Good to hear its sorted Olly :)
On with friday now.
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Good to hear its sorted Olly :)
On with friday now.
Yup - made a list last night of things to do before Fridays mapping...
> Stop exhaust from knocking, and check for any blowing as we put it on with no paste
... done this today at local garage who gave me access to a ramp for a couple of hours, used oxygen and acetylene to heat up manifold and bend it away from tunnel, checked for blowing and was only blowing on 1 joint out of 3, so was pleased about that
> Do oil change, as had put a fair whack of cam lube in there, along with new cams which could have had bits of swarf on
... whilst i was down at garage today, did oil change which is dead quick and easy with car in the air, and a proper oil drainage system, and even let me fill it back up for nothing using their Mobile 10w40 Semi - awesome
> Buy lambda boss, and bung, drill hole and weld it on manifold
... trip to John Wilcox this morning sorted me out with a lambda boss and bung, just need to actually fit it onto the manifold
> Soften suspension, as I still had it setup for track - very stiff
... softened suspension by 10 clicks on the rear, and 7 clicks on the front which eased the pain of UK roads a little, however for the journey across to JB's and down to Kent, i'll soften it all the way
> Wire up the horn
... done diddly done tonight
> Sorting clocks out, fuel gauge and oil pressure misreading
... as mentioned above - done that too tonight- happy that i now know how much normal unleaded i have to use in time for Friday, as I will want to be getting it mapped on V-Power
> buy some ear plugs and charge iPod
... again - for journey down there, not done this yet
> wire in cigarette lighter socket, for charging TomTom or whatever
... this is still to be done
I wouldnt map it on V power olly, map it to a more regular super thats more freely availiable (97 or 98). Being stuck at a circuit and needing a top up with no shell garage in sight is annoying to say the least, and I doubt your engine is so close to Detting that V power is the only option lol
**** that, map it on V power, any other super will get you out of the cack when its needed but you can always find a Shell garage to fill up for trackdays, which tbh is what the car is built for.
V-power's ****e anyway.
Its not "proper" RON, just boosted with additives.
TESCO 99 is where its at lol
lmao lol Why bother, v power isnt going to make it any better, you may as well map it to the fuel most readily availiable.
Lee has a fair point BUT I've never been stuck for Shell fuels, I always carry a large jerry can which will easily see you through a day on track.
That much is true, if your carrying extra fuel it doesnt make much difference what you map it on.
But if you decide to do a trackday when Vpower isnt availiable, which happens a lot in my experience, youll have to run on a lower octane.
Not that it'll make much difference, but it'll go just as well mapped to either fuel. Why narrow your options?
The differences between Super and V Power is small but there is differences, I'd much rather map it on V power but we have about 10 Shell garages in our area. I've never been stuck wherever I am in the uk or abroad.
If you have ever monitored knock using different fuels then you may realise why people use V power.
For that reason it would seme sensibel to map it on whatever the local fuel is but IMO there is more than enough Shell garages to not be stuck
fuels fuel right?