frankyknuckles Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Once again, Dave has worked his magic. I went to have some verniers fitted and timed pre my re-map next Tuesday. Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said. I'm so peased with the service that Dave provides. The pre and post vernier settings are below for you to see. Amazing how badly timed the CC fitted verniers were. Not only did Dave fit the verniers, but he also set about my car and did a leek down test, balanced the throttle bodies and adjusted the idle speed. To top it all, Dave even emailed me all the following info......... Just a note to confirm the cam timing details from this evening. As the car arrived the cam timing was.. Inlet cam Lift at TDC .022" (22 thou) lobe centre/full lift at 122 Degrees ATDC Exhaust cam Lift at TDC .072" (72 thou) lobe centre/full lift at 105 degrees BTDC We set them to Inlet cam Lift at TDC .070" (70 thou) lobe centre/full lift at 106 degrees ATDC Exhaust cam Lift at TDC .055" (55 thou) lobe centre/full lift at 110 degrees BTDC Acdcording to my calculations the inlet cam was 16 degrees retarded (more than one whole tooth) and the exhaust cam was 5 degrees retarded (around one third of a tooth). Your compression readings were Cylinder 1 17.3 bar Cylinder 2 16.1 bar Cylinder 3 17.4 bar Cylinder 4 17.5 bar These are within the stated maximum for variance (8.6% against a maximum of 10%) Throttle body balance as arrived was Cylinder 1 5 CFM Cylinder 2 5.1 CFM Cylinder 3 4.1 CFM Cylinder 4 4.3 CFM As corrected Cylinder 1 5.1 CFM Cylinder 2 5.15 CFM Cylinder 3 5 CFM Cylinder 4 5.15 CFM The results are astonishing. The car drives SO much better, it really barks and pulls through the entire rev range. When I was near home and on familiar roads, I could really feel the difference in throttle response and low down grunt. No more is my car asthmatic, it literally roars through the power band to the red line. The idel speed adjustment has transformed it's beaviour at standstill, no more rattles or lumpy tick over, no more layshaft rattle, just nice thrumming engine, it's never sounded better. Fantastic service from a top bloke. Thanks Dave, I'm well chuffed 😬 www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddy Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 And the cost of that little lot was how much? .......... asking cos it sounds like something I want to have done on mine R400 .......... I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankyknuckles Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Prices are on Daves web site, here, £310. www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 A leek down test? Has he come over all Welsh? 😬 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Just some slight confusion, we actually performed a compression test, had there been a significant problem then a leakdown test would have followed to establish where the problem lay. Glad you're pleased Dave Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankyknuckles Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 A leek down test? Has he come over all Welsh? 😳 sorry, compression test as Oily has stated 😬 (still well chuffed though ) www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I like to call them 'depression' tests, since if you get to the point where you think you need one, it usually ends up with you being depressed at the thought of spending more money when it turns out cr@p.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutty7 Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Have you noticed any improvement on fuel economy, i'm sure my timing is also out cars running rich, only returning around 17 a gallon normal driving and 12 on trackdays, i've got some verniers ordered so hopefully will also see an improvement wot another package! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankyknuckles Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 my mpg is shocking and always has been. I have not made any effort to record mpg since the verniers were fitted. I think on the drive home from DVA, I covered 90 miles with 18 litres of petrol. I think this is about 22mpg (all motorway as well). But I have a remap session booked with Steve Greenald on Tuesday, so this will no doubt improve both engnine performance and overall mpg (which is an added bonus). www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Verniers alone won't help fuel economy but in conjunction with correctly matched throttle bodies and a remap, it'll be like a new engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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