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[minime]

well mondays the day for arno from german ( regals specialist tuning expert) to spend the day with my car ,getting as much out of it that he can! my current setup is regal full exhaust( letterbox tail) 200 cell sport cat/manifold itg induction kit dbilas inlet manifold regal remapp v17 ( 7250rpm limit all gears with suggested top speed of 160 mph) regal have said that they are going to try and sort out some bigger injectors for the car for the rolling tune! my car will be going through some other mods thru september....i will try and keep everyone upto date on developments! another of the vx's that uses regal will be going thru a transformation too! but a somewhat different one to mine .... also on monday i will be picking up my mini cooper s works too!

[PaulCP]

Keep us posted Steve on how it turns out Paul

[BogBrush]

Well how did it turn out? Or are you enjoying your VX too much to post here

[minime]

it was the german tuners birthday today.....he is coming to tues/wed......and cap it all my cooper s works has been delayed too...by a day!

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Steve, The following guy is selling a brand new and never used 2.2 block and pistons, rings, etc. for £250. dan@irmscher.co.uk Of any interest to you? Steve

[BogBrush]

Any news?

[minime]

they r still working on it!

[minime]

hi steve ! that block sounds interesting any other info?

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Steve, No, I can't add any more I'm afraid. Looking at the email address though (dan@irmscher.co.uk), it's from a good source! I was tempted, because that's the way I want to go - get a new block and add an upgraded crank-shaft and con-rods (the weakest part of this engine). The engine would then be ready to take the supercharger that I've promised myself! I can't afford it at the moment though. Actually, that's not quite true - my marriage would be strained if I spent more money on the VX this month! Mail him and enjoy! Steve

[minime]

steve the engine was infact a n22xl.....shame! would have been nice if it was a z22se! thanks steve

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Steve, can you clarify. I thought there was only one 2.2 varient. So there are different 2.2s? Steve

[minime]

hi steve! there are a few variants of the 22! i know of the x22nl ( the one that dan has) there is a y22?? and of course the z22se ( part lotus designed used in the vx!) on another note.....REGAL have finished the software on my car! for a naturally aspirated it really does shift! the problem i had found in the past was that at the higher revs 5500+ the car really started to die....even with the extra rpm and what was thought to be enough fuel! this has now been definitely sorted...i took the car out for a quick test and well i am a happy man!......a visit to the brill AMD rolling road setup is now in order to give the car a good test! the regal graphs that have been obtained were only used as a basis of what was happening to the car...so if anyone from amd views the site i hope its ok that i give you a call a setup a test session! re the graphs...the bhp was still climbing at 7500rpm when the limiter cut in! its also very linear too! .........................the torque curve ( me thinks it should be called a line!) showed a variation of approx 10lbft from 2500-7000 with 70% of the 2500-7000 having a variant of 5lbft...... this weekend i may go to santa pod on sunday as it looks as if the car will hit 100 in 3rd!( nearing max bhp and 85-90% max torque) arnu and stefan ( the 2 german guys responcible for the tuning) have told me the next stage is to get revised cams and head! ( as far as i am concerned these are now on order!) on another topic the guy who is having all work down to his vx ( the one with the ms design spoiler) is an ohlin suspenion technician from from performance suspension company! darren if you visit the site say hi! well thats all folks!

[Sicey]

well mondays the day for arno from germany

Are Regals counterparts over here EDS motorsport??

Just curious incase i decide on remapping next year.

[paulb]

Steve How did the Regal guys develop the early maps then? Is yours the first VX tuned on an RR? Paul

[minime]

the eds -regal guys wrote the software based on a standard vx.........so the new software on mine is too match the items i have on my car..namely the dbilas inlet manifold....

[paulb]

Sounds logical. Different fuelling as more air is getting in. Does that mean there are now multiple versions of the map depending on the mods done?

[minime]

there is 2 versions at the mo...but more are planned....when my head/cams arrive!

[minime]

there is 2 versions at the mo...but more are planned....when my head/cams arrive!