Stans 24v - Its been emotional, bye bye

[mrbeige 0]

Definately tint the crystals, they look really 8)

[Stan 24v 0]

That does look nice ;)

[double-6s 0]

Yeah they look good.

 

Lovely paint colour too :)

[Stan 24v 0]

Gotta be happy with that :D 8)

 

Power at Flywheel: 234.1 BHP

Power at Wheels: 167.6 BHP

 

Max Torque Speed: 3848 RPM

Max Engine Torque: 216.1 lb ft

[Guest]

Loved your car Stan, couldn't believe how quiet and smooth that 24v is. Well impressed!!

[Stan 24v 0]

Cheers Steve, reckon Dinkus may be buying one soon too :lol:

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Lovely power figure mate, but nearly a 70BHP loss through the wheels is a helluva lot ?!

 

I had a similar loss at my last RR but this was due to worn gearbox, slipping clutch and running silly 9x16" wheels on the dyno, 178BHP at wheels instead of the what would be expected 200+BHP ATW.

 

Cheers,

 

BigTartanJudge

[Stan 24v 0]

What should the loss be? My gearbox seems ok, and its got a new clutch.

[Shaggy 0]

Seeing this car today really did make we wanna get a Vr6! such a stealthy Car! Anyone else would just think its a stnadard VR6, when infact its far from it!

One of my fav cars today! lovelly

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Loss through drivetrain, and drag from wheels / tyres should be around 10-15 % on a FWD car so would have thought power at wheels would have been around 200 BHP, 170 BHP seems rather low for the engine I would have thought ? I have seen a lot of 2.9 VR6's around the 200 BHP mark that make 170ish BHP ATW. Maybe some others can help clarify here ?

[Edition 1 0]

My G60 lost 31-34 brake (between fly and wheels) on all the rr runs I've had, with std 02A box and 8x15's

[h100vw 0]

Blowing the tyres up is worth a few neddies too.

 

The power is pretty smooth alright. Would be good if the curve was steeper ;0)

 

Seems to be a dip in the torque, might be able to do something with that if you knew what the cause was. Weak mixture, ign timing or cam timing? The 24V has variable timing, is that right? Maybe the change over between low and high speed running isn't as smooth as it could be?

 

In the scheme of things though, the money you paid for nearly 50 crank HP over std, was pretty good.

 

Gavin

[Stan 24v 0]

£3k for 50 Horses good??? My mrs doesnt bloody think so!! lol

[h100vw 0]

You need to point out it could have been the same money, for exactly the same power as before it went in.

 

That would have been plain silly.

 

In girl's terms:

 

Like buying a pair of shoes 10 years ago, then paying the same money for the same shoes today. :lol:

 

Gavin

[PhatVR6 0]

the dip is probably the inelt manifold changeover point.

 

look at any curve from a shricked VR, same dip around 4000. but show me a 12V with that sort of torque and power......24v's are good value when you consider second hand schrick manifolds are around the £800-900 mark.

[Stan 24v 0]

Thought I'd post my nice new pics taken by s.g. on the trip to the RR day 8)

 

Cheers Scott ;)

[herisites 0]

Looks superb in movement 8)

[peanut 0]

mmm....yum

Gav

[Stan 24v 0]

mmm....yum

Gav

 

Recognise the grille?? 8)

[Stan 24v 0]

As has just been pointed out by saysomestuff my car has had its first birthday, with the 24v engine in it!! and its my birthday too, never realised they were on the same day before 8)

 

Happy Birthday to me

Happy birthday to me.....

 

:lol:

[ardandy 0]

and its my birthday too, never realised they were on the same day before

 

:lol:

 

I bet you planned it from day one! :wink:

 

You at dub pres on sat?

 

I still haven't seen the heap yet! :)

[Stan 24v 0]

Nope got to take my mate to the airport!!! Cheky tw*t!!! :lol:

[Stan 24v 0]

Starting to brighten the engine bay up now, just one this on ebay and got some plans for the mani too ;)

 

Rocker

[peanut 0]

mmmm....shiny

[double-6s 0]

Tart :)