Tidgy

Yeah get it checked out, but from what you describe doesnt sound good. Did you buy it private or from a garage?

Catalunya was a UK only car so would have been the full inventory in the UK. Type r was jap only and special order in Japan but no limit on how many. Made to order just refers to they were only built when they had a customer, it wasn't a limited edition as such.

By nock do you mean from in the engine itself or something like a mount? If it's engine nock at low revs could be crank bearings, just depends.

Depends who you ask, to me P1 is a watered down type r, so IMO Type r is a much better car.

If its not been mapped for the mods could well be causing the issue

yeah its proven to be not very accurate unfortunately.

type-ra may have the info but no idea if theres anyway to actualy tell

not sure what specialists are up your way unfortunately, hopefully someone else can help

wont have been low enough to be an issue if it was still on the dipstick, not even 1L between low and high on it iirc. Sounds like you need to get it back to the garage to diagnose it.

Sounds like it may have droped the crank :( was the oil level still on the dipstick?

I've said my bit, take it or leave it

The difference is his technical knowledge and working practices are known to be bad, he doesn't even road test cars after mapping, that isn't opinion, its a known fact. He's been drummed off 22b, SN and other sites and its Andy forrest who first called him dung khan, so take what you want form it, but when you get the top mappers/tuners in the country saying he's bad then it's up to you if you want to believe it or not. It sounds like you have been lucky to say the least, but sooner or later it will bite you in the **** im sure.

You could argue the point yes, how ever its one incident vs dozens.

Your gonna get issues now and again no mater who you are, I can accept that, its how you deal with them that sets you apart. Everytime his name is mentioned on SN people come out with complaints about him. Given you know what experiences people are having with him im amazed you'll let him anywhere near your car tbh, even a broken clock is right, twice a day.

you said that before piggy went for a map and look how that turned out. He's enept at best.

not really sure who does esl now tbh, but stay well clear of racedungnamics what ever you do

out on the pull eh,,,,, hahahahaha

cheers :)

Actualy i take it back, only ever heard them called boost solenoids, not boost control solenoids, which is the actual name. I had one of these on mine, http://shop.scoobyclinic.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=265_285&product_id=666 Not had any dealings with any of the other brands to be fair.

Just get a 3 port boost solenoid. There is no need for any additional boost control.

Nope, one of the fastest way to blow up your engine. That's what the ecu is for. If you want to get the boost increased will need mapping.

It's already gone I'm afraid chap. Will be back up for sale at some point, not sure what spec it will be in though, may get returned to stock or sold as is. I'll let you know when i hear whats what. Yeah was all sorted in the end, duff throttle position sensor and a duff ignition leed so nothing too major in the end. A couple of the small number of parts from the original engine that were still in the bay lol

The bearings weren't replaced? Wouldn't be the first time RCM have done this despite being advised to. As I said above name and high price doesn't always mean you get a good job.

Cheers :)

Does look like its on stilts to me haha