dubloke 4 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 'twas a fantastic day, nice to put faces to some of the names out there! about the high figures, i was talking in depth to a few of you and spoke of amd's rollers being a little boosted in showing good performance figures! and yet some of you were down on power compared to amd's figures. mina reckons the rollers at stealth are pretty accurate, and i guess he should know! 8o) [ Edited Mon Feb 23 2004, 09:40AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
ukdub 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 that would be my car binliner Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Had an excellent evening and day at stealth my car done 193.9 a.t.f and 151.something a.t.w and 180.something lb ft Torque and I was well impressed with this as a month ago it done 140 a.t.w at TSR and all its had is an induction kit exhaust and a filter.The pics are fab especially the one of bagpuss!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 that would be my car binliner nice...at last someone else with a wooden one (ooh er) its an exclusive club... better than these common old leather ones Link to post Share on other sites
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patrick green 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Mine was the one that posted less than 172 - it was about 140 but I've not looked at the paper properly as it's grim reading! Still I know what's up with it now so next time I'm sure it will be better! Link to post Share on other sites
1990 1 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Imagine how good it will feel when its sorted! You'll have an instant 50bhp gain. I had the same in my mk2, it did 133 at the flywheel once, turned out to be a bad ecu. Link to post Share on other sites
cliveyp 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Did seem like the rollers were reading slightly high yesterday. I've heard that Stealths rollers are normally accurate, and managed 112.7 from my stock 8V MK2 last year and 186 from my rado with a knackered MAF meter last last year, so it does seem that they are normally spot on, but for a standard OBD1 MK3 VR to have 190bhp+ seems a little high. Just my opinion, but like Ian says, at least you have a comparison against each others. Still a good day! Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Pepper 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 My OBD1 mk3 VR only got 184.9bhp and it's standard apart from an exhaust.... Link to post Share on other sites
nickbee 1 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 I'm highly dubious about the figures too. But my car came out on a par with the later cars, so I'm happy anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Id put the high figures down to the cold temperatures Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yeh, when I spoke to Vince about my figures being a little bit better then last time, he said the reason most where coming out so high, was due to the temp being so cold, and the VR's respond so well to lots of cold air! (As do most engines, unlike my toes by the end of the day!)Sure enough when I got home and checked my last set of readings from the rollers at Stealth it was 28 degrees where as it was only 8 degrees yesterday! Link to post Share on other sites
1990 1 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Six appeal, have you never been aproached by any mags for a feature on your car? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest couzens Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yeah man that's mine in pic 2 = Dr Pepper I think your figures are right cos mines totally standard and got exactly the same readings. Good job I didn't fart too hard otherwise that red GTI may have come crashing down :@ [ Edited Mon Feb 23 2004, 04:52PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 LOL, no way mate! Its been like that for about the last 3 years and never been asked! Maybe thats why as its been about for so long people have just got used to it! LOL!It would be nice but don't think its really feature material, and besides from what I've heard you have to do a lot of ass kissing to get in the Golf or PVW of late! I'd rather just let the car speak for itself than have to do that! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest couzens Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Mima; what RPM does your s/c kick in at? Link to post Share on other sites
nickbee 1 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 As Mina's not online to answer - you're thinking of a turbo. A s/c doesn't kick in, it works in proportion to the engines's speed. So you answer is, er, 1 rpm. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest couzens Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Dunno if that's right with all. I thought all s/c's were low end but was told the turbine ones like z-engineering actually have to wound up before kicking in at about 3500-4000 rpm. The ones on the cooper S work straight away.Essentially my question to him is what s/c has he got? Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Mina has a Vortech V2. Its a centrifugal blower unlike a roots style G-Lader or Eaton type.Z-Eng blowers are also centrifugal.Only difference between Z-Eng and Vortech are that Z-Eng has a belt "step-up" drive whilst a Vortech uses a gearbox to do this.They are usually geared to start making noticable boost at about 3250rpm - that is, at 3250, you get 1psi and this rises linearly to 8psi at 7000rpms.Jules Link to post Share on other sites
Guest daveybwoy Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 You really to forget the fly wheel figure and look at the ATW figure. Or even better is the torque figure. Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Ha ha Tommy - just goes to prove even though we took the most powerful car to get the KFC' date=' a 1.0 Lupo would have beaten us if it knew the way!![/quote']lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 We had a good afternoon. Just about thawed out now! :-)A lot of quailty cars present. Shame I did not get to chat to a few more of you, but there is always the next meet up. (I was the one in the rather loud orange fleece by the way)Well done Pete. Link to post Share on other sites
gill 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yes guys i also only got 140 at the fly and only 106 at the wheels but im ok now ive stopped sulking. Got the car booked in next week to find out what the problem is but first ive gotta get my fault reader repaired as it was not working for some reason. I suppose i better start saving my pennies. But aprt from that it was quality day apart from the directions i got from RAC routefinder and the weather. Link to post Share on other sites
sonny 0 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Trust me when i say that super charger on minas car works all the time !!! things bloody loud. Shame i couldnt make it myself as im sure i would of kept mina honest all the way there and back.......... NOT lol shame i have to sell my car too Link to post Share on other sites
1990 1 Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Yes guys i also only got 140 at the fly and only 106 at the wheels but im ok now ive stopped sulking. Got the car booked in next week to find out what the problem is but first ive gotta get my fault reader repaired as it was not working for some reason. I suppose i better start saving my pennies. But aprt from that it was quality day apart from the directions i got from RAC routefinder and the weather. I'm sure it will get sorted easily enough, it will be some bad sensors giving duff readings or your ignition timing or something. Link to post Share on other sites
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