[s-cars] Fwd: Finally back home, trip report (long) addendum

[Mihnea Cotet]

I forgot to add Mr Phil Mische in CT for his hospitality and Larry Leung 
from NYC for taking me to the JFK airport.

Cheers,

Mihnea

>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:32:37 +0200
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>From: Mihnea Cotet <mihnea.cotet at easynet.be>
>Subject: Finally back home, trip report (long)
>
>Hi y'all,
>
>
>So I finally made it back home this morning after 34 days spent in the US 
>of A. As some of you have heard already, the trip went well and tuning 
>went well too, which I'm happy and very proud of.
>
>Huge thanks to: Scott Schultz, Dean Bredenbeck, Brian Link, Mike Pederson, 
>Matt Litteral, Chris Myers, Brian Bilotti, Trevor Frank and last but not 
>least Paul Krasusky for their help, hospitality, beers, vodkas and great 
>food. I owe you guys big time. Also huge thanks all those who have trusted 
>me and have participated to the tuning sessions.
>
>Now I'm going to take a few days off to get rid of jet lag and I'll be 
>back on the list as soon as I get some rest. The last 2 weeks of tuning 
>have been exhausting, especially with some days were I've worked almost 
>24-7 (Trevor knows what I'm talking about).
>
>I got a great deal of experience over these 34 days, and I got to meet a 
>whole bunch of great people!!!
>A few bottom lines are: "FMIC is da shit", "tuning rules, soldering 
>sucks", "CA 91 R+M/2 craptane sucks", and there might be a couple more 
>that I forgot now.
>
>Interesting datapoints: the stock S4 fuel pump was ok on Trevor Frank's 
>monster running 29 psi of boost on his lovely T04E 50 trim and 57lb/hr 
>injectors (rated at 43.5 psi, we've ran them at 60 psi). We've ran the car 
>at 9:1 AFR @ 7000 RPM just for shits and giggles and 9:1 means that no 
>fuel starvation could be observed. This is food for thought for those who 
>think a motorsport fuel pump IS needed beyond RS2 spec. It might be for 
>peace of mind, but it is definitely not a "must do" item, not unless your 
>stock fuel pump is giving you grief (Dave Forgie and a couple other people).
>
>Another one: 2 cars with exactly the same RS2 setup running the same 
>boost, one of them was FMIC'ed, the other had the stock IC. The difference 
>on the very weird Mustang dyno was 20 HP ATW in identical conditions, peak 
>intake temp difference was as big as 24 degrees C at WOT. For all of you 
>considering a FMIC, stop thinking and save your money, IT IS WELL WORTH 
>THE EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!
>
>I have dozens of emails awaiting a reply, please don't be mad at me if I 
>can't get back to all of you guys in the next couple of days, I'd rather 
>not get back to you if I can't think properly and wait a couple of days so 
>my brain can work properly again. I can only do as much as I can.
>
>
>Cheers and thanks again to all those who were involved in these tuning 
>sessions all across the US in the last month. I'm looking forward to 
>meeting you guys again sometime soon.
>
>Mihnea.