Its the same of all reputable tuners, If you pay to have it doen properly, it will last !

Most people DIY a chip, run more boost then complain its blown up.

Tuners like Harvey, provide a package thats tried and tested.

 

You can Jim, as he always does drive it hard.

or does he, hmmmm

 

Between andrew ,chris doc,charlie,ian donaldsons old car (silver escort)now stewart whyte's car i have seen about 8-10 different engines from harvey & they have all been great.They have had probs but the abuse they have taken is unreal for the power they put out.Charlies old focus was at crail as well with a 380 harvey engine & it done a 12,2 not bad ehh im sure there was a bit more to come once the lad gets used to it..
What i like is i have seen it at andrews the engine comes all mapped ect ready to bolt in wire up & go chralies old 440 engine has took about 6 years of solid abuse every time its been started.

 

it is needed to be mapped on the road? sorry i'am a german so there are a few
deficits in my vocabulary

 

i must admit i am thinking of swapping my greys for siemens and getting stu to map my harvey engine as I am not all that impressed with the Ahmad map.

Cant fault the engine though

 

Nothing

plenty of other reliable powerful cosies been built over the years by other tuners

 

haha dont worry i understand

for harvey to map it on the dyno then in the car (on the road) yes he would use t2 or even better and ever more popular t6

 

I got seimens 55lb's & a chip from karl norris heard only good reports about seimens

 

What exactly is it you're not impressed with?

 

and expensive and to be honest i don't have a clue from such things so i don't understand what the benefit of a T6 is (i'am sure it is faster, have more memory and it can read out things like rpm from the turbocharger) but is that useful for a road car?

 

for a road car at not a unlimited budget a t2 would be best for you !
t6 can do sooo many features its a bit over the top for road use really unless you want 8injector anti lag data logging ect ect

 

not that impressed with the map off boost (very rich) on boost is fine and also more can be got out of the engine with bigger injectors but he wont map bigger than greys, have to go to 8 injector set up - mau still go that route to be fair we'll see

 

is it possible to control the boost with a T2 (like pectel 12 pos boost control)? due my gf use the car sometimes

 

Probably does what everyone else does, except he doesn't leave his tools inside the engines after completion...

 

Considering they're mapped on the dyno at stoich (on part throttle), it can only be the installation in your car that is causing the problems.

 

ooh good question!
well you dont get 12 position boost pot for sure im not sure if you get a adjustable boost control acctually ! thats another advantage of t6 eh !!

 

T2 does boost control based on the throttle/speed.. you don't get adjustable boost, but of course you can install a low boost switch to give you minimum actuator boost.

 

but at some point my escos should be back on the road
worth of waiting a month longer only for a ECU? not sure...
a little bit off topic but what is the next stage after the t38? T4 with ........


..........erm T6? serious question as i don't know really wich way to go.
think i have to come over to do a few (passenger) test drives.
anybody?

 

Ahmad check the engine after it was installed, might get it over to harvey to check this winter

does this look ok for ticking over??

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thx for the info so for example it could run 30psi of "standart" bosst and (with the switch enabled) 10psi(thats enough for the gf)?

 

rsnissan- why not take it back to Ahmed to check? I mean, it is his map, he would be the logical person to fine-tune it.

 

It could be set up to do so, yes.

 

could go ball bearing t4 on 8green t6 somthing like that or bit more newer like gt30 but would still prob go t6 but use 4 big injectors may be ? lots of ways but a engine off scs would have t2/t6 if you want harvey to build it and map it

 

as per my previous post that is exactly what I did do.....

 

if he just wants to have it checked ie put monitor on it then if harvey was closer then it would be logical to see harvey for a quick check but if he wants it checking and the map modifiying then obviously take it to ahmed

 

If the car is now showing rich since the set-up then obviously a fault has developed. Either that or someone has been dicking around with it (eg: CO pot).

 

If you look at the guys location you can see that Harvey isn't closer.

 

i dont even know where places are in the country yet

 

i think he will be the man who will build my engine due i heard only good things from him, i was very pleased with an engine he build for a friend of me (TurboGuido of here) AND HE WAS THE ONLY TUNER/ENGINE BUILDER FROM THIS BOARD WHO TAKES SOME TIME TO ANSWER MY MAILS (i cannot phone to anyone due my spoken language is much more worse than my written one)

 

engine was put in, went up road with wideband = rich

took it to ahmad about 2 days later to check it = still rich

so I assumed this is just how he mapped it.

all happend in a matter of days as i was limited for time before Lemans.

its all perfectly safe is the main thing, like i said just wondered if the part throttle/off boost could be mapped better.

Not taking anything away from Ahmads mapping skills (I did half expect it to be quite rich from what i had heard/seen before so I wasnt surprised)

 

oh yes guido !
well i know its hard to have a convo but im sure he'll be able to understand/help if you ever did want to ring ! if not just email and like ya say he'll get back to you

 

He maps road engines at stoich on part throttle, so not quite sure what's going on with yours. A lot of bollocks is said about his calibrations, one week everyone says they're 'lean', the next week everyone says they're 'rich'. It's a fashion-of-the-month thing.

But sure, you've done your own tests which is fair enough. I personally would go back and have a chat with him about it before going elsewhere.

 

yep i know alot of bollocks is said on here and i had no preconceptions I just went out with my own gear and did my own tests before coming to a conclusion. Now I have more time I'll look into it properly and see what he says.

 

col why waste your time going to harvey when if you gave Alan less cash he could get same power?

Harveys engine seem to make good power and last a long time but they aint the be all and end all.

 

I'm sure Andy G and co get a good deal off Harvey for all the bits they have but if Alan was that much better I'm sure they would use him as he is so much closer.

Can't deny he done a good job of yours though

 

Had my engine for 6 years and still going strong! Other than a headgasket going (Which was no fault) it still goes and pulls like a train! Top bloke

If a tad lanky LOL

 

This can be done on L8!!

 

Simple answer would be time

Im more than happy with my ava engine but the quick turnaround and ready to fit style of Harveys engines is a big bonus.

 

If i ran same turbo as Andy and charlie I have no doubt i would see same power.

Im not saying Alan is better but Im sure he would be cheaper.

 

yeah that puts alot of people off neil but its not all plain sailing at other tuners either as they all have their cars that take a long time