after my lower power run at the RS owners club rolling road day were my car made "only" 356 ATW i have been back at AVA yesterday for a bit of investigation work and to regain my lost BHP.

after spending all day fixing the leaking exhaust manifold and inspecting the turbo the car was ran again and made 385 ATW even with the SM4 retarding the igniton due to charge temp issues, so looks like power was back

we didnt stop there tho

we started to play with the cam timing for the first time since mark mapped the car last year.

with excellent results the mid range is now up almost 70 bhp at one point with max boost arriving almost 500 rpm sooner and peak power of just over 400 ATW made at 8K now

we actually have so much more power thru the mid range that the car now needs remapped to suit as the part thottles are wa out and its starting to lean out over 6k.

to say i jumped when the car burst intowheel spin in 4th gear on the rollers was an understament and hearing it hit the limiter a 8k was mental!

the car is booked in next week for a final mapping session and we expect more to come from playing with the advance.

cant wait til next week now, just hope the gearbox doesnt break

will keep you all updated with final figs when i get them.

Car now sounds like a cammed up pinto now