Well it`s taken me about 6weeks to get an update in. Nothing really exciting.
I`ve covered about 2.5k in the car including 3trackdays & WALES I Have had a few teething issues which I`m hopefully over now.
Engine temps, I was running an oil cooler pre Supercharging. Once boosted, on the road the temps were fine but after a little track work the oil temps were creeping up so I invested in a larger sump with cooling fins along with a Z-speed undertray. This seems to have solved the oil temp issues, although the car now holds nearly 7 litres of oil & takes ages to warm up even with a thermostat installed for the cooler.
Intake temps: Over the stock setup on an NA zed the MAF sensor is moved nearer the throttle body (above the exhaust manifold) when the car is hot, if I sit stationary for a while the intake temps rise through the roof & knocks all my top end power from the map. It seems to take a good few minutes of 30mph+ for the apparent temps to drop. I have concluded that this is a false reading as the intake temps are measured in the MAF sensor which is being heated by the exhaust. The lower pipework & IC always stays pretty cool. So I have wrapped the intake piping & Maf with a ceramic exhaust wrap & made a blanket to go over the manifold which seems to have sorted the problem. On an average day the intake temps when the car has been stationary for a couple of minutes don`t usually go above 50degrees where before I once saw 70 something
Rattly SC, after getting home from Goodwood with Ebized, Coldel & Will370z I noticed a nasty rattle coming from the front end when the revs dropped below 900ish, thinking the worst that perhaps the SC had lost it`s oil & was trying to weld itself together I began to strip it out of the car to find that the retaining bolt on the factory fitted pulleys was missing & the only thing holding the pulley on was the belt The bolt that had gone was factory fitted & has a white paint on, if removed it voids the warranty. This is to stop people putting different pulleys on the SC & trying to retain the warranty. So somthing I never would have attempted checking for tightness in case I damaged the paint & ever had to make a warranty claim. So I managed to get a replacement Imperial sized bolt & turn a new chamfered washer to fix this.
HFC`s: A couple of weeks ago I noticed the car seemed to be getting louder, turns out that I have blown both cats through Luckily they are being covered by Berk & a replacement set are on their way. viewtopic.php?f=62&t=63841
Other than these few issues the car has been sound, starts everytime & pulls like a train. Next is to shed a few kilos with, seats, audio, maybe bootlid, bonnet & rear plastics but not sure if it``s worth it.
But thats on hold as I have just blown all my car cash on a 5day break away