So the Badger5 trip begins, now most people would drive there car down for mapping but due to fitting the Hybrid KO4 without a map I was running off actuator pressure as I've disconnected the N75 valve as I didn't want to damage the motor but this almost makes the car very difficult to over take etc etc so hired a self drive transporter and used there clutch so to speak lol
Took the missus with me as I had booked us a nice little hotel in the Cotswolds as I was due to treat the missus from all the time I spent away off shore and working on the S3 car and other customers so quite literally 2 birds with 1 stone, as this'll give Bill plenty time to up rev his mani and map and do some making up to the missus
Very happy with the end results, but wasn't easy due to the rr being 30+C and having to wait for the motor to cool, even with water meth and 3 massive fans and Mark spraying water on the huge fmic. Very interesting point Bill pointed out was the brand of water meth I was using which is just VAG concentrate screen wash which claims to be up to 49% meth 49% water and rest cleaner and fragrance. Not idle due to the heat of the rr so Bill made up his own water meth mix which is virgin grade meth 99.85 or there about's and a little of the stuff I had supplied for colour and she accepted another 2 more degrees of timing and another couple bhp but also ait's and egt's respectively.
Consequently I know make up my own mix from a local supplier of 99.85% meth and it really does make a difference running proper meth.
By no means am I slagging the company that supplies lots of people across the UK with there own water meth mix as it does do a good job but there's always room for improvement but at the end of the day its a compromise.
And here is the proof of Bills v2 mani producing the goods...low egt's VS power on the highest map 347BHP
865-885'c typically peak and after 3 back to back runs, just crept into 900'c compare that with other set-ups and stage 1&2 std k04 cars which will be getting to the egt protection threshold if 920 frequently whilst making considerably less power, all credit to Bills mani
So 347BHP and 296FtIbs which i very pleasing from all the hard graft, particularly that the BAM is still on standard bore @ 116K just with new rings.
Bills rr is very conservative with power, in particular the torque which looks a little low (realistic -16% than actual) but on the road there's no shortage of it lol.
So I leave with 5 map selectable software and really makes this a proper B road weapon
