Just read through this, looks great...and even better now it's got the supercharger!! Massively jealous
How did the mapping go? I'd be interested to see what sort of power it's pushing!
I was holding off updating everyone as things are still in progress, but here goes! :smile:
I took the Trophy to
@Dan@SJM on the 28th of January for its 'mapping session' and we ran into our first problem. Ktec had put password protection on the GEN90 ECU, bare in mind that this kit is secondhand and was originally fitted and mapped by Ktec.
Anyway after much blagging by myself, I managed to get the password from them and Dan could continue. The initial power run made 202 bhp at 6k which is where we ran into our second problem! :weary: No matter what Dan tried every time the car hit 6k on the roller's it drops all power (almost as if that's my new rev limit) Dan promptly rang Ktec and spoke to Sean who informed him that sometimes its something they do as a safety feature. Which Dan and I thought was odd considering the supercharger already has a restrictor fitted... Dan continued to attempt to fix their problem, and IMO poor mapping and sent various data files to them to see if they themselves could work out what they had done. In the meantime Dan adjusted what he could and insured the fueling etc was okay, and the car currently sits at 214 bhp at 6k.
After many emails and with time now against us in terms of available time on the rollers Ktec just turned around and blamed my engine for the issue, and that's that! Now if it is indeed a problem with my engine then I haven't a problem. I will get it fixed, but I certainly never had this blatant power drop prior to fitting the supercharger or ECU. At the moment all I can say is that Ktec's reputation regarding mapping seems to be fairly accurate!
Onward and upwards! So the plan now is... Tomorrow I'm meeting up with
@Cub. at his abode in Reading, along with
@Dan@SJM so Dan can copy Oli's map to transfer onto my ECU to see whether that cures my power drop. He is also bringing a spare GEN90 to rule out a possible hardware problem, and if that doesn't fix it, then it will be further investigation into whether my engine is to blame. Best case scenario is that it's just a mapping issue, and once that's cured Dan can map it properly and to its full potential!
I've gone into this with my eyes wide open, and so far this is my only hiccup which in reality is fairly trival. The car is running well (If a little rough around the edges) and its safe which is the main thing. A massive thanks to
@Dan@SJM for all his help and advice, and the same can be said for
@Cub. for sparing his time and car! His flamer has always been my biggest inspiration to go down this route, and now ironically its directly helping my project!
Clio sport love! :wink:
