Well the brakes have not broke again but he has tools in the car to do diagnose the problem if it happens again and has done the sensible thing of..... buying an other box from Motorsport Electronics to control the VVT. They claim up to a 40lbf of torque with it fitted.
We think the engine has has the mod to the timing on the exhaust cam. Is there any easy way to tell? It doesn’t have a vernier.
VVT controller from Motorsport Eletronics.