Feelers Out - Rolling Road Day

[rich17865]

I have been doing the rounds looking for a place to hold our own rolling road day.

A nice modern, clean and respectable place with good reviews from the VW bunch is Awesome Gti (http://www.awesomegti.com/rolling-road) in Manchester

The usual cost is £60+vat for a 2wd rolling road run.

I have contacted them about organising an event, they have said the following,

Hello,
Thanks for the email!!
We can do a rolling road day for your club. Saturdays only and at the moment you will be looking 29th Dec onwards.
Prices are:
2WD - £35.00
4WD - £45.00
A minimum of 10 cars are needed and must be pre-paid with 1 week before the day otherwise it will be cancelled.

I have had it confirmed that you will get 3 dyno runs and a printout with all three runs on.

There is a heated waiting room and a coffee machine too.


So, over to you, what do you think? :shrug:

[James.uk]

Sounds great to me Rich.. tomorrow would be better.. :D:D:D

You can put me down for 2 wheels at least.. lol.. :D

Do they do a 520 hp remap? heh heh... :bowdown:
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[Frank Incensed]

Well, if they do change any of the car's injectors tomorrow, I'll want to see what it does to the torque and bhp curves.:shrug:
If they can't find anyting wrong, then I can't think what else to do other than a re-map.:confused:
There wouldn't be any point in a rolling road test until I'd had that done.

[rich17865]

We are obviously looking at next year for this now, realistically around end of Jan or Feb, assuming I get enough interest.

[1gp]

Is it one run £35....?

[rich17865]

Is it one run £35....?

I am waiting for a reply from the contact, I will post up as soon as I know.

[carguy143]

I'm a maybe, depending on weekend.

Rik.

[rich17865]

We can agree a convenient day for everyone, as you can tell, I will need payment up front anyway, there is no rush to book. I just wanted to gauge a response to see if it is worth doing or not

[lightningmark]

Hi Rich I have a new ZT so i`m in ;)

[rich17865]

Good news :) what is the new one like?

[lightningmark]

It`s a 2006 facelift 62k miles one owner from new in ignition blue, it seems a lot more free revving than my old one you last seen me in and quicker off the line too, hope to see marinabrian this weekend ;)

[Frank Incensed]

It`s a 2006 facelift 62k miles one owner from new in ignition blue, it seems a lot more free revving than my old one you last seen me in and quicker off the line too, hope to see marinabrian this weekend ;)

Lovely colour too, Mark. And at least people will see you better in the daylight. :D

[J1MBO]

It`s a 2006 facelift 62k miles one owner from new in ignition blue, it seems a lot more free revving than my old one you last seen me in and quicker off the line too, hope to see marinabrian this weekend ;)

Long time since we last met Mark.

Sorry to hear of what happened to the last one, the replacement sounds rather nice though :D.

Have you still got the rather quick truck :drool4:

[Frank Incensed]

........ the replacement sounds rather nice


Not tempted to put your (temporary) replacement on a rolling road, Jim?:D

[lightningmark]

Hello Jimbo it has been a while and yes i do still have the 480bhp V8 piece of aural delight:party:

[vindaloo]

Put me down for this please.

[rich17865]

Just had it confirmed that you will get 3 dyno runs and a printout with all 3 on.

There is a waiting room with a coffee machine too.

[vitesse-chris]

Just had it confirmed that you will get 3 dyno runs and a printout with all 3 on.

There is a waiting room with a coffee machine too.

If this is at the end of the (or a) month, I'd travel down! I really want to see what mines running after seeing some of the other 177 upgrades come out with good results!

[438brad]

Hello Jimbo it has been a while and yes i do still have the 480bhp V8 piece of aural delight:party:

What is it? :drool4:

[lightningmark]

It`s a Ford Lightning SVT 5.4 litre supercharged, chipped and modded, 11.97 secs down the santa pod quarter mile, not bad for a rear wheel drive pick up weighing 2500 pounds :D:D:D:D

[rich17865]

Provisionally, how would the Saturday 26th Jan suit people?

