Well, I haven't written here in a while, some time for a few thoughts and some photos.
After the engine swap, I was really disappointed with the stock engine software... The car was behaving well once the oil and water were up to temperature but it was not behaving well when cold. Sometimes the engine would stop (when coming to a complete stop and the car was not in gear and the clutch pedal was not pressed). Unfortunately, the REVO software, based on my latest stock software did not fix this issue. I told my friend, Adrian (REVO dealer in Romania) about the problem and he called me for an update that would solve the issue. I delayed my visit because I was very busy, but yesterday, I managed to pay the REVO guys a visit. Today I got to test the car (as I said there were only issues when the engine was cold) and so far so good. The car is much better but only after a few days/weeks I will come to a conclusion. But I hope for the best!
On the 30th of March there was a track day at Hungaroring but, unfortunately the Hungarians closed it at the last minute because of the snow... So I still have no kilometers on track with the new engine. Thus, first I have to do a track day somewhere close by to see that the car is in order (although I tested it many times at full throttle and max RPM) and after that, if the finances are good have another Nurburgring trip sometime is the summer.
Unfortunately the closest track is in Hungary (Romania has no tracks for cars
) so, I should be in Budapest for a track day on the 13th of May. I really envy you guys who have a lot of awesome tracks and trackdays!
And since kind-of every topic is worthless without pictures below are a few pictures of the car, taken during the past week.
How the car looks at the moment:
For those of you who want wider fenders here is how the car looks with 17 inch, 8 inches wide, ET50 rims (the front has 10mm spacers on each side), TT arms and Kerscher fenders:
And an experiment:
This photo is not quite on my or the photographers taste but it is a beginning. We have to make some other photo shoots to correct the mistakes. So please don't be very critical!
We used 2 flash lights to light up the car (from 2 different angles) and only a few lighting was added by Photoshop. Anyway, hope we improve and come up with a better picture...
Thanks for watching and all the best!