TMS "Power pack"

[jollygreen]

Anyone had this done? Milltek exhaust, ECU and schrick cams. Thorney's claiming 390bhp...?

[jollygreen]

The man has a great rep amongst the VX220 fraternity... I spoke to him when I had my T an he's a thoroughly decent sort.

[jollygreen]

vx 220 said:

"The man has a great rep amongst the VX220 fraternity... I spoke to him when I had my T an he's a thoroughly decent sort."

Myself and a LOT of other vx220 owners would beg to differ with that comment! Have a look on http://www.vx220.org.uk/forums/

Isn't Thorney a mod on vx220.org??

[jollygreen]

oola said:

vx 220 said:

He own's and maintains the site

"Maintains" You mean censorship?

Really?!

[jollygreen]

I seem to recall some people claimg that their modified engines weren't giving the same results as others.

From my limited research it would appear that most of the complaints were from people who didn't appreciate that all engines are different... .

Thorney it would seem was, unsurprisingly, quoting the highest achieved figures for his power packs.

[jollygreen]

Andyt25 said:

I've driven the Thorney upgrade on the Lotus Europa and it transforms the car. From what I can gat5her they are new to Lotus but already getting a good rep within the Lotus community.

Maybe new to Lotus but not to the VX and VXT which, CMIIW, donated the motor to the Europa?

[jollygreen]

326bhp at the crank i presume? 326 at the wheels would be a pretty good result!

I thought most e46's made over 340?

[jollygreen]

DAN3M said:

Yeah thats at the flywheel, Spoke to John Thorney and he reckons that i will get around 25bhp on one of his custom re-maps, and another 15bhp with some 100 cell cats...trouble is that is what the first re-map said!!!

Who do you beleive for all this money?????

Somebody posted above that he was getting 364bhp from Thorney!

You know you want to supercharge it don't you...?

[jollygreen]

That's not good.

[jollygreen]

houlbt said:

Right that's it... am going to have to build a better engine for my CSL over the winter (well not me personally doing the spannering) and see what power I can get it to make at the wheels.

What's the plan? Exhaust, cams and remap? Anything else?

Edited by jollygreen on Thursday 28th August 13:27