[438brad]

It`s a Ford Lightning SVT 5.4 litre supercharged, chipped and modded, 11.97 secs down the santa pod quarter mile, not bad for a rear wheel drive pick up weighing 2500 pounds :D:D:D:D

Awesome truck! I've always liked those and really fancy a go in one.:drool4::drool4: It must just feel wrong, that kind of power in a pick-up! I've got a lovely Wizards of NOS wet nitrous system sat in my Holden that never gets used (cos with 600 bhp at the back wheels without NOS it just doesn't need it on the road!;)) that would really help at the 'Pod!:D

[James.uk]

Saturday 26th Jan ---- Is fine Rich, sooner the better innit.. lol..
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[vitesse-chris]

Provisionally, how would the Saturday 26th Jan suit people?

Little soon for my payday :( I'll have to see the bank of the parents! Lol

[rich17865]

Little soon for my payday :( I'll have to see the bank of the parents! Lol

The money would have to be paid in full the week before, or it would be cancelled.

[James.uk]

Due to this RR meet needing a certain number of peeps, and payment up front, it would help if it stayed visible, so people can see it and respond quickly to it.. :}

Any chance of this tread being sticky Paul? (Reebs) ??
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[vitesse-chris]

The money would have to be paid in full the week before, or it would be cancelled.

The £35 ain't a problem, it's just for fuel getting down, I'll keep you informed though!

[rich17865]

The £35 ain't a problem, it's just for fuel getting down, I'll keep you informed though!

Fuel has been killing me getting to places recently too!

[vitesse-chris]

Fuel has been killing me getting to places recently too!

Not to bad for you, you have a diesel... I have a V6 and a brick as a right foot! It doesn't go together well! Lol

[rich17865]

Potentially six people for this so far, I see no reason why this should be kept to Rover 75 or MG ZT owners only.

I have a BMW 330 owner that may be interested.

[1gp]

put me down for this please as a maybe, all depends on work , have to work sat, so depends if i can get it off..:}

[carguy143]

Provisionally, how would the Saturday 26th Jan suit people?

This may be no good for me depending on time I'm afraid as I've got to get my daughter back to Darwen mid afternoon. The weekend before would be great or even Saturday 9 February as I'm working on 2 Feb. I'll see what the final date is before I can say a definite yes.

[J1MBO]

Not tempted to put your (temporary) replacement on a rolling road, Jim?:D

Err.... no :rolleyes:

[vindaloo]

Any date should be OK for me, but a that time of the year we need to keep our eye on the weather forecast. I know how wrong they can be but speculation from some sources say it's going to be the coldest winter for 100 years with temperatures a low as minus 20-25deg. That means it may well be the warmest Winter on record then:getmecoat::getmecoat:

[Frank Incensed]

..................some sources say it's going to be the coldest winter for 100 years with temperatures a low as minus 20-25deg...................

Good God! We might not see Bob (James.UK) until June.:D

[vitesse-chris]

Hopefully I'll know in the next two weeks if I can make it!

[438brad]

Looking like I will be able to make it after all. getting my VIS motors done Saturday courtesy of Stocktake, so all I want then is the induction kit.:D

[rich17865]

Erm, the better half has told me that I am on holiday on the 26th Jan.

I have enquired about the availability of Saturday 9th Feb.

[vitesse-chris]

Erm, the better half has told me that I am on holiday on the 26th Jan.

I have enquired about the availability of Saturday 9th Feb.

Lol that's cool with me! I'll be off all week from work, and it's after payday! Count me in!! :D

[Frank Incensed]

Erm, the better half has told me that I am on holiday on the 26th Jan.
I have enquired about the availability of Saturday 9th Feb.

I don't think Mrs Incensed is dragging me off to warmer climes this winter (unfortunately - if the predictions are accurate) so, at this moment in time, 9th Feb looks good for me. I've put a snow plough on my Rimmer's wish list.:D

[rich17865]

An update for anyone watching this thread, the new thread is here

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=130631