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Old 05 January 2007, 10:52 PM
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Andy at Scoobyclinic has knackered my car. it keeps wanting to go sideways after he mapped it on the dyno today

Old 10 January 2007, 05:43 PM
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Looks good Dave and I bet it drives a treat.

Which turbo have you fitted to achieve that?
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Garrett Gt30r with a turbosmart prog gate 48 external wastegate and screamer pipe
Old 11 January 2007, 03:18 AM
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Thats mental!
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Loadsa torque! Nice!
How do you get the power to peak at only 5300rpm? That's really low!
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lol, serious stuff m8
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Originally Posted by Maddog
Loadsa torque! Nice!
How do you get the power to peak at only 5300rpm? That's really low!
Its a 2.5 so doesnt rev as higher
Old 15 January 2007, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveBlueRA
Its a 2.5 so doesnt rev as higher
Excellent results, but that statment is cack !!!

Mine revs to 8K
Old 15 January 2007, 04:52 AM
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Same here!
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How do you get the power to peak at only 5300rpm?

No one?
Old 15 January 2007, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by John Stevenson
Excellent results, but that statment is cack !!!

Mine revs to 8K
Well you best ask Pat and Andy then as they mapped it
Old 15 January 2007, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by John Stevenson
Excellent results, but that statment is cack !!!

Mine revs to 8K
and mine too if i have anything to do with it
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Peak power at 5,300 rpm. ? This seems very unlikely ?
Any explanation ?
Old 19 January 2007, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by harvey
Peak power at 5,300 rpm. ? This seems very unlikely ?
Any explanation ?

rafpmsl
Old 20 January 2007, 11:24 AM
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For info,

Peak power "ought" to be between 6000 and 6500 rpm even on a 2.5

cheers

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Old 20 January 2007, 12:52 PM
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Full spec please Dave - that sounds like my cup of tea
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Tidgy : Excuse my ignorance but what does rafpmsl stand for ?

Yes Bob, the figures look very questionable, hence my request for an explanation/clarification.
Old 22 January 2007, 03:57 AM
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It is late so I'll keep it short and sweet

Originally Posted by John Stevenson
that statment is cack !!!
OK, if you want to be pedantic, they WILL rev that high but it's not wise. You could ask yourself why Subaru chose to set the rev limiter below 7K on the "normal" 2.5s and below 8K on the 2.5 STis....

Originally Posted by John Stevenson
Mine revs to 8K
So would Dave's but if you look at the graph you'll understand why we don't. No point in revving the butt off an engine if you don't have to! Rev limiter is set to 7K, and we don't bounce cars off the limiter on the dyno.

Originally Posted by harvey
Peak power at 5,300 rpm. ? This seems very unlikely ?
Why not ? Extrapolating experience of 2 litre motors to 2.5s won't work, they behave differently and need to be tuned differently. Why sacrifice torque to get a little bit more power at the top when there's no more air available up there anyway ?

Originally Posted by harvey
Any explanation ?
We wanted to build a quick road car, not a dyno queen. This car maintains 90% or more of peak power from 4300RPM to 6800RPM. This permits the car to be driven permanently in the 90% window. If you change at 6500RPM and say you have a 0.72 ratio between cogs, you will end up at 4680RPM after the shift, at around 428BHP....

Originally Posted by Bob Rawle
Peak power "ought" to be between 6000 and 6500 rpm even on a 2.5
That's based on a number of assumptions which may or may not be true. The cam timing chosen is suitable for midrange torque, so the VE falls off rapidly at the top end. The only way to get the air into the engine to push the power peak up in the rev range is to force it in by raising the boost. What if the turbine mass flow rate has already been achieved ? The only way to deliver the extra power to the compressor to raise the boost is to raise the EGBP, but in doing so you make the VE even worse.

As it stands, we have achieved the power and torque without needing to rev the engine to dizzy RPMs. This is not a race car or a dyno queen, it's a road car. The power band is very flexible, if you're in a hurry you can hold it at over 90% power all the time. Again without revving the thing like mad. What's "wrong" with that ?

Cheers,

Pat.
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Originally Posted by pat
It is late so I'll keep it short and sweet



OK, if you want to be pedantic, they WILL rev that high but it's not wise. You could ask yourself why Subaru chose to set the rev limiter below 7K on the "normal" 2.5s and below 8K on the 2.5 STis....



