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Drew · 02-10-10, 11:47 AM

why is it not being mapped by george on his own rollers?

Drew

staccato · 02-10-10, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew

why is it not being mapped by george on his own rollers?

Drew

I thought it was going to Dreadnought? I think the remap was always planned to be done live on an airfield/track wasn't it?

Maxfly · 02-10-10, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drew

why is it not being mapped by george on his own rollers?

Drew

I don't think George has rollers anymore, least not where he is the now

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Originally Posted by staccato

I thought it was going to Dreadnought? I think the remap was always planned to be done live on an airfield/track wasn't it?

From reading this thread, that seems to be the plan

Drew · 02-10-10, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tb steve

yes its up at thor motorsport at the mo having the mapping done

i see, didnt know that. finishing touches on the road yeah.

Drew

tb steve · 02-10-10, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by staccato

I thought it was going to Dreadnought? I think the remap was always planned to be done live on an airfield/track wasn't it?

it was but after a few factors it was easyer to go to thor

Dave ZS-X · 02-10-10, 03:47 PM

some good points staccato.
Steve what were your goals, what did you want from this project, i understand you wanted rid of the plenum and vis and yes it will sound nice and it will be a one off...... but there must be more to it than that as you could have brought enough plenums to last till kingdom come, so what are you aiming at , whats the goal ?
is it just a daily runner car or do you plan to track it or use just for weekend fun as i imagine the sound whilst great when your in the mood would quickly become very tiresome for road use.
I cant help but feel wether its a road car or a track car that you could have brought so much more performance to the car for less money, quaife, some nice big brakes, road legal sticky tyres etc etc, anyone one of those on its own would have given you more performance for peanuts in comparison.

Having said that i think it will be quicker than staccato thinks, with 240-250 bhp it will be quite nippy especially with lightweight flywheel too, ok it wont beat any new age hot turbo hatches but that doesnt mean it cant be fun to drive and remember steves been driving plodders for yonks so even a standard zs 180 would feel quick now.
Glad to hear its almost ready anyhow and i hope steves first drive brings everything he wanted.
Need some good driving videos with windows down so we can hear it.

Maxfly · 02-10-10, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave ZS-X

Need some good driving videos with windows down so we can hear it.

^^^ THIS, oh yes

Should sound immense

mattie007 · 02-10-10, 05:19 PM

Not sure why people need Steve to justify himself. At the end of the day, hes getting a touring car for the road!! Surely thats enough!

staccato · 02-10-10, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave ZS-X

some good points staccato.
Steve what were your goals, what did you want from this project, i understand you wanted rid of the plenum and vis and yes it will sound nice and it will be a one off...... but there must be more to it than that as you could have brought enough plenums to last till kingdom come, so what are you aiming at , whats the goal ?
is it just a daily runner car or do you plan to track it or use just for weekend fun as i imagine the sound whilst great when your in the mood would quickly become very tiresome for road use.
I cant help but feel wether its a road car or a track car that you could have brought so much more performance to the car for less money, quaife, some nice big brakes, road legal sticky tyres etc etc, anyone one of those on its own would have given you more performance for peanuts in comparison.

Having said that i think it will be quicker than staccato thinks, with 240-250 bhp it will be quite nippy especially with lightweight flywheel too, ok it wont beat any new age hot turbo hatches but that doesnt mean it cant be fun to drive and remember steves been driving plodders for yonks so even a standard zs 180 would feel quick now.
Glad to hear its almost ready anyhow and i hope steves first drive brings everything he wanted.
Need some good driving videos with windows down so we can hear it.

Yeah useful points too. It's a very expensive 'improvement to the plenum system' so surely more must have been wanted from it. I'd be interested to know Steve's hope for bhp figures prior to the reveal of what it finally achieves.

I agree Dave - 240bhp ish will be quick in the ZS. Can you get a N/A ZS to reach that much power? Impressive if so. The last 2 I owned weren't bad with a fraction over 200bhp.

How does the standard ZS chassis and suspension cope with that sort of added lump? I expect new dampers etc will be needed, but the brakes should get away with just uprated discs and pads do you think?

I just feel that in the length of time this car has taken, it's kind of lost it's relevance.

Will the throttle bodies be muffled enough not to cause an issue with sound limits on a track?

staccato · 02-10-10, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mattie007

Not sure why people need Steve to justify himself. At the end of the day, hes getting a touring car for the road!! Surely thats enough!

Not exactly a touring car for the road. It has a part that used to be on a touring car years ago that's now been adapted for this one car.

Keep us posted steve.