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Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:59 pm
by Gareth
Sooo.... Back to the start?... Just about ready for the big weigh in

Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:11 pm
by vlad01
any advances on the engine?
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:14 pm
by Gareth
Nah, need to hit the track now, should have raced it last weekend...
Look forward to an engine re-do...
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:22 pm
by HQ355
That's a clean commodore !
Much left to do ?
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:24 pm
by vlad01
I've looked into achieving high comp by means of virtually interfering the piston to the head, massively shaved alloy heads with flat faced valves to reduce chamber cc and the best I could do was about 12ish :1. Custom profiled pistons are a must on said engine deign.
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:25 pm
by Gareth
Roof number and a little more sign writing, hit the wheel aligner and scales

Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:14 pm
by Gareth
Biggvl wrote:Here's a photo of the before

And after...

Wow... It's been a long road, thanks everyone for all the input
But... That isn't the true weight of the car, one of the load cells is a bit out (same amount as first weigh) so this still gives a great idea of the loss. I have another 'higher quality' set of scales which I'll put under the car tonight and post the real weight...
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:21 pm
by Dylan
Thats fantastic have to be happy with that. Less weight and more power too? How is the tuning going?
I've just started a car this week first time using 11P (but running a manual trans)
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:35 pm
by Gareth
Yeah more power, much more torque thanks to e85 conversion.
Learned a lot about tuning on this mission, especially with the new fuel. I think that with the dfco wired in and working as well as the closeness of the tune, hopefully will see similar fuel economy. (Very important in endurance racing)...
Re: How to loose 200kgs?....
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:57 pm
by Gareth