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axolotl · 20th August 2008, 11:00 PM

the front page of the site talks about figures obtained using BP ultimate 102 unleaded. I had thought that in the UK BP ultimate was 97RON whereas shell V-power is 99RON. is the 102 ultimate from a special racing fuel supply........also i'm surprised the power gain from using 102 octane fuel is so modest. I seem to remember when EVO ran a comparison of different fuels they found that shell optimax (as was) which then was only 98RON took a whole half a second off a standard Jag XJR's 0-60mph time.....or was that down to the cleaning effects of the fuel.........sorry if I'm straying too far from the topic of this thread but i am (sort of) talking about Ben's new website.

mindlessoath · 21st August 2008, 12:11 AM

you may also want to note that the 480hp that nissan claims is at 10% friction loss. all other dyno's sofar have not used 10% loss as far as i know, so that may make results a bit differnt, but overall a dyno is a tool, so its great to find gains of products being added to your car, a before install dyno run and after isntalled run. its not a great indicater of exact perfect hp figures.

anyways, its great to see someone offering great products for the R35! I cant wait to hear all the other updates

mindlessoath · 21st August 2008, 05:58 AM

i know the web guy is out for a while, but i noted something i just found... i cant seem to go back in the flash layout. say i click on "The GTR" and then "Design". i cant go back to the list where design was first. i have to go through the whole processes of clicking "the Gtr" again. it happens in annothe area but i dont remember cause i did it this morning half asleep.

Eric GTR · 21st August 2008, 10:56 AM

nice website, learnt something as well

[/buys 23 GTR plate from dvla]

my only worry would be how much is a replacement engine gonna cost if lunch it?

are these front splitters wind tunnel tested or just to look pretty and scrape on sleeping policeman?

stealth · 21st August 2008, 11:20 AM

Nice web site Ben ,Should come in handy

Eric GTR · 21st August 2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric GTR

nice website, learnt something as well

[/buys 23 GTR plate from dvla]

my only worry would be how much is a replacement engine gonna cost if lunch it?

are these front splitters wind tunnel tested or just to look pretty and scrape on sleeping policeman?

oh gawd im such a nerd i just bought ?23 GTR plate for £350 ....

mindlessoath · 21st August 2008, 07:44 PM

i dunno if all the front splitters have been tested. i know that they all have used previous designs that have done favorable to the tuners in the past and incorperated that design in the new design for the R35.

and then the tuners go out to do before and after laptimes to see how well the modifiactions have done.

so they all were not wind tunnel tested, but they all incorperate a design that does benifit added downforce. alot of research in track times and simple mods have figured it out.

also annother note - amuse tested some canards and found that they would cause lower track times when they used the canards... there design was flawed so they decided to scrap them. im not sure if they will re-do them as a better design at a later date, but you get what im trying to say, they do laptime testing to figureout if somethings going to work or not.

voltex is really the only one i know that does wind tunnel testing... but they dont do it spacific to every car... i belive they tested the z33 from sunline racing and around 8 other cars or so, more to come.

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20th August 2008, 11:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
axolotl GTROC Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 405	the front page of the site talks about figures obtained using BP ultimate 102 unleaded. I had thought that in the UK BP ultimate was 97RON whereas shell V-power is 99RON. is the 102 ultimate from a special racing fuel supply........also i'm surprised the power gain from using 102 octane fuel is so modest. I seem to remember when EVO ran a comparison of different fuels they found that shell optimax (as was) which then was only 98RON took a whole half a second off a standard Jag XJR's 0-60mph time.....or was that down to the cleaning effects of the fuel.........sorry if I'm straying too far from the topic of this thread but i am (sort of) talking about Ben's new website.

21st August 2008, 12:11 AM	#17 (permalink)
mindlessoath GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: usa Posts: 602	you may also want to note that the 480hp that nissan claims is at 10% friction loss. all other dyno's sofar have not used 10% loss as far as i know, so that may make results a bit differnt, but overall a dyno is a tool, so its great to find gains of products being added to your car, a before install dyno run and after isntalled run. its not a great indicater of exact perfect hp figures. anyways, its great to see someone offering great products for the R35! I cant wait to hear all the other updates

21st August 2008, 05:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
mindlessoath GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: usa Posts: 602	i know the web guy is out for a while, but i noted something i just found... i cant seem to go back in the flash layout. say i click on "The GTR" and then "Design". i cant go back to the list where design was first. i have to go through the whole processes of clicking "the Gtr" again. it happens in annothe area but i dont remember cause i did it this morning half asleep.

21st August 2008, 10:56 AM	#19 (permalink)
Eric GTR GTR Register Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 111	nice website, learnt something as well [/buys 23 GTR plate from dvla] my only worry would be how much is a replacement engine gonna cost if lunch it? are these front splitters wind tunnel tested or just to look pretty and scrape on sleeping policeman?

21st August 2008, 11:20 AM	#20 (permalink)
stealth New Users Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow ( not far from Jeff ) Posts: 3,301	Nice web site Ben ,Should come in handy

21st August 2008, 07:44 PM	#22 (permalink)
mindlessoath GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: usa Posts: 602	i dunno if all the front splitters have been tested. i know that they all have used previous designs that have done favorable to the tuners in the past and incorperated that design in the new design for the R35. and then the tuners go out to do before and after laptimes to see how well the modifiactions have done. so they all were not wind tunnel tested, but they all incorperate a design that does benifit added downforce. alot of research in track times and simple mods have figured it out. also annother note - amuse tested some canards and found that they would cause lower track times when they used the canards... there design was flawed so they decided to scrap them. im not sure if they will re-do them as a better design at a later date, but you get what im trying to say, they do laptime testing to figureout if somethings going to work or not. voltex is really the only one i know that does wind tunnel testing... but they dont do it spacific to every car... i belive they tested the z33 from sunline racing and around 8 other cars or so, more to come.