Motec M48 now fitted to my 2.5 Sport

I had a call today from the the guys at Powerstation who have fitted a Motec M48 to my car and the power figure is 263 bhp, not bad from an engine that is almost stock apart from a pair of Schrick 284 cams, also they did not need to fit the bigger Bosch 803 injectors which normally has to be fitted to 2.3 engines as the injectors on the 2.5 can cope with the extra amount of air that the Motec allows.  I went for the Motec M48 as this unit can run up to 8 injectors whereas the M4 can only run 4 injectors, also partly because I may in the future run twin injection on the car.....even more power

I am looking forward to spirited drive home from Cheltenham very soon.

After six months of various niggly problems with the car and continuous problems with the exhaust, which has now been changed for a Miltek system supplied from Powerstaion, the car now has the power and performance I knew it was capable of.

I'll post again once I have picked up the car, to tell you all what it is like to drive.

Cheers,

Andy

mine is going in on the 8th feb for a couple of weeks for the MBE unit, i will look at organising it for end of feb if everyone can make it, it will have to be a week day. i'll speak to the magazine today or tommorow about it as nigel provisionally ok'd this and the mag was interested.

John W.Just finished supervising the fitting of your exhaust(making the tea actually)nice bit of kit fits very well.All you have got to do now is repair brake duct pipes and have you adjusted your rear shocks lately?One is  on max and the other is somewhere inbetween.Bexley have just done a run on a turbo charged S14 ,320+bhp  over 300 lbs torque and the exhaust was limiting it at anything over 5000 rpm !!!!!!

cheers Jon

Simon - is this an invite only event??

Quote: Originally posted by jon90 on 29-January-2003

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John W.Just finished supervising the fitting of your exhaust(making the tea actually)nice bit of kit fits very well.All you have got to do now is repair brake duct pipes and have you adjusted your rear shocks lately?One is  on max and the other is somewhere inbetween.Bexley have just done a run on a turbo charged S14 ,320+bhp  over 300 lbs torque and the exhaust was limiting it at anything over 5000 rpm !!!!!!

cheers Jon

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Hi Jon,

I must confess, I haven't messed with the rear shocks at all since getting the car.......the previous owner said he had carefully selected it's current settings that he found spot on at the Ring. Or maybe not!!!!!!!! I had an instructor drive the thing around Donington on it's present settings, and he said it handled fine! Oh well.

Is the cooling piping knackered? I've got some spare at home. It isn't very strong, but I had to use that type because the stronger stuff we tried first time was too stiff, and it wouldn't bend properly when full lock was applied. How bad is it? What exactly is wrong?

Thanks in advance.

 

Well that piping didn't last long. I'm not sure if a single piece would work, we'll have to see.

I'm glad to hear the exhaust is good. Any news on the cam cover painting?

 John W,

 dont know about yor cam cover,I was only up there picking up some anti-roll bars and a spare set of 15 in wheels.Ican feel another trackday commin on.

  cheers Jon

jaseb, yeah no problem, i'll contact you when i know the day.