Gearbox has gone tits up again. I am sending it back but will still have to pay for the drop/refit.
Is this to be 3rd time lucky. I cannot recommend CTS (
www.gearboxman.co.uk) but cannot afford to go down another supplier route. HLM will do the drop refit work.
I would advise all to steer clear based on the quality of the work done. It is warrantied but I wish I'd stayed more local.
On a brighter note - before this occurred - we have been fettling the car at HLM & was able to produce another 7 horsepower - 312 BHP in the end (30th July 2011) - however we have made a significant torque increase across the board.
The red line was made last October at the RR day.
The blue line (312) was just the map alone (1.2 bar)
The green line was with 1/4 turn on a bleed valve fitted that day (then removed later). It made 1.4 bar on this run but Hamish & I both felt it was too much for an old engine & would only end in tears.
Significant amount of torque has resulted in a much faster 2nd gear & car is fierce!
I was going to keep this a secret until the Pod results came in but the busted G/B has pretty much put paid to that.
I was hoping to shave half a second off my season's best of 14.6 at 103.
I was pleased to see that the AFR was steady at 12.7 & that the AIT did not rise above 37 degrees (17 above the ambient, which was 20 that day).
I hope that once the gearbox is sorted again that she will put in a good performance at Silverstone.
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