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Great response Low Rider, I'll give the fuel and dizzy tweak a shot and report back my findings

Maybe I am confusing how turbo engines are tuned as N/A tuning, isn't really something I have gone into any great detail in in the past. From my limited knowledge, I find it strange that on the N/A Micra engine, no power can be gained from the higher calorific value of the fuel and advancing the...

Many thanks Ed, do you suffer from insomnia:D 03:27hrs and you are up posting on here. Either that or you have a incurable Micra fetish:p I'm guessing you are in some way associated with Fusion MS, judging by your knowledge with these cars. Many thanks for all the advice you are providing on...

Fair point Ed, having re-read what I posted earlier it can come across the wrong way, trust me this was not intended. I'm sure people are sceptical of any info that new members may bring to the table, hence JK's questioning. I just wanted to back up my reasoning for not requiring to do dyno...

Problem is Low rider, I no longer live in the UK so no longer have access to friends who run dyno's. My intent is to use tried and tested methods here as opposed to booking dyno sessions. My guess is that with 102RON fuel and 18Degrees ign adv, the car should make very noticable gains without...

Any suggestions? I have somone on the lookout for a pair of 1.3l cams for me. The difference in price of fuel is around 6p/l. This if often negated by the car running more efficiently on the higher octane fuel. For instance, on the Porker it would actually cost me more in fuel to run the car on...

Frank it seems you probably have as good an idea as anyone here then (I'll have to do a little search in a bit for your car); if the stock timing is 15degrees at idle when warm, do you think I would get away with say 18degrees, running 98+RON fuel (I normally use the ARAL 102RON)? By get away...

DCR's???:confused:

Hi Low Rider, I don't know about Frank's spec however the dyno chart he posted seems to contradict what you have posted if I read the graphs correctly?

Many thanks Frank, judging by the above printout it seems when running the following setup you made the most power: the 2nd (green line) was with the c/t/s connected and running closed loop, and my normal timing Disconnecting sensors and retarding the timing had a negative impact on the...

It seems the car has improved by about 60-70% by itself; is the ECU self learning? I still have an annoying flatspot between 2000 and 3000rpm is this a typical trait with the 1.0l? There is also the odd judder every now and then but overall there is a massive improvement compared to how it was...

Very strange Frank, it makes absolutely no sense how retarding ign timing increased power. Running C16 or Klotz 118 race fuel in my younger days, I was able to advance the timing by 9 degrees which made around 90bhp difference on highly tuned turbo cars.

Stani, I am trying to source some cams but failing thus far... Surely someone here has had a little play with the ignition timing? I have just ordered a timing gun so when it arrives I might just have to try a bit of experimenting:eek: I just don't want to go anywhere near det, hence the question

JK, I have owned several cars now and have been tuning cars for many years. The difference in how my little winter car drives now is night and day, compared to a week ago, before I changed these components;) Trust me fellow, my guess is I have around 20BHP more now than stock. Infact I don't...

There certainly is a difference in terms of the resistance measured. The OEM leads are around 2.5-4 Ohms per meter whereas the Copper ones are around 0 Ohms. I have had cars with circa 650BHP in the past and trust me, the minor tweaks of the ignition system should not be under estimated. Granted...

Well done SulaR, they look great and you didn't waste any time in getting them made up;)

Over here in Germany I can buy 102RON fuel at the pump. If I was to advance the ignition timing, what would be a safe level to advance it to and also how much BHP could be gained in doing so? Just thought I'd add: I will still be retaining the OEM ECU so it is purely ign adv that I have any...

Hi JK, I bought it locally in Germany from a company called Becker http://www.becker-autoteile.com/ Complete kit was €115 about £90.

Here is the offending shoe And the overhaul kit

As per the title really, I have heard these are a straight swap so if anyone has a set knocking about please let me know;)