Rolling Road Prep?

[Tom163]

Got a Rolling Road power run booked tomorrow to see if I am close to the stock BHP I should be. Was thinking is there anything I should do before hand etc?? this is my first one.

I have made sure all fluids are at the correct levels, all the wheels are on and tight and there is no developing problems.

Anything else I should look or do?

Cheers
Tom :)

[Dave ZS-X]

correct tyre pressures , maybe clean air filter but only if its very dirty.

[Tom163]

Cheers mate, will do!

[Ritchy]

tighten your throttle cable at the throttle body

[Tom163]

How do I do that mate? and why?

Tom :)

[Dave ZS-X]

tighten your throttle cable at the throttle body

Very carefully and only if necessary, overtighten even slightly and it can make your throttle stick on slightly when you lift off, brown trousers if that happens...ive been there,lol

[Ritchy]

adjust it up till the revs are affected then knock its back 2 quater turns and then blip the throttle n check its settling okay, had 15 rovers this week alone with slack cables n mad e agood difference to all them, if you look at the throttle body youll see the cable, and a plastic nut clipped into the bracket there, feel the cable n it will probably have a lot of slack in it, pop the nut out and wind the majority of the slack out the cable, clip back in, then start turnoing it a quater turn at a time till the revs are affected, then knock back the way say usually 2 or 3 quater turns and blip the throttle and make sure it settles properly

[Tom163]

Thanks men! will have a look tomorrow see what the situation is with myne.

Cheers
Tom

[Maxxed_Ross]

a bit late now I know, but apparently VPower can make 5bhp more once its fully in the system

[Tom163]

Yeah lol, I always run it on Sainsburys premium 99 octane day to day and V-Power when funds allow lol. Would it really gain anything on a 1.6 though? I just use it for the engine cleaning property's.

Tom :)

[Maxxed_Ross]

I've been hearing alot in the Subaru circles recently about Tesco 99 being a bit off when re-maps are done. I had always been told it was ok to use in the Impreza but at the last RR day up here 2 guys had been away getting a full re-map, and the fuel was tested at only 96 RON! The guy at Dastek had even heard of one test being as low as 94 RON

Needless to say mine is on a VPower diet from now on, and after even just the one full tank going through it the car feels better already!

[Dan1971]

I reckon it'll make some difference - easily 3-4bhp. Strange though, but the MPG also improves aswell as the power. I doubted it at first to be honest - but having tried it - I'm converted. And .... considering the extra mileage out of a tank - it's not a lot more expensive to run either.

[dvid]

Interesting that it can improve MPG, I might give it a try next time I fill up

[Maxfly]

Think it can help improve the cleanliness of your engine but 4 pot K's don't have knock sensors so canna change anything to take advantage of the higher octane rated fuel iirc:)

[Ritchy]

v power is the best out the lot, i had bp ultimate in my car n it was running a lot worse dunno if it was cuz it had been lying in the tank so long or something, felt a bit better with v power but tbh i just put normal shell petrol in now, just cuzza the extra additives supermarket fuel lacks

[Tom163]

Very interesting, looks like i'll keep it on at least 99 anyway.

[Maxxed_Ross]

Think it can help improve the cleanliness of your engine but 4 pot K's don't have knock sensors so canna change anything to take advantage of the higher octane rated fuel iirc:)


exactly right, but it's still worth flinging the odd tank in to clean everything out a bit. I still put V Power Diesel in the Defender a few times a year to help clean it up a bit