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Old 10-10-2007, 11:50 AM
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Default shite reading on the rollers - best excuses
has anybody actually done a rolling road test on their car WITHOUT making excuses afterwards about the results

surely you wouldnt even take it to a rolling road if it 'wasnt running right' or was 'losing boost' etc

surely you'd know this BEFORE you put yourself up for it, i know i wouldnt want everyone laughing at me after claiming it was gonna pull 900 horses


"i only got Xbhp...due to my hamster dieing 3 years ago, and the fact my wing mirror wasnt painted and i only had 1 fog light working"

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"the operator was having phone sex while taking the readings and his foot must have slipped"

but my personal favorite is "it's an auto"
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Well my excuse was sorry i cant afford anymore..
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there allways one who says it did 350 last time when it only just made 280
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Ged, im trying to think back to your reasons as to why your 1.6 GTE lump only made 93bhp........
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estimated bhp - "...400bhp at my mates RR in his garage with a stopwatch, it wouldnt stop spinning! YES! hehehe"

actual bhp - 280bhp

operators comments - "...are you pissed?"

owners comments - "AFM faulty, will be replacing it soon"
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PMSL @ LeadFoot.
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
Ged, im trying to think back to your reasons as to why your 1.6 GTE lump only made 93bhp........


because the owners head was causing interference with the dyno
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Originally Posted by foreverwhite
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Ged, im trying to think back to your reasons as to why your 1.6 GTE lump only made 93bhp........


because the owners head was causing interference with the dyno
To be fair though, for what it was, "crazy red" fucking flew
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get your nose out my arse u fat cunt
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Originally Posted by foreverwhite
estimated bhp - "...400bhp at my mates RR in his garage with a stopwatch, it wouldnt stop spinning! YES! hehehe"

actual bhp - 280bhp

operators comments - "...are you pissed?"

owners comments - "AFM faulty, will be replacing it soon"

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Originally Posted by foreverwhite
get your nose out my arse u fat cunt

Havent you got some shit job to go and do while pretending you are important?
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easy... i was only joking lol

but yes, i probably do
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Many a true word said in jest

The fat cunt half was certainly accurate at least
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i like that one "too much power, lost traction"!

its even more annoying if you make a decent figure or maybe a bit more than you were expecting and people start saying "that figure is too high, the dyno is reading incorrectly"
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I made 267bhp and 325ft/lb @ APT and was more than happy with that, and I had no idea what it should have been

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"it's not been mapped on the rollers, only on the road"

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