Anyone running an official book?

[GAZ W]

On the first engine to go BANG on the rolling road day?

[RS2000CUSTOM]

I cant wait to see the faces (mine included) when all the money and effort we have all spent gives us a stonking 110 bhp at the wheels - lol lol lol

I suggest a pre-event owners guesstimate on BHP is made public on here and then of course we will all see the results on the day

Now thats what you call making a book !

As for a blow-up well thats gonna be a bonus - lol lol lol

[Chesney]

frosty's i reckon

[mk1gaz]

lol , a professional rolling road won't do a full throttle power run on anything that's rattling , pinking , knocking , smoking etc . They will also check the fueling + timing and correct it before any power runs and check with the owner for their engines spec and RPM limit . Nothing will blow up as it will only get revved if it's safe . Mind you accidents can happen and rod bolts can fall out !!!!!!
With regards to power figures , this is a Dyno-Dynamics rolling road so it's numbers will be accurate and therefore lower than most "coastdown" rollling road numbers .
Expect figures on average to be 20bhp lower than usual and sometimes even more !!!!! I've got lots of Dyno-Dynamics charts for cars and they ALL made more power on oldskool "coastdown" dynos . I'll post some up on here of some of my cars too show you the difference .

[mk1gaz]

Here's my oldskool BMW E28 3.5 litre graphs . Same car with no changes , same dyno operator , same everything just different machines giving different numbers .

220bhp on a Dyno-Dynamics and 256bhp on a Sun "coastdown" machine . Only 36bhp difference then .

[mk1gaz]

[taffr]

Here's my oldskool BMW E28 3.5 litre graphs . Same car with no changes , same dyno operator , same everything just different machines giving different numbers .

220bhp on a Dyno-Dynamics and 256bhp on a Sun "coastdown" machine . Only 36bhp difference then .

there's gonna be some amazing excuses that day, we need to video the faces of peeps when they get the results, suicide watch for andyc at brooke meadow

[Miniliteman]

The Sun machine adds VAT ...

[petrolhead]

any decent camera men going.?

Would be good to see. unfortunatley can't make it myself.

See if Frosty's Millions pay off!!

[mk1gaz]

The thing is that accurate rolling road machines take a bit of getting used to and the fact that everyone else is on it at the same time can ease the pain a fair bit !!!! It's when you go on your own that the paranoia sets in and you feel like reaching for the razor blades , lol !!!!!
Also i've seen lots of good fast engines power levels recorded on D.D. machines and so far no N/A 8v engines have made more than 98bhp a litre and no N/A 16v engines have made more than 110bhp a litre on pump fuel under 9000rpm .
A real good and fast N/A 8v engine will make about 88bhp a litre and a real good and fast N/A 16v engine will make about 100bhp a litre normally on a D.D. machine . Hope that helps your guesstimates for the day .

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Well on a Sun "coatsdown" including vat Rolling Road my 8v Pinto was showing 215 BHP - 100.70 BHP per litre @ (2135cc)
- who knows if that was at the wheels, at the flywheel or even at the steering wheel - lol

I want to try out a more modern Rolling Road so will wait in anticipation for my result

[FoMoCo]

Sure it wasnt 215 7" ronals

cheeRS Gary...

[mk1gaz]

There's no real fixed figure difference between a Dyno-Dynamics machine and a "coastdown" machine but i just normally knock off about 20bhp for pintos etc and so far it's been about right . If any 2.1 pintos make over 180bhp then it will be a very good result and the owners should be well pleased .
On my mates Dyno-Dynamics in the last few years the only 195+bhp pintos have so far been all 2.2+ litres and very expensive .

[steven f]

calling andyc if you want to go give me a bell and i will pick you up

[RS2000CUSTOM]

On my mates Dyno-Dynamics in the last few years the only 195+bhp pintos have so far been all 2.2+ litres and very expensive .

Well mine wasnt cheap - I charged myself a fortune