Does anyone know of a decent tuning garage with a rolling road somewhere reasonably local to Sutton Coldfield (North Birmingham)

 

Does Scoobyclinic up in Chesterfield counts as reasonably local?

 

Roger Clark or Graham Goode in Leicester.

Rob

 

The two that i have been to are Powerstation in Cheltenham and John Noble in Chesterfield.

Both are a bit of a drive, but there aren't too many AWD RRs around

mb

 

Powerstation have moved, they're in Tewkesbury now

 

Thor racing between Balsall Common/Kenilworth

http://www.thor-racing.co.uk/Home-1.asp

Aparently Prodrive use their RR to develop/test PPP. Not used there road but have bought stuff of them. Seems a small but good setup.

 

I probably should have pointed out that it is a Westfield that I need to get tuned on a rolling road....not my Subaru !

Thanks for the responses anyway !

 

Thor use a Dynopack which isn't really a rolling road, it's a bit more specilised than that, it's a hub dyno, basically you remove the wheels of the driven axle(s) and then bolt the Dynopacks directly to the hubs. Next best thing to an engine dyno IMO

 

There is a place on the walsall road opposite old Floors to Go but I have not used them

 

Thanks Ray....will try to locate them !

 

its near the Aston fire sation/new town

it has a riped yellow banner advertising there rolling road.

 

Ahh, never realised that..! What is the benefit of doing this..? Suppose it eliminates the wheel/tyre size/pressure differences..? Also how do they secure the car..?

Wish I'd had a better look now when I was there..!

 

The main advantage is control; no wheelslip, no chance of the car trying to leap out of the rollers, wheelbase is of no issue etc...It is secured in the same way that wheels are secured to your car...and just as safe

Typically you only get Wheel Horse Power reading from this set up. They're also really good for mapping engines on...if a little slow to set the car up on and take off.

 

Doesn't take account of friction though does it?

 

No, but you can account for the friction and transmission losses far more accurately than you would be able to on a rolling road.