Liam's Z4C race car project
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Liam22 said:
This is the link that got the N54 Intake discussion going
https://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1451616
Good stuff regarding the megane brakes! so other than brake wear and tear nothing bad to report. just out of interest what are the wheel sizes / offsets for the wheels you run? I run a 17x9J ET30 and i am wondering if my wheels will fit over.
If you are looking for a good disc to run next PFC do some 2 piece rotors for the m3 that you can get in blanks without the holes.
a few years back before I bought my M I was looking into upgrades for the N52 - some dudes in the US had firstly got them revving to 9krpm with no issues, making think nearer 300bhp... The same guys also stuck a turbo on it and made iirc about 500whp on 'pump gas' on an otherwise completely unopened engine... I'm not suggesting that would necessarily stand up to race levels of bashing, but they certainly appear to be quite strong engines!!
I tried to hunt about for the 9krpm dyno videos but looks like they've all been made private now
I tried to hunt about for the 9krpm dyno videos but looks like they've all been made private now
Interesting. I've had advice not to increase the rev limit. Can't remember why - I think it was a Valvetronic or VANOS limitation. I know some people have deleted some of these parts, or locked the Valvetronic wide open. FWIW, 290bhp is as far as I want to go without pushing me up a class.
I had my old 3.0si remapped, with the rev-limiter raised to about 7500rpm. I had it dyno'd, and whilst the peak numbers were a bit iffy (247bhp IIRC), peak power was at 7,400rpm from memory, nice smooth line up to that point, which is the most important thing. Not sure if it was starting to tail off after 7400 due to the soft limiter these cars have but yeah mine did 15k and several trackdays with no issues, sold it on about 105k miles in the end, still going strong!
Thanks Ed, that's good to know.
Completed the MILVs fitting and ran the engine for a few minutes last night. Didn't throw any codes, and I didn't hear anything rattling about in the engine! It's booked back on the rolling road for a power run next Wednesday so we'll see what benefit this brings (without a tune).
Completed the MILVs fitting and ran the engine for a few minutes last night. Didn't throw any codes, and I didn't hear anything rattling about in the engine! It's booked back on the rolling road for a power run next Wednesday so we'll see what benefit this brings (without a tune).
Rolling road says that the MILVs have cost about 5bhp across the board. Peak power is the same, but torque is down everywhere.
Racing at Snetterton on Saturday so will be interesting to see what it's done to vMax and if the ECU adapts during the day.
And still waiting for a refund from Superchips :thumbsdown:
Racing at Snetterton on Saturday so will be interesting to see what it's done to vMax and if the ECU adapts during the day.
And still waiting for a refund from Superchips :thumbsdown:
Attleborough, Norfolk
This is my plan for the season but I don't commit to each race until 2-3 weeks before.
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16-Apr Clubsport Trophy Snetterton 300
20-May Clubsport Trophy Silverstone GP
28-May 750MC Roadsports Croft
25-Jun Clubsport Trophy Oulton Park
20-Aug Clubsport Trophy Brands Hatch Indy
25-Sep Clubsport Trophy Donington Park National
16-Oct Clubsport Trophy Silverstone International
