Well, I'm usually there, but the car is in southern California and I try to visit it when I can ;-) I'd like to thank John and everyone for this forum, and tho I've not posted before, I have spent inordinate time gleaning While I'm thanking John, I'm very pleased to have purchased a cf box and alpha n from him. Quality pieces and support (but you know that!). The motor is a 2.5 with the following specs and was built (um, last time) by Andy at Bullet: bottom end > - 2.5 evo crank > - 10.5 wiseco forged pistons w/ large valve relief > - tapered wall wrist pin > - nitrate piston rings > - race wear main studs > - '95 m3 timing chain tensioner > > headwork > - ported & polished - matched to 48mm throttle bodies > - 284 intake - 11.5 mm lift > - 276 exh - 11.3 mm lift > - 37.5mm intake valves > - 33mm exh valves > - motorsport gruppe 'n' valve springs > - multi layered steel head gasket > - adjustable timing gears Finally have the evo injectors in, and a less restrictive exhaust as well as the iigo chip set to vary timing only. Today we got it mostly dialed in on the dyno. Let's see, can I post a link to the dyno chart here... 2 runs are shown, we tweaked the timing to the next advanced setting for the 2nd run. You may also note a big hole in the torque around 4400 on the 2nd run. The clutch was tending to slip there so Shawn had let off on the throttle a bit. The clutch is basically new and has been inspected twice recently. Looks like that will need an upgrade. There may be more torque to be had if I ever get around to upgrading the stock header. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v355/raykoke/?action=view¤t=IMG_0008-1.jpg The dyno run: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v355/raykoke/?action=view¤t=MVI_0026.flv Various other pics are on that disorganized site, feel free to look around. I should probably mention that all this is shoehorned into a '73 2002. Cheers, Ray Koke
hi Ray: I'm flying to Hong Kong and Guangzhou in a few hours! If you're in one of these 2 cities I'd lovo to meet and see your car.
I dunno Ray, 230 at 7,000...that is very respectible The hole at 4500...that is something that I have seen more often than not. If you straighten it out then tell us all about it BTW...howdy :33:
Hi Kiko, That would be nice, but... I will be in Tianjin, and the car is in California :-D If you come to Tianjin we can ride around in a Xiali! Actually my friend just had an Audi TT delivered, and I told her I want to borrow it! Cheers, Ray
I'm very pleased with the numbers (of course!). Probbaly not going to meddle much with it for now, it's really quite nice. Being in a 2400lb car helps a bit also ;-) Cheers, Ray ps thanks for the welcome!
You are welcome Ray , don't call me sir you'll make me feel old BTW cool dog you got I enjoyed the pictures. Thomas
Thanks, she's really sweet. Watch the video there of her going to see Homer! Whenever it is that I manage to come back to the States on a semi-permanent basis, she is coming with us. Ray
Hi Ray, looks like a nice build up. Feel free to post up any pics of your car under media-->pictures, or under project cars. you wouldnt happen to have pictures of the head inlets? Im guessing you tuned the car on California's lower octane gas and hence the 10.5:1 CR as well as the low octane iigo chip (which I believe is intended for 11.25:1 CR). It would have been nice to have an AFR plot along side the dyno plot. the larger noncat header would be an improvement. the stock US one is 42/48 mm. this ones nice: John
Hi John, Thanks for the kind words. That's Shawn Church doing the dyno run, btw. SBI recommends his shop in SoCal. http://home.earthlink.net/~spchurch/churchautomotivetesting/ I can get the file showing the afr plots. Correct, re the 10.5 cr motor, due to local 91 (R+M)/2 octane "premium." It has become visually obvious that the current header is the new weak link in the system. I'll research proper options, though it may be a while before I make that change. The car really screams now, I'm about to admit it's fast enough (apparently I am old!)! Let me check and see if I can get a pic of the head inlets. ... The installed iigo chip addresses varying timing only, via the fqs... range of about +6 to -5 degrees. Cheers, Ray
This forum is bloody addictive! I can truly send greetings from China as I`m in a Lounge at Guangzhou airport waiting for my flight to HK and here I am checking new posts here... bullo#$@
As my first car some 20 odd years ago was a 2000 touring (Which I restored, eventually) followed by a couple of 2002 tii's, I love seeing the S14 engine in one.... Would have been my wet dream back when I was still a teenager, lol Nice BMW's you have there, Ray!
Thanks. I had a tii for 15 years, and sold it, unseen to a guy in Guam! Shipped it to him from California. And... now he's putting an S14 in it (something I wouldn't do to a tii). The current 2002 does have a tii clock Cheers, Ray
