I've been using the car daily recently whilst the weather has been so good and it's been great I've also made the most of it on the weekends so me and my fellow Japanese car buddies can have days like this...
I popped down to Dynodaze in Hinkley last weekend to put her on the dyno and see how she was doing. She made 379bhp and 376ft lb torque at 1 bar which I'm very happy with. I do kind of wish I upped the boost controller to 1.2 bar though to crack the 400bhp figure but there's plenty of time in the future for that.
A quick trip into work yesterday saw me replace the number two turbo oil feed/return gasket as the old one was weeping. Not the most enjoyable job but it gave me chance to check the underside of the car out in depth and it really does seem to be in very good condition for a car that is now 19 years old. It's easy to forget the age of these cars sometimes compared to their counterparts which have either rusted away or look so much more dated.
The big surprise though was to check out the ECU and find that it is non-stock. Well, it's a stock ECU that has been modified by "Result Magic Success Orientworks". All I know so far is that they are a Japanese company that are still in business and changes include the rev limit being raised to 7700rpm along with a raised fuel cut. I assume there have been other changes made to the fueling etc also. A look at their blog shows ECU's being modified for all sorts of vehicles including BMW's, AMG Mercedes and GTR's. All I know is that the car seems to pull very well and is responsive, more responsive than my last TT. A comment that is also confirmed by the previous owner who had also driven other TT's and found this one to pull better/harder.