Anyone recomend anyone who is likely to have a short notice slot available for doing a few power runs and a couple of mapping tweaks on a car next friday?
(we'll do the tweaks, just need the rollers and operator not any mapping services)

Further south and more central the better as the car is based in portsmouth.

We've tried JKM already.

 

Just text Rob back then

 

motor worx just down the road from slim sheady

Where mine was done

 

Reworkz you mean? I think he is going to try them.

 

I thought SCC had some as well

 

Will ask Rob if he is allowed to stay over at my place, as we're heading off to woodbridge the next day anyway so that would be a good place to go if he was able to stay over, but bit of a pain if he has to go up and back in the day to be there to babysit etc.

 

Its not the engine I would be checking on that car

Brakes first!

 

Thats the ones, can you not arrange another day with JKM though.

 

Power figure is needed to compare against a top speed run its doing, but yes you are right, the engine doesnt need much checking, it goes like a bastard

 

aye, is a fast car that Astra

 

Rich, he was hitting 150mph+ on the back straight at bedford in it, so we're hoping for over 170mph at woodbridge in a couple of weeks

 

Yep thats where my car was done.

If you go there chip see if the oil is still on the garage roof, was fucking funny.

 

 

i am so glad you didnt try the brakes at 150 mph to find they werent there mate.

The oil is still on the roof at motor worx

 

pretty slippery cars and its got plenty of poke!

Bet you see 180mph if charge temps are ok. I got a pretty good look at the cooler at the weekend

Looks manly enough

 

Yeah they have a drag coeffecient under .3 IIRC

We've not had charge temps over 20 degrees yet when on the move, so that shoudl be ok hopefully.

Dont think 180 is realistic though with around 400bhp, Yum was a LOT more than that when he did his 178mph

Im seeing Rod on wednesday probably, so he'll be able to give me chapter and verse on what sort of power yields what sort of speeds so we can make a final tyre choice to set the gearing.

Currently we're planning on gearing it for 175mph at 7000rpm, which is a bit higher speed than we expect to get to but that is geared past peak power anyway I suspect.

 

If a 400ishHP Fiesta can do 179 im sure an Astra cant be far off if its running that power.

 

We'll know soon hopefully, or we'll have some pretty pictures of pistons outside of the block from trying

 

A place called Triton motorsport in Bournemouth has got one mate its near the airport

http://www.tritonmotorsport.com/show...?id=index_cont

 

Hi Chip
Just checked the drag figures on the web with 400horses you are looking at 177.2mph (8% less drag than a Sapphire), if you are geared correctly. Can I suggest 174/175 at peak Power because experience says it will pull past that once it gets going. You are 20 horses or so short of 180.

 

Nice to see you dont mind working out top speed figures for some people Rod