[fletch]

Hi all ive been nosing at the squadra torque fiqures and then started worrying about mine , its quite strange as i went to york expecting 135bhp as car is not spot on but got 165 now i know that it was flywheel and the rollers are diff at everywhere but my torque figures are really crap as my print out says 135lbft . as ive read in the owners book it should be 165 now is it that alwyn has got his torque and bhp figures mixed up or has my car lost a lot of power somewhere ? does anyone with a 1.8 16v have a current torque figure for there car who went to york im quite worried. eek!
thanks for any replies Craig.

 

[fletch]

sorry wrinx it made 165bhp and 135lbft of torque now in the owners book it says 140 bhp and 165lbft torque strange or what? what sort of torque did you get wrinx?

 

[fletch]

you went and changed it !!

 

[fletch]

strange isnt it im assuming they are the same could be wrong though but my peak torque was at 5250 rpm i think as crapy chart does not state and its a bit wrinkled now anybody else have high bhp low torque from alwyns

 

[fletch]

I think ive opened a bag of worms here.

 

[fletch]

i really think alwyns should have given both figures for at wheels and flywheel as it may point to running gear probs and such if dramatic loss at wheels . i think i will give them a ring and maybe ask when it was calibrated as at the moment it seems like the rolling road was a waste of time.not having a pop at the garage i should have paid more attention on day and asked more but it seemed there was not enough time with all the cars and limited time.

 

[fletch]

i do agree it was not a waste of time as i did get a good idea how engine is delivering power ie a nice power graph with no dips in . i know i should have asked more on day im gonna phone tommorrow to see about how they converted the figures just so i know not to go around saying ive got x amount of bhp or torque just find it interesting. as youve mentioned typing in what car it was when they tested them i also thought straight away my figures were too high and asked them if they had the car down as diff model but he said it made no difference to figures provided, im maybe gonna get it on the rollers more local to me and as you said check again after mods.

 

[fletch]

I did speak to kershaws and he did say 20% roughly for at wheels , he went on to say as mentioned on here that the road is only good for checking after mods have been done and comparing with old readouts . i did ask about how they come up with the figures for at flywheel and he said the computer just does an equation and doesnt measure the car individually .