So thought it was time to open up a new thread showing the progress of the tune. I'm up to revision 2 and have been waiting for the right time to peform the prescribed 3rd & 4th gear WOT logs. I eventually found a night where i had time and the conditions were good and went out and got the 3rd gear WOT. All seemed to feel fine but didn't have the balls to go 4th WOT (yes i enjoy having a license ). So my better judgement led me to BTT this morning. I thought...2 birds, 1 stone...perform the 4th gear log and get a power read at the same time. While i was there i thought, what the heck do the 3rd gear log again...
Well 4th gear run went off without any dramas....Set it up for the 3rd gear run and just as the revs were up, ready for logging he suddenly aborted. I unsure what was happening as i wasn't paying full attention to sounds from the engine bay but Rob distinctly heard noise that suggested the car was heading for detonation ....he saying it's down to the timing.
I immediately reported Rob's findings to Mike (stratified) ...my email below and his response..
Hi Bob,
I'll be interested in seeing the logs as currently there is very little timing in the tune. Also, to avoid expense you can just do 3rd gear logs if you feel safe doing those on the roads and it keeps you off the dyno. Full 3rd gear WOT logs and partial 4th gear logs (up to the speed you feel safe at) will suffice for me.
Mike Neary
Calibration Engineer
Bob Blair said the following on 8/6/2013 6:29 PM:
Hi there Mike,Just a quick email. I've not had a real chance to perform the WOT logs and am a bit sketchy about doing the 4th gear on the open road, so i took the car into my tuner with the roller dyno to perform the logs this morning. We managed a 4th gear WOT log from 3000-6200. Then went to perform the 3rd gear WOT log. Unfortunately before we even got to 3000rpm he aborted the run as he heard noises that suggested the car was going into "detonation". He suggested this is purely down to timing..I will load the power run from the 4th gear WOT log as well as the AP log tonight....FYI the car is currently 190Bhp @ 516ft/p torque.
Cheers
Bob
Would be keen to see what others think so i've attached the 3rd gear WOT run i did a few days ago, along with 4th gear WOT performed on the roller dyno today. I've also attached the dyno graph from the 4th gear run. Power is also still well down, which i was a little disappointed with.... @SarcasticOne , @2XS...would love your imput right now and anyone else who would like to chime in
3rdGearWOT2.csv
4thGearWOT2.csv
Aaarrrghh...hoping this shit gets sorted soon...