Monty is really flying, I've enhaced the ECU calibration further and spent last weekend ripping through the Cotswolds. This proved he's a proper little weapon now, and following an oil change this weekend and the fitting of my track wires shod with Toyo 888R tyres, Monty will be ready for Castle Combe on the 11th June.
Fortunately I've retained the 2,000 - 3,000 grunt, this is where I tend to use the engine most when pulling around, and out of bends on B roads. That aspect remains as it was which I'm delighted about, it's just the engine is now a lot stronger everywhere above that window.
While I've proved Monty's Duratec will now rev to 8,225rpm (which is nuts), I've found I don't always want to go that far, change ups at 6,000 are often enough, but the pull from 3,000 - 6,000 rpm is definitely way way stronger, and it's now easy to wind out the engine to 7k, then onto 8k and abouve whenever the mood suits.
Now I've fixed the cammy idle quailty which required some complex engine management tricks, taking Monty to stage 3 has proved to be a win, win, win
