West of Scotland RSOC

well as some may or may not know , I melted a piston at Oulton Park on the brand spanking new only did 200 miles engine

with the help of Stevie The Beard, 8 ball and wee Scott, the engine was rebuilt with another brand new block and another piston.

I also fitted a wide band AFR guage to teh car, to monitor what the fueling is doing, and fitted a 1 1/2 litre swirl pot and bosch 044 fuel pump in the wheel well to stop fuel surging, and back on the rollers at HQ Garage on Thursday to be set up and mapped again

Car with 15 psi boost and AFR of 10.4 made 314 bhp at the wheels, so approx 360/370bhp and 322 ftibs torque at the wheels so approx 380ftibs

Had the map amended to make the car run even safer and with teh swirl pot and AFR guage it gives me some confidence in the car

So now looking forward to some hassle free days in the car soon, may go to Knockhill next Sunday for an open pitlane 4 hour trackday

that should be it all sortted now and have a good year in car with no more drama's


will be taking a run up to see russ soon, with mine to get boost set and map check

not sure if i'm going to do trackday in feb or wait till march

Excellent work glad it's all sorted and running - looking forward to seeing it on track

Andy definitely get Russ to set the car up, guy is so thorough at what he does , and takes great pride in what he does, my car wont go anywhere else

Thanks Mel, 2014 is the year to show what the focus can do, looking forward to pottering round the tracks this year

Sure they do any car , but don't take this the wrong way, they're a bit more expensive , my invoice the other night began with a 5

50 quids no problem

Glad i could be of some help da jst dont blow the fook out this one please

Good to hear your car is up and running again Dalsy but I have to say all that technical stuff went right over my head.

good to here hope its all sorted and no more probs this year......its about time
might have to get the saxo up there when I get the engine built back up and all the engine loom sorted
but its getting there...... very slowly just now

Sounds like it might be quick, just need to find someone who can drive it now

Hope it goes well for you this year after all the work you've put in to it

Booked onto knockhill tomorrow for 4 hour open pit lane

Barry I'll be ok mate I've got the quickest driver in the track division driving the car tomorrow

Good luck hope it all goes well

Glad it all went well paul

Car was going well , wheelspinning up the front and back straights in 4th gear was intresting

got s video of the day with STB riding shotgun

Pleased the car ran well for you!