I finally got the chance to take the bugeye out on the country roads and try
out the G-Tech performance meter. First step is getting an accurate weight.
Off to the local hardware store rock-yard where the scale said that the bugeye
with a half-tank of gas and me sitting it weighed a grand total of 1710 lbs.
I punched in the number and headed for the country.
I did three HP runs and came up with 79, 81, 84 HP. The number getting lower
with increasing temperature of the motor. 0-60 times were 9.3 and 9.8
seconds.
All this time I imagined that this motor must be at least 100HP, but I suppose
that a lower number is to be expected at the wheels as this one measures the
HP of the car moving through air, which will include drag, unlike a static
shop dyno.
At least now I have a baseline to work from as I make improvements. Clearly I
need a source of cooled air to feed the turbo since the readings went down as
I heated up.
Glen "New Toy" Byrns
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