NineExcellence
Albert Park
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Thought I would give an update on this.
So having tested during 2016 on track several times including journey to Spa etc, we have identified a couple of issues which need addressing but the good news is that these are minor issues. The car runs very well and performance is excellent.
So on that note, we had been running 5-6psi on the stock engine, but decided, since it was our car, to up the boost to 10psi, despite the fact that the engine was stock, with stock compression. The stock compression of 12:3 does not lend itself to running boost over 5-6psi but we wanted to see how far you could push.
So I think if we do offer this, then there will be a stock version, and an upgraded version with engine compression being lowered. However the latter will be permanent - once you lower compression, if you wanted to remove the supercharger side, then you are not going to have an engine that performs, so you would have to rebuild with new pistons.
Anyway, since it is our car at this stage, we decided to build lower compression engine :grin:
If you want to see the old school method of lowering compression, take a look at our facebook page :thumb: - more than one way to skin a cat :grin:
https://www.facebook.com/NineExcellence/posts/1408885869123794
So having tested during 2016 on track several times including journey to Spa etc, we have identified a couple of issues which need addressing but the good news is that these are minor issues. The car runs very well and performance is excellent.
So on that note, we had been running 5-6psi on the stock engine, but decided, since it was our car, to up the boost to 10psi, despite the fact that the engine was stock, with stock compression. The stock compression of 12:3 does not lend itself to running boost over 5-6psi but we wanted to see how far you could push.
So I think if we do offer this, then there will be a stock version, and an upgraded version with engine compression being lowered. However the latter will be permanent - once you lower compression, if you wanted to remove the supercharger side, then you are not going to have an engine that performs, so you would have to rebuild with new pistons.
Anyway, since it is our car at this stage, we decided to build lower compression engine :grin:
If you want to see the old school method of lowering compression, take a look at our facebook page :thumb: - more than one way to skin a cat :grin:
https://www.facebook.com/NineExcellence/posts/1408885869123794