The Art of Tuning: A Conversation with Pete

When it comes to tuning engines, many enthusiasts focus on the outright number that's achieved through modifications such as turbochargers and engine internals. However, it's not just about the numbers; it's also about how power is delivered to the wheels. For many tuners, including ourselves at Bill Stein, the goal is to create a linear power delivery curve that makes the car feel lively and responsive over a wide range of speeds.

I've had the pleasure of working with numerous engines over the years, from the N14 to the N18, each with its unique characteristics and potential. I recall one particular engine that we undertuned before applying a custom tune. The result was a car that produced 238 horsepower stock, but after tweaking the electronics and making some minor adjustments to the internals, it was able to deliver power in excess of 280 horsepower. This experience has taught me that even without significant internal modifications, a well-tuned engine can still produce impressive numbers.

The key to creating a responsive driving experience is to refine the delivery of power rather than relying on brute force. A good tune should aim to get the car out of the twisties and onto the straights quickly, where it can truly shine. This means finding that sweet spot where the engine delivers its maximum torque in a linear curve, making the car feel quick and responsive over a wide range of speeds.

One of the most common misconceptions about tuning is that it's all about raw power. While it's true that more power always feels good, especially when you're pushing the limits on a track or down a twisty road, there's an art to delivering that power in a way that makes sense for everyday driving. I've found that engines with well-tuned delivery curves are much more enjoyable to drive than those that rely solely on raw horsepower.

When it comes to refinement, some tuners tend to focus too much on the top-end performance, neglecting the bottom-end grunt and tractability of the engine. This is where a good tune can make all the difference. By carefully tweaking the electronics and mapping, we're able to bring out the best in the engine, making it feel more responsive and engaging at lower speeds.

In fact, I've found that engines with well-tuned delivery curves are often more enjoyable to drive than those that rely solely on raw horsepower. When you have an engine that delivers power in a linear curve, it's like having a sledgehammer in a very narrow band – it feels quick and responsive over a specific range of speeds, but outside of that range, it's nothing more than noise. However, by refining the delivery of power, we can create an engine that feels relentless and never seems to run out of steam.

For me, the ultimate goal is to create a car that's both fun to drive on the road and quick enough for track days. It's a delicate balance, but one that's achievable with the right tune. I've found that engines like the N18 can deliver impressive numbers when properly tuned, but it's not just about the horsepower; it's also about creating an engaging driving experience.

One of my favorite things to do is to take an engine and refine its delivery curve. This might involve tweaking the electronics, mapping, or even making some minor adjustments to the internals. The goal is always to create a smooth, linear power delivery curve that makes the car feel lively and responsive over a wide range of speeds.

In recent months, I've been working on a project with Darren at Bill Stein, where we're taking an engine and refining its performance. We've already made some progress, and I'm excited to see where this journey takes us. With a little bit of tweaking and refinement, I'm confident that we can create an engine that delivers impressive numbers while still being enjoyable to drive on the road.

