[Event] Irish Rotary Rolling Road Day [23 May 2009]

[Lee]

May 23rd, Me and the guys at Irish Rotary are having a rolling road day, at xtreme autos, Witches Lane, Waterford.


Unfortunately i won't be running on the RR, as my car is still not re-mapped..

Please add your name to the list,
1. Mul FD3S rx7
2. patrickg293 FD3S rx7
3. CJ SE3P rx8
4. Zakktheaxman Fd3s rx7
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Spectating:
1. 95-d-53552 FD3S
2. lynchog SE3P
3. cliffo
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Please add your name to the lists above if you'd like the join us!
The price is 60 euro Per car, aslong as it's not 4wd, i think it's 80 if it's 4wd!
It'll be starting at 9:30am,and running till we run out of cars.

[Lee]

No one interested in this at all?

[gary d]

No one interested in this at all?

Give it a while Lee theyr'e a bit preoccupied with arrangements for Rising sun meet and Lahinch at the mo! Probably like myself people are waiting to see who else is gonna go to this

[gt94]

Would love to go to this but my exhaust is blowing mad weld gone at gasket seal

[CJ]

I'll be there in the RX-8 - any more takers?

CJ

[Dragonheart]

I would have gone for a look see but got much going on then.

[gary d]

Would have liked to give this a go. unfortunately I'm workin that weekend Can an automatic be run on the dyno, read somewhere it can be problematic?

[CJ]

Can an automatic be run on the dyno, read somewhere it can be problematic?

It can be difficult to get accurate figures due to slippage in the torque convertor.

CJ

[colm_mcm]

Won't be able to attend WAAY too much stuff on.

[Lee]

anyone else insterested in coming along?

[miss-enzo]

Ill be there.... if my exhaust is here! ill be there anyway (doh!) but no point doing it again if ive not made any changes to the car!

[CJ]

but no point doing it again if ive not made any changes to the car!

No harm in getting a baseline figure before you start modding, I'm sure you're curious to know whet power the motor is making!

CJ

[gary d]

but no point doing it again if ive not made any changes to the car!

No harm in getting a baseline figure before you start modding, I'm sure you're curious to know whet power the motor is making!

CJ

[miss-enzo]

thanks gary!!! @CJ had the car done 2 yrs ago 197.1bph and 147ft/lb torque. not bad figures for a standard car i dotn think my exhuast will be here in time now might be here friday, will have to bribe one of the lads to fit it if it comes!

[d_dan]

can my misses come in her celica?

[miss-enzo]

Ya thats no bother! be at extreme autos in waterford for 10am please!

[miss-enzo]

great turnout today...days started off a bit dodgy weatherwise but after a hefty feeding from dominos it cleared up into a great day!!! lovely to see the sun out!!

In total on the rolling road was 3 rx7's 2 Rx8's my fto, a standard Sir Civic and a supercharged cam.

will post pics when lee uploads them to irishrotary.com

[colm_mcm]

How did the Celica T Sport do? would be interesting to compare.

[d_dan]

How did the Celica T Sport do? would be interesting to compare.

we went karting instead.
i spent my money on new tyres for monday weeks thrackday

[colm_mcm]

Wise choice on the tyres

hopefully engine is running smoothly now and everything holds together

[d_dan]

me too

[CJ]

A few pics of the day can be found here:

http://tinypic.com/a/tppv/1

CJ

[Mustang]

How did you get on with the rex CJ?

[CJ]

How did you get on with the rex CJ?

Not as good as I would have hoped (considering the engine is in tip-top condition) , I would have liked to see a second run for comparison purposes:

214.9bhp @ 8728rpm (166mph), 147.3lbft @ 5872rpm (stock 228bhp / 156lbft)

The power result is 101bhp less than the last rotary I ran on the same dyno!

Edit: just did some research on dynoing the RX-8 (albeit too late). The DSC was on, it should be off (can impact on readings). Also, there RX-8 has an adaptive ECU map function that changes based on driving conditions, you need a couple of runs to initiate the maps that sacrifice fuel consumption for power. Apparently, its difficult to get consistant dyno results from the 8 on this basis. Lesson learned...

CJ