How cool is this!
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Gazboy said:
That would be a weapon on a trackday surely! paint the bonnet and lose the wing for a OEM one and that'll do me nicely...
As much as I love stealth cars, I think I'd have to leave that as is, just so people understand its not to messed with!!!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I dont need both kidneys, someone find me a surgeon and a buyer!!!
tuttle said:
Off the dial sexy imo Some
kit on that, even a gel battery- they're dead expensive
Having to relocate my battery as the rad/intercooler means either that or go for a teensy one (and the alarm system drains too much power for that to be an option)... Didn't fancy a spolly battery in there with me so went for the Gel option. Not seen the bill yet
iaint said:
Off the dial sexy imo
Having to relocate my battery as the rad/intercooler means either that or go for a teensy one (and the alarm system drains too much power for that to be an option)... Didn't fancy a spolly battery in there with me so went for the Gel option. Not seen the bill yet
Also got a teensy battery in the 'liner boot, if the car doesn't get used for 5-6 days the alarm drains it flat. Does a gel batt hold charge/capacitance much longer, do you think? They are significantly more £££-& that's if you can find one.
tuttle said:
Off the dial sexy imo
Having to relocate my battery as the rad/intercooler means either that or go for a teensy one (and the alarm system drains too much power for that to be an option)... Didn't fancy a spolly battery in there with me so went for the Gel option. Not seen the bill yet
Also got a teensy battery in the 'liner boot, if the car doesn't get used for 5-6 days the alarm drains it flat. Does a gel batt hold charge/capacitance much longer, do you think? They are significantly more £££-& that's if you can find one.
Working of the basic premise that small battery rated at x amp-hours vs big gel battery rater at >x amp-hours will give it a fighting chance! Plus it looks good on the spec sheet...
Conversation ran along the lines of "I don't care how much it is just sort it and anything else that's holding up proceedings (like new seat runners)..."
Apparently you can shoot the battery with a gun and it'll keep working. Might put that to the test after then bank job to pay for the mods.
Gazboy said:
This car is going to be an utter weapon when you've finished!
Kinda the plan. Now it's not a daily driver I have no excuse to keep it sensible. It's going to lose large amounts of it's interior soon and back seats will be swapped for storage bins (hens-tooth rare!). Single turbo late summer.
Most important thing is to track it a lot this year - Trax highlighted to me that I can drive it fast but am a bit clueless and need practice and tuition. Case in point...
Was being held up by one of the guys with a single turbo car - all over him (seriously held up!) through the corners and he drove away from me along the streights. Very annoying. Get past him in the complex only to leave the track backwards in Copse at ~80mph. No clue what I did but complete numptiness cannot be ruled out. Thank Bernie for big tarmac run-off there. Got going again (car was a little flooded so took a few secs to get retarted). Re-joined track, wiggled around at ~40mph to see if anything felt broken. All fine so off I went. Caught the others back up before we got to Copse.
Definately need to learn how to drive. Also need to practive heel'n'toe as locking up the rears under breaking due to mismatched revs isnt a great feeling.
Anyway. Track the car for a few years and then go racing in it would be superb!
On the Rex there are a few advantages of single vs twin turbo.
One is more power, well set-up and with the right sized turbo (suited to porting and exhaust) spool will be quick and it'll be almost as responsive as a twin.
Another is the simplification of the control stuff - commonly termed 'rats nest'. You can remove virtually all of it preventing annoying boost issues.
The most important (in my opinion) is predictability. The arrival of extra ponies from the 2nd turbo is often the start point in a visit to the scenery. A large gain in power and torque over a small rev range isn't progressive (and the transitional dip exacerbates this!). A single turbo, well mapped and configured, is far more progressive to drive.
Decent mapping can make the twins more tractable but not entirely friendly. You're on full boost from 2.5k rpm. A decent, capable of 450rwhp, turbo can be fully spooled from a little over 3k rpm, 3.5k at worst so no real loss as you're keeping revs well over that when pressing on anyway!
I've had my twins converted to 'non-sequential' operation - in effect acting as a smallish and quite inefficient single turbo. All that'll need doing to go properly single is whip off the twins and manifold, replace with the new one and add a waste-gate thingy. Then re-mapping.
One is more power, well set-up and with the right sized turbo (suited to porting and exhaust) spool will be quick and it'll be almost as responsive as a twin.
Another is the simplification of the control stuff - commonly termed 'rats nest'. You can remove virtually all of it preventing annoying boost issues.
The most important (in my opinion) is predictability. The arrival of extra ponies from the 2nd turbo is often the start point in a visit to the scenery. A large gain in power and torque over a small rev range isn't progressive (and the transitional dip exacerbates this!). A single turbo, well mapped and configured, is far more progressive to drive.
Decent mapping can make the twins more tractable but not entirely friendly. You're on full boost from 2.5k rpm. A decent, capable of 450rwhp, turbo can be fully spooled from a little over 3k rpm, 3.5k at worst so no real loss as you're keeping revs well over that when pressing on anyway!
I've had my twins converted to 'non-sequential' operation - in effect acting as a smallish and quite inefficient single turbo. All that'll need doing to go properly single is whip off the twins and manifold, replace with the new one and add a waste-gate thingy. Then re-mapping.
Sorry lads, connection has been down a few days [much to my annoyonce whilst writing a dissertation].
I dont know the full spec at the moment, but when we meet up before he sells it, i'll get the vital stats.
Its a manual, single turbo [t88] and er its blue with a lovely dragon cut into the very front of the bonet umper . I also know it was meant to have a tuning service, but he decided not to at the moment to save cash. I'll make sure I can get some evidence of BHP figure's, otherwise I havent a clue as to really what it is.
iaint:
Awesome reply, thank you for that, were gonna check out a couple this weekend.
>> Edited by RobGTO on Friday 13th January 00:17
I dont know the full spec at the moment, but when we meet up before he sells it, i'll get the vital stats.
Its a manual, single turbo [t88] and er its blue with a lovely dragon cut into the very front of the bonet umper . I also know it was meant to have a tuning service, but he decided not to at the moment to save cash. I'll make sure I can get some evidence of BHP figure's, otherwise I havent a clue as to really what it is.
iaint:
Awesome reply, thank you for that, were gonna check out a couple this weekend.
>> Edited by RobGTO on Friday 13th January 00:17
RobGTO said:
Sorry lads, connection has been down a few days [much to my annoyonce whilst writing a dissertation].
I dont know the full spec at the moment, but when we meet up before he sells it, i'll get the vital stats.
Its a manual, single turbo [t88] and er its blue with a lovely dragon cut into the very front of the bonet umper . I also know it was meant to have a tuning service, but he decided not to at the moment to save cash. I'll make sure I can get some evidence of BHP figure's, otherwise I havent a clue as to really what it is.
iaint:
Awesome reply, thank you for that, were gonna check out a couple this weekend.
FYI, the last T88 we saw tested on a dyno dynamics rr put out 47x bhp at the wheels on road fuel. That was a metallic blue car.
>> Edited by RobGTO on Friday 13th January 00:17
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