Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 08:43 pm, by: Jack Chiu(Wilbyz)
Simon, your engine bay looked sweeet... saw you guys taking the bonnet off, what an effort!
Just wondering, how much did you get on the dyno on Saturday? We thought 260kwrw @ 12psi (on the poster stand) seemed a bit strange with all that work on a 2JZ?
No idea what the hell happened on Saturday... I could only pull 326kW@20psi. The 260kW@12psi was from Newcastle Autosalon last year.
On Sunday I changed my plugs (Saturdays were only 65km old however), added a little octane booster, increased timing, and somehow gained ~60kW at the rears (still at 20psi), to beat the Supra I was battling (2JZ + T04Z).
Final score: Soarer - 383.1kW Supra - 330kW
Did anyone get video of my dyno runs? Desperate to find a copy. Some people said they managed to get it, but I'm yet to find anything online.
Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:36 am, by: Sean Tusler(Viperlover55)
dang!!! i had a very good look at the 3 soarer's at auto salon, i should have taken some more time to talk to one of you guys, the white ones looked very sweet and one of them had really cool rims, but the black one was hot!!!!! nice number plater to. and from what i have been reading a good whack of power. nice...........
As much as these power figures seem amazing, I now have the added worry of bending a rod or six. There have been a few cases where rods have become malleable at the ~370kW mark. I don't drive the car around on the streets at these boost levels (I drop it to 12psi for 260kW) so hopefully it'll be able to stand up for the dyno runs at least.