[s-cars] RS2 turbo installed - car still runs!
Robert Myers
robert at s-cars.org
Sun May 9 21:38:00 EDT 2004
Way to go, Tom. BTDT w/ a GBSEG! :-) GBSEG. That's a very large variety
of smile. :-))))
Welcome to the YEEEEHAAAAAA!!! Club.
At 09:31 PM 5/9/2004, Tom Mullane wrote:
>Folks,
>
>I found myself with some time this weekend, so I seized the opportunity and
>cleared the pile of S parts off the workbench. I installed an RS2 exhaust
>manifold and turbo, right side engine mount, Samcos, some 37 lb/hr
>injectors, and Mihnea's chipset. I used the write-up on Jimmy's site a
>guide, and found it extremely helpful, especially the wrench mod part.
>
>Prior to this swap, I was running the MTM 1+ chipset. That chip tended to
>be an "all or nothing" program; it gave a massive surge of boost at about
>3000 rpm, but ran out of breath over 5000 rpm. This was fun when
>accelerating hard, but could be a bit weird in "normal" driving (I realize
>this group may have skewed perspective on what normal driving is).
>
>The Mihnea chip is much more linear. Once you realize that the reason you
>have no boost is that you forgot to plug in the frequency valve and you fix
>this, the car is awesome! Boost builds just over 3000 rpm, and continues
>past 6000 rpm. Nice. Obviously, the car is much faster. Much faster. I
>predict poor fuel economy on this tank of gas ;-) Of course, I'm already
>wondering if some additional software fine tuning might be able to dig out a
>few more ponies.
>
>Anyway, I need to go bury my wallet again for a while...right after a buy a
>few things for the Coupe and replace all the 12mm wrenches that I destroyed.
>
>Tom Mullane
>CT
>1995.5 S6
>
>
>
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