Chip

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Well, our targets we set ourselves for today were:

Top speed: 170mph
Speed @ 0.5 mile : 150mph
Quarter Terminal : 125
Quarter Time : 12.59


What Rob actually got

Top Speed: 169.1mph
That was in under a mile though, using hardly any of the available space really, but the car was a little unstable, we think the tracking might be out after my off at bedford a couple of weeks ago

Speed @ 0.5 mile : 149.92mph
Poxy 0.08mph off, SO close!
Tried dialing in a little more boost but by then the headwind we were running into had really picked and it would only must 148 then

Quarter Terminal: 126.5mph
Well happy with that, slightly more than we expected

Quarter Time: 12.63
4 hundreths of a second off setting a new PB for the car, but given it was just on fairly poor quality bit of tarmac, we're feeling fairly happy.
He ran about 15 quarters all in the 12 out of about 20 attempts, with I think it was 10 runs under 12.8, so it was being mega consistant really


I also got a chance on the way back to sort out all the part throttle mapping and idle map etc, so its behaving a lot better now


WELL happy with how that went


The Monaro managed 190.1mph, so not quite at his 200mph target yet, but he was suffering badly with intake temps which were causing his ECU to pull massive amounts of timing out, so he was losing lots of power.
Bigger intercooler and some water injection should sort that, but that is pretty much what he expected to happen today anyway as he was really just using today as a shakedown for the car ahead of the Vmax event at the end of april.

Dangerous Malcolm..

20 quarter mile runs and nothing broke, awesome stuff. Well done.

andy escos

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quite good results you got there m8 was that on slicks or road tyres

Chip

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Andy, Toyo 888 road / trackday tyres mate

Mal, yeah thats the bit we were most pleased about, 400+ miles including the drive up and back, loads of abuse all day, and still drove home (well nearly home at the moment as he's still on his way back to portsmouth after dropping me off back in london)

Richie.

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Great results there

Such a shame he didn't crack 170

And no breakages either

Chip

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Richie, it was pulling 1mph per second when we looked on the logs when in 6th gear, so 1 more second on the power is all it would have taken him and he had plenty of space left, but as it started to wander about he backed off, I guess if he knew the speed was just under he probably would have braved it out, its not capable of much more than 170 though IMHO as you start eating up so much space at that speed, there might be a 172/173 or something in it if he has ago another day and goes a few hundred yards further, but considering that its only meant as a trackday car, its pretty rapid really to be getting anywhere up towards 170mph in under a mile!

Fudgey

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thats some prettygood going!
well done!

Spiky

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excellent, Nice one

thats about 50mph more than i can ever get

Dangerous Malcolm..

Any links to see the specs of it, I fancy a gander.

Spiky

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project area

Chip

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Quick overview of spec, sure rob has a full one written out somewhere.

20XE block and crank
Lightly modded XE head with +1mm valves
Steel rods
XE cams
Custom inlet and exhaust manifolds
GT3071 turbo
Oil squirters
Autronic SM4 mapped by some ameteur mapper from somerset
Calibra 6 speed gearbox
Quaiffe ATB diff
Twin plate clutch

Next step for the engine is to go onto solid lifters like my nova, as we're revving it till 7800rpm and the hydraulics dont like it.

sbd16v

as chip has alaready said, i could not have asked for more today

the performance is mind blowing, the car is fully home grown built by me tuned by chip engine spec'd by me and chip after he taught me what i needed to know to have informed decisions on what spec i want and its very satisfying to meet the goals you have set.

not only did the the car do the times we wanted i drove it 210 miles there and the same back apart from changing the wheels and some plugs i never had to touch the car all day.

so in a way the speed is only one part of the achievments this weekend


couple of other figures from the day

0-60 5.1 seconds
0-100 9.3

so happy with both of them aswell

Luca

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Good to hear everything went to plan

Luca

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OOOH! 0-100

bigchez

Sounds like you had a wicked day.

Not a massive VX fan, but do like your motor.

