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Martin's LCR ** Update - Now Hybrid**
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soon as its fitted mate, im gonna get it on the rollers for some light tests so ill send ya the info and you can see the figures 
I'm not convinced by the mani's tbh.
Not proven as such throughout the LCR community yet, and I'm not wanting to be a guinea pig either.
Build quality/fit issues just shouldn't happen when these cars are over a decade old now so they have had more than enough time to perfect products.
I won't be happy for a while yet lol, but fair play Martin for having a go with it and seeing what you can gain from it.
I for one want to see before/after gains and also longer term product longevity being given the pass..
Not proven as such throughout the LCR community yet, and I'm not wanting to be a guinea pig either.
Build quality/fit issues just shouldn't happen when these cars are over a decade old now so they have had more than enough time to perfect products.
I won't be happy for a while yet lol, but fair play Martin for having a go with it and seeing what you can gain from it.
I for one want to see before/after gains and also longer term product longevity being given the pass..
Easy mate, get a known straight edge and place it across the flange face at several different points and shine a tourch on the other side so any gaps can be seen as light. Then use a feeler gauge to measure the gap. I would say anything over 0.5mm may not be taken up by the gasket.
Without doing this the flange will look fine but cause cause you problems latter. I must say though that flange tolerances aside they represent excellent value for money.
think if this one is warpped or starts to leak ill be asking for a refund and just sticking standard back on and just enjoy my 301bhp for awhile lol
will you be refitting it in situ or removing head again as its not easy to do in situ.
Looks like Martin is going to be the first one with a healthy car. All others are either in process of getting the car together or running them on a hybrid turbo. Dan Potter is the only other LCR who has got it on and mapped which he hit 285bhp and 265lb/ft on a dodgy actuator apparently. If he does see good gains then it's time to get the credit card out for another spanking
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Hope so mate, really do, hopefully will be at full health by next saturday, fingers crossed lol
Looks like Martin is going to be the first one with a healthy car. All others are either in process of getting the car together or running them on a hybrid turbo. Dan Potter is the only other LCR who has got it on and mapped which he hit 285bhp and 265lb/ft on a dodgy actuator apparently. If he does see good gains then it's time to get the credit card out for another spanking
Dans actuator was proper fooked, he could not hit 20psi, i was there when he had the map done. Now he has a new actuator fitted and hitting 30psi, 50% more boost than before. His car became the highest bhp figure at bills with a fooked actuator, this is a great achivement in its self. He now also has a proper fmic like mine, im sure he will be close if not higher than 300 at bills. 285 at bills will be over 300 at amd as proven this week so you cannot compare results from the two dynos.
Sam this has only just happened. Look when this comment was posted. At this point there were no clear results on whether much more can be achieved on the standard KO4. Yes on a hybrid it was but not a standard KO4 which is what most of us are running and will continue to run
I prefer the equal length design of this one but its longevity I'm thinking about now. What's the quality like of these manifolds? compared to the JBS one Bills got in.
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yes the relentless manifold is a better design and will out flow the jbs manifold. both the jbs and relentless manifold had problems with the first models, relentless manifold would not fit without moding and the jbs used to crack all the time. so both manifold need to pass the longevity test. time will tell with both manifolds.
looks like a waiting game for me then
Looks like Martin is going to be the first one with a healthy car. All others are either in process of getting the car together or running them on a hybrid turbo. Dan Potter is the only other LCR who has got it on and mapped which he hit 285bhp and 265lb/ft on a dodgy actuator apparently. If he does see good gains then it's time to get the credit card out for another spanking
I couldnt achieve more than 22psi of boost even on a spike. then it was tailing off to 16psi.
New actuator is seeing 32psi spike lol. i did some logs earlier and hit 232g/s and torque registered in vag com at 380,9nm.
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