Being new to this Rolling Road lark, what should I do to prepare my car to go on a rolling road.

 

Oil change, filters, brown pant's, book the trailer to get the car home etc....

 

Mike

Fire extinguisher. ;)

Get a friend to come with his car, cos you may need a lift :p :D

So, that'll be some sort of dustpan and brush to sweep up the remains of my engine, a wheelie bin to put it in, oh and Taxi fare home then.

 

:D

 

Mike

No seriously - this could be useful :) What should we be doing?

Stocking up on andrex :D

If it's gonna go bang then it will, so I don't think an oil change or the likes will help much, unless of course it's well overdue.

 

Maybe I'm wrong :confused:

Dunno if that answers Mikes question, but what about squeezing an extra few BHP out?

 

Cleaning connectors, filters I suppose, cleaning sh1t off your radiator/ICs, things like that?

Oil and filter change,check all fluids;) also..........

 

AA membership

 

Tissues

 

Cheque book

 

Nappys

 

Dustpan and brush:rofl:

Originally posted by MAC 1

Tissues

Eh??? Is Tooley coming down with some of his special DVDs? ;)

Originally posted by Dave Marley

Eh??? Is Tooley coming down with some of his special DVDs? ;)

:rofl:

 

Dave why is your name not down? It's not too far away from you also you missed Billing,now come on get your arse into gear;)

Originally posted by MAC 1

:rofl:

 

Dave why is your name not down? It's not too far away from you also you missed Billing,now come on get your arse into gear;)

I was supposed to be on holiday then, but we finally got it booked today and we rescheduled, so I could come after all.

 

If I sort out my detonation sensor problem and get round to fitting my PCVs and that stops it smoking, I will do! :(

Originally posted by Dave Marley

I was supposed to be on holiday then, but we finally got it booked today and we rescheduled, so I could come after all.

 

If I sort out my detonation sensor problem and get round to fitting my PCVs and that stops it smoking, I will do! :(

 

Fingers crossed you have it all sorted in the next few weeks,you don't have to go on the RR you can just spectate and have a laugh at all the explosions:D;) should be a cracking weekend!

Good point. I'll do my best to get over there although hopefully there won't be any explosions... :)

Well, I think i'll do an oil/filter change then.

 

Mike

Gotta be worth doing the obvious visual stuff... make sure there's plenty of coolant in your rad, be darn sure you aint got tired old stretchy top / bottom rad hoses, pull all the dead animals / fur / feathers and guts out of the rad and IC vents... make sure you've got some decent tread on your back tyres cos otherwise they'll spin on the rollers and give a naff reading, don't turn up with a worn clutch (could also be embarassing) or if it's an auto make sure it's full with ATF and being cooled properly (get the fur off that autobox cooler)... um... what else... oh, clean the blood off your air filter (or get a new one)... prolly also worth running a couple of tanks of Optimax through if you don't already use it - not cos you're gonna get tons more power but because it could help keep your poor lump a bit cooler when it's doing 160 mph standing still without a fantastic amount of air blowing over it. For sure, some breakdown cover wouldn't hurt (just in case). Tissues... yeah, cos either you'll be spunking over how much your car's putting out... or you'll be crying about how many bits it's in!

What will be recorded on the day BHP & top speed?

 

D

Take a CO2 Fire extinguisher and spray it on the front of you I/C and rad before your run. I may be wrong but i think it cools them down, hence more power?

I'd go but the car won't do more than 0 mph at the mo and i just get jealous of everyones moving zeds:cry:

Thanks,

 

Stuart

If you've got it installed remember to switch your traction control off or you'll be misfiring like a goodun and showing a Micra like BHP figure :D :D :D (That'll be my excuse anyway ;) )

 

Steve

Is it safe to do a RR? just rebuilt my engine and realy dont want to blow it up again!

Originally posted by FairZXTT

What will be recorded on the day BHP & top speed?

Don't quote me, but it should be: rear wheel bhp, rwbhp corrected to a crank bhp figure, and a final speed indication. And everyone should get a printout of their torque and bhp graphs. The final speed won't be the absolute top speed your car can achieve - the run will probably be done in 4th (manual) - low rpms(1200?) to the red-line (whatever yours is). No, you won't have to drive on the rr! That'll be done by Pete and his assistant... whoever that is on the day. It won't be the loverly pierced tonge girl... she'll be wandering around looking loverly AFAIK... oh, and her name's Claire (spelt wrong probably) NOT whatever Stu said!

 

As for whether it's safe, it's probably (don't quote me) as safe (if not safer) than taking your car up to 160-odd mph on a real road. If something's gonna break, it'll break. But it's only a short blast on the rr, where you'll probably sustain that speed longer on a real road... if you've got room of course :D

 

Dunno whether anyone'll get time to pull tricks like the fire-extinguisher one. But that sounds cunning. I like :)