Of course, there's always room for improvement, and I have my fair share of OCD tendencies when it comes to engines. But with Darren's expertise and my own attention to detail, I know that we'll be able to create something truly special. And as always, I want to thank Aaron at Bill Stein for the support on this project – it means a lot to me!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys and welcome to petrol ped I have arrived at morari the legend that is Darren is just over there the car's in as you can hear from the opening it's very squeaky and very up and bangy yeah so um in this video we're going to talk through all the things that we're going to do with the car um and then Darren might throw some surprises in as well but this should be good I'm getting I'm getting Ruby Roadster back to a state where I actually want a driver testing testing 1 2 3 hey we're doing a video for me I know right it's all going to go wrong you know that loads of project PP stuff coming in the new year no we are in the new start we're not in the new this is oh it goes out in the new year yeah you yeah yeah I know no you can't swear on the channel oh sorry man you must have a beat but you know me so yeah this is the this is just before Christmas but this video is going out in the New Year yes allegedly so yeah so cool anyway uh so M shiny bits shiny shiny bits we like shiny bits don't we two main elements on here brakes and suspension yes shall we start off with suspension yes so I've got a terrible knock those coilovers on there are ready for the bin trash they are um but these yeah these are lovely so what are these obviously they're from billstein shout out thank you very much B4 so fixed damping with um spring perch adjustment so for ride height adjustment yeah um it's funn enough the same kit that we fitted to PP well see the whole Genesis of this work we're doing on my mini was all the work we' done on Project PP went can we just do that on mine and I want shiny bits you went yeah let's just do do it so this is exactly what we put on the little uh on the little project PP mini even got shiny new top mounts in so because of what's coming off this car they have their own top mounts with adjustment and all kinds of stuff which we don't need so we've restored it back to factory top mount front and rear we'll set the ride height up to be similar to this you can find a bit more on the front to reduce the rake that'll be handy and then it can settle for a bit and I'll do some magic with the geometry cool and then these so these calipers from a distance look exactly like the Brembo calipers that I took off the car to put the alcons on absolutely but these are basically the same but just they they're a copy um and they're perfectly adequate for these um they're not out of the Brembo stable but I mean they are effec a bareface copy we fit loads and loads and loads of them they do very well yeah I think if you were picking the Finish probably isn't quite as good but but we might be able to do something cool with this we will we'll do some of that there's some Baron magic happening okay so so that so the calipers of the same as what came off and you might be thinking well you put big break kit on because you weren't getting the performance well I'm just not track in the car like I thought was going you're not all the all the time make any sense to have the track set up on there they're a bit too overkill for Road oh yeah but these discs they're much more than what came off um off the standard cuz they're drilled and scored yep um they look cool I like the color they they're going to go really well with the wheels yeah I was going to paint them red for you what you like they that that color is really cool um so yeah so that's what's going on the car it is and you're going to do the work cuz I'm not trusting myself yeah he always does it come coming in here get me to do that how very dare go what we have done um it already is when the car came in you measured the ride heights yeah so I know where it is now cuz I've got a particularly aggressive geometry on that car I've got very big rake probably a bit too much rake too much y um so when the car finished loads of cber we're going to take that off a bit um so you're basically going to do your gari magic and we'll cover a little bit of it perhaps when you pick it all up so you can understand where we we've just come back away from a track setup because you're not using it for track it'll be great on track yeah but out there on the street and stuff not I help it you might but yeah so we do all this and then there'll be there'll be some tuning alterations as well won't there yes to get rid of all the the we we talk about that later cuz you can tell me what you're going to do right on change it get wheels off do usually just throw it at the car like this yeah all right let's do it off you go mate bye mate they are big aren't they they are massive like really really m massive knew it as well it's like I it's like got a sense so this has got bolted Union yeah yours have a an M10 threaded pipe your new Replacements so luckily for me I have a different set of hoses for you oh good excellent otherwise we can fit them but they won't work well that's good they won't squeal they will they yes see there's hardly anywhere on them at all no there isn't actually really good sh I've done literally one track day and I only went out twice is that the one with the r on it it's the one with the r on it it's going on the right hand side of the vehicle yeah you may ask why are the spirals going forwards why are the spirals going forwards