So would Dave's but if you look at the graph you'll understand why we don't. No point in revving the butt off an engine if you don't have to! Rev limiter is set to 7K, and we don't bounce cars off the limiter on the dyno.



Why not ? Extrapolating experience of 2 litre motors to 2.5s won't work, they behave differently and need to be tuned differently. Why sacrifice torque to get a little bit more power at the top when there's no more air available up there anyway ?



We wanted to build a quick road car, not a dyno queen. This car maintains 90% or more of peak power from 4300RPM to 6800RPM. This permits the car to be driven permanently in the 90% window. If you change at 6500RPM and say you have a 0.72 ratio between cogs, you will end up at 4680RPM after the shift, at around 428BHP....



That's based on a number of assumptions which may or may not be true. The cam timing chosen is suitable for midrange torque, so the VE falls off rapidly at the top end. The only way to get the air into the engine to push the power peak up in the rev range is to force it in by raising the boost. What if the turbine mass flow rate has already been achieved ? The only way to deliver the extra power to the compressor to raise the boost is to raise the EGBP, but in doing so you make the VE even worse.

As it stands, we have achieved the power and torque without needing to rev the engine to dizzy RPMs. This is not a race car or a dyno queen, it's a road car. The power band is very flexible, if you're in a hurry you can hold it at over 90% power all the time. Again without revving the thing like mad. What's "wrong" with that ?

Cheers,

Pat.


Well said that man, and nice job

The 'Max Powa' brigade drive me nuts with their obsession with peak power

600bhp at 8000rpm is about as much use as Chelsea's defence if you're only making 200bhp below 6krpm

Power is only any good if you can use it Which I bet Dave will be

I bet someone at Pirelli/Bridgestone/Michelin or whoever is reading this thread & rubbing their hands
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The cam timing chosen is suitable for midrange torque,
Strangely enough this is coincidental to what i've been thinking recently.
I was talking to the chap that maps my car just at the turn of the year about changing engine spec to get power/torque a lot lower down over what i had in 2005.
Are you able to share what cam timing that car runs to get that type of power band? (I'll understand if it's a commercial interest which stops you, just say so).
Does this one have aftermarket cams? I think it does?

Cheers
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Originally Posted by AlanG
Does this one have aftermarket cams? I think it does?

Cheers
Nope Standard STi 5 cams
Old 22 January 2007, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk

Power is only any good if you can use it Which I bet Dave will be

I bet someone at Pirelli/Bridgestone/Michelin or whoever is reading this thread & rubbing their hands
It is awesome to drive, almost no turbo lag and it is really responsive.

It is acyually some one at goodyear
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Originally Posted by Brun
Full spec please Dave - that sounds like my cup of tea
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Nope Standard STi 5 cams
Thanks Dave.

Custom 2” screamer pipe

Do you not find that really noisy in road use? I couldn't stand mine when it was a screamer. Had to get it plumbed back into the main system.
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Originally Posted by AlanG
Thanks Dave.

Custom 2” screamer pipe

Do you not find that really noisy in road use? I couldn't stand mine when it was a screamer. Had to get it plumbed back into the main system.
Nope. It only kicks in after around 1 bar(I think) so its not too bad. You cant hear it that much anyway due to the amount of noise the turbo makes
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Originally Posted by DaveBlueRA
It is acyually some one at goodyear


As soon as I posted it I knew you'd be on Goodyears or Dunlops

That's an impressive list of parts & work MrsD would go apesh!t if I tried to get even a tenth of that done to my scoob and to be fair so would the car, seeing as it's a 98k/13 year old Legacy

Enjoy it mate
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Dave are you planning on running your car at the pod this year at all?
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Originally Posted by every1sgottablue1
Dave are you planning on running your car at the pod this year at all?
I am but not too sure when at the minute
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Originally Posted by harvey
Tidgy : Excuse my ignorance but what does rafpmsl stand for ?

Yes Bob, the figures look very questionable, hence my request for an explanation/clarification.
rolling around the floor pissing myself laughing
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Originally Posted by harvey
Peak power at 5,300 rpm. ? This seems very unlikely ?
Any explanation ?



rafpmsl
A serious observation/question. What bit do you find so funny?


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