried to tailor it to leave us with no problems, maybe coincidence it is great for MR2's

Personally i'd appreciate feedback from anyone who thinks we could make any changes to the day to improve in future. General feedback so far has been positive but there is always room for improvement!!

Thanks again people!!

Rob

[MR2lover]

hi rob

the only negative feedback i have is you dont have any mr2 turbo exhaust gaskets in stock.

I got home alright mate didn't catch fire lol

cya soon