BRUNTINGTHORPE 5 - THURSDAY 30th JULY

Anybody coming up in convey from surrey/M25 want to drive up together?

[stephendell]

Usual meeting point for those travelling from the south is Toddington services on the M1

Arrive 7.00am Leave 7.30am so a 30 min window approx.

Cheers Stephen for another great day.
And fellow members for the tools and advice needed in bodging up me balls.
Broke the 150 barrier although not recorded post spin and stall.
Hope you all enjoyed that. haahha (Not the stig just call me Clarkson two oh f**k)
Dave

Hi everyone,

It was nice to meet all of you at the proving day on thur. Glad the weather was (relatively) kind to us, particularly for me with my FWD hatch. Thanks for letting me and my megane tag along.
I can see how these days can become quite addictive. I'm already thinking of how I can improve my figures next time around (rear seat removal, loose weight, etc!)
Are the results going to be posted up here sometime?

Cheers

Are the results going to be posted up here sometime?

Cheers

maybe in 12 months...... still waiting for pics n stuff from as long ago as may aren't we Mr D

[stephendell]

Probably tonight!

Don't rush him he's a busy man

tonight is now past.... it is now the morning !

[phildini]

tonight is now past.... it is now the morning !

Yes but Mr Dell he is in a different time zone, his 24 hours is our 48 hours

Stephen,
Have you managed to work out the BHP?
Would be interested to know, what my car is producing.
Dave

Accoording to Steve's calculations mine was making 287 bhp. About right I think, was at 0.9 bar. Fits in pretty accurately with the 260 bhp at 0.8 bar it made on the rolling road

[stephendell]

NAME VEHICLE WEIGHT COLOUR 0-60* 0-100 VMAX VMAX Flying BHP 1/4 Mile**
DELL, Stephen A610 1420 Red 5.7 14.8 149.9 151.5 266 14.6@98.0
LAW, John GTA Turbo 1250 Red 7.5 17.0 145.6 NT 203 15.4@93.7
WARFIELD, Richard Spider 965 Yellow 7.0 21.1 127.6 NT NT 15.7@90.2
GIBBONS, James Megane R26 1353 Black 6.1 15.5 144.1 NT 267 14.9@97.5
SMITH, Tony GTA Turbo 1218 Black 5.1 13.0 145.9 153.1 284 13.9@103.9
PEARSON, Duncan Secma 560 Red 6.9 NT 95.5 NT NT 15.6@86.1
MILES, Dave GTA Turbo 1180 Red 6.2 19.8 146.0 150.2 216 15.8@88.2
THOMAS, Miles Spider 965 Blue 7.5 19.2 129.5 NT NT 16.0@91.4
KENNY, Jon Megane R26 1353 Black 7.2 18.9 143.1 NT NT 15.8@91.2

NT = Not Tested
* = True 0-60 (no rollout)
** = True 1/4 mile (no rollout)

Please note that we have measured true 0-60 and true 1/4 mile without rollout. Whilst it is convention to measure 0-60 without rollout 1/4 mile times are almost alwyas recorded with 1 foot roll out at drag strips. For the range of performance of the vehciles tested this would equate to a reduction of approximately 0.3 seconds off the stated 1/4 mile times.

We also tried something new on this occassion. We measured Vmax from standing and flying starts to see if there was any improvement.