PistonHeads Rolling Road Day 2

[ajb]

It was a long (and cold) wait, but worth it in the end.

Charlie managed to get 225.5 BHP and 238 Lbft out of my standared 4.0 chim.

Very happy with that.

Thanks guys.

[vixpy1]

RichB said:

Hi Jem, I'd be happy to see that too, I think Charlie did say he would put them all onto one graph, was that right Charlie? Rich...

Hi Rich,

Yes, I can put all the Griffs and Chimeras onto one graph. Please could someone send the reg numbers of all the cars which need to be on the graph and I will put it together.

[jem]

hi charlie,

YHM with my plate, and my list of engine mods.

Hi Rich, Mike and the t'others



CUMMON ALL TREVS!!! who else there had a griff/chimp/other, do email charlie with your plate and engine mods/not.

J

[Nano2nd]

so how did the takara cars do?

[jem]

5l tarka, + 3/4% above mine if i recall.

see last page for my figures

J

[d50cyx]

ajb said:

It was a long (and cold) wait, but worth it in the end. Charlie managed to get 225.5 BHP and 238 Lbft out of my standared 4.0 chim. Very happy with that. Thanks guys.

Nice work - managed 222.0 HP and 226 Lbft on my standard 4.0 Chimaera

Dead chuffed!

Cheers.

[slikk]

vixpy1 said:

RichB said: Hi Jem, I'd be happy to see that too, I think Charlie did say he would put them all onto one graph, was that right Charlie? Rich... Hi Rich, Yes, I can put all the Griffs and Chimeras onto one graph. Please could someone send the reg numbers of all the cars which need to be on the graph and I will put it together.

Charlie, YHM

Kim

[HarryW]

jem said:

thanks for the day. nice to have some comparative data against other 5litre TVRs, and to meet the other folks. I had 276 and 219. ...

Are those figures power/torque or corrected flywheel power/measured wheel power .
276 if corrected power is pretty much on the money for a 500 and 219 for wheel is spot on but if a torque figure then its seriously low.

Harry

[Nano2nd]

surely thats a typo, 286bhp and 319 torque? can't 219bhp and 276lb/ft surely?

so the takara car made? 300+ ? cool

[jem]

sorry dudes,

that was 276 bhp at flywheel and 219 bhp at the wheels.

The torque readings were interesting between cars and mine came out just under 300 and fairly flat accross the rev range, but other mapppings gave different profiles.

Trevs are SO overestimated, that I have had mods and am only just back up there and by no means relatively underpowered.

I'll be interested to see the graphs and we can all have a close look.

J

[RichB]

Nano2nd said:

so the takara car made? 300+ ? cool

Paddy's Takara made 284bhp flywheel if I remember correctly. Three otehr modded 500's made 276. (the 219 figure is at the wheels) Rich...

[IPAddis]

My Griff was 3bhp down at the wheels (216 vs 219) against the other modified TVRs. I'm confident that given some new injectors, triple plenum, throttle bodies and Air Flow Meter (which some of the others had), I can outdo the other TVR figures. Rematch next year?

Also, did anyone manage to beat 305lb/ft (approx flywheel)? My MC1 cam seems to be on the button for an excellent torque curve.

Fantastic day out and good to meet other PHers.

Waiting for the comparison charts...

Ian A.

[paddym]

Hello all,

Haven't put the Taraka numbers down -- though will do so, until I have spoken with Dom / Jamie at TVR Power as they may want to add something.

As it is, of the few 5l that I saw I was a few bhp above -- but then I am sliver blue and was the only one to have the roof off!!!

[wadsy]

My STi RA v4 managed 264hp and 250lb/ft.
That doesn't seem right to me, so I'm trying to contact The mapper. Could I loose so much through the transmission? Supposed to be 276 standard. I have full de-cat, panel filter and ecu re-map! So was hoping for 300 plus.
Thoughts much appreciated.
Good to meet some fellow p'headers at last.
Thanks to Charlie and his brave colleague standing in front of my car with a fan on the intercooler. I think he may have needed a change of undies when the car started to lift!!!

[vixpy1]

Scoobies lose 23% though the transmission. it should be developing alot more power!

>> Edited by vixpy1 on Monday 17th January 17:43