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ian furness - 19/7/06 at 06:20 PM

HAVE BUILT LOCOST IN 2002 WITH 1600CVH ENGINE MATED TO TYPE 9 GEARBOX PERFORMANCE UPTO 75MPH IN 4th GOOD BUT DIES IN 5th RUNNING TWIN 40s DCOE ANY ONE HELP


DIY Si - 19/7/06 at 06:22 PM

BLIMEY STOP SHOUTING.
Has the car been rolling roaded?


TangoMan - 19/7/06 at 06:31 PM

It's just about then that wind resistance will catch up with the power of the engine.

I would expect it to carry on accelerating but much slower after 80.

As was said, have you had i rolling road tuned. This will optimise the power but will also show you the performance with no wind resistance.

I took my screen of a couple of days ago and it made quite a difference. Especially over 80mph where acceleration just carried on upwards whereas with the screen this is where the aerodynamics started to take effect.


Chippy - 19/7/06 at 08:31 PM

Change the engine to a V6. Mine just keeps going, had it up to 110 coming back from passing SVA, and it still had loads to go, (and Ive got a screen). Failing this the rolling road route is the way to go, you could be amazed at what they can get out of an engine, if you get a jenned up guy. ATB Ray.


ian furness - 19/7/06 at 08:35 PM

sorry! i have tried local rolling roads but nobody wants to touch carbs


Chippy - 19/7/06 at 08:47 PM

Bloody hell, what a bunch of numb nuts you must have doing the rolling roads up your way, what do they tune lawnmowers. Have you tried Googling to see if there are others, not quite so local that are up to tuning a real car, worth a try. ATB Ray.


ian furness - 19/7/06 at 08:54 PM

i have been tolled that there is someone in malton north yorks, who is suposed to be very good but dont no name. pluss how did you get your cars photo on the screen


smac - 19/7/06 at 09:28 PM

There is Bogg Bros in Malton or Alwyn Kershaw in Gate Helmsley ( I think) near York. I spoke to kershaws who are happy to set up my dellortos when the time comes. Doesnt seem to be anyone in Leeds.

Simon


JoelP - 19/7/06 at 09:28 PM

the guys in malton are called boggs brothers, and they are very good. I took them a crossflow with twin 40s, and they sorted it well. Very knowledgable chaps.

My windscreen is getting ditched soon too!


ian furness - 19/7/06 at 09:51 PM

thank you for those two names will ring tomorow to find out.


Aboardman - 19/7/06 at 10:12 PM

you could try minisports in padiham (near burnley)
the A646 from halifax will take you there

http://www.minisport.com/mini-sport/rolling-road.html


Chippy - 19/7/06 at 10:15 PM

Hi Ian, to get photo onto your heading it needs to about 450 pic's wide. Go into your photo archive, right click on the picture you want to paste, where it says properties, click on that. Then copy the httl line. paste in to your chosen place, then comes the important part after .co.uk put an / type in upload another / delete the remainder apart from the name of the picture. Hope that works for you, easier to do than explain. ATB Ray


SixedUp - 19/7/06 at 11:16 PM

Another recommendation for Boggs Brothers. I know a couple of people who have been there and been EXTREMELY pleased with both the result, and the (reasonable) size of the bill. Sadly, they're the wrong end of the country for me to use
Cheers
Richard


Simon - 19/7/06 at 11:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
Change the engine to a V6.
ATB Ray.


Nah - too few cylinders

ATB

Simon


scutter - 20/7/06 at 06:00 AM

I'd check for fuel starvation, either lack of supply or kinked fuel hose, I had the kinked hose problem and the car would rocket up to 75-80 then slowly die away.

Worth a look, atb Dan.


Hellfire - 20/7/06 at 07:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
Hi Ian, to get photo onto your heading it needs to about 450 pic's wide.


NOOOOOOO!!!!! 200px wide maximum otherwise most people's screen disappears due to too large an avatar size!!!


Chippy - 20/7/06 at 10:42 PM

Hi Hellfire, I usaully post 450 on the forum, but I take your point if you want it as your avatar that would be tooooo big. ATB Ray.