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It's as it came in the post.

Got a few little presents to go on the van over the winter. Avonbar Phase 2 cam, possibly a better turbo and:-

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Hope to get it on the rollers next weekend to see what we managed to get out of it this year.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

oooff!

Need to make a better flowing exhaust too.

Blimey, all the mod cons! Looking forward to seeing it at the RR session :)

It also has another present for next year.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

How do you work that out then Colin? I expect a bit less than 150bhp personally.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I was thinking cloer to 140 bananas, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. Can't wait to hear what it actually does.

Bail on the wife and come watch

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Unfortunatly I will be at the wrong end of the country...

The final drive ratio might have a lot to do with it, but I ran a 15.2sec 89.9mph at MITP last year with ~140hp. I did have one more gear change that the van would have.

Going from what Fast Carl says, you need ~25hp for every 0.5sec on the quarter gives me the 164hp result

Edited by Sprocket on 27th Sep, 2010.

Interesting... It's running a 3.1:1 final drive

Figures from memory - For Avon 09 we had about 72bhp (went on the rollers there) and did a 16.9 second best time, so going by the 25 BHP per 1/2 second time improvement, we'd need to be running around another 110 bananas to get the 14.6 second runs. I think ~180 banans is optomistic. Also there is the weight and aerodynamic differences to take into account. I'm going to stick to my ~140 banana guess and hope to be proven wrong

I'll say 136bhp

EDIT: BTW last year's best was a 17.9 not a 16.9

Edited by John on 28th Sep, 2010.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

The 0.5sec/ 25hp theory is for a car with the same weight. IE to improve a cars time by 0.5sec, without changing the weight, requires ~25hp.

I ran 17.5 with the 1400 and ~80hp, then ran a 16.3 with ~105hp on a different engine, little lightening of the car too. I then ran the 15.2 with an extra 40hp of nitrous, so the ~25hp/ 0.5 sec rule is somewhere about right

like i said, the final drive might have something to do with it, but im sticking with my numbersgive or take 7

I'm happy for you to be right on this occasion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc

153.8nana's @ 5350rpm and 172.9curlywurlies @ 4550rpm
Very pleased!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Good result chaps, some paint next eh

Thanks for your help today John.

Nice :), and I was wrong

Well done guys good numbers, got any pics with the new wheels on? i did see the pics at avon it looked good but really high?

I think thats a great result and does not really surprise me in view of your times.

Must see your full spec to work out how to improve mine.

Please dont paint it, thats half the surprise for most people.

yes well done sir. it's a shame you weren't there with your camera vid doing a cracking job again.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

No worries Tom.

George:- Not got the wheels just yet. Need to get them couriered over. It's going to get a beating with the lowering stick over the winter. We have a massive list of mods to do to it.

Tadge:- You are more than welcome to the full spec, just drop me a pm with any questions you may have :)

Matt:- I think Andy has some "holiday" footage on the video camera so it wasn't available this weekend.

I'm sure it will get some paint at some point but at the moment we are concentrating on fastness

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

If you haven't already make the subframe mounts solid