Originally Posted by Luddite
It would seem a relatively simple matter to incorporate a programme selection that would suit cruising to maximise fuel economy and another to suit relaxed driving with the push of a button, or tap of a screen select fast road settings, and for the nutters amongst us, Track day driving..?


Maybe but Montegue is talking about stage one being 180bhp with stock cams and stage two being 210bhp with different cams. I feel you could have different programs setup and swap them but best to just have the optimum program for the cam shaft fitted based on the revs of the engine, you are not going to change cams unless you have a VVC engine and then it is a change of cam angle, not lift. Peter/Gambalunga knows a lot more about how it works as he has played with the program map to get his car to run optimally.

Looking at old OMEX PDF's I saved on my computer the options they had for the 2.0L engine was

180BHP - Throttle Bodies.
210BHP - Throttle Bodies and Cams.
260BHP - Ported head, Forged pistons and rods, Tapered Throttle Bodies, Cams, valve springs to redline at 8700rpm as fitted to the Morgan Bay doll.

195BHP VVC/MZR - Throttle Bodies.
215BHP VVC/MZR - Throttle Bodies and Cams.

They had 2.5L engines with 170bhp, 210bhp, 270bhp, 295bhp and 310bhp.

I think VVC stands for Variable Valve Control, MZR is jut Mazda's marketing name for the same engine. I think Monty would not have the VVC version of the duratec but if he can get 180bhp to 210bhp without throttle bodies that is a good achievement, it is quite easy to check by looking at the top of the engine. My car has VVC and you can see the control unit in front of the spark plugs.

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Having said that as someone has already suggested you could upgrade to a 2.5L engine. I have been told that Frontline are now using 2.5L engines for all their cars with the reason being that OMEX is not suppling 2.0L engines any more, but I thought OMEX was not supplying any engines any more so not sure where Frontline now source engines from.