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Okay, silly question !
I have never used the services of a rolling road company, so do they just tell you the figures your car made and you have to employ some one else to do the tuning, or do they do the tuning. If the later, how can they be specialised enough for all makes?
What exactly can be 'tuned' on a standard Chim whilst you are at the RR session. I mean you cant bolt on a new inlet duct or add a plenum spacer etc.
Now I have an MOT coming up in October, so should I consider a RR session before (which may help it pass emmissions) or wait until afterwards in case anything else more serious needs doing to get it through the test. (dont know of anything though)
Can anyone recomend an RR in Surrey for my Chim ?
I have never used the services of a rolling road company, so do they just tell you the figures your car made and you have to employ some one else to do the tuning, or do they do the tuning. If the later, how can they be specialised enough for all makes?
What exactly can be 'tuned' on a standard Chim whilst you are at the RR session. I mean you cant bolt on a new inlet duct or add a plenum spacer etc.
Now I have an MOT coming up in October, so should I consider a RR session before (which may help it pass emmissions) or wait until afterwards in case anything else more serious needs doing to get it through the test. (dont know of anything though)
Can anyone recomend an RR in Surrey for my Chim ?
Edited by WokingWedger on Tuesday 19th August 07:42
Edited by WokingWedger on Tuesday 19th August 07:43
Only a few people in the UK have the ability to actually map the chip in your car to any specific changes that are made.
Most RR's can only tell you how your car is performing and change stuff like spark plugs etc.. - to get it back to fully working form.
Have you actually made any big changes that would require a remap (one that radically differs from standard) ?
Most RR's can only tell you how your car is performing and change stuff like spark plugs etc.. - to get it back to fully working form.
Have you actually made any big changes that would require a remap (one that radically differs from standard) ?
WokingWedger said:
Can anyone recomend an RR in Surrey for my Chim ?
How about Surrey Rolling Road Run and owned by our very own Vixpy1
I will be needing mine doing in the first week of September, fancy bringing yours too?
Where abouts in Surrey are you? Surrey RR is a bit far away for me so when I needed to get my car up and running on the Emerald I went to Abbey Motorsport in Oxted. Ok they're not a TVR specialist, but they are a very well respected Skyline tuner and builders of some really highly regarded stuff. They have a very well kitted out Dynapak hub dyno and the guy there knows his eggs, having done all of the mapping for the aerial atom among other things. As well as this, one of their mechanics is a veteran Tuscan Challenge mechanic from back in the day so they do have a little TVR specific knowledge as well. Great guys and very helpful 
http://www.abbeymotorsport.co.uk
Oh and you need to hear James' Skyline (the manager) I don't usually like jap stuff but MY GOD!
http://www.abbeymotorsport.co.uk
Oh and you need to hear James' Skyline (the manager) I don't usually like jap stuff but MY GOD!
WokingWedger said:
Hi Alan, no Ive made no changes at all. It just dosnt feel like it has quite the sparkle anymore, and has this 'all or nothing ' jerkyness in slow traffic. The question was I suppose, is there anything to be tweeked when on a RR.
Are you going to Dunsfold?
No - sorry not going to Dunsfold but hoping to make the next club meeting.Are you going to Dunsfold?
The RR is a good idea to get an idea if something is wrong or whether you have just got used to the power.. and perhaps need to change to a Cerbera / Tuscan / T350 etc..
There are not many who also do tuning but as the car is std - if it does high light a problem then you could take it somewhere that normally deals in TVR servicing and have them attend to the specific issue.
'and perhaps need to change to a Cerbera / Tuscan / T350 etc..'
Not looking to change yet !
Good point, as things are standard, then its just a case of diagnosing a 'standard' fault, which can be put right.
I shall investigate costs.
Ps can you adjust the timing by altering the distributor position ?
Not looking to change yet !
Good point, as things are standard, then its just a case of diagnosing a 'standard' fault, which can be put right.
I shall investigate costs.
Ps can you adjust the timing by altering the distributor position ?
Edited by WokingWedger on Tuesday 19th August 15:48
WokingWedger said:
LordGrover said:
They'll typically be able to tell you whether you're running rich/lean too, as well as pinking and misfires.
Yeah, that would be usefull, but can you for example adjust distributor position to optimise timing ? (or am I 20 years out of date ?)Gassing Station | Chimaera | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff