Personally, I'd rather have supercharger whine than turbo blow-off noises.

 

Congrats Doc! I told you Jan can work magic.

 

Yo what up mike!, Sorry Man I totally forgot to let you know I was heading up there for a tune... my bad . But you were right, it was well worth it.

 

Hey Folks,
Fantastic meeting a number of you yesterday. I have been using a canned map from Jan for the past 8 or so months and while that was good, this new tune is GREAT! Another happy camper here - 212HP, 246lbs torque with just a JCW cat back exhaust on my 2008 R55...and a dirty air filter (that's what probably robbed the extra 1HP, Jan). The only unfortunate thing (for my wallet) is that I came back from the tune with tire envy...the 215s and OZ rims that Scott and Steve had look sweet - time to get rid of my run-flats.

And Scott- hope you were able to find that leak and get back on the dyno in time...

Cheers,

Gerald

 

Yeah, that was the screen we had up for me too because I had this sudden shutdown at 6000. Later on that was worked out and the whole Air/Fuel ratio was much smoother.
in the beginning I wasn't paying attention to the hp when they flashed across the screen, was busy filming and not inhaling what Veyron was blowing out.

Guess that's where I got a slight advantage with the JCW package, at least according to Jan. The Intercooler does a great job to keep the temp at bay. He said on a track others would loose 6-8hp after the first laps compared to mine. In that case I'm fine with the lower hp compared to others
The last 3 pulls where all within 1 hp (200.x/199.x/200.x).

And with a nice running car I signed up again for AutoX tomorrow.
No big expectations but a day of fun

 

Just got my sheet from swift from tuesdays tune.

 

In DS: two MINIs and three drivers.
In STX: three JCWs,

A day of fun is guaranteed.
More power = More tire spin .

 

Not too bad

 

 

Hey folks, first of all, thank-you all for coming out this week!! I've e-mailed all of the graphs that I could, I got a few e-mails that bounced back. All of the graphs are here: http://www.swiftmotorsports.com/gall...s.php?album=10 I put your initials in the description, and if there is any question about which one is yours, please contact me. I generally don't put too much information about cars on the gallery for everyone to see.

Also, someone left a Cellphone here on Wednesday, but it's locked so we can't call the ICE or something to get it back. Please give me a buzz and we'll get this sent to you asap!!
Dan

 

I THINK mine is file #13, but I'm not totally sure. It does say 11-4-2011, which was Monday, which was when I was there, and my Mini did make 207HP.

My initials are DL. Is it possible to confirm that?
Thanks Dan!!!

 

I'm going through them all again. For some reason, the mass update that I did on all of the files choked, so I'm re-editing all of the titles and descriptions again one by one. Sorry about that!!

 

Yep, This is your sheet!

 

Here is mine, Thanks Dan for all the hard work.

 

here is mine

 

minibluecabrio - pulley, injectors, exhaust = 200 HP/181 TQ
mrsilverblood - pulley, injector, exhaust, cam, header = 207 HP/179 TQ

Either one of you is pulling very hard, or one of you aren't pulling hard enough.

 

My guess is Mr Silverblood's car has a slipped belt and miniblucabrio's car doesn't have a slipped belt.

I got the slipped belt symptom when Jan tuned my car last week-end (Jan confirmed it) and my dyno looks like the Mr Silverblood's one. (I hit 212whp at the same spot where Mr Silverblood got his 207whp. My mods list is very close to Mr Silverblood's mods too.)

Mr Silverblood got 200whp @ 6000rpm
miniblucabrio got 200whp @ 7000rpm

 

Mine is pulling pretty good after mondays tune I am quite pleased with the results and kinda surprised by the numbers for just bolt on mods.

 

You may be right on. We put a new belt on that morning to Miniblue's car and it was as tight as a **** to get on. For me, I didn't look at my plugs since they were put in 4k miles ago (by the seller) and I am wondering where they are set and how they look. A different gap may effect power one way or the other, and/or at one part of the curve. For my tired old engine, I am happy with it, but the exact same equipment in a different car, would probably have slightly different results. Fixing a belt, or swapping out plugs now can get more power, but the dyno isn't there to confirm it.

HP and the quest for it it endless. Different parts work well together, and a cam and header should add power, but the question is where? High end, low end, mid-range, they are have different needs so the peak HP may not be as different as the rest of the power curve. Personally, I think a head, cam and header made to work together should be best. Understanding the science behind each part of the engine and designing one part to work with the other, if successful should make the most power.

I'm just saying, if HP was simple, everyone would have the same max readings, but so many variables come into play. Given more time, more parts and some elbow grease could have improved all our numbers, but we were there for the tune and that is 95% of the equation. From here on, we don't get much movement for the money we spend.

If that belt is old, Mr.S will probably get a bit more out of the tune with a swap. Your experience and posting to help is why I love coming to NAM and learning.

 

Here's mine. I'm very happy with the results considering I only have basic bolt on mods too. This was also before I was able to put on my exhaust too, so maybe the numbers now are a tad higher than this. Now if I can just figure out what is causing the P0108 code I keep getting. The dealer is reluctant to believe its the catalytic converter that Jan said it probably was...

 

 

I got the P0108 check engine light ON last year. To get rid of it, I had to replace the MAP sensor (in the intake manifold). This solution worked to an other NAM user who got the same check engine light (P0108) and had the symptom than me at idle. Does you car run weird on idle? (going up and down between 600rpm to 1500rpm? Does your engine choke when you run it at idle?)

I just try to give you some hints.

 

No it runs fine, thats the thing. And that's why Jan thinks it's the cat, because when he tuned it, the car gave him no other indication that something was wrong. He originally thought maybe I had the wrong size crank pulley on instead and was overboosting the engine, but then I told him I had the dsc warning light on before I installed the pulley and he immediately went to a clogging cat as the cause. In fact I think the first time I got it was when I put on my JCW intake and brought the car up to redline (first mod I installed).

One other scenario that I found was that my stock intercooler couplers are collapsing just enough to cause too much boost pressure. Sound like a possibility?

 

jeff323, I still have my ASC light ON (overboost 18psi>) and P0172 check engine light ON (too rich) on my car. Like you, I have a 15% pulley and OEM size crank pulley. There are only lights left to get rid on my car. Jan told me to check up the catalytic converter and the O2 sensor. Next week, the shop who made my header and exhaust line will check up the stuff and find out why I am still getting those lights ON. After I get my result after of their inspection, I will tell what you what we will find out. Probably, that could give you some hints too.

In your case, if after all your troubleshooting to get rid of P0108 + DSC overboost still unsuccessful after the catalytic converter inspection, I think it could be what we call a "false positive" in IT. If the connectors of the MAP sensor are dirty or loose (like the poles of a car battery), it could return a false positive error.

I am not a car mechanic but a IT analyst who has some experience in troubleshooting everything.

Again, I am trying to find some other possibilities to help people. And, I don't have all the answers for everything, but I am trying to!

 

Thanks for the help!