Hey Brian,

Way to go . Do you still drive the car to and from work? BTW, was that 500+ whp value done with or without nitrous?

Thanks,

 

Sounds like the new toys I saw when I was there are working out just fine... damn....just when I was starting to catch up

 

Congrats on the peak number. I'd be interested to see the area under the curve.

 

congratz meng!!!!!

 

I will post the graph as soon as we get it uploaded to the server. we could have made more power but then that is another story.

 

Sir tucks alot...no lie there!!

 

Project "M" has been progressing on schedule, but making power in small increments is something we are just not used to and not much fun at all.

So......we decided to take a break and change the pace a little.

Brian has been great in allowing us to use his personal ride as a test mule, but his one and only request has been the most difficult - "do whatever it takes" he said...."but don't leave any fingerprints! "
Try making ridiculous power without making a mess and you will understand.....

After a quick underhood check to make sure all components are present and accounted for...(the tough life of a project car), we are off to the dyno. The only major issue has been trying to find a streetable clutch capable of holding all the power.

Once on the dyno, we did a few test runs at different boost levels to check if the clutch was up to the task. It performed much better than what was previously tested, but unfortunately, it still was slipping at higher boost levels. We were disappointed and frustrated since the manufacturer claimed the unit was capable of supporting the power levels we needed. But being that we are at the forefront of power development, we also bear the burden of testing and verifying products.

Brian was able to massage the clutch and I dialed the power back a bit and we were able to put down a respectable number considering that we left a lot on the table. But that's the fun part of tuning. There is always more to extract. Keeing that expectation in mind will ease of pain of having to swap clutches once again...

513WHP with slipping clutch...




Project "M" has a long way to go.....

 

Thanks for the charts, looks like fun. However, would it be to much to ask to use the RPM scale instead of MPH?

 

Any pictures of the motor on that car?

 

Here are a couple of older pix. I havent gotten any good ones since we added some color and did a little more polishing. The pic in my sig is the current setup. I will try and get a couple better pix next week and post them.

Bob, yes I still drive it every day to work unless I need to drive a different vehicle to haul something or someone Oh and yeah there was a touch of the gas in there.

 

 

I don't care who you are, that's effin sick! Nice work, the only thing I would do different is powder coat everything black -- Johan

 

Very nice....

 

thank you! most parts were either painted black or powder coated black such as the motor, the motor mounts and we had the engine bay and strut towers re sprayed gloss black also. Everything else is braided, polished or anodized.

 

Holy Crap! is right!

Congrats on stretching the MINI HP scale!

I love how the conversion also beautifies the engine compartment.

So is this still with a stock crankshaft and rods?

 

Thanks! And yep stock rods and crank.

Isn't it funny how Hubie has better pix of my car than I do!!

 

Brian -
Congrats on the new HP number!! You are going have to start using racing clutches to deal with that kind of power and torque.

Easy. You go out to lunch or to chase some parts and Hubie gets out his camera...

 

500 horse is just some insanely crazy power, congrats guys.

 

Oh my goodness, looking at the pictures I see the problem...you seem to be missing your intercooler!

 

Very beautiful engine bay, great attention to detail, thumbs up!

The power curve is fun, LOL. Full spool by 6100 and an 8400 rpm redline, woo hoo!

 

Brian,

"Poiple" is a good color, and complements the rest of the engine bay .

With the new tweaks and no addition of nitrous, what would be the whp/torque values? I remember something like 412 whp a while back, but I believe that was before the current adjustments.

Thanks, and I hope to see ya' on the road soon...

 

Just a random thought, does this

mean it can fit under a cooper bonnet? for super sleeper mode

 

Nope, not with the battery box and the slope of the hood. The slope of the cooper hood is much steeper than it seems and there is little room under there!

 

Oh well, worth asking. Thanks for the quick reply