JohnSt Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 Aye, but dis it dae hawnies You Bobbing about or on Dry Land ?
jimser Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 "Bolted a second seat into the car tonight to take Craig out for a Wee Hurl, I was conscious he'd spent a lot of time and effort on something that till tonight had been an inanimate object, not what a car is supposed to be, I think he sees it a little differently now ".........ahem,...there's spirited driving......and there's "your a f'*cking maniac!" did you enjoy the wee hurl in the car then craig? nice meeting you and apologies for classing you as a panel beater
Kenny.S Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 (edited) You Bobbing about or on Dry Land ? Bobbing about on the same FPSO I was on last time (Floating Production, Storage, Offloading) I only got home on Wednesday evening, boss phoned first thing Monday morning in a mad panic needing 4 guys to come back out on the Tuesday, hopefully only here for a week though. Mrs wasn't best pleased! Edited July 12, 2008 by Kenny.S
JohnSt Posted July 12, 2008 Author Posted July 12, 2008 Bummer Kenny. Spent a little time on the car today, fitted an Uber Bright LED to the top of the dash on a 1.8 bar Oil pressure switch. The theory is there is no way I couldn't see it if things are starting to go Pete Tong and whilst engine would already be gubbed, it might just be re-buildable, rather than scrap. Going to spend tomorrow getting a few miles on it and do a bit of Suspension Testing.
seafar99 Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) "did you enjoy the wee hurl in the car then craig?" It's quite an experience,a full on sonic attack to your senses.The noise from the screamer pipe at the front of the car coupled with the roar from the back while at exactly the same time being pinned to the seat while being propelled very very very quickly is ballistic............then there's the attack, nae full on assault of the corners..........exhilarating,manic, and unforgetable.So the short answer is yes. And might i also add that's a very nice example you've built yourself, stunning. Edited July 13, 2008 by seafar99
JohnSt Posted July 13, 2008 Author Posted July 13, 2008 ^^^^ Extremely Eloquent, now put down the Glass and go to bed
JohnSt Posted July 14, 2008 Author Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) Alford was excellent, well done JohnS and the rest of the team Really worthwhile time for me as I've had no time to address the setup of the car so I had the car at ProGrip on Wednesday to setup the geometry, fantastic job from John as usual. At Alford we spent the day playing with the Diff controller and roll bars to try to fine tune the work done at ProGrip, so JohnS's shouts of, slower and Faster were indeed useful Data The culmination of which was we started the day in 63secs and finished in on 61secs. Thats a healthy gain if I'd found 1/2 a second I'd have been happy !!! The car is still running a really safe idiot proof map ( I think the idiot might be me, by implication ), Andy is doing the business sorting that out Wednesday afternoon . We are back at Alford this weekend for a round of the Scottish so hopefully the weather will be really Sh!t and turn all that dust on the track into Muck that will favour a 4wd saloon car Edited July 14, 2008 by JohnSt
RA Dunk Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 you enjoyed it so much up in God`s country your comming back up for next weekend as well
thefastone Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Well Alford was worth it for watching you go round the track! it was impressive!
JohnSt Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 Cheers Dale, shame I was trying to set the car up or a bit of Hooliganism on track would have been fun Car is off to AFP tomorrow to sort the mapping so watch this space
jimser Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 "did you enjoy the wee hurl in the car then craig?"It's quite an experience,a full on sonic attack to your senses.The noise from the screamer pipe at the front of the car coupled with the roar from the back while at exactly the same time being pinned to the seat while being propelled very very very quickly is ballistic............then there's the attack, nae full on assault of the corners..........exhilarating,manic, and unforgetable.So the short answer is yes. And might i also add that's a very nice example you've built yourself, stunning. cheers craig deffo quicker than mine,well in a straight line anyway looks like it'll take some catching in the events ahead john after being mapped
JohnSt Posted July 17, 2008 Author Posted July 17, 2008 Spent yesterday afternoon with the ForrestMeister. Car is now fully up to speed mapping wise with an, erm, 'enhanced' Boost profile It's obviously hard to tell during the process of mapping ( Especially with the not un-substantial extra weight in Pass seat ) but by Feck it feels rapid now Very pleased. ---john---
colin_ross Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Spent yesterday afternoon with the ForrestMeister. Car is now fully up to speed mapping wise with an, erm, 'enhanced' Boost profile It's obviously hard to tell during the process of mapping ( Especially with the not un-substantial extra weight in Pass seat ) but by Feck it feels rapid now Very pleased. ---john--- Nice one John, did you make him wipe his feet before he got in?
frank c Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 More chance of him wiping his backside after getting out... i don't think he's a good passenger
braveheart Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Spent yesterday afternoon with the ForrestMeister. Car is now fully up to speed mapping wise with an, erm, 'enhanced' Boost profile It's obviously hard to tell during the process of mapping ( Especially with the not un-substantial extra weight in Pass seat ) but by Feck it feels rapid now Very pleased. ---john--- Glad it running like the title my friend, what sort of power and tourque is the machine kicking out.... whats the figures..???
JohnSt Posted July 17, 2008 Author Posted July 17, 2008 Glad it running like the title my friend, what sort of power and tourque is the machine kicking out.... whats the figures..??? It has Enough of Each !!
RA Dunk Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 i don't think he's a good passenger i cant blame him TBH, he must get all kind of numpty`s with some serious power who cant drive to save there lives!
braveheart Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 It has Enough of Each !! mmm a bit shy are we l lol cracking motor anyways ,,,, Chris
JohnSt Posted July 17, 2008 Author Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) mmm a bit shy are we l lol cracking motor anyways ,,,,Chris Not Shy Just Prudent, the car is used in competition, why would I reveal such a fact ? Most people that know the car know what Turbo is in there so it's not 'Rocket' science to guess a number. It's about having the right package for the application. I could put a larger turbo on and extract more power, but I'd bet money the car would be slower 'end to end' where it will see most of it's use. In the future I think each specific application will see an appropriate Turbo setup john Edited July 17, 2008 by JohnSt
terzo neil Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 you told people at alford itmakes standard power
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