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area under the graph ;) low torque is relative, still making as much or more torque on a low boost SC, than a low boost turbo

That turbo is quite capable of blowing enough air for 300bhp. I've done it. multiple times. I've seen 280+ at ~1 bar (peak), and 1.2 bar is a good safe limit for the turbo, so should see around 300. give it some ignition timing and you'll see some power and lower EGTs ;) Worst part of any of...

i'm gonna give that a big kick in the nuts and say neither of those is true. Area under the graph is the key. A big peak bhp at the top of the revs is worthless, you need power and torque to get you up the revs, not when you've already got there.

you need to get the OBD2 port wired in. HAve a word with Matteh, he's done it on his mk1, it's not many wires. Easy to see what the sensors are ding then

speaking of which i saw a cracker last week. Took the dephaser off and the seal had been rubbing on the pulley so pulled it out to fit a new one.....and there was another seal behind it :dead: wrong one too, exhaust cam seal. oh and the exhaust cam seal was pushed in as far as it would go. monkeys.

that's what i mean, when it's off, a good soaking in running cleaning fluid to move anything that's clagged up. same kind of idea as a couple of oil changes to wash it out

same kind of theory as the thorough cleaning when doing the belt really

Re: Missfire on cylinder 3, new plugs, leads, coil and injector is working. Plug is b i'd do a compression test to be sure, but it likely just needs a new set of leads and sparkplugs

i prefer to use pistons to raise CR, but a head skim isn't a bad way to bring it up. A light skim of the head is a good idea to get it perfectly flat

highly unlikely to fall apart. The only one I've ever seen claimed to have failed wasn't actually the dephaser pulley. When i do a cambelt i clean out the pulley very thoroughly and i've been told on several occasions (when not told in advance that there was anthing suspect) that this has...

strut brace......harness bar......death

Guessing you mean F4R. I did a load of research and took advice from suppliers and machinists on buying a hone tool a while back, believe it was a 320 grit "bobble hone" that was bought in the end. Used in conjunction with a very good machining oil i managed to get a good bore finish. I did...

never tried one on a k4m, but all the other maps generally give a lot better midrange and response. dont expect top end gains, if you get any take it as a bonus

bit harsh Dave. It's quite a nice car apart from not being put back together and a s**t exhaust

one of the very few i didn't remove

seeing as the renault one is a known fast wearing part i'd say trying something else is worth it ;)

as standard, from the pedal, it goes through the bulkhead, under the brake servo, along the bulkhead behind the sound deadening, then out from the sound deadening forwards to the TB

know a few people that have used them on different cars and they've all been poor

call a few places and have a chat to see what they can do for you. I'm confident I know how those cams will behave however ;) std ecu isn't a likely candidate

http://www.ktrsport.com/ecu.htm

believe they were 428 inlet 421 exhaust which should be a nice match. the std ECU may struggle with the 421 exhaust cam giving a lot of overlap, though IMO it's worth trying to map it before giving up on it. it would be a great sutup with a proper ECU fitted

anyone with vibration, it's worth checking your heatshieled before writing off the exhaust, they shields tear where they're bolted through all the time, and they can sit on the exhaust

you have to remove the inlet manifold to get to them. They're in the curve of the runners

Newport Pagnell Bypass.......Fun ;)

idling high sounds a lot like there's an airleak

indeed. pin butts up to a flat face on the crank. I do loads of 65s, but i did an 80 today and there's so much less space down the front

you ever done one? know anything about the k9k timing procedure or cost of belt kits?

i got given a passenger ride. BALLISTIC

about average i'd say

oil pressure. I'd say it's an attempt to get higher pressure at the crank. Swings and roundabouts, you lose piston cooling so depends what the engine's built for. Probably fine for most NA applications if you block them off, but i'd 100% want the pistons cooled for boost