Shaun@TDi Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Heres the wiring section that has been replaced: Now safely tucked away inside some convoluted tubing: The new centre console arrangement with everything set out in final positions. I believe that there are still 2 small carbon fibre plates to be placed on either side to hide the gold plate sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 a little birdy mentioned some figures to me yesterday (well ..ok... mark did !! ) anyone interested ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 *hand up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIPLC Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 178 metric horse power at 6000 rpm, and 166 lbs-ft at 5400 rpm. That's at the hubs and only at 1 bar of boost pressure. Pretty impressive stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 How goes the pocket-rocket........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 How goes the pocket-rocket........ seems like if it could go wrong it has :rolleyes_anim: i believe it may be ready soon good news is....the garden is looking fantastic !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Oh dear..... On the plus side judging by the images of the burnt wiring you are lucky not to have a pile of ash!..... If you get bord now your garden is a feast to the eyes, mine looks like inner Borneo....... Fancy a trip to Hemel :rolleyes_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Oh dear..... On the plus side judging by the images of the burnt wiring you are lucky not to have a pile of ash!..... If you get bord now your garden is a feast to the eyes, mine looks like inner Borneo....... Fancy a trip to Hemel pile of ash ....mmmmmmm.........thats a thought ............got me thinking now :rolleyes_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Oh dear..... On the plus side judging by the images of the burnt wiring you are lucky not to have a pile of ash!..... If you get bord now your garden is a feast to the eyes, mine looks like inner Borneo....... Fancy a trip to Hemel pile of ash ....mmmmmmm.........thats a thought ............got me thinking now :rolleyes_anim: It looked a close call in the gonna catch fire anytime soon department Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 well it might be very close to the time for reunification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIPLC Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Time to get you smiling again and enjoying the fruits of your endeavours We spent most of today finishing it off. Sam is off on a road test and shake down now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 well it might be very close to the time for reunification No wonder I couldn't find it at Japfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Time to get you smiling again and enjoying the fruits of your endeavours We spent most of today finishing it off. Sam is off on a road test and shake down now. be interested in Sams opinions and any recommendations he can offer lets hope he stops shaking soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIPLC Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Time to get you smiling again and enjoying the fruits of your endeavours We spent most of today finishing it off. Sam is off on a road test and shake down now. be interested in Sams opinions and any recommendations he can offer lets hope he stops shaking soon I won't tell you what he said - give him a call tomorrow morning and find out. I think he's stopped shaking now I'm in meetings all morning so I wont be at TDi Towers until around lunchtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janey Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Time to get you smiling again and enjoying the fruits of your endeavours We spent most of today finishing it off. Sam is off on a road test and shake down now. be interested in Sams opinions and any recommendations he can offer lets hope he stops shaking soon I won't tell you what he said - give him a call tomorrow morning and find out. I think he's stopped shaking now I'm in meetings all morning so I wont be at TDi Towers until around lunchtime. c`mon Sam spill the beans Barrie is out all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam@TDi Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 The car is actually very good, quite a violent power delivery for a fwd so it'll be spectacular for people to watch for sure I think it will be just fine on the track in a "maximum effort" situation when accelerating hard through the gearbox using the top third of the rev counter. Unfortunatley there is one small problem, the turbo compressor side appears to be poorly matched to the engines air flow and pressure requirments, the result is that at mid to high engine revs with less than full throttle the compressor gets repeatedly forced into a surge condition causing the engine output to pause and "shuffle", the car does eventually drive out of the problem but it's there none the less. Below is a typical compressor map, pressure ratio is on the X axis and air flow by weight is on the Y, note the surge limit to the left Map1.bmp The solution would be to tone down the turbine side by having the turbine wheel modified (cliped) at the expense of more lag, or to replace the compressor side with one which is more suited to the relitively high pressure low flow style of this engine The chassis dynamics are really quite good with a very balanced feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 its home update and photos tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellz Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 its home update and photos tomorrow Whats it like barry ??? a bit savage im guessin ???? what was the final figure then ?? just under 180 at the hubs ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 its home update and photos tomorrow Whats it like barry ??? a bit savage im guessin ???? what was the final figure then ?? just under 180 at the hubs ?? you guess right 178 at the hubs which equates to somewhere over 200 at the fly absolutely flys now, slight smoking problem though .......tyres !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellz Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 its home update and photos tomorrow Whats it like barry ??? a bit savage im guessin ???? what was the final figure then ?? just under 180 at the hubs ?? you guess right 178 at the hubs which equates to somewhere over 200 at the fly absolutely flys now, slight smoking problem though .......tyres !! Nice all i need now is a ride in it LoL Me and Guilhem are gonna set up a mini meet when i pick my car up this could be the main attraction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 its home update and photos tomorrow Whats it like barry ??? a bit savage im guessin ???? what was the final figure then ?? just under 180 at the hubs ?? you guess right 178 at the hubs which equates to somewhere over 200 at the fly absolutely flys now, slight smoking problem though .......tyres !! Nice one Bazza/tdi.... Heathrow had you on radar today bazza (bloody low flyer's) new rubber is waiting when you are ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 proudly wearing the banner what a neat and tidy job all at work looks complicated took it out for a few test runs this evening, and the smile just gets bigger pulls like a train, and then more, triple figures appear very quickly (private test track of course) the idea was to take the car off the road and trailer it everywhere, however with 6 months insurance and MOT left, it has been decided to tax it for another 6 months, its just so much fun heres a little movie ......fingers crossed it works Starlet.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Very tidy mate, bet you're well chuffed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 The movie is a non-starter for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 The movie is a non-starter for me I would look but I'm at work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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