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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #120 on:
May 28, 2009, 22:52:40 pm »
Quote from: gold65turbo on May 28, 2009, 22:47:19 pm
Still looks GOLD to me.
It does in these pix
Green in daylight
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #121 on:
May 28, 2009, 22:54:56 pm »
Very Nice
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BeetleBug
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #122 on:
May 29, 2009, 08:11:06 am »
Quote from: All Torque on May 28, 2009, 22:45:07 pm
Please ignore the rear tyres... I realise I have the direction of rotation wrong
I would be more worried about the grip
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #123 on:
May 29, 2009, 08:13:39 am »
Quote from: BeetleBug on May 29, 2009, 08:11:06 am
Quote from: All Torque on May 28, 2009, 22:45:07 pm
Please ignore the rear tyres... I realise I have the direction of rotation wrong
I would be more worried about the grip
Street tyres only
. Hoosier slicks for the track
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butterskotch
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #124 on:
May 29, 2009, 13:38:05 pm »
Good work dude, the car looks ace.
This is one car I can't wait to see in the flesh/metal.
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tikimadness
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #125 on:
May 29, 2009, 16:04:47 pm »
Hey Matt the car shure does look good!!
After looking at the pictures of how the chute is mounted I wondered if you are going to use wheelybars ?
Wonder how it will perform on the strip with that transplant ;)That turbo is bigger then my dog
Michael
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #126 on:
May 29, 2009, 19:45:01 pm »
Hey Matt,
Car looked good in primer, looks `kin awsome in paint
Looking forward to seeing it built up & on the track, EBI?
Cheers,
Kev
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Martin
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #127 on:
May 29, 2009, 21:59:05 pm »
Quote from: tikimadness on May 29, 2009, 16:04:47 pm
Hey Matt the car shure does look good!!
After looking at the pictures of how the chute is mounted I wondered if you are going to use wheelybars ?
Wonder how it will perform on the strip with that transplant ;)That turbo is bigger then my dog
Michael
You must have a very small dog
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Martin
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deanosvws
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #128 on:
May 29, 2009, 22:31:13 pm »
hi matt, yes the back is slowly getting better, but not going to make it after all this weekend. it looks super straight and a loverly finish bet your well chuffed. cheers dean
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #129 on:
June 23, 2009, 18:44:02 pm »
It's been a while, but there has been progress. Marco Mansi kindly came down and helped with the wiring and ECU mapping. We worked 30 hours in two days and got the Oval to the rolling road. A massive thanks from me to Marco as he is such a top fella. Absolute genius with spaghetti and ECUs. Big up to Si and Gem at RK Engineering for the dyno work.
We had a couple of issues on the rollers. Firstly, my alternator is not man enough to run all of the electrical crap on my car, so the voltage dropped down in to the 11s. Not good for a decent spark. Secondly, my CNC throttle pedal snapped on the dyno whilst at wide open throttle at full rpm on a power run. As you can imagine, pandemonium ensued, but luckily I had fitted a battery cut off pull switch on the right rear corner and I was able to kill the power before the motor blew up! Anyway, we carried on with a makeshift hand operated throttle cable. That was a little tricky, but it worked.
We made 14 power runs in total. First runs were to map fuel at 13 psi of boost. All good, over 300 horsepower. We then started to increase the boost by increments of 2 psi and corresponding fuel increase. Each time the power went up by around 20 hp. At 18 psi the motor put out 414.9 bhp. After 18 psi, however, it became apparent that the ignition system was not up to the task of dealing with the power. Maybe it was the low voltage, not sure. Anyhow, we tried all sorts: changing plugs and closing plug gaps, but the ignition kept misfiring above 18 psi of boost. Back it down to 18 psi and all was good again.
We did have one run at 22 psi that did not have spark failure. Bhp went up to 457, but as we couldn't replicate this with another run due to misfires, we can't really say if the power reading was on the money or not. It looks like we are going to step up to a CDI ignition system shortly, so the plan of running 30 psi of boost may become a reality. I reckon that might be a go for next year though, as 400 bhp is still going to make me soil my boxer shorts
. I need to learn how to drive the car first...
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Martin
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #130 on:
June 23, 2009, 19:04:33 pm »
Good work Fella!
YEeee HAAAAA!
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JS
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #131 on:
June 23, 2009, 19:33:27 pm »
AWEsome Matt!!! Really looking forward too see the car in the flesh!!!
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BeetleBug
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #132 on:
June 23, 2009, 20:14:07 pm »
Top notch!!
And even more power in stock with more spark. Now go and get some seat time!
Happy days,
Kalle
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Lee.C
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #133 on:
June 23, 2009, 22:10:31 pm »
SICK!
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #134 on:
June 23, 2009, 22:36:06 pm »
Thanks guys... I can't wait to drive it
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Trond Dahl
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #135 on:
June 23, 2009, 22:39:46 pm »
Oh my goodness, this is going to give me wet dreams!
Looks amazing
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Martin Greaves
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #136 on:
June 23, 2009, 22:45:49 pm »
STILL LOOKS GOLD TO ME.
Call you tomorrow dude.
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roland
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #137 on:
June 23, 2009, 23:27:33 pm »
Nice work guys! This car will look killer...
Saw that pic on the web today:
Time travel or something??
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kev d
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #138 on:
June 24, 2009, 06:33:40 am »
Top work
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #139 on:
June 24, 2009, 08:15:30 am »
SHIT!
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #140 on:
June 24, 2009, 08:58:19 am »
Quote from: roland (DAS) on June 23, 2009, 23:27:33 pm
Nice work guys! This car will look killer...
Saw that pic on the web today:
Time travel or something??
Wow! Do you have any more pix Roland? That car is awesome
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #141 on:
June 24, 2009, 09:12:03 am »
No sorry, I don't.. But I'll try to find out more about the car...
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #142 on:
June 24, 2009, 09:18:17 am »
Thanks Roland
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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June 24, 2009, 09:25:56 am »
Quote from: roland (DAS) on June 24, 2009, 09:12:03 am
No sorry, I don't.. But I'll try to find out more about the car...
Isn't it the French oval that used to be the De Coppen Bros one?
Matt, I'm really looking forward to seeing your car on the track, 400+bhp should be quite enough for starters!
Off Topic - Don't need to ask you that favour any more, I'll explain at the weekend!
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jamiep_jamiep
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #144 on:
June 24, 2009, 09:30:15 am »
Awesome Matt & Marco!
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #145 on:
June 24, 2009, 10:14:38 am »
Good luck with that bitch! I was planning on a bolognaise but she looks like a goer so make mine a puttanesca!
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richie
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #146 on:
June 24, 2009, 11:23:32 am »
Good effort guys,get that voltage back up to 13.5 and it will much better for sure,i can feel mine lose power when it throws the belt off,the ECU just doesnt like 11 volts with all that current draw
cheers richie
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #147 on:
June 24, 2009, 13:42:26 pm »
Great work Matt - well done - but it must have cost a fortune in Feast ice creams for Marco in this heat...!
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AntLockyer
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #148 on:
June 24, 2009, 16:24:27 pm »
Looks really nice. Very inspiring indeed.
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Fasterbrit
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Re: All Torque - 1956 Oval Turbo Racecar Work in Progress...
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Reply #149 on:
June 24, 2009, 22:57:04 pm »
Thanks again for the kind words, guys. Reckon you are right on about the voltage Rich. After all, the coil only multiplies the initial voltage, so if the initial voltage is down, the spark is less intense. 14 volts here we come
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