Northampton RR day discussion and pics thread!

[Jen]

what a fantastic day! rollers seemed pretty accurate too. lovely to meet lots of new people and to meet up with the usual crew style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Think GurlRacer got 100.7bhp?

i did indeedy im a very proud mum! pretty good for a 1.0L *winkwink* oh yea that was my old car! my secret is out...hope everyone liked him!

Thankyou to Hakeem for organising the day and thankyou to Jen for sorting the convoy style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

thanks to jen for sorting the meet up and convoy there - top job matey! (loving the new loop!)

no problem really enjoyed it! thank you so much for everyone who came to the convoy for getting there on time!

And also a big thanks to myself for supporting club lupo by driving round northampton with my show plates on style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> lol

next time we'll plan 1 - A meeting point - 2 - a getting lost point - 3 - A rescue point - 4 - a pub.

hehe al you make me laugh so much! couldnt stop laughing when you left them plates on then drove past that copper! thank you for guiding us to the pub even if it was a "little" off route! ah well its all good fun!

take care and cant wait to see everyone soon

Jen x

[noddy]

it was a great day hated leaving with out eating glad to hear you guys found the pub in the end

thanks h it was well worth the drive down shame i did't have the cash to put the rover on the rollers style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> will get pic's up soon

[nfbr]

Heres a bunch of pics taken by lynsey, edited and uploaded by myself

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[Lynsey]

Heres a bunch of pics taken by lynsey, edited and uploaded by myself

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[LUPOCHARGED]

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Hello all well i have to say it was a good day out even though my loop let me down it did not spoil my enjoyment as usual tigz had me laughing and the crowd old and new were fun if everyone is intrested we could make this a yearly end of season meet thanks once again and take care all.

[Gavs_arosa16v]

Thanks to all those who organised it. Happy the suggestion of Northampton Motorsport payed off, otherwise you might have tracked down my post and cruisfied me.

Hats off to those diy-ing it in the car park. Not only did i get to see some quality little motors, but leart how to swap suspension as well.

Shame I had to get home for a firework party, and could not stay at the pub.

Nice to meet more of the club, those of you I did not see at gti festival. See you all again soon.

As for the important info. I was chuffed with 106.1bhp at fly, 79.9bhp at wheels and 96.5 lb ft max torque with only a k&n induction kit.

Watch out gti's the arosa coming! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

[VWR Lupo]

Wow 106.1 out of a sport style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Thats rearly good! What have you done to the beast mate. Its a rearly cool looking car style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> My girlfriend fell in love with it style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wub:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" />

[Gavs_arosa16v]

Not much really, compared to some of the people on here.

Engine - K&N induction kit. Inside - Mp3 head unit, 6x9's, 10'' sub and amp. Outside - debadged ass, lowered 45mm, and the fat 14'' steffans (8 wide on front and 9 wide on back).

Scorpion back box going on soon and saving for coilovers. Also going to make some smooth bumpers(eventually style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> ).

[VWR Lupo]

Just a K&N style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Thats cool. Mine was the second most powerfull sport there with just a K&N aswell and people slag K&N filters off style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

[tdwindustries]

Just a K&N style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Thats cool. Mine was the second most powerfull sport there with just a K&N aswell and people slag K&N filters off style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Maybe its cos you had a big fan pointing in the engine bay!!!!

style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Might be a bit less 'vented' in normal driving.....

Anyway, sounds like a good day out. Shame my Lupo is having a little break from road use... fingers crossed it will be back soon.

Disappointing figures style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

I got 137.4 bhp at Stealth! hahahahahahahahaha Did anyone do Stealth AND this RR day?

[VWR Lupo]

To be fair we cant rearly go with the readings we got on saturday because each car should have done three or four runs to get an average reading!

The fan at the front of the motor should give the same amount or air induction as you get at road speed.

Dont get me wrong it wasnt a waste of a day but to get a true power reading each car should have done three or four runs style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

[lunalupi]

Seems like I'm the only one who was well chuffed with my figures.....

Was a good day out though, and nice to see some new faces. I'm waitng impatiently now for John to come back and tell me the tracking is all sorted and we can go and fetch my baby. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

Edited November 7, 2005 by lunalupi

[VWR Lupo]

I was well pleased with mine aswell mate style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Dont know how you got home with that camber style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> How are the Gti shocks?

[Tigz™]

I'm waitng impatiently now for John to come back and tell me the tracking is all sorted and we can go and fetch my baby. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

Are they doing the camber as well?

[CanisLupo]

Seems like I'm the only one who was well chuffed with my figures.....

Was a good day out though, and nice to see some new faces. I'm waitng impatiently now for John to come back and tell me the tracking is all sorted and we can go and fetch my baby. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

I was well chuffed with my 102.7 bhp sport with no mods style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Hope your car gets better soon style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

[sleeky tdi]

I was chuffed with mine, especially the torque!

[nfbr]

I'm more than happy with 91bhp... I can now put 100shot of nos on and call it a gt-tdi style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />...

just kidding.

[Adam]

It looked like a good day out. Interesting that one of the gti's only made 117bhp though.

[lunalupi]

*sigh* they took him in and sorted the tracking. Said the camber was fine though.

But he's still not a happy car - one of my brake disks is warped and rubbing (did it get knocked at any point?) and he's developed a lovely knocking noise when I slow down style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> At least I could drive him home, but he's going back in to the garage tomorrow.

It's all worth it, it's all worth it......

[paulbin]

wen i went to stealth i got 115bhp and on saturday i got 105bhp so dunno wots going on there

[Grapo]

I can see whats going on. Stealth over read....

[nfbr]

/\ I'm sure i said that a few posts back...

stealth probably over read by a mile...

[tdwindustries]

ah but you said probably. i was looking for hard evidence....

[nfbr]

i'd probably sit at 100bhp at stealth style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

theirs been loads of mentions about stealth over reading, i'm sure tigz has mentioned it a few times also.

[zippy]

wen i went to stealth i got 115bhp and on saturday i got 105bhp so dunno wots going on there

Yeah, & Stealth had standard GTI's at over 140bhp, whereas the GTI's were all around 120-123bhp-ish... which is around the correct standard figure.

Who do ya trust?

Or is it the feel good factor, bigger numbers = better car, even if they're bullshit?

Edit: Sorry, wasnt picking on Pauls post there - I quoted it because his 105 bhp seems like a good, realistic indication, & he'd been to both RR's.

Edited November 7, 2005 by zippy