dellams wrote:Very true, I have the same problem at the moment, I call it heavyfootitis! Thats what I am going to say if I ever get pulled!
"Its not my fault officer, its my condition, something I have to live with everyday!" lol
Sorry mate, didnt see the f in front of the whb, I think I may need some glasses soon!
So after the engine rebuild you think it would be roughly 400ish fwbhp without doing anything else to it? Or is that after it gets remapped? Any idea how much its going to cost to get it re-mapped?
Cheers.
There is an uprated clutch in it
- so, just tell the officer
"The clutch was much heavier, so I thought I had to press harder.
.
.
"
After rebuild, nothing has really changed, except the engine will be bulletproof and
ready to take more power.
The guy will de the remap as well
- now, as he is mapping it, he'll be watching to make sure the engine doesn't run lean.
if it starts to run lean, then that's where you'll need to look at the fuelling.
Basically, before I had 347fwhp and that was probably on the limits of the standard engine.
Now, I'll have 347fwhp and you can drive it hard without worrying.
You have two choices
- enjoy as is and know that engine is bulletproof.
Or
- up the boost
- but fuelling will need to be addressed.
The limits in going for more power are engine itself, turbo and fuelling.
On fuelling side, not sure how far you can go on std injectors and SAFC-2
- I think someone in the US was over 400 on standard injectors but that was with a standalone ECU.
On turbo side, that turbo is rated to 430fwhp.
Now, I'm no expert but you aren't supposed to run turbos on their limits.
So, having 400fwhp seems reasonable.
And the engine
- without replacing conrods, I
think the engine should easily take 450-500fwhp
?
hth
Rob
Of course they have been done on the rebuild! lol
