MX-5 Club of NSW Dyno Day - 29 August 2009

[marcusus]

id like to know what these cars had done to them (if any)

I know Glenn's is stock with the exception of I think his BD bar. That leads me to think that the others would be stock too. You can find out whether Scott's is stock if you can be bothered checking up the old time sheets for the club track days and seeing what class he runs in.

[Guran]

Both Glen and Scott are in class 1 so they must have stock NBs.

[gobsmax]

[broady]

Did Regie's Altezza make it on the dyno?

[gobsmax]

Did Regie's Altezza make it on the dyno?

Nah, came with CoffeeBoss for a squizz

[CoffeeBoss]

Did Regie's Altezza make it on the dyno?

Heh heh, no, but it's still a stock engined IS200 under the bonnet. His car is basically identical to my old one modifications-wise (filter flywheel clutch suspension etc), and that pulled ~90rwkw on the ISMR dyno from memory. Charlie and Brian had the same cars as well with the addition of bolt on aftermarket mufflers and they made 94-96rwkw.

I did two power runs, one with the A/C running to see the difference - no A/C added 6rwkw throughout. Thereafter, the A/C button became a Six Kilowatt Power Boost Button.

[Fuzzlet]

Thats kinda funny, since last club dyno day, CB did a run or two with A/C on (without realising) and from memory it actually made more power?

[philz]

How sick is that 10AE!

Running rare ass SplitFire coilpacks as well.

[sliq]

bit too much blue for my likes

[Benny]

Was a great day and it was great to catch up with you all.

My car actually made 183RWKw, and I'm very happy with this result.
Like Rikko, I could have turned up the boost a bit and the rev limiter, but I wanted to see what it did with the same settings I normally run on the street, which are 14-15lbs of boost and the normal 7200 RPM rev limiter.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Rikko's initial runs were reading around 178RWKw, and it was only then he upped the boost and revs to try and beat my car.
I'm really glad he did it too, and I congratulate him on having the highest output of the day.

There was an earlier comment about Daniel's engine building, and I have to say, he does a great job!
While the outputs are very good, the best thing about his tuning, is that my engine runs as smooth as silk, and it's very happy to lug around at very low speeds too - unlike many hot engines I've had in the past.
My car is happy to pull 6th gear from as low as 40km/h, yet scream its little head off when required.
You've got to be happy with that!

[Regie]

it was good to see that the shift lights went to good use to Benny

[Fuzzlet]

There was an earlier comment about Daniel's engine building, and I have to say, he does a great job!
While the outputs are very good, the best thing about his tuning, is that my engine runs as smooth as silk, and it's very happy to lug around at very low speeds too - unlike many hot engines I've had in the past.
My car is happy to pull 6th gear from as low as 40km/h, yet scream its little head off when required.
You've got to be happy with that!

Couldnt of put it better. Every time I (try) to drive my SE quick I always miss my old clubman. The amount of low down torque that thing had was fantasic, and when it needed to it would throw you into you're seat and attempt to send itself into space

[Benny]

it was good to see that the shift lights went to good use to Benny

I've found them to be very beneficial.
Now I can concentrate o ntheroad, instead of the tacho.

My car hits the limiter so quickly, you really need to have something to warn you of the impending red line.