General: - Proposed Rolling Road day 5th.Dec. Bletchley, MK. - Page 5

Black knight · Dec 4th, 2009, 00:45

Ok thanks. I will try and get along but am on nights so it may be lunchtime before i get there.

Rick.

saturnuranus · Dec 5th, 2009, 13:49

Looks like I was a bit late. I got here for about half 1 but there doesn't seem to be anyone about :-(

Maybe next time!

IC · Dec 5th, 2009, 15:24

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Originally Posted by saturnuranus

Looks like I was a bit late. I got here for about half 1 but there doesn't seem to be anyone about :-(

Maybe next time!

Hi, sorry that we missed you. They started running cars at 08.30. There were some interesting results!

Iain

saturnuranus · Dec 5th, 2009, 15:39

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Originally Posted by IC

Hi, sorry that we missed you. They started running cars at 08.30. There were some interesting results!

Iain

Yea gutted i missed it. Had to work this morning so thought I'd be pushing it a bit but a nice drive to Milton Keynes nonetheless

See you all next time!

RobbieH · Dec 5th, 2009, 16:43

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Originally Posted by IC

Hi, sorry that we missed you. They started running cars at 08.30. There were some interesting results!

Iain

Interesting results indeed

Only my second ever rolling road session attended and the first I've run one of my cars on. I'll post the photos I took later plus the info from my MTE remap on the D5. Now I know where the best bit of the engine performance lies

Many thanks to the guys and girls at Marlin Motor Engineers for looking after us and Don for organising this session

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foggyjames · Dec 6th, 2009, 02:13

Would be most interesting to see the various results...

What's with the various mount pics, Joules? I've been trying to make sense of it for a few minutes now

cheers

James

s60ben · Dec 6th, 2009, 09:30

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Originally Posted by foggyjames

Would be most interesting to see the various results...

What's with the various mount pics, Joules? I've been trying to make sense of it for a few minutes now

I've been trying to make sense of the engine mount pics for days now......

Results were very interesting, and interesting for me given one of the vehicles and the "chip" was a "top topic" at work this week, nice man at the place let me steal a copy of the plot LOL

s60ben · Dec 7th, 2009, 14:47

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Originally Posted by foggyjames

Would be most interesting to see the various results...

Many of the results are on http://forums.t5d5.org/index.php?sho...iew=getnewpost

It was an excellent day with some excellent results - and no gearboxes let go either

foggyjames · Dec 7th, 2009, 19:35

Cool, thanks. Very impressive numbers there

To be fair to Russ (and at the risk of biting

), his car does make ~80lbft of torque more than the next most torque-happy FWD Volvo I can think of (off the top of my head) in the UK...and there comes a point where the gearbox simply cannot cope. It may well be that, for example, 475-500lbft is the limit for an M56 in a standard-weight 850/70 on road-level rubber. It'll be lower on slicks, for sure.

It's a much more common problem in the RWD world where we generally have better traction...although the M90 is essentially the same as the M56 inside, you'll break them far quicker because the tyres are less prone to breaking loose and relieving the torque. It's quite a PITA, as the next step up is something like a Tremec T56...not cheap!

cheers

James

naffcar · Sep 5th, 2012, 21:10

I think I missed this one. When's the next?

Dec 6th, 2009, 02:13	#46
foggyjames 300 Register Keeper Last Online: Jun 7th, 2024 15:35 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nottingham	Would be most interesting to see the various results... What's with the various mount pics, Joules? I've been trying to make sense of it for a few minutes now cheers James __________________ VOC 300-series Register Keeper '13 V70 D4 SE Lux '89 740 Turbo Intercooler '88 360 Turbo Intercooler '84 360 GLT '81 343 GLS R-Sport '79 343 DL '70 164

Dec 7th, 2009, 19:35	#49
foggyjames 300 Register Keeper Last Online: Jun 7th, 2024 15:35 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nottingham	Cool, thanks. Very impressive numbers there To be fair to Russ (and at the risk of biting ), his car does make ~80lbft of torque more than the next most torque-happy FWD Volvo I can think of (off the top of my head) in the UK...and there comes a point where the gearbox simply cannot cope. It may well be that, for example, 475-500lbft is the limit for an M56 in a standard-weight 850/70 on road-level rubber. It'll be lower on slicks, for sure. It's a much more common problem in the RWD world where we generally have better traction...although the M90 is essentially the same as the M56 inside, you'll break them far quicker because the tyres are less prone to breaking loose and relieving the torque. It's quite a PITA, as the next step up is something like a Tremec T56...not cheap! cheers James __________________ VOC 300-series Register Keeper '13 V70 D4 SE Lux '89 740 Turbo Intercooler '88 360 Turbo Intercooler '84 360 GLT '81 343 GLS R-Sport '79 343 DL '70 164

Sep 5th, 2012, 21:10	#50
naffcar New Member Last Online: Oct 5th, 2013 20:48 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bletchley	Need new test as had remap since I think I missed this one. When's the next? Last edited by naffcar; Sep 5th, 2012 at 21:17. Reason: past event

Dec 4th, 2009, 00:45	#41
Black knight Junior Member Last Online: Mar 8th, 2010 21:13 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: York	Ok thanks. I will try and get along but am on nights so it may be lunchtime before i get there. Rick.

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saturnuranus VOC Member Last Online: Feb 7th, 2024 07:36 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sutton Coldfield View Photos By: saturnuranus	Looks like I was a bit late. I got here for about half 1 but there doesn't seem to be anyone about :-( Maybe next time!

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