On Saturday 20th January 2007 CWC headed down the M6 to
Teg Sport in Carnforth
for a rolling road shoot out. As the rollers could run 2WD or
4WD cars, we were sure of a good turnout.
We decided to run the 4WDs first and the 2WD cars after lunch.
By 8:30am Teg Sport’s car park was completely full and braving
the strong winds the first few cars were soon lined up ready to
go. The rolling road was nicely installed in a garage at the
back of Teg Sport, with enough room for people to go inside, and
the doors to be shut to keep any noise away from the local
community. We were all able to get up close to the dyno and feel
the power from each car on the rollers, which is something you
don’t usually get to experience. The exhaust fumes from the cars
are filtered out into the air outside and a good flow of air is
blown through the garage to keep engines cool.
25 cars ran on the day, with a total of 6554bhp! The highest
power recorded on the day was from a Nissan Skyline R34 GTR,
with 382bhp at the fly wheel. The rollers recorded wheel horse
power and the Dyno Dynamics software converted the figure to
flywheel horsepower (shown in the printouts below) using a
different in built conversion factor for each type of
transmission.
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A good turn out.
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Rally heritage and a garage out back with the rollers.
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The garage with the
rollers was sound proofed to keep the neighbours happy.
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Nissan Skyline R34 GTR. 382bhp
Even more impressive
as it was running a bit lean so it wasn't given a full run!
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Power and Torque.
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Subaru Impreza STI
V2. 295bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza WRX.
237bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Escort Cosworth with
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But it fits without
the bumper! 357bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Power and Torque.
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Subaru Impreza.
274bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza WRX.
301bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza STI8.
314bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza WRX.
228bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Power and Torque.
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Subaru Impreza.
338bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza WRX.
266bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Mitsubishi Evo 6.
356bhp
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One red hot manifold!
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Power and Torque.
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Nissan Pulsar GTiR.
223bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Subaru Impreza WRX.
300bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Mitsubishi Evo 4.
308bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Power and Boost.
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Subaru Impreza Type
UK. 224bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Power and Boost.
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Ford Focus RST.
267bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Vauxhall Nova 2l
Turbo. 231bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Power and Boost.
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Vauxhall Nova 2l
Turbo. 269bhp but far from a full run. The jury is still out over
why the rollers had trouble doing a full run. Maybe wheelspin,
maybe the torque curve was too aggressive for the rollers or
software, maybe we will never know.
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Power and Boost.
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Ford Escort RS2000.
155bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Honda Civic Type-R.
306bhp
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Power and Torque with
and without nitrous.
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Peogeot 106 GTi.
137bhp
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Power and Torque.
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Seat Leon TDi 150.
212bhp
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Power and Torque.
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BMW Cosworth. 300bhp
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Power and Boost.
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Power and Torque.
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BMW M3. 276bhp but
the cars computer refused to let it run properly with the front
wheels stationary!
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Power and Torque.
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