Alex_225 Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Went to a rolling road day with a local car club. Well pleased with the result, it only just cleared the ramp but looked wicked once it was on! lol Has got a Powerflow cat back system, Raceland Manifold and BMC Induction kit. You'll see the bottom pic to see the outcome, was rather pleased. Put it this way, one guys 3.0 Supra (non-turbo) had a worse power to weight ration than this, which was also the second smallest engine on the rolling road but far from the least powerful!! Well happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Nice result, think it's the manifold that makes all the difference.Bet you're pleased with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 top result there mate!, next just need some Nitrous Oxide hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_Kez Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Nice result this is one of my favourite lupo sports on here, if not my favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thanks mate, glad you like it hehe! I'm guessing its the manifold that makes all the difference to it as the exhaust sounds nice and probably just frees up the revs and the induction kit just makes more noise than power I should imagine. Impressive to think that its an n/a 1.4 running nearly the same as something like a Renault 5 GTT etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lauryn Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thats awesome! I'm really curious what my sport has, its only got a BMC on it but I just feel that it pulls very well, esp compared to some other cars with the "same" or slightly more power, I'm convinced its a bit more over 100 bhp. In fact its actually 98bhp they're supposed to have standard isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 yeah I heard they were 100ps so a little under 100bhp, but then someone else said they were 102bhp! Who knows! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Officially I think it's 100ps, but I'm sure I remember reading that they varied quite significantly from the factory, so some had quite a bit over 100ps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_Kez Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 yeah I heard they were 100ps so a little under 100bhp, but then someone else said they were 102bhp! Who knows! lolthey wont all be exaclty the same....but they will have a tolerance from the factory probably of between 98 and 102 bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Makes sense really as a lot of cars vary in standard form. Some make dead on, but others such as the Clio 172/182s and Fiesta STs vary up to 10bhp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 doesnt the way the motor is ran in also effect the figures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_Kez Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 doesnt the way the motor is ran in also effect the figures?yep can do mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Think it can be affected by how its run in, fuel etc.One guy ran his Focus ST with just a de-cat exhaust system and put a full tank of V-Power in it and it pulled 253bhp on the rollers!! That cars done nearly 20k so is well run in and gets driven fairly hard.Most impressive car there was probably the Audi RS6(?) which pulled just shy of 450bhp! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lauryn Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Think it can be affected by how its run in, fuel etc.One guy ran his Focus ST with just a de-cat exhaust system and put a full tank of V-Power in it and it pulled 253bhp on the rollers!! That cars done nearly 20k so is well run in and gets driven fairly hard.Most impressive car there was probably the Audi RS6(?) which pulled just shy of 450bhp! lolApparantly the Focus STs have a variation of around 20 bhp from when they left the factory! My bfs gonna get his RRd before he does any mods, but he really needs to start running it on V Power imo, not cheap Asda crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 This was the first tank of V-Power he'd ever put in it. To be honest this guy isn't one for really looking after his ST anyway, mod it but don't keep it tidy if that makes sense. Not a bad little result on that car though, 20bhp is some varation. I know the Megane 225s were similar in that they're not all consistently 225bhp, a lot of them were slightly over, yet some of the newer R26 versions were under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Very nice results mate.......quite close to a standard GTI in terms of bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Yeah not really far off. I'm quite intrigued by what the 0-60 time would be on it to be honest. I have a feeling that off the line it would certainly surprise a few cars that are pushing more power. Funny thing is with this car, is that I was in a convoy and once off the motorway, I was closing the gaps on the bigger motors purely down to the fact that it corners so well on the coilies!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallika_Fan Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Alex, bet you're well chuffed with that, very impressive! What was your torque figure?Only 1.41bhp in it between yours and mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUB JIMBOB Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Wicked result m8, i did notice a difference in the loop when i put the manifold on.So much restriction in a standard manifold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Yeah I know it just goes to show that by improving the cars breathing, it just literally frees up power rather than forcing power out of it! Trouble is now, I'm wanting that last little bit to take it over the 120bhp mark! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Have you noticed any decrease in fuel economy as a result o these mods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris260 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Nice result that like!!! They obviously respond well to a manifold and filter! I had mine RR'd a year or so ago, still standard but got 103 so i was pleased enough with that. I'm definitely considering a manifold now. Did you notice much of a defference in torque and was fitting it the same sort of ballache as with the gti's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I was lucky enough to buy it with the manifold already fitted.By all accounts it was a pain in the ar$e to find someone who could get the manifold fitted though. As for fuel economy, its extremely good. I couldn't tell you what it was like before the manifold was on, but considering that day to day driving doesn't need to go above 3,000rpm round town. Which means I get extremely good mpg on average. Less so on the motorway as the gearing isn't ideal, even if you sit at under 65mph. Still compare the Lupo mpg to the 24mpg the Megane would get and it'd have some way to go to be as inefficient as that!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallika_Fan Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Pushing nearly 120bhp and still getting upto 43mpg for myself. Though i do have a taller gearbox to take advantage of it. Specially on the motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 On the motorways that would be a god send. Luckily the missus has moved in now so the only long motorway driving we do is to her mum's place and we use her car for that!! lol That gets 50mg on the motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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