I was reading this months Carsport magazine and I see that's there now a 4 wheel drive rolling road in Cookstown N. Ireland, Triple 7 has any one any experience of them.
They do Motec Ecu's which along with LINK seems to be the most popular. But the equipment is only as good as the operator. There is a blue scooby pictured on the rollers in the article.
Maybe there might be enough interest to do a rolling road shootout to see who actually owns the most powerful scooby in Ireland, but seeing how quiet the forum is I doubt there will be enough interest...
Also it measures road speed so all the bull**** stories of 160mph in a scooby can be checked as it could measure the speed before the rev limiter in 5th!!!!
David L

Well David Cookstown is a long way from most of us in the the repubilic.What car do you have? And an indicated 160mph is very achievable with the wind behind you and maybe a slight slope.The cars gearing is well up to this,unless you have an import that is. Its very difficult to get huge power out of Subarus 2 litre david.The engine hasnt got the internals for big power built in as standard while getting bhp out of a cosworth is a good deal easier.You wont ever hear of an Impreza with 500bhp.Also the number 3 cylinder has a tendancy to run 90 to 100 degrees c hotter then the rest and this is where trouble begins when you try to extract more than 300bhp.

I thought the top speed for a uk/Irish spec Impreza was 147MPH. Most speedos read out by 5-10% so an indicated 160MPH would be 144-152 MPH. At an indicated 160MPH it must of been on the rev limiter in 5th. If anyone ever goes to the rolling road please let us know what the top speed in 5th is. I know cookstown is miles away but I thought I would let people know as if you are tuning/or having problems(running lean) a rolling road can be useful if the operators know what they are at.

David L

The opel garage in waterford has a rollin road . they said it was a 4wd one.
I have to ring them back to find out about prices on monday.

If you take your car to the rolling road let the rest of us know how you get on (power output,cost etc..). Is your car a uk/Irish or Jap spec turbo??

David L

My Impreza is only a standard 2.0 RX sport but top speed so far 125mph.

dave
i don't want to boast but i got 145 mph out of my legacy and there was a bit more left.after i even checked the speedo with a mate.

by the way this was on a "runway" http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gifgarda sir.

Hey Lego,is that an irish/uk spec legacy turbo or a jap bi turbo version?

As a matter of interest the 1.6 GLi Impreza will do an indicated 125 mph .....how far out from the true speed this is I dont know.....but there ya go.... http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

Niall

John
Was that the main Dublin to Limerick runway ????? http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif
Niall

Lego, I can honestly believe that 145mph is very attainable from an Irish spec legacy turbo. some time ago I nearly bought an imported Legacy GT and I looked these up on the web and most sites reported speeds in excess of 170mph. given that they are basically an impreza engine with two turbos working sequentially and with 280bhp it sounds feasable.

Cheers
Scruff

ye but mine only has one turbo the twins were born in 1994. so i have a bit less bhp than 280 more like 190-210 i'm not sure.
naf.. limerick-shannon runway http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

dirver doing 140mph gets pulled in by a garda leans in the window and askes the youge driver and i qoute
"were you trieing to land or take off son"

[This message has been edited by lego (edited 10 November 2000).]

Hey lego the twin turbos where never on sale in Ireland and a friend of mine had one that was 93.

Yep, ALready spoken to Alan and have a deal done for the Irish Subaru Driver's Club.
We'll be doing a RR shootout in early January for members.

Phone Paul on 086 8797512 for details.

[This message has been edited by Mac's Power (edited 15 November 2000).]

Hey Mr Macs Power
Who are you?

Hi Kevin and others.

I'm Paul McLoughlin from Mac's Power Motorsport. All we do is upgrade Impreza's.
Now there's my plug in.

I only wander onto scoobynet every now and then. I do most of my posting on IWOC.
With the help of Philip we've been running the Irish Subaru Driver's Club for the last 2 years. Were now up to nearly 50 members and have discounts from most main dealers on servicing and from other companies on tyres and parts. We organise a number of days out during the year including track days at Mondello Park and there's a Treasure Hunt and a rolling road shootout coming up soon.
For more details e-mail me at paulmcloughlin@eircom.net or phone on 086 8797512.

If any of you have any queries or problems Scooby related, please feel free to call me or e-mail me anytime, or if you post to the list under Ireland I'll post a reply.

Regards,

Paul.

Ok well its just that I hadnt seen you posting here before.You really should fill out your profile properly? Do you have a web site adress? What county are you based in?

hi Paul,
Wheres my Catalogue you promised me ???
lol http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif
Niall

Niall / Kevin,

How do you attach Pic files to these...

Hi Col ,
AFAIK Images need to be resident on a web site or server b4 you can insert them in a reply.....you need to use UBB code
More info on this at

I think colin is gettin his windows tinted tommorow.

Yep,

I am getting the windows done tommorow morning @8.30am, the car before me cancelled, so hopefully I can head for Dublin eariler, Its costing £150 for the 4 and the back one, it takes 3 hours..Hopefully should stop kids looking in my window to check the speedo..
Kev,

are you going to the motorshow or just the cruise, are yee meeting up anywhere first before leaving Newlands Cross..

If so leave amessage here and I will follow up. I should be leaving Cork at 2.00, arrive Dub 6.00pm

Colin

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[This message has been edited by Team Subaru (edited 17 November 2000).]

Well colin I am going straight from waterford after work so I will leave at bout 4:30-5 to get up to newlands cross for 7pm.Eoghan will be up there too.

There will probally be a big amount of cars. Hopefully we should be able to see each other cars..My carera will probally burn out with all the pics, I am also picking up a scanner tommorow, so I must get taking pictures...

Come to scoobynet chat now!