just had my rs on the rollers and it made 131bhp and 146 lbft torque at 10psi which to me is not good for a fully rebuilt engine?

the plugs are coked tho so would that affect it?

any opinions?

 

It depends if its standard or not ...

Might help if you say the spec

And why would you put cooked plugs in a rebuilt engine lol ?

 

its not very good mate, at 10psi you should get more than that, who built the engine?

andy

 

it is standard napart from zorst and filter. just a normal mechanic built the engine
i didnt put coked plugs in they were freshens but it was overfuellin a lot. need to change them now i think

 

What advise did the rolling road operator give?

Was the car just power run or was it set up?

 

my standard one with magnex, k&n 10psi made 148bhp @ jamsport... where did u go?

neva let a grease monkey rebuild an engine...

 

i havent seen him yet im at work he just toldme over the phone it was set up too it made 120 on the first run. he ran it at 15 and 20 too but the boost cut off due to no chip.

 

went to belmuir garage in wrexham the guy sets them up for ppl who race and there was a mint pinkish one there this morn when i droppedmine off

 

He wouldn't have even got to 20 as it cuts of at 10 if not chipped

 

yeah thats what he said

 

jimmy it wants setting up right mate take it to m.s.d and let kenny give it the once over, years ago mine made 181@fly with 179lb torque with 15 psi and just a boost chip and the fueling sorted , and uprated actuater, otherwise it was standard

andy

 

The alarm bells are ringing. I have a horrible feeling we have a garage that just turns the boost without anything else. POwer figure for even those minimal mods should be more than that

 

i know this is my worry. i think its more my car than him cos he knows what hes doin and has a good rep. maybe a whole new bottom end is needed. i dont think it has been built well i only had it done cos it was cheap and its a temp thing. im uprating it all soon

 

he shouldent be running it at 15/20 with no chip and it will cut out at 10.5 psi ..the fueling has to match your boost otherwise ..bang.. weak mixture

andy

 

Temp fixes are rarely a good investment

 

has it got the standard actuater on mate, if so he hasent ran the boost past 10/12 anyway

andy

 

i know but i had zero money at the time. he said himself he wasnt impressed with it but couldn't find anything out of place

 

it has standard actuator but also has a bleed valve. i think my dumpvalve may also have a leak because its not brilliant

 

take it to someone proper matey, with a good rst reputation...

by mint pinkish do you mean faded radient red?

 

first few things that will make it run better

1. take dump off if leaking

2. dissconnect bleed valve

3. get a new actuater from m.s.d

4. buy a boost gauge

5. set new actuater up to 7/9 psi

6. get fueling sorted

all above are just basic stuff that any good tunner will now

andy

 

Deffo agree with binning the DV

 

i want to bin the dump valve and the bleed valve. no i mean an rs that has been sprayed two tone pink