I thought you might yeah it's to do the vents in here vents are not straight vents are always at a specific angle so the disc is stronger in one rotation than it is in another so it's got absolutely nothing to do with this bit a pretty bit and everything to do with the bit down inside here there you go right new sexy discs going on obviously they won't stay that color for long no they won't you're right well that'll be all right look at that you stop to get a coffee and the new calipers are on already look and red braided poses H what's he doing now oh he he's just putting some copper slip on the back of lube no copper here oh oh sorry it's Lube I tell you what the old ones could have done without actually on the disc itself is it going to fall off now yeah pretty much there you go can you feel it moving already half seized off so here we have Darren fitting the billstein damper Nick taking photographs of the billstein damper and a billstein picture in the background product placement boys product product placement product placement Shin shiny Shin those bad boys definitely much better than what we've removed yeah yeah now while Darren Works away in the background on the car let me show you a couple of the trim bits now I mentioned in my video last week that when we dechrome the car uh we basically used black vinyl to dechrome it and that's fine but it's just showing its age now cuz it's maybe 3 or four years later so my good mate Sam at s smps 2012 who supplied me loads and loads of bits for Ruby Roadster you can see the Union flag tail lights from here um he has a uh complete set of dechrome parts that he sent me so that includes the head lamp and tail lamp surrounds very cool um the over the top of the I should be go that round so that's the top of the front radiator and then this is underneath the front radiator in red I think that's going to look really cool with the other red bits on the car door handles um and some more dechrome tape but I think actually I dechromed it not that long ago but he did send me this uh set quite a while ago now I just haven't had time to fit it and I did think I was likely to do some kind of project on the mini so I was going to leave it and do it all at that time the time is now this has been in a box in my shed and I hadn't actually opened up the box cuz I knew what was in it and I found a bar of s smps 2012 chocolate um it's been in M shed for about 6 month maybe even longer than that might be 9 months I don't know whether there's a eat before but I don't know whether I'm brave enough to eat that but thanks Sam excellent but I'll put um all s smps 2012 details below if you have a mini and you need trim bits they are the go-to place for trim bits and I'm pretty sure I've still probably got a discount code active if I've got one I'll stick it in the description below but yeah these are just going to finish off the car brilliantly so we don't need to change the rear brakes I upgraded these when I did the fronts these are uh EBC discs and upgrated pads but what we do need to sort out is the shocks in there and um and and also the Ming uh ooh Mankey stuff it's Mankey that is oh yes here see that's what happens people put boat in without oh yes he double hard you got good action there I all right that's I right that's even something I could have done almost you almost almost obviously you'd have to put your coffee down I'm busy I'm filming I know right you're doing that trying to look busy thing like me aren't you yeah yeah I do it way better than you mate you do mate I I need a bit more practice wait have those shocks got somewhere to actually clip the cables they have you know the breake line here and the brake wear cable here although is tiing a knot we need to sort that out yeah yeah that that's much better than just uh cable tie yeah yeah and cable ties are good but this is the right way yeah much better and look I can see a picture of the nerve oging on there as well yeah that obviously adds about five horsepower that it's got to be five horsepower at least sorry me engine bay is not very clean I'm disappointed in you mate I'm not angry I'm just disappointed that's the worst thing everyone goes really disappointed in you that's the worst part it's the worst one so um as well as uh suspension and brakes uh as I mentioned in last week's video um this has uh stage to tune but the map has pop and bang mode oh when you're in sport mode I don't know what ever possessed me to think that was cool what I wanted was I love a car when you get organic like a pop or a bang or a crap back off and you get I quite like that especially if it's followed by a massive flame out the exhaust y um so uh what are you going to do to help me out on that one well the pop and bang map is going in the bin so that so that's just a bit of software that tells the engine to overfuel on on lift over in effect yes you can overlap a bit of ignition timing as well so you fire as the exhaust valves open and that creates a down the exhaust system which if like you you're running a sports cat obviously you get that out the back if you do that on a car with a standard cat it will fold that Catalyst brick inside out quite quickly great yeah it blows big holes in it literally blows big hold in it as if someone shot a gun for it okay horrible um so you can get rid of that yeah so what we will do what I do with everything is I'll take a record of what's on it first so we've got that recorded in case for some reason I have a bad day um I'll then go back Factory bone stock first so with the latest version of software that isn't locked which isn't an