Another 60 miles in the books. S/O to Rev for a great basemap that has needed very little idle tweaking and just in general works well. Car is running a bit rich but that is fine by me at the moment. I did a little bit of VEAL tuning and that seemed to help a bit. Only concern is still the hot idle oil pressure which is less than 10psi at an 800rpm idle with oil temp at 185F (assuming the autometer oil pressure gauge can be trusted). Cold startup is 55psi and cruise is about 37psi for reference. Before I go for another break in drive, I am going to throw in 10W-40 with that hope that is raises the idle to at least over 10psi.

For anyone that is on the fence about an EFR, it is so worth it. The car has power everywhere and pulls so hard even on just 7psi of wastegate pressure. There's essentially no waiting for spool and the brakes now feel very inadequate relative to the acceleration.

I've also read through the various crankcase ventilation threads and have decided to block off my PCV valve and just VTA on the exhaust side. The risk of detonation from sucking blow-by into the intake just is not worth the emissions hassle.

 

I’ve not run with 10w-30 but I see close to 15 psi hot idle on setup that has oil cooler, remote oil filter and squirters using 5w-40. IIRC it was 5-10 psi higher on previous build that had plugged squirters. The ECU “alarms” were driving me crazy so I dropped them down to 15 and only rarely does it flash at me. 8-10 psi would make me squirm a little bit too and I’ll let the experts comment on that.

 

I'd be interested to see packaging with the low mount, EFR and AC/PS retained. Awesome build.

 

Subbed to this build as it’s almost identical to the build I’m doing. MOAR PICS PLZ, THX! 🙂