My car is now back from Ben, who fitted cams, modifed inlet and a re-map. His only concern was that as the car has only done 4,000 miles, all on the ex-factory full synhthetic oil, that the rings may still not be fully bedded in - wants me to use ordinary mineral for a while - and so installed a slightly less ambitious ignition timing map, which he will revise in due course.
First impressions are that the whole power curve has been lifted and filled out mid range - there is still the 5k kick. At the top end it is noticeably smoother. Idle is perfect for those of you who say it can not be with diferent cams - and I did see both profiles, so I know that they are different, they have more and faster lift. Oh, and mechanically the ideleis a quiet as standard.
Most interesting is that the engine sounds nosier, which is often a characteristic of combustion which has been optimised for power.
Pagids: For a long time I have been struggling with poor braking from cold when hill climbing (there is nothing one can do to get heat into the pads in advance) - after much research I went for Pagid RS15 (Grey - Ceramic )which although a 'race only' pad, without any anti-squeal backings, do have 0.50 coefficient of friction at cold, and 0.57 at 100C - which looks ideal. - rising to 0.62 at 600C, if ever necessary. For comparison the 4-2 starts at 0.4 and the 4-2-1 starts at 0.36. They took a while to fit as the back plates ends needed filing down to fit.
The first couple of applications felt like a mistake, but after going through a bedding in routine, they are amazing - abs kicks in without standing on the brake pedal, which had never happened before, even when competing in anger. So initial impressions are great - well worth the money (expensive) - no sqeals yet!, apparently they will be quite hard on discs, but produce much less dust than PF97. Will update in due course.
First impressions are that the whole power curve has been lifted and filled out mid range - there is still the 5k kick. At the top end it is noticeably smoother. Idle is perfect for those of you who say it can not be with diferent cams - and I did see both profiles, so I know that they are different, they have more and faster lift. Oh, and mechanically the ideleis a quiet as standard.
Most interesting is that the engine sounds nosier, which is often a characteristic of combustion which has been optimised for power.
Pagids: For a long time I have been struggling with poor braking from cold when hill climbing (there is nothing one can do to get heat into the pads in advance) - after much research I went for Pagid RS15 (Grey - Ceramic )which although a 'race only' pad, without any anti-squeal backings, do have 0.50 coefficient of friction at cold, and 0.57 at 100C - which looks ideal. - rising to 0.62 at 600C, if ever necessary. For comparison the 4-2 starts at 0.4 and the 4-2-1 starts at 0.36. They took a while to fit as the back plates ends needed filing down to fit.
The first couple of applications felt like a mistake, but after going through a bedding in routine, they are amazing - abs kicks in without standing on the brake pedal, which had never happened before, even when competing in anger. So initial impressions are great - well worth the money (expensive) - no sqeals yet!, apparently they will be quite hard on discs, but produce much less dust than PF97. Will update in due course.
Well only the cams and a re-map as I had the inlets done last time. Can't wait. 