Munch

good times!

Maria.

You should of said i would of come along and brought a flask of tea and biscuits! i was bored bloody sensless all day!

Chip

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Sorry Maria, didnt imagine a dazzling starlet like yourself would have a saturday free, I assumed you'd be doing something glamourous somewhere

Maria.

Dont be silly, i have no life Chip. And i only live ten minutes away from woodbridge!

Chip

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Doh, oh well, at least I know to drop you a text or something if we go there again now!

clarke5700

does it keep burning out plugs?

clarke5700

well inpressive bth lol

Rod-Tarry

Had advised Chip that their was more to doing 200mph than just Power the Monaro had over 1000bhp but no WI & an inadequate intercooler, it proved to be correct, with these sorted before its attendance at Vmax it should join the 200+ brigade but they now know it aint easy.

rossco22

Very impressive results guys... Out of intrest what sort of power does the car put out to achieve these ??

Gooey

Good to meet you yesterday Chip.

Talkin of 200mph cars, the blue Skyline that was out on track was a 200mph car although had been detuned to 700 bhp for the day. Not bad for a home built car

Less.

Some excellent results

sbd16v

that skyline just sounded amazing

Ed1

Nice to meet you both on Saturday afternoon, you should have got Maria down there with a flask, it was bloody cold enough!

Your car looks awsome in the flesh rob, and the black astra - Mk1??

The skyline was crazy, i went to have a look at it once it parked up, Dont it do the 1/4 mile in something like 8 seconds?

Chip, you will have to let me know when you are about this area doing somthing like this again! Im always up for a day out!

Rossco

Here are my videos from the day;

Rob in action;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=008.flv
Rob again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=009.flv
And again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=021.flv
One of Tufftys runs;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...rent=011-1.flv
Tuft again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=012.flv
And again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=013.flv
Ben and his Corsa;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=015.flv
Ben again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=016.flv
And again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=017.flv
And again;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=023.flv
The "1000 bhp" Monaro;
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urrent=019.flv

Was a good day out, the Monaro looked a little disapointing, but did back up some of its power claims with a massive 190mph, that said Rob is a nutter with a shade under 170mph!

Both Tuffty and Bens are also both home built cars, Bens is a nearly standard LET running 8psi of boost but has got an ATB. Tufts car made 270bhp on the rollers but has an open diff.

Matt Evans

As near as damnit to 170mph in a mk2 astra!!!

Fair play to you both.

Chip

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No mate, its never burnt a plug out on this engine.

Chip

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Which one were you fella? "gooey" means nothing to me im afraid!

Chip

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Ok mate, not somewhere we go often sadly, Id like to do more of it though, will have to see what the editor thinks of the report dougie writes up!

Cossie Helen

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Well Done, awsome speed that is


Sorry I was a bit short and sweet on the phone Chip, I was in the pub and could not hear you very well

Chip

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No problem Helen

Chip

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Interesting link here:
http://www.lancerregister.com/mlrspr...entid=20090308

As of the figures today, Rob's car would be in the top 5 acceleration wise and the top 6 for top speed out of all the cars the MLR have tested.


Puts in perspective how quick it is I reckon!

Dangerous Malcolm..

Rossco, awesome videos.

The Monaro had a nice bark!!

Ed1

Is this goin to be in Total vauxhall then?

I take it you got home alright with the gearbox whining ok poor astra!

Chip

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Yes mate, should be in the shops in about 6-8 weeks I think.
I made sure I wont be in any pictures by wearing my Ford Rally, "team rs" jacket

Yeah, no problems getting home.

That box really does need replacing soon I suspect, Rob has a spare one sat there waiting thought for when the worst happens, lol

Ed1

I was walking around knowing you were there but i didnt have a clue who i was looking for, then i saw the jacket and thought to myself, that looks like him in the ford jacket, and i was correct! lol

You will have to let me know when you take the Nova out, id love to see than, A couple of my mates are in love with vauxhalls, God knows why