Got out for a drive last night to see if my oil leek repair had been successful and its definitely better. Got to and from the motorway on the test mission and made some observations:
Driveline is smooth which is really nice
Calculations seemed to be accurate and 100kph was about 2250rpm
Really got to get the throttle response / idle sorted as it makes shifting and cruising at moderate rpm a bit pants
It feels much faster than you are actually going, probably just getting used to sitting much lower plus the sound
Radiator performs real well, showing about 40 degrees at radiator outlet to the engine indicating partial thermostat opening under steady state driving.
Oil temp never gets high enough which I'd like to sort but really don't know how, most I saw was about 70 degrees at the tank
Seems to pull fairly well, yet to get past 5k rpm as there is just a lot going on experience wise 🤣
Booked in Monday for the airbag recall at BMW then to see if the Nissan folks can do the idle air volume relearn process via their diagnostics etc.
Got the PWM radiator fan controller mounted up in its little 3D printed box ... learnt that the power is on all of the time and draws about 100mA in standby so might need to put a relay in front of it. Works well though, highly recommend the controller if you need one
Below some more snaps from the making of the intake tubes, the carbon sleeve was SO much better than trying to spiral wrap !!
Peel ply applied and hung up to cure. Moved to a 100mm wide peel ply and was pretty well behaved to wrap.
The PVC conduit pulled out of the tubes fairly easily once I softened it with steam again then it was down to getting the noodle and tape out. Made up a series of hooks out of 8mm steel rod with a sharpened end ... worked away until the mother load came out ... very satisfying.
Test fitted the tubes and should work well ... once the filters arrive i'll finalise the length and make them pretty by painting on more resin, sanding back and clear coating.
Also got the radiator fan mounted up with two bolts out of 4, bit floppy but functional