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Will LIL be home for Xmas?

Well I did see it heading out for a final shakedown with Paul in the passenger seat, I believe an oil change was to follow. Hope it all went ok.
Tony
 
here look at this bit its wicked


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She's home [:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)]

Man that was an exhausting day, and I'm getting too old for getting up early to go the Ace Cafe, then Bournemouth and back after the night of this years first Christmas Party.

I suppose you all want to know how it went then?

When we finally got to Jons at around 1pm we found Simon hosing suds off the car and giving it a final wipe with chamois and Febreeze :ROFLMAO: Immediately I jumped in the passenger seat and Simon took me out for a 20 mile shakedown. There were noticeable puffs of blue smoke as we drove off and this was to be expected until the rings bedded in. The car was idling perfectly and pulling very smoothly up to our imposed limit of 4k rpm and staying off the boost. The wideband was showing a nice AFR of 14:1 for the normally aspirated car that we were now driving (no boost remember), and the temperatures were normal, as too was the oil pressure.

We came back to the workshop to check the oil level, and look for any leaks before finally I got my first drive. The first thing I noticed was how very little throttle I needed to accelerate and how the car now had much more engine braking than before. The experience was virtually odentical to my S2 but with just a tad more urge when lpicking up from very low revs. I can only put that down to an extra 0.2 capacity and the fact its a brand new engine compared with my 171k S2
 
that pic shows them moving but its a pic so you cant tell [;)] is the lack of sleep starting to show?
 
We did another 20 miles and came back to the workshop for more checks. We had now done 60 miles and already there was hardly any blue smoke whilst driving. When stationary and idling for a few minutes we gradually got a few clouds and we now know that this is oil trapped in the exhaust from when my Turbo failed last summer. As the pipe heats up it is burning off, and I think may take a while to clear [:(] C'est la vie.

Jon declared it was now time for a long drive to take it up to 200 miles, then they could change the oil and send me on my way. We returned a couple of hours later, and just as we were clicking over 190 miles Simon decided it was time to test a little boost and see how the basic running in map would cope. So in 4th gear at about 40mph I gave it 3/4 throttle and we had 12psi of boost within a second. The AFR dropped down to a nice 12:1 and stayed there until I lifted off a few seconds later. Simon got a bit excited at this point, so we did it again in 5th gear at 70mph and it did the same thing. We were now very happy that we could safely break in teh engine for the next 1000 miles and the air fuel ratios were within safe boundaries before I get it properly remapped [8D]

Back at the workshop we checked the oil and after 200 miles we could just detect a little bit of useage on the disptick and to be honest it looks like the engine is now run in, no more oil useage at all (just that damned old stuff still in the exhast pipe from last year [8|])

So now I am back home and LIL currently has 400 miles on the clock and I'm all ready for Cornbury house in the morning - see you there [:D]
 
So we did it... LIL home for xmas! :eek:)

Thanks for the update Paul.... I have been keeping a eagle eye on the forum hoping to hear your ride home went well..

Well done to everyone involved, its taken some time to iron out the bugs. Right from the begining the 3.2 engines had many hurdles to overcome, so its been a long process... But from now on, with the solutions now found, its something we can turn around in a matter of weeks.. Which is why we hope the 2nd 3.2 944 turbo will be ready for xmas (no garauntees, but we will try...)

Well done also to Paul... Your patience has been really appreciated... Its been a long road, but hopefully that patience has been converted into a package exactly to your specification, which wasnt always easy (the stealth underbonnet look) but worth it. Sorry also for it being such a long day, but its worth getting things right... including you being involved in the pre running in, so you get a feel for what she needs and what is acceptable during the next 1000 miles.

Once paul has some dyno figures... remember this car has been built for low down and midrange torque... Not for all out power at the expense of low and midrange power. Its also been built to last.

In the future we will be making one of these 3.2's for all out power, which is going to be an exciting process to say the least.

Keep us all posted Paul... We can not ever have too many updates, good or bad.
 
Graeme, assuming you mean me, I only cleaned the engine bay and looked over Simons shoulder a bit, and I was passing between hospital and home today ;)

Tony
 
Thinking about it... At the begining of the year I predicted in the Titanic 944 email list that this year would be an interesting year for 944's...

The partnership between SPS Engines (Simon) and 9XX / JMG has by the end of the year put together the UK's highest torque 944 2.5 Turbo, a 968 2.8 Turbo race car, another 968 TurboS 3.0 running Motec engine management, a 3.0 944 track car and two 3.2 944 turbo's.

I think next year is going to be even more interesting from just whats in the pipeline already. (watch this space :) )

Thanks again to EVERYONE involved.. Including Simon (SPS), James (9XX/JMG), Mark (9XX/JMG) and the new arrivals at 9XX/JMG - Dave and Jamie.... Not to mention again Paul for his patience!
 
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