Turbo-Brown wrote:Think if you're mapping from scratch the RR's better as it lets you hold one engine speed regardless of load which you can't really do on the road/track.
That said, any car that's been mapped on the rollers will probably need fine tuning in real world situations.
Agreed.
M3Jimbo, I looked into running an S14 on Motec and I spoke at length to a very well recommended race engine tuner. He told me that a RR would get the max power ok. But for a road use car, a
whole day's 'real world' driving with the laptop on the passenger seat would be required.
I once drove a Scooby with Motec on the road for someone while they re-programmed it, it had been to the RR and was giving satisfactory max power. We were constantly stopping, and using different throttle positions, inclines etc. It was certainly much more pleasant to drive afterwards, possibly not any more powerful tho' as we didn't do much with the higher rev range, full throttle situations. (Not easy on the road!)
With an 8lb flywheel, 8750 revs + whatever else you've done, I would guess a lengthy/fiddly session may be in order.
I know very little/nothing about re-programming standard ECUs Jim, but I'd make sure I used someone with S14 experience if you're using 8750 revs.
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