Diesel Dyno Day, a thank you

Post 358694 by p fandango on 2011-02-06 11:48:01

firstly i'd like to thank both Adam & Chad for inviting me. Despite the day being arranged for customers having a spare place Adam asked if i'd like to put Bonny on the dyno even tho i've never buying anything from either him (i will buy a TT tho, promise) or Chad with Bonny clocking over the 169k miles this week, & me treating her purely as a daily drive (ie no servicing, oil change etc) i wasn't expecting much, but when it came out at 173.3bhp i was very surprised as its 10bhp more than she left the factory with. They even did a second run & the graph was almost exactly the same only 0.5bhp difference. Adams new V60 ran exactly 163bhp which the book says so the figures can't be far out so i'm more than happy. I wasn't that impressed when the operator overlayed my graph onto that of a 700bhp F*rd GT, that put it into perspective lol the dyno operator was very helpful & was interesting to hear opinions, facts & having the time to explain any issues that came up or just any questions we'd got. Also good to meet everyone, think Adam was th only person i'd met before but hoepfully meet the others again [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNrTDF1UWw[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgTejureKU[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8CCFGPn0I[/ame]

Post 358706 by JelT5 on 2011-02-06 13:00:19

That's Powerstation in Tewkesbury...good result mate :) Maha ftw!

Post 358707 by t5_monkey on 2011-02-06 13:11:07

anyone know where I can find a Maha dyno up in Scotland ? :)

Post 358709 by turbo-tuner on 2011-02-06 13:15:30

There is one in Fife http://www.falkland.co.uk/dyno.html

Post 358712 by p fandango on 2011-02-06 13:38:56

[quote=JelT5;358706]That's Powerstation in Tewkesbury...good result mate :) Maha ftw![/quote] it might of been lol

Post 358714 by Vikingxl on 2011-02-06 13:40:18

And where was my invite lol

Post 358722 by kee1173 on 2011-02-06 14:45:51

Dont know about these rolling roads, senor, you went in with Bonny and then gradually changed into Herbie....Is this Adam from Accrington I think Readview on here?

Post 358723 by turbo-tuner on 2011-02-06 15:01:52

[quote=kee1173;358722]Is this Adam from Accrington I think Readview on here?[/quote] No, it's me.

Post 358725 by kee1173 on 2011-02-06 15:08:31

Sorry Mate.. gettin to know a few names on here now... just recently got a wheel off An adam after posting on here and have to say the service was superb ... spoke to him at 12pm Tuesday had the wheel 1 pm wednesday... shame they did nt fit cause of b****y 302mm discs.. so now have a set of columbas without tyres for sale ..LOL

Post 358727 by p fandango on 2011-02-06 15:13:58

[quote=kee1173;358722]Dont know about these rolling roads, senor, you went in with Bonny and then gradually changed into Herbie[/quote] it may of been a racing Beetle but i'd still prefer Bonny lol. My bro is a big VeeDub fan so took the pic of it for him

Post 358729 by kee1173 on 2011-02-06 15:17:39

Gotta say it does look nice.. do like the beetles but prefer the old original ones jazzed up..so much you could do to them.

Post 358731 by p fandango on 2011-02-06 15:21:08

[quote=kee1173;358729]prefer the old original ones jazzed up..so much you could do to them.[/quote] a small bit of TNT improves them no end lol

Post 358735 by kee1173 on 2011-02-06 15:27:09

take it thats a couple of stages up from TLC..lol

Post 358743 by S70T5Chris on 2011-02-06 16:36:40

Good pics. I do like powerstation, very professional outfit with a very decent set up. Was it just those 3 cars that ran? Any graphs and specs? Good result on the D5 Pedro, what was the power at the wheels out of interest? :wink:

Post 358752 by p fandango on 2011-02-06 17:30:28

[quote=S70T5Chris;358743]Good pics. I do like powerstation, very professional outfit with a very decent set up. Was it just those 3 cars that ran? Any graphs and specs?[/quote] 4 ran altogether (mine, C70 T-5, S60 D5 euro 4 & V60 D3)

Good result on the D5 Pedro, what was the power at the wheels out of interest? :wink:

Post 358765 by BruceT on 2011-02-06 18:09:47

Still no where near 50% drag loss then 

Post 358776 by S70T5Chris on 2011-02-06 19:09:45

[quote=BruceT;358765]Still no where near 50% drag loss then [/quote] who had 50% loss?

