Is this normal?

[gsb876]

Originally posted by iaint
People don\'t tend to crash on streight bits without doing something stupid though - it\'s accelerating out of corners/round bends or trying to carry too much speed that\'ll fduk you right up.  I wouldn\'t reccomend finding those limits out on a road - even if it\'s wide and empty...  Back end setpping out and a bit of counter-steer and you can easily be off the other side.  As soon as you clip a kerb all bets are off!

As You say though - it\'s a good place to find out where abouts the main power kicks in as that seems to be when it all goes wrong - these cars often jump a hundred horses over very few rpm which can really catch you out...

Iain

Iain, was just saying this as its what i normally do when i buy a new car, it just helps you get the feel of the car and you then know exactly what to expect if you put your foot down, did this with the Mr2,Skyline,rx7 twin turbo,Escort Cosworth and now the Single T78 rx7 and every time i found it invaluable in learning how the cars react under hard accleration.

But you are correct with the slipping though, and i meant quite a nice open/wide road to have a blast on, luckily for me there is one right round the corner!!:D

[scooby_si]

most SVA places will change wheels/tyres over to a set they no will pass i guess thou...?
Si

[antnicuk]

the noise,  "all hell breaking lose" would be the external wastegate opening to atmosphere.  That is the point you would have reached maximum boost.  

If when i had converted my car to single turbo, it had 300 rwhp i would have been dissapointed, If it is running 1 bar, you should be looking at least 350 rwhp,  you dont see many singles over here at that boost which have had less than that.

enjoy and take it easy, at least unil the summer:D

regards
tony

[silat69]

Cheers for all your advice and for the welcome,

I am going to get my brother to check the car out for me with regards to it\'s specification. He has a lot of experience on the older 7\'s and runs his own garage, so he should be able to suss out what all has been done.

Still havn\'t found a dry road to give her another try, but over the weekend on a short trip arround the roads where i keep the car i thought i\'d ease her up to about 70/80mph and then give it the juice - still spinning the wheels in 4th at 80mph - although there was a lot of acceleration as well, backed off the throttle quickly as am not a great driver and noticed the flash in my rear view mirror from the flames as she backfired out the exhaust.

Can\'t wait to take her to a track to really see what she can do!

Cheers

[Ricco_04]

 wow! that scares me just reading about it