dyno numbers are only ever going to be representative... maha numbers are industry acknowledged flywheel numbers due to the lack of operator input allowing numbers to be as consistent as possible across maha dynos. no chassis dyno is ever going to give an accurate reading that's a given, there are pro's and con's to each and evey dyno. I don't see why you're so cynical.... these motors are different to evos, and they respond differently to turbos also so it's not what the turbo will do as all the turbo does is flow compressed air, the engine does the rest
looking good jonny :)
Maha has no mode to lock out functions and i've never heard of it being a industry standard. A turbo is a turbo whatever it's bolted onto,all engines will have bottlenecks but that doesn't affect the capacity of the turbo as a whole to push air.Ok perhaps the 2.0t engine will have bottlenecks as it was never devised as a competition engine.
I totally agree with Luca if you want to disregard dyno numbers alhough i've always found a direct relationship between dd whp figures and terminals.
In a 500bhp 4wd car weighing 1300-1400kg the terminal will be 120-123mph,600bhp your looking at 127-130mph.
As I have said, the numbers dont mean a huge amount to me.. It would be nice to crack 600hp but there are always going to be doubters, so whats the point shouting about a power or torque figure when its only going to get criticized to death anyways??
Thats why I hardly ever mentioned the power output of my Golf, it wasn't important to me at all.. There a plenty of people out there with far more impressive power figures than me but up to now the closest anyones got in a 1/4 has been half a second off.. Thats what im interested in..
No one can really argue with in gear side by side comparisons or calibrated 1/4 mile times at a FIA track.. That doesn't stop them trying though!
As for the weight saving I have really put some time into going throughout the whole car and pulled together a realistic target for the base weight of the car (without fuel) and its a hell of a lot less than 1300kg! Once the car is up and running that will be the next focus to gain performance.. Certainly worked on the ED30..
Back to the build..
The head was worked on all of today and is now rebuilt with the Supertech parts.. What I didnt mention is that the head has been ported and polished also, not really sure how much of a difference it will make, but it all helps!
The casting for the head was very rough and had quite a few aggressive steps in it so im pretty sure we should see some improvement, how much is going to be impossible to say but its well worth doing while everything is apart..
Should have some pics later of the head..