Post 358782 by kee1173 on 2011-02-06 19:21:02

i had 50% loss in my sex life when i got married.. i wanted it ..she did nt ... oh well.. whole diff prob i think from what your asking LOL

Post 358828 by philt6 on 2011-02-06 20:43:03

[quote=p fandango;358731]a small bit of TNT improves them no end lol[/quote] Now that is a excellent idea

Post 358844 by PaulZX on 2011-02-06 21:30:03

that's a fair score there pedro... nice one... :D

Post 358959 by lance on 2011-02-07 18:42:35

Not supprised you got more than factory figures as I guess yours has loosend up with age!

Post 359062 by p fandango on 2011-02-08 07:15:29

[quote=lance;358959]Not supprised you got more than factory figures as I guess yours has loosend up with age![/quote] theirs only a thin line between "loosend up" & "knackered" tho lol. I still say it was the cone filter that added the 10bhp lol

Post 359063 by BruceT on 2011-02-08 07:59:28

[quote=p fandango;359062]theirs only a thin line between "loosend up" & "knackered" tho lol. I still say it was the cone filter that added the 10bhp lol[/quote] Sure it was not the Premium Swedish MTE Software ?

Post 359067 by p fandango on 2011-02-08 08:54:21

[quote=BruceT;359063]Sure it was not the Premium Swedish MTE Software ?[/quote] well tbh Bruce not having any paperwork/receipts from the previous owners there is nothing to say it hasn't been remapped, but that also works that theirs nothing to say it has. As everything you can see is 100% original (ie wheels, suspension, bodywork, mechanics etc) there is no reason to suspect it has its certainly not been MTE'd because i've already replaced the intercooler & that's not a problem then apparently :haha:

Post 359092 by kee1173 on 2011-02-08 12:33:03

did you have the subs on in the boot when dynoed, might have given extra push..lol

Post 359101 by p fandango on 2011-02-08 13:42:02

[quote=kee1173;359092]did you have the subs on in the boot when dynoed, might have given extra push..lol[/quote] the subs were in BT my 850, i actually lost 0.5second on the 1/4mile with them in lol

Post 359112 by kee1173 on 2011-02-08 15:54:01

depends on what you was playing thru the system at time, get the bass right sure could be as good as any turbo ..LOL

Post 359115 by p fandango on 2011-02-08 16:12:31

[quote=kee1173;359112]depends on what you was playing thru the system at time, get the bass right sure could be as good as any turbo ..LOL[/quote] normally Prodigy, or Mr Blobby lol

Post 359181 by kee1173 on 2011-02-08 20:09:24

See, bet you did nt have Mr Blobby on..would have least knocked off a sec...lol

Post 359187 by p fandango on 2011-02-08 20:29:35

[quote=kee1173;359181]See, bet you did nt have Mr Blobby on..would have least knocked off a sec...lol[/quote] Mr Blobby i responsible for blowing the 4kwatt stereo up in my mini lol

Post 359236 by kee1173 on 2011-02-08 22:23:37

Yeah can see that pretty heavy stuff.. suggest you use something less powerful ... like metallica .. i mean mr blobby is hardcore

Post 359295 by p fandango on 2011-02-09 07:25:24

[quote=kee1173;359236]Yeah can see that pretty heavy stuff.. suggest you use something less powerful ... like metallica .. i mean mr blobby is hardcore[/quote] never been in heavy rock, did get a few looks when we had a stand at Donnington & i put Blobby on full volume lol

Post 359343 by kee1173 on 2011-02-09 13:30:07

Brave man.. lucky you did nt get liinched....do like a bit of heavy stuff.. limp biscuit.. metallica.. sinatra... nickle back...eminem...