FTO AUSTRALIA

yea i was wondering about that as well...
is the dyno one of those rolling bearing ones or the ones where they attach directly to the wheel at the side???

will we get a graph of power output and can other non-fto ppl come along???

Details have yet to be finalised, but judging on past dyno days, you will stick your car on a "rolling road" dyno and you will get a printout showing power (KW) and torque.
See pic of dyno and sample graph here:
http://www.dyno.com.au/450single.html

I think the brand of dyno UAS has just bought, is the same company that run the Horsepower heroes at the Summernats.

I would say that non-fto drivers would be welcome depending on the amount of interest.

Contact Stephen (see link on news page of this site) for more info.

M@

sbe8888 wrote: thanks!
So it's for testing the power of your car...
If i haven't done much to my car (except exhaust n air filter), does that mean there's no point to test? Cos, it should be almost the same as any other org. FTO...

i think its still worthwhile to get it done once before any mods are done...so you have something to compare to if you do do mods...

also just because you think your car is stock, it doesnt mean it is,....the previous owner in japan or aus could have had the internals worked so its a "sleeper" like gavs car... perhaps the fastest fto we know of and apparently its a stock GR

yeh i agree, getting a dyno readout prior to any mods is a good idea so that you know what the baseline power figures are... then once you do the mods, you can go for another dyno readout and see how much difference it makes.

...but i've heard from numerous forums that some dynos have been 'tweaked' or miscalibrated to give higher horsepower readings than the actual output. Allegedly you will get different HP readings depending on which dyno or workshop you go to...!!

Tires make a difference to readouts as well. tires without good grip slip more and will read out lower on a dyno. Basically you should use the same dyno everytime you make mods to see how much they have your car improved by.

UAS i find are reliable and as its a brand new dyno there should be no issues that older dynos have giving false readings.

stephen.

P.S. Email me if you are interested in going i need to finalise numbers really soon

hi steve

i will be up for this

is it the castle hill one

from chianstar
the previous owner in japan or aus could have had the internals worked so its a "sleeper" like gavs car... perhaps the fastest fto we know of and apparently its a stock GR

gavs is fast but so is mine and on a couple of occations on curise's gav has not been able to keep up


but i think all gr manuals and quick

kaveman, it would have been perfect if you came to the last dyno day in penshurst or peakhurst or whereever that was... then you would have been able to compare with gav on the same dyno... try to get gav to goto this one and you can settle it once and for all - but remember gav's car hasnt got any breathing mods on it yet...

tyre pressure also plays a big part, if they are under inflated then you will get lower readings due to less grip. i forgot to check this last time!

hahah not keep up, more like not want to loose my license
crappy tyres doesnt make a difference either, i had total bald tyres when i got my last reading, it made a high pitch screaming on the wheels hehe. it only really makes a difference with high kw cars

we need a dyno day in Melbourne

kaveman wrote:
gavs is fast but so is mine and on a couple of occations on curise's gav has not been able to keep up


but i think all gr manuals and quick

ahhh...looks like we have a couple of candidates for a drag meet heheheh
you guys should have a couple of races ..standing and rolling start...

what are the specs of your car kaveman?

i have been out with gav on a couple of cruise allready


last two the person behind gav crashed


any mug can drive in a straight line


let go the wakefield park and see who the quickest is once and for all

no risk of losing your licence, at least not on the track

who is up for it

they have a open day on

Thu 30 Oct, 2003 Open Practice/No Speed Limit Day - Cars Only,

if any one interest post your name on the new post wakefield park

robert c

i have been out with gav on a couple of cruise already


last two times the person behind gav crashed


any mug can drive in a straight line


let go the wakefield park and see who the quickest is once and for all

no risk of losing your licence, at least not on the track

who is up for it

they have a open day on

Thu 30 Oct, 2003 Open Practice/No Speed Limit Day - Cars Only,

if any one interest post your name on the new post wakefield park (haven't posted yet will when workout date)


tring to see if they have a saterday or sunday early november as all current day are mid week

robert c

Oh then that's whole new different ball game from a dyno shootout!!

Kaveman, I think your car is much more suited to the track than is Gav's.

I don't think Gav has any suspension mods at all.

oooo track day...
now that i would be keen for


SilentBob

yeah my car doesnt stick for crap, no suspension mods, though im full keen for a track day, but you should make it ina few months, so we can organise like a cruise there + accomidation for those outof sydney, and make a huge day/ngith of it, and also give me some time to save up for soem suspension mods + new tyres hehehe

last two the person behind gav crashed

sh*t thats true, every time we cane it round a dangrous road, and i dcide to go soft, some 1 has smashed !!

how many kw at the wheels does a tip gpx have? i heard one of my fried said that we have no more than 90kws? and teggy type r is only 95kw? is this right?