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Feb 15, 2019 20:28:00 GMT
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some awesome looking welds there, looks almost machine made Wooof ! that's what i like to hear ok dokey a little micro update , clutch basket was too big to fit on the lathe, to smooth the welds, down so i did it by hand , and then drilled out the holes again , also went and got a load of 1/4" bolts for the straps on the clutch where i drilled the rivets out , all looks pretty ok ish in a totally different direction , i made the mistake of turning on the ignition the other day ,with v's smart charger connected to the battery and sending out its high voltage pulses , this fried the digital thermometers . .. so i bought another pair from that place beside Taiwan , and they arrived today so i could put all the dash back on the car .. YES , the "back to the future" part of the car is alive again (or hg wells "the time machine" take your pick) regards robert
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Last Edit: Feb 15, 2019 20:44:53 GMT by ivanhoew
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Feb 15, 2019 21:05:18 GMT
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I would love to see a video of you driving it at 88 mph Robert.
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tristanh
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Feb 15, 2019 22:51:36 GMT
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Lovely strong and even welds there Robert. Not many people would have the balls to build their own clutch.
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Whether you believe you can, or you cannot, you're probably right.
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Lovely strong and even welds there Robert. Not many people would have the balls to build their own clutch. Thank you Tristan Re clutches , i have been building them for a few years , in the vintage turbo mini world we used to have a drag race every year at avon park , and we got to the stage where the double grey and paddle plate would tend to slip or/and knock out the thrust faces on the crank ..so i designed and developed a verto clutch with two springs in it . this has worked well ,and our fastest mini(hi nic) is running mid 12s on yoko 32's with no clutch slip .My mini would only manage a poxy 13.1 , but i was 75 kg heavier and on an open diff and falken tyres ;( testing the first experimental verto clutch , with it being in line with your male components, was a pensive moment at 7k rpm . regards robert
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Feb 21, 2019 19:47:16 GMT
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hello chaps .. Now , i know its not very exciting ,compared to car design and building stuff , but i had a bit of a dyno sesh with the old girl , and wondered if it would be of interest ? i set up two separate wide band data loggers, another puter logging the exhaust gas temps on each run , and also the normal bhp and trq recording , it all got a bit mission control at cape carnival .. Bearing in mind the car is still running v unevenly cross the cylinders , and that the clutch is definitely slipping , would anyone care to enjoy guessing what the bhp and trq figures were ? last time it was on the dyno it had 170 hp at 3200 ,and 306 lbs/ft at 2500 ... regards robert.
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scimjim
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Feb 21, 2019 19:53:21 GMT
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250 & 350 at 4000 š
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Feb 21, 2019 20:04:03 GMT
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10,000 hp and 6,793 torques.
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sonus
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Feb 21, 2019 20:45:53 GMT
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Sufficient (as Rolls Royce used to state) š
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Feb 22, 2019 10:07:06 GMT
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warm 10,000 hp and 6,793 torques. that all mark ? Sufficient (as Rolls Royce used to state) š to break things ,definately !
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ToolsnTrack
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Feb 22, 2019 10:25:35 GMT
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300 horses and 400 torques
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Feb 22, 2019 11:02:07 GMT
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excellent , so we have :
scimjim.......... 250 bhp and 350 lbs/ft at 4k blackparpracing.. 4.2 gigawatts. overdrive........ 300 bhp and 400 lbs/ft
i am impressed how close these guesses are ....anymore out there ?
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jamesd1972
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Feb 22, 2019 11:06:09 GMT
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275 / 375 ! James
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mk2cossie
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Feb 22, 2019 14:13:15 GMT
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I'm going to guess at 380bhp and about 420lb ft of torque
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Phil H
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Feb 22, 2019 14:16:11 GMT
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325bhp and 400lb/ft And I hope Iām under
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eternaloptimist
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Feb 22, 2019 14:51:54 GMT
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310 bhp and 415 lb/ft
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XC70, VW split screen crew cab, Standard Ten
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glenanderson
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Feb 22, 2019 15:25:11 GMT
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325 bhp and 450 lbs-ft @ 4200 rpm.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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samta22
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Feb 22, 2019 16:19:02 GMT
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No one has said it yet... so 330bhp and 430lb/ft
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Feb 22, 2019 16:25:55 GMT
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I say exactly double the first reading you did
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Feb 22, 2019 17:25:26 GMT
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286 horses and 343 torques
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Feb 22, 2019 19:33:25 GMT
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holey smokes ! it's a FEEDING FRENZY !! so , up on the old score board we have (in no particular order ).. scimjim...............250 bhp and 350 lbs/ft at 4k blackparpracing.......4.2 gigawatts. overdrive.............300 bhp and 400 lbs/ft James ................275 bhp and 375 lbs/ft Mk2@cossie............380 bhp and 420 lbs/ft Phil .................325 bhp and 400 lbs/ft eternaloptimist.......310 bhp and 415 lbs/ft Glenn ................325 bhp and 450 lbs/ft Sam ..................330 bhp and 430 lbs/ft bmwmaniac ............340 bhp and 612 lbs/ft rwdrules..............286 bhp and 343 lbs/ft A plethora of numbers ,well done chaps , i will put up the real numbers in a post tomorrow evening by the way ..both the correct numbers are in that mass above within 1 or 2 , but not by the same person ...... regards robert ...and thank you all for joining in .brilliant .
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Last Edit: Feb 22, 2019 19:35:14 GMT by ivanhoew
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