Project 180!

[Robin]

Project 180 is now up and running!

Found out that the noise was the timing mark pointer thing catching the toothed belt crank pulley.

Been spending a couple of hours before with Yoof trying out different PPP maps to suit the car and have seem to got a good one.

Off to the RR day tomorrow to see what ponies she is putting out, not had chance to get the mist onto the car yet so it'll have to run tomorrow with the following extra mods:

FMIC
1341cc Cam
New Map
4 Branch
PPP Exhaust (cheers to Yoof for lending it me)
Metal Headgasket

I am guessing 167bhp, Yoof is guessing 169bhp.

[Max]

I guess 168bhp 

[Robin]

Just got back from the RR day.

Interesting day thats for sure as the car went on the rollers and came out with 155bhp which was pretty damn shit seeing as it got 147bhp in October without all above modifications.

So with the help of Yoof and Andy we timed the engine up as it was retarded due to pinking on the way down and Andy then created a new map for the car in the carpark in his girly Audi TT, an hour later we put the car back on the rollers and created 166bhp.

Well pleased with it, the moto is 'what a difference an hour makes'!!!!

Many thanks to Polo Performance Parts Andy and Yoof for sorting the maps out for the car. There is still alot more to get out of the car via the mapping so 180bhp should be easily achieved along with Aquamist.

On the way back the car feels VERY rampant, rampant enough to give a brand new S3 a good spanking!

[Andy]

You can see from the torque curve that it needs some tweaking around 3250rpm, and we know it needs a tweak at 2000rpm too - but I was pleased with the result.

I suspect even without Aquamist there's more in the car - I'd have said 170-175bhp with a proper custom map. Still, +11bhp from a first-guess development of the base map the car came with wasn't bad! 

Get the 'mist fitted and when my emulator arrives we'll sort it properly.

[Alex]

Good result that, what map did you have before?

[sohailG40]

looking good robin the powers is getting closer to the 180bhp mark keep going my son 

[hayesey]

it was amazing how sorting the ignition timing out & tweaking the ignition map got so much more power.

[Robin]

Bit of an update.

The mist is almost ready to rock!

Spent this afternoon dicking around in the garage fitting the mist kit and also a new screenwasher bottle.

I will be using the standard screenwasher bottle as a feed for the mist kit so i got a smaller one for the windscreen from ebay.

Put a level switch in the bottle so i know when i have run out of mist supply, put the 2 led's in the dash next to the gauges, one on the right goes blue when the mist pump is running and the one on the left goes yellow when the level of water reaches a minimum.

Some piccies.










Bit worried about the vibrations the pump will be subjected to so i might need to mount it on some rubber or something.

Hopefully by this weekend i'll have it running although i need some methanol.............

[breadman]

Nice, tidy installation there Robin.
For the pump, how about using some of the rubber mounts that are used to mount the electric fuel pump bracket under the car? That'll keep things a fair bit quieter.
A nice result at the R.R. too after Andy sorted out the mapping. 

[Robin]

Yeah i think some rubber mountings would be a good idea, i'll see what is about at work ;-)

[Ä‘uro]

Just one question: I know this is mixture of water nd metanol nd it will decrease temperature in cilindar but how will effect on lader work? - some bad influance

[hayesey]

well the methanol wont go into the glader because it'll get injected after that and robin has no boost return pipe connected.

Check out ebay for methanol, lots of people buying it to make bio-diesel.

[Ä‘uro]

Ok but if return pipe in on ? than metanol can go into glader! it can wash glader inside?

[samg40]

Is that your boost gauge plumbed into your ecu vacumn feed?

[hayesey]

Ok but if return pipe in on ? than metanol can go into glader! it can wash glader inside?

it's possible yes, although the methanol injection should only be on at full throttle, it's certainly possible that some could do.  I wouldn't run the boost return hose if you have aquamist.