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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 9, 2004 13:14:47 GMT -5
Have you had your car on a rolling road since the head has been replaced Andy?
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Post by TimW on Feb 9, 2004 13:30:25 GMT -5
What don't you know..... Well to bore you all and to keep the list growing: Standard Exhaust (since the MS one melted the bumper and was too loud with the mods) Stage 2-and-a-bit DVA head (large valves, optimised ports, comp strings and JPI valves. 633 Cams Verniers (a must for such a porting and the cams) Matched, exhaust and plenum. ITG Maxogen 160TB a must for the porting (flowing more air than a VVC) And..... da da daaaaar The EMERALD woo hoo such a difference you really must get one if you've spent the cash on the flowing work.....  Oh and Magnicor leads too. But what really make the car go quicker is the DVA sticker on the boot. OK, so these cost £1200 but come with a free head.  |
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Post by ScarletFever on Feb 10, 2004 5:05:51 GMT -5
Have you had your car on a rolling road since the head has been replaced Andy? Nope, to be honest i'm a bit scared to. I like the way the car drives now and have no difficulty keeping up with other cars, Mike's TF 160 and the two Trophy 160's on the Treffen the other year were no trouble at all, and in some places i was gaining on them. But the last time i had the car RR tested i came away dissapointed (when the Stage 2 head was fitted) - to be honest i was dissapointed with the Stage 2 head from the word go and this is why the second time round i only went for the stage 1. This and the fact that everytime i get into a discussion with DVA online i feel like i'm having the p*ss taken out of me (haven't you ever wondered why despite costing me £3500.00 for a new engine following a ported head dissaster i still went back to Mike Satur for another ported head in preference to DVA?) Despite everyone else's good experiences with the man, i remain to be convinced, mainbly because the opportunities he has had to impress me to date have resutled in a condesending tone, and i'm hoping that this little group will do this for me - give me some faith in the man, which has proved elusive up until now. Basically i'm giving him another chance, based upon all of you guys' excellent experiences. Fingers crossed it all comes out well as my next step is either DTH throttle bodies or NOS (Motobuild - another company i remain to be convinced about!) |
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Post by dave on Feb 10, 2004 5:18:38 GMT -5
This and the fact that everytime i get into a discussion with DVA online i feel like i'm having the p*ss taken out of me ... Andy, Do remember that the written word is a very poor relation to face to face conversation. We only have to look to the BBS to know how that works. DVA is a bit of a mix. He knows his stuff and does let you know it by giving you chapter and verse at the most technical level all the time. He doesn't suffer fools gladly and doesn't offer up explanations. However, if you ask the dumb questions, he is more than prepared to explain. He is generous with his time and knowledge, not at all secretive or protective of it, as some might be. He does genuinely like to see people learn and do things for themselves, which is an admirable approach. He deliberately runs a cottage industry for these reasons and has no ambitions to turn himself in to a business empire. You need to meet him face to face. |
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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 10, 2004 5:32:02 GMT -5
I think that Dave's hit the nail on the head there Andy - Dave is quite a unique character!  He has an interesting sense of humour too - you'll understand so much more about him and how his mind works when you actually meet him. |
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Post by ScarletFever on Feb 10, 2004 7:50:41 GMT -5
Well, that's why i'm here really. You guys, people i respect, have a high opinion of the man, an opinion that on my limited dealings with him online i have been unable to reconcile. Hence my optomism for this knitting circle and fingers crossed, i will get some insight into him as a person and put my mind at ease. Got a hankering for throttle bodies and i really want to go to him for them rather then fumble around trying to fit them myself. for the record i had similar concerns about Emerald, for no other reason than the ICON unit's poor rep (tarring with the same brush, despite being completely unconnected). My day out in Thetford with you guys gave me the opportunity to see their opperation and i came away feeling impressed. |
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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 10, 2004 9:56:34 GMT -5
If you felt the difference to Tim's car, before and after, you'd be even more impressed with the Emerald! But, as Tim would be the first to say, there's not much point using this ECU if the engine is as standard as say mine is...
As for Dave - well, you'll be impressed for all together different reasons. The guy operates out of his double garage for starters, but you'll not believe how many bits of K-series he has lying around! LOL ;D
It's all about keeping an open mind (which I know you do).
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Post by TimW on Feb 10, 2004 13:13:11 GMT -5
If you felt the difference to Tim's car, before and after, you'd be even more impressed with the Emerald! But, as Tim would be the first to say, there's not much point using this ECU if the engine is as standard as say mine is... Except of course for the fact that the rev limit can be set higher .... BUT then as we know there is little point doing even that on the MPi without any flow work  The Emerald is a completely different beast to the Icon. I've now had both and have to say the ICON is poo. The Emerald on the other hand can map fueling, ignition timing at any particular load/RPM so the mapping is truly 3D (nice graphs if I could understand them). As the others have sad Dave has his own peculiar character which can translate poorly in text or even on the phone, however face to face one understands what he is REALLY saying, and he is incredibly generous with his time and knowledge, but do keep up your brain has to work pretty quickly, he is a VERY clever man. Tim |
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Post by dave on Feb 10, 2004 13:21:10 GMT -5
but do keep up your brain has to work pretty quickly, he is a VERY clever man. As befits a man who used to write compilers and operating systems for a living. (a complier is the programme that translates a computer programme into machine code) |
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Post by ScarletFever on Feb 11, 2004 10:00:12 GMT -5
[Sorry Andy - had to abbreviate this post because this isn't a secure area of the board ] OK, i think anyone who would have wanted to see my comments has done so by now anyway! ;D |
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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 11, 2004 10:32:04 GMT -5
LOL exactly! |
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Post by Neil Loud Fer and Labrat on Feb 15, 2004 10:12:35 GMT -5
Well The MGF Throttle body is on the Labrat... and now we have the wife whingeing that whatever car I get I have to "ruin" it by doing nasty evil things to the engine!!!!  And I have been SOOOO Good recently! anyhow it bloody rocks now! went around to my mate who has 10 cars mainly Yank (yuk) and took him for a drive he couldnt beleive the transformation! ;D I need to do a trackday in the LabRat! Dave!!!!!!! |
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Post by dave on Feb 15, 2004 13:14:48 GMT -5
I need to do a trackday in the LabRat! Dave!!!!!!! I don't know how your fixed for next Monday 23rd Feb, but a place at Brands Hatch may become free. Neil Stothert's car suffered a HGF and he's not sure he'll have it fixed in time. If you want to pick up his place, if he can't make it, let me know. |
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Post by Rob Bell on Feb 15, 2004 15:07:57 GMT -5
Well The MGF Throttle body is on the Labrat... ... anyhow it bloody rocks now! went around to my mate who has 10 cars mainly Yank (yuk) and took him for a drive he couldnt beleive the transformation! ;D I need to do a trackday in the LabRat! There! I told you that would be a good mod! LOL ;D Should have given you an extra 10-15 bhp with that throttle body! If only the 56mm TB mod on the 1.8 were as dramatic (still worth doing though - if only for the improved throttle response ) |
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Post by Neil Loud Fer and Labrat on Feb 16, 2004 9:37:54 GMT -5
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