issue with these yeah um and then I tune from there um the reason for going back with a factory Bon St file is that I have all of the bugs worked out especially when it's an updated version um you might find that there's three iterations of the software available for this that it hasn't had yeah so we'll put the most most modern one on there three four years maybe since I had it done yeah so there's undoubtedly going to be at least one revision to the factory software so if we can get that on on there bug fixes and all and then we work from that point forward based on the hardware that's fitted to it currently so we know about the the the downpipe um as part of that process we'll health check it so we'll go through plugs and service requirements stuff anyway probably do that at the same time and really then because the hardware on it is already for a stage two tune yeah because that's what we have we'll write our own version again cool in the way that we do with our linear delivery everything else but with no pops of BS but a million horsepower a million and one a million and one that one we've got five because of the sticker on the back yeah I so have a million six then yeah yeah wow yeah we good job of doing break my my for me so these cars stock were about 21 horsepower something like that this is running about 270 I think when we DED it and about 400 new M that kind number sounds about something like that um I'm not that for me it's about the drivability it's not about the outright number that's the thing that we I've driven a car that you've tuned before and it's the it's the way the power comes in not necessarily what that outright number is funny I don't number Chase and I never have and I don't like to I'm more inclined to try to get the curve as linear if you like as is humanly possible yeah a lot of these n14 n18 engine cars I undersell the horsepower expected horsepower figure around 260 270 we've had a lot of them albeit some of them with some of my other bits like my Turbo manifold and so on that have exceeded 280 290 horsepower and they've got up into the mid fours on the torque delivery as well yeah um I mean it's it's realistic to expect that this would actually end up doing a very similar number to what it's doing now it would just deliver that power in a different way yeah um cuz this one when we we ran it stock before we put the tune on and it was running 238 stock yeah so it was a good one a good one yeah I'm not going to change internals and it's not it's it's already got all the hardware on it to to run that I just want I want to get rid of the pops and bangs but at the same time just further refine it yeah this it's almost like we're we've gone I've gone down the let's make it into a track day car and then thought no and then I'm bringing it back I want it to be a nice pleasant car on the road yeah and I want it you know I want it to be quick yeah which is and enjoyable yeah exactly and yeah that that track the tractability of the linear talk deliver is the bit that makes the difference because whether you're out on B roads or whether you're on a Motorway or wherever the wherever you are if you have and I have this conversation with people a lot if you have a tune that delivers in my terminology like a sledgehammer in a very narrow band yeah it feels quite Lively and it feels quite Pokey but for a very narrow window within the Rev range yeah everything after that point is noise um you're still burning a lot of fuel and everything else but you're not you're not accelerating down the road anymore so if you can bring it on a little less ferociously at the bottom end and then retain the delivery of that torque in a nice linear curve yeah it the the thing that I keep getting fed back from people is that it feels Relentless it never seems to run out of power and it might not be quite as Sledgehammer delivery which is the whole point but because it never feels like it's ever running out of power it feels quicker over a wider band and that from a b Road hack point of view or down the coast at the weekend or whatever I think that's far more fun yeah so that's where we're going and I'm going to clean the engine B up cuz this messes with my OCD it's really bad really really it's pretty Scrappy in it I did clean it once but during the war this like I said oh no I've just dropped leaves all over your floor see coming in here making a mess anyway uh yeah so that that I'm that I'm really looking forward to that but no more pop and that means I'll be able to use sport mode without it going without it going firms the steering up a bit and just makes it nice yeah so very much that's it cool beans so there you go I reckon that's about time to wrap this video there's still plenty of work for Darren to do on Ruby Rose so I cannot wait to see what happens to see what she looks like next it's going to be the next time I see is probably going to be in like six weeks four to 6 weeks time I guess but I know that she's going to look amazing cuz I think daren's going to do a little a little few little tweaks that he's not going to tell me about just little touches little mulgari touches that um she will be very very proud to wear but before I say goodbye massive thank you to Aaron at billstein for uh the support on this project um and a huge thank you to Darren as always and Nick who's the legend these taking pictures for Bill Stein over there they're doing a bit of a photo shoot um and I shall see you on the next video but if you enjoyed that give me a thumbs up comments below are always welcome and if you haven't done so already please subscribe to