Simota Intake will be available in August

Quick update:
Had a reply from Sanspeed who suggest that as they have sold over 50 without problem that it could be a dodgy MAF, air leak, or just need a remap to adjust MAF scaling. But they've also offered a refund if I'd prefer and this is what I'm going to do, as I don't want to have to pay another £300-£500 for a remap, then modify my recently renewed insurance policy just for a bit of noise and for the car to work how it should. As it's my daily driver and I'm self-employed, I can't afford to be left stranded or have the worry of that :headbang:

Whilst one of my options was to destroy it with prejudice (assuming there was no offer of a refund), my other was to send it to exdos to play with :P

I might take it out again for one or two more runs, to video the 'flat spot/surging' and the cut-outs - and then do the same once I've put the OEM box back on!
 
mmm-five, appreciate your honest review. You could have just taken it off and flogged it on without telling anyone (assuming you had no chance of a refund). :thumbsup:
 
mmm-five said:
Quick update:
Had a reply from Sanspeed who suggest that as they have sold over 50 without problem that it could be a dodgy MAF, air leak, or just need a remap to adjust MAF scaling. But they've also offered a refund if I'd prefer and this is what I'm going to do, as I don't want to have to pay another £300-£500 for a remap, then modify my recently renewed insurance policy just for a bit of noise and for the car to work how it should. As it's my daily driver and I'm self-employed, I can't afford to be left stranded or have the worry of that :headbang:
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Your MAF wasn't dodgy before and pilchardthecat also had problems.

mmm-five said:
Whilst one of my options was to destroy it with prejudice (assuming there was no offer of a refund), my other was to send it to exdos to play with :P
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I would've just jumped on it too, but you'd do a better job with your greater mass :D
 
exdos said:
I would've just jumped on it too, but you'd do a better job with your greater mass :D
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Post Christmas temporary weight fluctuation you mean :D
 
exdos said:
You need to go on a high carbon fibre diet. :rofl:
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You've seen my cooking then...burnt eggs, burnt toast, burnt bacon, burnt sausages, etc.

Anyway, the car is all back to normal, the Simota is boxed/wrapped up ready to return, and an hour's blast in the car has shown no poor running or cutting out - although I do miss the intake growl :(
 
mmm-five said:
You've seen my cooking then...burnt eggs, burnt toast, burnt bacon, burnt sausages, etc.
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:fuelfire: :o

mmm-five said:
Anyway, the car is all back to normal, the Simota is boxed/wrapped up ready to return, and an hour's blast in the car has shown no poor running or cutting out - although I do miss the intake growl :(
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You must miss the performance more than the noise though. :poke: Next time you've got the car properly warmed up and ready for some smart acceleration, you should stop and do the 10 second reset thing, and then instantly accelerate away a few times (i.e the reverse of bedding in new brakes) so that the adaptations for good performance will occur. :thumbsup:
 
exdos said:
You must miss the performance more than the noise though. :poke: Next time you've got the car properly warmed up and ready for some smart acceleration, you should stop and do the 10 second reset thing, and then instantly accelerate away a few times (i.e the reverse of bedding in new brakes) so that the adaptations for good performance will occur. :thumbsup:
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Already done that, and hope it realised the 0-140mph sprints were purely for calibration purposes :oops:
 
Sounds very familiar. Mine went back straight away, and i had the "50 sold" thing too (most in Germany apparently, i wonder how many have been fitted). If you search the net there are 2 people in the US reporting the same.

It has a basic design flaw, and doesn't/cannot work, so unless the other 50 have different parts (ie different internal diameter of the maf-tube piece) i don't believe it.
 
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