Not sure this is quite the right section but never mind...

So the last of my winter mods is done....in time for this winter !

My Piper 285 cams (another ebay bargain) with verniers are now installed, timed and we (well mainly Jon Regan) have remapped the Megasquirt to take account of the higher lift. We had to take a fair bit of fuel out on the lower end and add a fair bit towards the top....as you would expect. All of this was happening at Jon's rolling road where he had been working on his J-15, Shindig, Full Bodied Riot, Spectre, which had to be driven outside in the rain to make way for its older brother (we put a cover over it )

The car is now making around 185BHP (Jon's RR isn't calibrated so this is a guesstimate) and on the road it certainly jumps when you get to 4000 rpm. I had to be a little careful as it is running on R888s and it was a little damp on the backroads of Kent yesterday but the car is significantly quicker than before.

So in the last 8 months the car has had

45mm Jenveys & Megasquirt fitted by M-Tech (to replace the 45mm Weber DCOEs)
Wilwood front brakes
Lightweight front hubs
Protech Shocks
Rob Farley Front Anti-Roll bar
Rebuilt diff (BGH Geartech did the work) with a Quaife ATB (another ebay purchase)
285 Cams & Vernier pullies (Fitted and mapped by Jon Regan)
New water pump, alternator & starter motor.
R888 tyres.

All this in time to be put away for the winter !

This winters mods/repairs are looking like

BGH gearbox needs rebuilding as the synchro had gone on 2nd gear. Will get Chris and the boys to check that it is HD and fix anything else that is wrong. I will try and resist the temptation to get them to fit it in one of their new alloy casings.....honest.

Carbon dash and the fitting of the Stack Dash off a Mk1 Elise which I have just aquired plus some mods to the savage switches so they light with the main lights.

Should all be finished in time for next October !

[Edited on 1/11/09 by jeffw]

Think the sections fine mate.

Looking good, new cams made a difference i guess

Been looking at getting some wilwoods myself, after the quick trip round Lydden.

Good luck with the gearbox.

A rather Phoenix specific question but...

Where are you going to fit those clocks? There isn't much space above the steering column (or do you have a trick)?

Looking nice

Matt

I haven't measured it yet by there is a fair gap above the steering column.

I guess you haven't got the plastic shroud in place then!

I really wanted nice round clocks up there, but couldn't squeeze them in. One day I will switch from the Sierra indicators, and hazards and remove the shroud.


Those clocks will look very nice when they are fitted.

Have fun,

Matt

Sounds good - where do you find info on how to install the Elise binnacle? Is it simple or quite involved?

JC

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Originally posted by matt_gsxr
A rather Phoenix specific question but...

Where are you going to fit those clocks? .....

Matt

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I don't have a shroud in place. I'm going to move the indicators, horn & mainbeam flash to the steering wheel and do away with the Mk2 Escort switch gear. There should be space for the Elise Stack set-up in front of the wheel then.

Just checked....I have 120mm from the steering column to the binnacle bodywork.

[Edited on 1/11/09 by jeffw]