Well..... it's taken almost 2 years of problems, dead-ends, several cam swaps (no more Christmas cards from Piper then!), one dead Turbo that lasted 13 months/4,000 miles , a complete re-think on the ECU, two sets of injectors and another fuel tank (damn you tin-worm )....

And finally we're there, 56 bhp more than we planned for, but it's worth it!!



Once again- a big thank you to Christian, Gary and everyone else at APT.




Now....... if I can just get rid of the XR3i gearbox and actually put the power to the road...........

 

gald you are happy danny,that car has made me really

its the first time i heard you give it some as you left!!!,even my missus look up when you left

 

Top company run by top people.

 

Talking of APT, saw the Evo on Sunday heading towards the Dereham Road roundabout, looked awsome, is it finished yet ?

 

TOP COMPANY ?
tabetha

 

Meaning?

 

 

Damn that Mongoose is noisy ain't it?

Only problem is..... I think you were right-

Sounds like the clutch might be slipping a tad!

I'll keep an eye on it through the week.... you might be getting a phone call

 

Why would you say that? APT seem like top blokes....


I'm beginning to get the impression you're a shite spouting prick matey...

 

whats the spec danny ??

whats it putting out now

any pics ??

 

Escort Mk4 XR3i EFI
Fiesta RST 1600 CVH
Standard bottom end (lightened/balanced with ARP fixings)
Standard head with Newman cam
Stage 2 T3 Turbo running 1.2 Bar
GRS intercooler
Mongoose exhaust with 4" tailpipe
VEMS ECU management
Denso 525cc injectors

2 years ago I asked for an easy 170bhp-

Needless to say 226bhp at the fly (189bhp at the wheels, I think) was maybe getting a little carried away!


But I'm not complaining

 

[quote="Rab
I'm beginning to get the impression you're a shite spouting prick matey... [/quote]

 

RAB ,
Let me assure you, I will not lose any sleep over your opinion or your lack of vocabulary either.
When I was there saturday and saw them try thier best to drive a cossie off the rollers without anything under the front wheels (as they needed to to drive/lift it up) and smacked the bumper I just thought that some people might wish a little more care was taken of thier car.
I think they are expensive as well as charging extra if you want a boost/afr printout.
I pay £30, for a rolling road fuelling check which includes BHP/TORQUE/BOOST/AFR.
tabetha

 

Okay okay, I apologise. You're a condescending prick then.

Have a lovely evening

 

i think you'lll find the issue was exhaust bracket catching the dyno but thanks for comments any way

jamz,yeah it was me putting some miles on it,i just had it on dyno today and capped power at just over 600bhp at 1.9bar boost

will try a bit more when i get a 4bar map sensor

 

Just read this load of shit.

Very often with 200SX's and Skyline's that we mostly work on, the very front lip of the bumper may brush the ground if the car is very low. but I really do me brush, so tell me how a practically standard Cossie would have caught the bumper if we can get a drift car on there with no real problems?

For your information, as Gary said, it was the exhaust clamp that hit the dyno, did I bill the customer for the damage it did to our £65,000 dyno?

Did you hear us whining about that? And trust me, it did leave quite a groove. There were no hard feelings from us, I can assure you.

Also, pricewise, I think you will find that £55 for a power run, involving around 3 pulls to achieve an average and that level of detail in the printouts and a full explanation of our findings is actually quite reasonable, on equipment of that level.

There are other dyno's in the Norfolk area that can probably do it cheaper, but then they don't have over 15kw of fan/extraction to run and such state-of-the-art equipment.

Talk about bridges burnt. Hope you get good service in the future from the other great tuners in the Norfolk area when you need help.

 

But on the original subject, how relieved I am to finally see you able to enjoy yours Danny. It's certainly been a long road, but the car is now unquestionably an excellent performer. Despite what people say, I think genuine circa 200@wheels RST's are very few and far between and your's is close that.

Nice one.

 

Good work Guy's!

Danny, get some pics up mate!

 

My old 1.6 RS Turbo used to produce the goods with a genuine 190-200bhp @ wheels hehehehe

 

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