peted for plenty more content to come anyway you take care guys I shall see you on the next video um the next time you see Ruby broa she will look very very different you take care guys drive safehey guys and welcome to petrol ped I have arrived at morari the legend that is Darren is just over there the car's in as you can hear from the opening it's very squeaky and very up and bangy yeah so um in this video we're going to talk through all the things that we're going to do with the car um and then Darren might throw some surprises in as well but this should be good I'm getting I'm getting Ruby Roadster back to a state where I actually want a driver testing testing 1 2 3 hey we're doing a video for me I know right it's all going to go wrong you know that loads of project PP stuff coming in the new year no we are in the new start we're not in the new this is oh it goes out in the new year yeah you yeah yeah I know no you can't swear on the channel oh sorry man you must have a beat but you know me so yeah this is the this is just before Christmas but this video is going out in the New Year yes allegedly so yeah so cool anyway uh so M shiny bits shiny shiny bits we like shiny bits don't we two main elements on here brakes and suspension yes shall we start off with suspension yes so I've got a terrible knock those coilovers on there are ready for the bin trash they are um but these yeah these are lovely so what are these obviously they're from billstein shout out thank you very much B4 so fixed damping with um spring perch adjustment so for ride height adjustment yeah um it's funn enough the same kit that we fitted to PP well see the whole Genesis of this work we're doing on my mini was all the work we' done on Project PP went can we just do that on mine and I want shiny bits you went yeah let's just do do it so this is exactly what we put on the little uh on the little project PP mini even got shiny new top mounts in so because of what's coming off this car they have their own top mounts with adjustment and all kinds of stuff which we don't need so we've restored it back to factory top mount front and rear we'll set the ride height up to be similar to this you can find a bit more on the front to reduce the rake that'll be handy and then it can settle for a bit and I'll do some magic with the geometry cool and then these so these calipers from a distance look exactly like the Brembo calipers that I took off the car to put the alcons on absolutely but these are basically the same but just they they're a copy um and they're perfectly adequate for these um they're not out of the Brembo stable but I mean they are effec a bareface copy we fit loads and loads and loads of them they do very well yeah I think if you were picking the Finish probably isn't quite as good but but we might be able to do something cool with this we will we'll do some of that there's some Baron magic happening okay so so that so the calipers of the same as what came off and you might be thinking well you put big break kit on because you weren't getting the performance well I'm just not track in the car like I thought was going you're not all the all the time make any sense to have the track set up on there they're a bit too overkill for Road oh yeah but these discs they're much more than what came off um off the standard cuz they're drilled and scored yep um they look cool I like the color they they're going to go really well with the wheels yeah I was going to paint them red for you what you like they that that color is really cool um so yeah so that's what's going on the car it is and you're going to do the work cuz I'm not trusting myself yeah he always does it come coming in here get me to do that how very dare go what we have done um it already is when the car came in you measured the ride heights yeah so I know where it is now cuz I've got a particularly aggressive geometry on that car I've got very big rake probably a bit too much rake too much y um so when the car finished loads of cber we're going to take that off a bit um so you're basically going to do your gari magic and we'll cover a little bit of it perhaps when you pick it all up so you can understand where we we've just come back away from a track setup because you're not using it for track it'll be great on track yeah but out there on the street and stuff not I help it you might but yeah so we do all this and then there'll be there'll be some tuning alterations as well won't there yes to get rid of all the the we we talk about that later cuz you can tell me what you're going to do right on change it get wheels off do usually just throw it at the car like this yeah all right let's do it off you go mate bye mate they are big aren't they they are massive like really really m massive knew it as well it's like I it's like got a sense so this has got bolted Union yeah yours have a an M10 threaded pipe your new Replacements so luckily for me I have a different set of hoses for you oh good excellent otherwise we can fit them but they won't work well that's good they won't squeal they will they yes see there's hardly anywhere on them at all no there isn't actually really good sh I've done literally one track day and I only went out twice is that the one with the r on it it's the one with the r on it it's going on the right hand side of the vehicle yeah you may ask why are the spirals going forwards why are the spirals going forwards I thought you might yeah it's to do the vents in here vents are not straight vents are always at a specific angle so the disc is stronger in one rotation than it is in another so it's got absolutely