Rain, Rain, Go Away

Two typhoons within spitting distance of each other. No testing. No test-driving. Nuthin. Damn weather.

My right arm for a V-Box

Sorry, no photos with this one...

It's been a slow week for test-drives, so I've been fiddling with a friend's VBox for the past week, and it's disappointing that this supposedly 142 bhp car (++, with my mods) still can't get to 100 km/h in under 8.9 seconds.

I know my driving sucks... but that's not the point... I should be able to get about 8.5 easy. Time for new engine mounts, I suppose... lots of lurch on launch from the soft, cheap replacement parts. But also, it may be time to lower my tire pressures... 35 psi on the street is kind of excessive.

What's interesting is that at 8.9 to 100 km/h and a further 16.1 to 160 km/h, I've matched Car and Driver's 25 second run to 160 km/h. Which means, if I'd gotten the 0-100 km/h right, as per C!'s supposed 8.2 second run, I should be 1.5 seconds faster than stock to 160 km/h. Pathetic... time to sort out my intake again. :)