[mark e]

I just though I'd have to share this with you...

Coming home last night, with EWP fully in and keeping temnperatures nice and low, I was registering nearly 2 bar of instantaneous peak boost

. This generally came around whilst flooring it in third gear from about 3000rpm. What a take off!

(For reference, my avatar is at 1.7 bar)
Can't wait to see what she does on the rolling road tomorrow...

 

[billj]

Must try that out . Do you have a boost limit in 2nd gear?

 

[wrighar]

Loon Alert, Loon Alert..

Andrew
Carly peaking at 1.4bar , running at 1.05

 

[ylee coyote]

alert immenant gearbox failure alert
(or driveshaft or cv joints or inner drivers)
ok I am jealous

 

[mark e]

Originally posted by BillJ:
[qb]Must try that out     . Do you have a boost limit in 2nd gear? [/qb][/b]

No, but it goes through the "peak" so quickly in 2nd that it's hardly there...

I hope the gearbox is good for a while yet... I've not long had it rebuilt by Abbott!!

 

[billj]

Originally posted by Mark E:
[qb]I've not long had it rebuilt by Abbott!![/qb][/b]

And mine. Twice.

 

[mark e]

Well I was going to comment about workmanship but it seemed uncharitable...

 

[J i m s t e r]

More boost than Cadbury's!

 

[jeremyfrost]

Bet I can cane you to 60 with only 145bhp.

 

[cdcarlsson]

I'll beat you both by a country mile with 99 bhp.

Oh, I know it's just unfair throwing away two of the wheels!

Nick.

 

[jeremyfrost]

Yep, Nick, you'd woop my @rse no probs. I need a XTR/Radical!

 

[aeropilot]

Pah....still no match for a bike....

 

[cdcarlsson]

I'm not so sure Graham, but we'd leave it behind at the first sign of a jam!

 

[mark e]

Originally posted by aeropilot:
[qb]Pah....still no match for a bike....    [/qb][/b]

...except when it rains, or you hit something

 

[jeremyfrost]

Erh, no normal bike would touch either an Xtr (Westfield) or Radical on the track.

Both hit 60 in 3 seconds and can corner rather faster than any bike. The Radical can give an F3 car a run for its money! They do share something with bikes - their engines!

Slight problem, though. Radicals are a track only tool and forget trying to get over any speedramp in an XTR!

 

[aeropilot]

Originally posted by JezF:
Erh, no normal bike would touch either an Xtr (Westfield) or Radical on the track.

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Didn't think we were talking track days here...