MG ZR: Cams & Maps

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So a leaking rear end is causing no end of early morning inconveniences.....


Water is getting into the boot causing the inside to be all wet and that, not uncommon for cars i know as mums fiesta and friends mondeo suffered the same fates. Just annoying. Also the windscreen has a crack in it now so another nail in the coffin for this shell it seems.

Acquired a different oil filler cap to turn it from yellow to black as I didn't like the yellow cap, stood out a bit too much against the rest of it. Thinking ill either get the standard silver rocker cover to replace the black one or paint it red. Trying to find ways to make the engine more exciting looking without going tacky. As I do like the look of the honda B series engines with their red tops. Was going to try and design a engine cover to be 3d printed but think it would be quite costly especially if i had to make a few test models to perfect fitment etc.

Still working on mapping, thought I had the spark and fuel maps sussed but asking on a ecu tuning forum turns out the fuel maps could be a lot more complex than originally thought. Shame it's not running EDC15/16 as that would at least let me find the maps  

Engine has also developed a fun oil leak since changing the rocker cover gasket so need to get that sorted as it's nearly run below min a few times now. Thinking i'll be letting it rest for the next couple of months during the ice and snow so as to reduce the engine wear and stop me crashing.

As for the shell I keep looking for a nice example but it's tricky as i want it to be perfect. Also keep finding myself looking at MK2 ZRs thinking..well I've already got the coilovers. I suppose in an ideal world I'd have a zr track car and a zs daily but not in a position to have both at the moment.