MG ZR: Cams & Maps

[lolsteve]

So fallen in love with this again after a few months of slowly disliking it more and more due to this and that

Being the passenger while it was driven by someone else showed me that it's alot more capable than I thought it to be and taught me a bit more on how to possibly drive it more effectively

For example at castle combe I'm spending most of my time in 2nd gear especially on corners as I would over brake and think i needed to be hitting the high notes for the power band which often left me bouncing the limiter in a very vtec fashion
Now I've been reading up about left foot braking/trail braking and tried out holding out in 3rd gear on a nice country road whilst carrying the speed more.

Luckily for me this weekend is a small track day so can practise some stuff / try and get out of the second gear hogging habit

Since I've also fallen for it I'm going to work on getting it more presentable. First a couple of shiny bits such as red 8mm ignition leads and a rear tow hoop thing (so jdm) next up is getting the body work fixed i.e no scratch or rust . Still need to fit the new janspeed manifold and sports cat which might release a couple more ponies


16/09/15:
Just been looking into the camshaft/mapping stuff during my lunch break and thought i'd upload some details with some maths    (vvc start with full duration is taken from someones measuring as couldnt find a official figure)


Stock exhaust camshaft duration = 51+21+180 = 252
Piper camshaft duration = 62+22+180 = 264
Exhaust cam duration increase = 12 degrees