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Got meself to Gforce yesterday.
Very impressed with the set up and big thanks to Chris and the other guy who kept making me chuckle. What happened to the eye dude?.
Execellent facilities and anyone that manages Porsche racing teams for their bread and butter has to know what they are doing. The GT1 race car and the 953 Kramers really done it for me!! Basically the largest air capacity rollers in th world and capable of shitfing a shit load of hot air after runs to return to normal air temps. A safe environment to run in.
OK so they have the Dyno Dynamics rollers which is basically the new way of mesuring the forces exerted by a car. ALL the top drag and racing teams do it this way and I know that Mario uses these rollers as do the RalliArt and Subaru rally teams.
A very different measurement system and it measures the power at the wheels and does not measure or confuse the issue with drivetrain losses which can be maipulated by the operator. Also the systems used guarantees to be within sth like 0.5 percent of the final figures.
The system has the ability to compensate for air temps diffs aafter a run, as well as humidity changes and so on. So after each run, this is a new setting and takes into account any changes. SO you get a TRUE reading.
So I got 324.6 BHP AT THE WHEELS. After speaking to Mark at Abbey the drag factor included this is roughly about 470-475 BHP at the Flywheel if I was to run this at TJ. PMJ had a drag factor of 130 BHP loss and that is with 17" wheels. With the 18s and wider tyres then there will be more loss due to more drag.
I am chuffed to bits with that as this is a TURE reading of the cars capabiliteis and what the engine is making and transferring down to the ROAD.
I am now going for the bigger cooler and hard pipe kit to increase stability of air temp and slight improvements. I have another run planned after this so see what it comes back with. after the mods.
Take a look for yourself: www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk
Link to 4 wheel drive dyno and it will tell you about the accuracy of the dyno. Speak to chris.
I suggest we get some cars down there for a whole day as Chris would like to accomodate this to compare and conquer. Would be interesting to see what the true readings are at the wheels and what is going down on the black stuff.
TTFN, NLW.
Got meself to Gforce yesterday.
Very impressed with the set up and big thanks to Chris and the other guy who kept making me chuckle. What happened to the eye dude?.
Execellent facilities and anyone that manages Porsche racing teams for their bread and butter has to know what they are doing. The GT1 race car and the 953 Kramers really done it for me!! Basically the largest air capacity rollers in th world and capable of shitfing a shit load of hot air after runs to return to normal air temps. A safe environment to run in.
OK so they have the Dyno Dynamics rollers which is basically the new way of mesuring the forces exerted by a car. ALL the top drag and racing teams do it this way and I know that Mario uses these rollers as do the RalliArt and Subaru rally teams.
A very different measurement system and it measures the power at the wheels and does not measure or confuse the issue with drivetrain losses which can be maipulated by the operator. Also the systems used guarantees to be within sth like 0.5 percent of the final figures.
The system has the ability to compensate for air temps diffs aafter a run, as well as humidity changes and so on. So after each run, this is a new setting and takes into account any changes. SO you get a TRUE reading.
So I got 324.6 BHP AT THE WHEELS. After speaking to Mark at Abbey the drag factor included this is roughly about 470-475 BHP at the Flywheel if I was to run this at TJ. PMJ had a drag factor of 130 BHP loss and that is with 17" wheels. With the 18s and wider tyres then there will be more loss due to more drag.
I am chuffed to bits with that as this is a TURE reading of the cars capabiliteis and what the engine is making and transferring down to the ROAD.
I am now going for the bigger cooler and hard pipe kit to increase stability of air temp and slight improvements. I have another run planned after this so see what it comes back with. after the mods.
Take a look for yourself: www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk
Link to 4 wheel drive dyno and it will tell you about the accuracy of the dyno. Speak to chris.
I suggest we get some cars down there for a whole day as Chris would like to accomodate this to compare and conquer. Would be interesting to see what the true readings are at the wheels and what is going down on the black stuff.
TTFN, NLW.