My 175.9hp N/A Euro Satin Black Saxo! BBS wheels! Trax update - Page 20 - Saxperience

106matt · 14th July 2010, 08:34

this is really nice mate! done well. took me a while to read it all but it was worth it

will be keeping an eye on this!

Beaniemoo · 28th July 2010, 22:03

I'm BACK!
I've been very quiet of late as its been the build up to the proof!
The week before last I rang ATSpeed and got my car booked in for the following Thursday to be rolling road set up, so then I rang a recovery firm to get the car down there, who picked it up Wednesday night and delivered it to ATSpeed Thursday!
After a couple of phone calls about problems they were having I decided, this morning to head down Essex to do some of the donkey work required to get it into a condition to be mapped.
The main problem was the way we had got the throttle cable was too difficult to remove (pretty much impossible) meaning the carbs weren't easy to remove meaning they couldn't rejet them.
So I got there this morning, got it all stripped out and with a couple of choice modifications to the bracketry and we were ready to go!
We got the car onto the rollers at about 11 this morning and after about 7 jet changes we finally got a HP figure out of the engine!

144.7HP at the wheels
104.8 Torques at the wheels

Meaning, about:

175.9HP at the flywheel
127.4 Torques at the flywheel

I have to admit that I have had a brilliant, fun, if very stressful day with some really good lads!
I really couldn't recommend ATSpeed more, as long as you're thick skinned, they utterly know what they are on about and are a good crack to work with to boot!

Also sorry to Mattyvts (I think) it was, for holding him up all day for his second power run!

J222JRA · 28th July 2010, 22:08

Awesome mate...the hard work is paying off now.

craig180^p · 28th July 2010, 22:12

Awesome result mate. You making an appearance at TRAX?

Mathias · 28th July 2010, 22:14

great figure!!

Beaniemoo · 28th July 2010, 22:30

I'm SO happy! Its mental fast!
Am desperately hoping to get it and the Clio to USC next month.
Will probably go to Trax, though not really put much thought into it really, been a little stressed out of late to think of ANYTHING lol
Cheers everyone

dannygti · 28th July 2010, 23:03

whats the full engine spec then mate? sounds a fruity figure for sure, well done chap

Beaniemoo · 28th July 2010, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannygti

whats the full engine spec then mate? sounds a fruity figure for sure, well done chap

The engine spec ended up as:

TU5 JP4 (NFU) engine
Newman Ph 4 cams
Saxo VTS adjustable cam pulleys
Saxo VTS valve springs and lifters
Wossner high compression pistons
Pec forged con rods
Lightened and balanced crank and flywheel
Race big and bottom end bearings
R1 carbs on a bogg brother manifold
Gas flowed head
Omex 200 management
Supersprint exhaust manifold
Full Magnex exhaust system with decat

Just can't wait to get the wheels back on now

wingnuts · 28th July 2010, 23:36

Absolutly amazing car I have been hooked reading all of this thread so i can't help but admire the time effort and imagination that has gone into this car

s555dan · 29th July 2010, 00:31

Well done matey

D--R--E--W · 29th July 2010, 02:03

WoW pretty much says it all. Very inspirable car mate. Defo my favourite on the site...

AndySAXO^p · 29th July 2010, 07:43

Glad it all working,

Seem fun to drive, is the piston standard size?

atspeedracing · 29th July 2010, 08:09

Glad you are pleased with the results.
This is the first bike carbed VTS that we have done here and I have to say we was all pleased with the results, bear in mind how many cars we do a week here so this is not a compliment that we hand out often.

Shame you have not mentioned the cambelt!! I will leave it for you to tell as I dont want to tell tales!!! Although if asked nicely I could do.

Pleased you had a good day and our name is Atspeed Racing, not ATSpeed racing.

Look forward to seeing you again MIChael

fastroadkid69 · 29th July 2010, 08:44

very good power figure, this is my fave saxo now, just edged past jpsaxo.

Beaniemoo · 29th July 2010, 08:50

Cheers for the comments everyone!
As far as I can remember the pistons are 79mm but it was a long time ago I bought the pistons and got it rebored etc.
Wow, thank you, as I said I had a really fun day!
As for the cambelt, I MIGHT have gone SLIGHTLY on the tight side with the tension on my cambelt! lol
Sorry for getting your name wrong AtSpEeD! :-)

atspeedracing · 29th July 2010, 09:03

A little on the tight side.......a LITTLE!!!!
Thats a bit like discribing the Captain of the Titanic saying to his first officer "did you hear that little bang"

raunchz · 29th July 2010, 09:28

Lmao at the banter

Cracking results, must pull like a train!!!

Just goes to show you can have performance and looks! How you getting on with the pedal box? Driven the car much?

atspeedracing · 29th July 2010, 09:51

When we compliment a car like this, we mean it. We do 2/3 cars a day, ranging from rubbish to serious race cars worth many thousands of pounds. So when we are impressed by a power result it must be good. There are many cars that give good power, but the thing with this one is that it drives very smooth with no drama. This is due to the bike carbs. This would be a pleasant car to drive down the shops and still scare your mum when you press the loud pedal.

AndySAXO^p · 29th July 2010, 16:41

just been looking at your graph your torque line seem to hold well like mine... seem nice and flat accross the rev range.

hope to see this at trax??

mattevts · 29th July 2010, 18:30

alright mate, how was the drive home like in the end did it put a smile on your face

its alright mate was glad to help and see how your car got on was interesting to watch the progress through the day, look forward to seeing it at USC, will u be tempted to take it on track!!!