nothing to do with this bit a pretty bit and everything to do with the bit down inside here there you go right new sexy discs going on obviously they won't stay that color for long no they won't you're right well that'll be all right look at that you stop to get a coffee and the new calipers are on already look and red braided poses H what's he doing now oh he he's just putting some copper slip on the back of lube no copper here oh oh sorry it's Lube I tell you what the old ones could have done without actually on the disc itself is it going to fall off now yeah pretty much there you go can you feel it moving already half seized off so here we have Darren fitting the billstein damper Nick taking photographs of the billstein damper and a billstein picture in the background product placement boys product product placement product placement Shin shiny Shin those bad boys definitely much better than what we've removed yeah yeah now while Darren Works away in the background on the car let me show you a couple of the trim bits now I mentioned in my video last week that when we dechrome the car uh we basically used black vinyl to dechrome it and that's fine but it's just showing its age now cuz it's maybe 3 or four years later so my good mate Sam at s smps 2012 who supplied me loads and loads of bits for Ruby Roadster you can see the Union flag tail lights from here um he has a uh complete set of dechrome parts that he sent me so that includes the head lamp and tail lamp surrounds very cool um the over the top of the I should be go that round so that's the top of the front radiator and then this is underneath the front radiator in red I think that's going to look really cool with the other red bits on the car door handles um and some more dechrome tape but I think actually I dechromed it not that long ago but he did send me this uh set quite a while ago now I just haven't had time to fit it and I did think I was likely to do some kind of project on the mini so I was going to leave it and do it all at that time the time is now this has been in a box in my shed and I hadn't actually opened up the box cuz I knew what was in it and I found a bar of s smps 2012 chocolate um it's been in M shed for about 6 month maybe even longer than that might be 9 months I don't know whether there's a eat before but I don't know whether I'm brave enough to eat that but thanks Sam excellent but I'll put um all s smps 2012 details below if you have a mini and you need trim bits they are the go-to place for trim bits and I'm pretty sure I've still probably got a discount code active if I've got one I'll stick it in the description below but yeah these are just going to finish off the car brilliantly so we don't need to change the rear brakes I upgraded these when I did the fronts these are uh EBC discs and upgrated pads but what we do need to sort out is the shocks in there and um and and also the Ming uh ooh Mankey stuff it's Mankey that is oh yes here see that's what happens people put boat in without oh yes he double hard you got good action there I all right that's I right that's even something I could have done almost you almost almost obviously you'd have to put your coffee down I'm busy I'm filming I know right you're doing that trying to look busy thing like me aren't you yeah yeah I do it way better than you mate you do mate I I need a bit more practice wait have those shocks got somewhere to actually clip the cables they have you know the breake line here and the brake wear cable here although is tiing a knot we need to sort that out yeah yeah that that's much better than just uh cable tie yeah yeah and cable ties are good but this is the right way yeah much better and look I can see a picture of the nerve oging on there as well yeah that obviously adds about five horsepower that it's got to be five horsepower at least sorry me engine bay is not very clean I'm disappointed in you mate I'm not angry I'm just disappointed that's the worst thing everyone goes really disappointed in you that's the worst part it's the worst one so um as well as uh suspension and brakes uh as I mentioned in last week's video um this has uh stage to tune but the map has pop and bang mode oh when you're in sport mode I don't know what ever possessed me to think that was cool what I wanted was I love a car when you get organic like a pop or a bang or a crap back off and you get I quite like that especially if it's followed by a massive flame out the exhaust y um so uh what are you going to do to help me out on that one well the pop and bang map is going in the bin so that so that's just a bit of software that tells the engine to overfuel on on lift over in effect yes you can overlap a bit of ignition timing as well so you fire as the exhaust valves open and that creates a down the exhaust system which if like you you're running a sports cat obviously you get that out the back if you do that on a car with a standard cat it will fold that Catalyst brick inside out quite quickly great yeah it blows big holes in it literally blows big hold in it as if someone shot a gun for it okay horrible um so you can get rid of that yeah so what we will do what I do with everything is I'll take a record of what's on it first so we've got that recorded in case for some reason I have a bad day um I'll then go back Factory bone stock first so with the latest version of software that isn't locked which isn't an issue with these yeah um and then I tune from there um the reason for going back with a factory Bon St file is that I have all of the bugs worked out especially when it's an updated version um you