Massive thanks to EngineTuner!!
20 September 2009, 09:01 PM
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Massive thanks to EngineTuner!!
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to the guys at Engine Tuner in Plymouth!!
After my engine went on a trackday I did a search of reputable tuners and decided to send the old girl down to Alan and Martyn!! Very glad I did too.
Right from the moment the car arrived down there everything was spot on, communication by phone and email were pretty much constant, never too busy to send an email, even at 11 o'clock at night!!
I went for the 2.1 stroker conversion with S206 and Closed Deck Block in the end and what a difference, it pulls and pulls in every gear and sounds completely insane at 2bar of boost
final results were 453bhp and 430 lbs of torque. He mapped it Friday and said then that he wasn't going anywhere til he was 100% happy with it, I left the garage at 6pm!! 
The build took ten weeks in total due to staff holidays and a few other problems but knew where I stood every step of the way!! During the last fortnight I had an email off Alan after every working day with an update. I had a wee problem during the running in last Sunday where the car wouldn't start. An email to Alan in the afternoon soon sorted it, I had a call off Martyn that night about 9pm telling me that it was probably the fuse for the fuel pump due to the SimTek drawing more current, changed the fuse and job done
Cheers for all your help guys, much appreciated for everything
see you soon for more mods
After my engine went on a trackday I did a search of reputable tuners and decided to send the old girl down to Alan and Martyn!! Very glad I did too.
Right from the moment the car arrived down there everything was spot on, communication by phone and email were pretty much constant, never too busy to send an email, even at 11 o'clock at night!!
I went for the 2.1 stroker conversion with S206 and Closed Deck Block in the end and what a difference, it pulls and pulls in every gear and sounds completely insane at 2bar of boost
final results were 453bhp and 430 lbs of torque. He mapped it Friday and said then that he wasn't going anywhere til he was 100% happy with it, I left the garage at 6pm!! The build took ten weeks in total due to staff holidays and a few other problems but knew where I stood every step of the way!! During the last fortnight I had an email off Alan after every working day with an update. I had a wee problem during the running in last Sunday where the car wouldn't start. An email to Alan in the afternoon soon sorted it, I had a call off Martyn that night about 9pm telling me that it was probably the fuse for the fuel pump due to the SimTek drawing more current, changed the fuse and job done
Cheers for all your help guys, much appreciated for everything
see you soon for more mods
glad u r pleased with results,well worth the journey!
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They do have a top notch service my car is currently there getting an S206 . i have had a 2.5 built there and had no problems at all cant wait to collect my car again
21 September 2009, 11:31 AM
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The turbo will flow enough for 500 bhp plus. We've seen over that figure on more than one engine now. Mervil's engine is very fresh, only a week old in fact! and we were perfectly happy to leave it there for a while, knowing there is more development available from the car.
On the road, this car is stunningly quick.
On the road, this car is stunningly quick.
21 September 2009, 06:01 PM
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As Alan said, the engine has only been running for around 2 weeks now, I was more than happy taking the car and returning for a wee tweek at 5k miles
21 September 2009, 11:13 PM
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I don't know all the boost details, that isn't my job! I'm the one running around like a lunatic while the workshop, tuning and engineering staff have a leisurely day.
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