Finally got my RR plot!

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:46 pm

Cheers steve, arrived in the post today.

Full whack of torque from the moment he put his foot down - awesome! Pulls well all the way to the top, i couldn't be happier. Does it look pretty normal for a K? Haven't seen any other RR graphs from k16s.

129.7lb/ft torque, 134.8bhp @ the fly, 114.7 @ the wheels.

200SEI · Post by **200SEI** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:40 pm

Thats v.good. Where did you take it?

Im deffo going on when i've ran the old girl in.

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:43 pm

Vauxsport in Shifnal (Telford)

http://www.rovertech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30640&highlight=vauxsport

Post by **SubCat001** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:00 pm

Got to love that torque curve

In a car as light as Metro that must be pretty flexiable.

iainp · Post by **iainp** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:12 pm

Great graph

Sounded gorgeous on the rollers too

Iain

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:47 pm

SubCat001 wrote:Got to love that torque curve In a car as light as Metro that must be pretty flexiable.

Its very driveable yes, 5th gear is all thats needed to keep up with other traffic from about 25-30mph.

ADSVVCCOUPE · Post by **ADSVVCCOUPE** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:52 pm

that torque is very impressive. what engine and mods you running?
my coupe only manages 137.5 ftlb

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:55 pm

The non-vvc 1.8 is impressivly torquey for a unit that likes to rev. Our MGF is very easy to drive with no need to rev above 3k in normal driving, that torque curve is quite broad and flat, just got to find me a 1.8 for our Metro now :wink:

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:58 pm

It's a standard solid-cam 1800 (118hp standard). I slapped an ITG element in the airbox with a better airfeed, a 55mm T/B, VVC inlet manifold, janspeed exhaust manifold, de-cat and cat-back system. Thats some good torque on yours for an 1800 k, which model VVC is it with what mods?

ADSVVCCOUPE · Post by **ADSVVCCOUPE** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:04 pm

its an ivor searle recon engine. should be std spec. i've got a quikshift taipan sealed induction kit, 52mm tb, powerflow 2.25 bore cat back system, de bured ex manifold, and now its running a silenced de cat.

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:01 pm

Similar modifications to mine then, good gains for you also.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:17 pm

The 1.8 non vvc units are certainly impressively torquey, makes a great relaxed ride. They dont like revving as much as the 1.6 however they certainly dont object. Bet its ace in that metro.