Rolling road tuning/diagnostic for TVR in SW
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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
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 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
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.
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.
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