might find that there's three iterations of the software available for this that it hasn't had yeah so we'll put the most most modern one on there three four years maybe since I had it done yeah so there's undoubtedly going to be at least one revision to the factory software so if we can get that on on there bug fixes and all and then we work from that point forward based on the hardware that's fitted to it currently so we know about the the the downpipe um as part of that process we'll health check it so we'll go through plugs and service requirements stuff anyway probably do that at the same time and really then because the hardware on it is already for a stage two tune yeah because that's what we have we'll write our own version again cool in the way that we do with our linear delivery everything else but with no pops of BS but a million horsepower a million and one a million and one that one we've got five because of the sticker on the back yeah I so have a million six then yeah yeah wow yeah we good job of doing break my my for me so these cars stock were about 21 horsepower something like that this is running about 270 I think when we DED it and about 400 new M that kind number sounds about something like that um I'm not that for me it's about the drivability it's not about the outright number that's the thing that we I've driven a car that you've tuned before and it's the it's the way the power comes in not necessarily what that outright number is funny I don't number Chase and I never have and I don't like to I'm more inclined to try to get the curve as linear if you like as is humanly possible yeah a lot of these n14 n18 engine cars I undersell the horsepower expected horsepower figure around 260 270 we've had a lot of them albeit some of them with some of my other bits like my Turbo manifold and so on that have exceeded 280 290 horsepower and they've got up into the mid fours on the torque delivery as well yeah um I mean it's it's realistic to expect that this would actually end up doing a very similar number to what it's doing now it would just deliver that power in a different way yeah um cuz this one when we we ran it stock before we put the tune on and it was running 238 stock yeah so it was a good one a good one yeah I'm not going to change internals and it's not it's it's already got all the hardware on it to to run that I just want I want to get rid of the pops and bangs but at the same time just further refine it yeah this it's almost like we're we've gone I've gone down the let's make it into a track day car and then thought no and then I'm bringing it back I want it to be a nice pleasant car on the road yeah and I want it you know I want it to be quick yeah which is and enjoyable yeah exactly and yeah that that track the tractability of the linear talk deliver is the bit that makes the difference because whether you're out on B roads or whether you're on a Motorway or wherever the wherever you are if you have and I have this conversation with people a lot if you have a tune that delivers in my terminology like a sledgehammer in a very narrow band yeah it feels quite Lively and it feels quite Pokey but for a very narrow window within the Rev range yeah everything after that point is noise um you're still burning a lot of fuel and everything else but you're not you're not accelerating down the road anymore so if you can bring it on a little less ferociously at the bottom end and then retain the delivery of that torque in a nice linear curve yeah it the the thing that I keep getting fed back from people is that it feels Relentless it never seems to run out of power and it might not be quite as Sledgehammer delivery which is the whole point but because it never feels like it's ever running out of power it feels quicker over a wider band and that from a b Road hack point of view or down the coast at the weekend or whatever I think that's far more fun yeah so that's where we're going and I'm going to clean the engine B up cuz this messes with my OCD it's really bad really really it's pretty Scrappy in it I did clean it once but during the war this like I said oh no I've just dropped leaves all over your floor see coming in here making a mess anyway uh yeah so that that I'm that I'm really looking forward to that but no more pop and that means I'll be able to use sport mode without it going without it going firms the steering up a bit and just makes it nice yeah so very much that's it cool beans so there you go I reckon that's about time to wrap this video there's still plenty of work for Darren to do on Ruby Rose so I cannot wait to see what happens to see what she looks like next it's going to be the next time I see is probably going to be in like six weeks four to 6 weeks time I guess but I know that she's going to look amazing cuz I think daren's going to do a little a little few little tweaks that he's not going to tell me about just little touches little mulgari touches that um she will be very very proud to wear but before I say goodbye massive thank you to Aaron at billstein for uh the support on this project um and a huge thank you to Darren as always and Nick who's the legend these taking pictures for Bill Stein over there they're doing a bit of a photo shoot um and I shall see you on the next video but if you enjoyed that give me a thumbs up comments below are always welcome and if you haven't done so already please subscribe to peted for plenty more content to come anyway you take care guys I shall see you on the next video um the next time you see Ruby broa she will look very very different you take care guys drive safe\n"