Rolling road tuning/diagnostic for TVR in SW

Rolling road tuning/diagnostic for TVR in SW

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sgrimshaw

Original Poster:

7,399 posts

257 months

Wednesday 2nd March 2005
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Any recommendations as to where to take my Chim 400 for a rolling road diagnostic / tuning session in the South West.

My Scooby feels SO much quicker than my Chim, surely this shouldn't be the case. RR only way I can see to check the car properly.

Thanks in advance,

Simon

Nacnud

2,190 posts

276 months

Thursday 3rd March 2005
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Took mine to a Mark Adams session in Cheltenham.
Mark Adams ia 'the' RV8 god - if you want more power get in touch with him.

Hint - everybody has trouble getting in touch with Mark Adams - it's been posted on PH so many times I'm not going to bother looking for a reference - doo a search and you should be OK, otherwise mail me.

Woo Hoo - more power!!!!!
All the best - Nacnud

sgrimshaw

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7,399 posts

257 months

Friday 4th March 2005
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Thanks Duncan,

I have emailed Mark via his profile.

[/sitbackandwait/ mode on]

-DeaDLocK-

3,367 posts

258 months

Sunday 6th March 2005
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Interpro down at Thornbury are supposed to be very good. Not too difficult to get in for a quick power run, but for a full-on tune I've been told they're booked months in advance.

sgrimshaw

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7,399 posts

257 months

Monday 7th March 2005
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Thanks Deadlock.

I'll check them out.

Heard nothing from MA so far ...

top brake

62 posts

268 months

Monday 7th March 2005
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jamiet

1,536 posts

259 months

Tuesday 8th March 2005
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sgrimshaw said:
My Scooby feels SO much quicker than my Chim, surely this shouldn't be the case.





Depends on the scooby but none of them are slow, even the slowest is on a par with a Chim 400. The base 4 door turbo was tested by Performance Car and Top Gear magazine in '97 and found to do 0-60 in a little over 5 seconds - around the same as 4 litre Chim. When Autocar tested the 5 door hatch version, its 30-70 time was a second faster than a Porsche Boxter. So in a straight line a base Scooby should be about the same as your chim. Depends on your version (cant tell from profile) but a base model Scooby shouldnt feel significantly quicker than your chim.

>> Edited by jamiet on Tuesday 8th March 11:31

sgrimshaw

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7,399 posts

257 months

Tuesday 8th March 2005
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Hi Jamie,

The Scooby is standard, apart from having a 1999 ROM instead of the 2000 one (smoother running).

It feels a lot quicker than my Chim.

Simon

sgrimshaw

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7,399 posts

257 months

Thursday 10th March 2005
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All booked in with MA tomorrow!

Will post results in anyones interested.

Simon

-DeaDLocK-

3,367 posts

258 months

Thursday 10th March 2005
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Turbocharger = greater perception of speed. Off boost you effectively have a Mondeo, on-boost a monster. TVRs have a very linear NA power delivery so like for like will always seem slower.

Also, the Scooby's 0-60 times don't really tell a lot when it comes to the performance. 4WD traction trumps all off the line and help to play up the 0-60 time compared to other cars. For example my FWD car with a turbo is knocking about 300bhp, but I'd be lucky to get to 60 in under 6 seconds (but admittedly a FWD car is the worse example).

0-120 and quarter-mile times are far more accurate asssessment of a car's straight-line potential IMO.