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As long as i put a small plug in for the mag PERFORMANCE TUNER - though dont think i really need to as its one of the few last good mags left out there!
Here is the pdf of the komo-tec exige article from Febs issue of performance tuner for those of you interested in the conversion.
I have done 10,000 road miles since the conversion, had th first service a while back and absolutely no problems to speak of - hardly used any oil, is fitted with a moroso oil pan as well as the extra performance could fuel oil starvation otherwise- i feel the pan is a sensible option.
The fuel comsupmtion has actually got even better which surprised me ! And the car drives so much like a factory car it is easy forget that it is tuned apart from the massive pace.
For those of you worried about warranty problems , i have had the car in for the shocks to be changed, gearbox problems and all sorts of niggles and even though they are fully aware of the conversion have been totally supportive and all work as been carried out without even issue.
Im sure if there was problems due to the install that would be another matter- but as the boost remains the same and t engine is just running more efficiently this is not going to happen.
The local lotus dealer even swapped the ecu for the komo-tec version 2 ecu for me when the car was in!
Anyway feel free to U2U me if you want more info on the kit or looking for a demo.
I have an AP22 and a DL1 GPS datalogger. The AP22 is pretty accurate and compares well against the DL1 providing you are not using it to measure power output. For acceleration fig’s they are perfectly fine if you bother to set them up properly.
Maybe it would be preferable to use a GPS kit but you can’t just dismiss the results because they were taken on an AP22!
10,000 hwy miles…You might want your dealer to do a leak down and compression test before you jump up and down…real testing not just smiles and giggles…
Yeh it was calibrated to the knockhill drag strip. Takes a few runs and effort but it needed to be accurate.
You adjust the squat factor until you are running the same times to about 0.01/ 0.02 of the drag strip. If anything i had the ap-22 running pesimistic cause i didnt want to kid anyone.
IF you put in this effort and realise that performance mean very little in the real world then the figures can be useful.
Main thing is was pleased at full marks from reviewer and the fact it goes like stink and is reliable : thats what i wanted so am happy
Will always be faster/ bigger bhp / things out there etc but this was the perfect one for me giving me best of both worlds i.e reliability: costs + speed
Thinking of adding a better manifold next.
Not sure if thiswould make a difference or not though.
I’d be interested in the calibration settings if you don’t mind sharing. See if they came up the same as mine. I think the AP22 is fine for 0-60 and lateral g measurements.
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