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7th Mar, 2011 at 10:25:52pm

Hi guys,

Been speaking to northampton motorsport about a rollin road set up an with road tax insurance fuel etc just running the car over summer is looking mega pricy so somethings going to have to go.
Seems every else I have to have by law ita looking like the rolling road.
My question is will I be able to get close tuning the car with a wide lambda sensor and a gauge with some form of logging caperbilty? Keeping in mind I need to also tweak my megajolts map as well and it's bike carbs not a well proven hif44.
Or will I be thowing good money after bad and I should just quit eating and get the car set up by a pro?

Edited by Alex1340 on 8th Mar, 2011.


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7th Mar, 2011 at 10:33:05pm

From my experience, a rolling road tune is worth every penny

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7th Mar, 2011 at 10:35:15pm

You can get close with a wideband, there is a good guide on here about WOT, throttle position to needle position and what to take off where.

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8th Mar, 2011 at 08:00:37am

The rr guy only has a wide band, so you have the tools. What you don't have is the ability to hold a certain load.

However, you have a time limit on a rr, driving around you have as long as you like. If you know what you are doing wit hthe carbs, then just using a wideband is an acceptable route.

None of my road cars have had a rr session to set them up.

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I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry.


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8th Mar, 2011 at 08:01:22am

Yep you will get close with a wideband.. In fact i would argue that you are better tuning it yourself with a wide band before even going to a rolling road. The you are just tweeking for power and not developing a map.

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8th Mar, 2011 at 10:39:18am

Been looking at getting a wide band lambda set-up myself just to see if I can set it up myself.

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Alex1340

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8th Mar, 2011 at 05:32:53pm

Ok so wide band seems a good option. Now all i have to do is explain it to the family get them to club together (give me cash) for my birthday in April and jobs a good'en


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8th Mar, 2011 at 09:15:10pm

my car is only tuned on the road :), do your homework, take your time (very easy to rush and up the boost lol) and you can get it done. the hardest part by far is sorting the ignition timing, this is somehting that makes or brakes an engine, and should really only be done on the rollers but with time on your side can be done on the road.

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8th Mar, 2011 at 09:58:37pm

Cheaper to have session on the rollers than an engine rebuild

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I stand corrected. You should know *wink*

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8th Mar, 2011 at 10:19:11pm


Using a rr is no gaurentee that it won't blow up!

On 8th Mar, 2011 Scruffy said:
Cheaper to have session on the rollers than an engine rebuild

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On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination,
talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol

On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry.


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9th Mar, 2011 at 11:50:51am

Depends who built it lol!

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I stand corrected. You should know *wink*

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9th Mar, 2011 at 12:50:50pm

Also depends on who tunes it

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