Project “X” Abbey Motorsport R32
Latest
update 14th October 2004
Until
I hear from Abbey-Motorsport, this site will not be updated.
I
will however still host the site due to the interest people have in the car.
If
any info comes forward on the car I will update as necessary.
Until
Abbey let me know any info on the car the site will stay dormant.
Thanx
for all your interest and lets hope the car will rise to challenge the ¼ mile
again.
“BAD NEWS"
30th July 03
After a few
weeks of late nights and countless hours on the
dyno sorting out the new management sytem and mis-fires
we managed to get big horespower figures from the car. We
trundled off to Bruntingthorpe yesterday to give the car it,s
first real run and most importantly Lisa,s D first run.
Warmed car up, a few runs up and down the runway to
warm up transmission etc , car was running on it,s road tyres
265 SO3 bridgestones , lisa jumps in car and gives the car a
few rolling blast,s with the boost controller turned off, to see
the car smoking it,s tyres at 100+mph is awsome. Then she
settles down to get the burn outs sorted all okay , then the
first launch - 7000rpm hold car on the linelock and let it go
wheelspin in the first 3 gears !!!!!!!!!! up to 120 kmh .
We then bolt on the Nitto,s and 1.9 bar boost approx 950 axle
bhp,try 8000rpm car bogs,8500 rpm car bogs,9000rpm and
voila which have ignition 4 100ft black lines and approx 270
kph at the end of a measued 1/4 of a mile. Lisa did approx 10
runs on high boost, we then noticed high water temp and a
water leak. Lisa is happy with her performance and we want to
get the car home to look at it , so off we go home , get the car
back to the workshop have alook arounD and OH NO cracked
cylinder block, remove engine and box, strip down and there is
a 3 inch crack along the turbo side of the block , I then made
the decision to not try and fix the cars as we do not have a N1
block on the shelf to rebuild it.
It is sad to say this but it is not worth the rush to get the car
out for TOTB, but we will rebuild it asap and hope to run it
before the end of the year.
I would like to say Lisa D took to the car like duck to water,
and there only a few people who could drive these high power
cars and she had it all sorted A1 definitly recon she will be in the
early 10,s when it is back on the track. Also thanks to Danoh,
Simon,Scott and sam for the late night last night, and i hope
Glen has the video he took of Lisa last launch AWESOME.
A very dejected Mark
we will still be there on sunday supporting last years winner
the "Rocket Ronnie" roll on next year!!!! TOTB 3
“Good News”
25th
July 03
1015bhp
at the axles!
Needless to say
this is just a power at axles figure, the true engine power is obviously
higher, but I don't think that the figure above needs improving by adding a
huge imaginary transmission-loss figure.
It certainly blew me away so I'll say it again:
1015bhp at the axles
Now let's hope the car gets the power to the ground at TOTB2......
'Project X' HITS THE DYNO ......!!!!!!!!!! 31st Jan 03
Here’s the short version:
Basically Henry drove Project X (our R32 road going power car) to Abbey Motors
today (in the snow) to test an initial power figure for the car.
Before we actually tested the car we changed only the oil and filters, there
was no time today for any tuning or adjustments of any sort so it ran just as
it arrived at the docks after it's sea journey and just as seen at the last
Grasshopper meet.
The figures below are a hint of the future power of the car, since we chose not
to run at the highest boost it is capable of and also since we were dogged by a
severe misfire at high revs. (We know what to fix, but did not have the part to
hand sadly).
Anyway the following are the figures achieved at the axles on the Dynapack at
Abbey. I will not draw any conclusions about possible power at the crank, since
that debate has been done to death.
On 4wd Dynopack in 4wd mode:
Power at axles: 830bhp
Torque at axles: 591lb ft
Needless to say we were very pleased.
The drive back in the snow was 'entertaining'.........
Pictures Form 15th Dec 2002
Pictures from 7th Dec 2002
See you @ the ¼ mile marker!