OCUK Rolling Road 11 - Saturday March 19th 2011 - Eurospec, Guildford - Pictures, graphs, discussion

Howard · 19 Mar 2011 at 20:41

** OCUK Rolling Road 11 - Saturday March 19th 2011 - Eurospec, Guildford - Pictures, graphs, discussion thread **

Hi folks,

Here are the pics from today's rolling road session at Eurospec in Guildford. Epic turnout, epic weather, epic chat and banter, epic day overall!

As usual, if anyone wants higher res versions, send me an email or something with the filenames. They're in order of shooting I'm afraid, so the photos of the cars on the rollers are all over the place

Gaijin, yes I got photos of your car you big drama queen :rolleyes:

and yes, that's an Accord Type-R with a bloody great turbo, and a Scoob with an even bigger bloody great turbo

I wasn't given electronic versions of the power graphs I'm afraid, so you'll need to scan and upload them yourselves if you wish to share.

Howard · 19 Mar 2011 at 20:57

Nope, some eccentric old dude who drove past shouting "MAKE WAY FOR A REAL CAR LADS"

Howard · 19 Mar 2011 at 21:19

Oh yeah I forgot about that

Howard · 19 Mar 2011 at 21:36

Howard · 19 Mar 2011 at 21:48

That's me

Howard · 20 Mar 2011 at 10:04

Clown said:
Was this a big one by normal standards then? I still don't know who half the people were but I just enjoyed mingling.

Yep, fairly!

Howard · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:28

My graph, sorry it's a crap photo but it gets the point across:

Howard · 20 Mar 2011 at 16:09

If anyone could explain the random little loops/anomalies that seem to occur in the graph above, as well as others throughout the day (if they're anything other than the dyno's software having a paddy, that is) then I'd be interested.

Howard · 20 Mar 2011 at 22:34

DRZ said:
Not really

You dont really feel like you don't know the people even if you've never met them before as you recognise the forum names etc. It is far easier to just walk up to a bunch of people at an event like this than it would be to do the same in your local, for example.

You get all kinds of people turning up to these meets but you all have something in common - cars. There are some very sociable people and there are people that seem to do nothing but sit in their cars or watch from a distance (and everything inbetween!).

Basically, just come to one and you'll figure it all out.

This.

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 11:33

L0rdMike said:
Not actually that loud when in side it though.

No, but then I was concentrating more on wondering to what extent my interior organs were being re-arranged.

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 18:00

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Howard, when my brakes are bedded in and I'm a bit more confident with them I will take you for a blast again, you seemed to enjoy it

Sounds good to me :cool:

I think the only thing I've ever been in that felt faster and/or more brutal was Gibbo's Mustang!

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 19:18

Kenai said:
Anyone who wanted to go to the pub was free to do so and in fact did so, had a nice lunch, then returned to the meet afterwards. The security for the estate was being a bit anal about passwords to let people back in but other than that there were no problems at all with going to the pub really. To be honest, I think that suited better than being one place for the morning and then upping sticks and all 50 odd people going somewhere else.

Quite. I had a good day, I think everyone else had a good day, we tried a new venue and have drawn our own conclusions from this, there isn't a great deal more that needs to be said really.

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:35

I wanna get my Mondeo on Powerstation's rollers now

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 22:09

Not many of us can be arsed to dig out a flat bed scanner from the cupboard, it seems

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 22:53

Tim said:
Scooby do you have a list of mods on your car, and cost breakdown? Was just browsing your channel, it's properly quick isn't it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34z76vyeQgk

Yes, it is. I want to know this also.

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 23:14

Or my Mondeo?

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 23:30

What power did it have as standard, or before you did that lot?

Howard · 21 Mar 2011 at 23:33

That's one hell of a **** load of power for not much money. And the result is absolutely ferocious. I need an Impreza in my life.

Howard · 22 Mar 2011 at 09:31

By that logic, and going on what many other people say about the ST220 engines, mine would have nearer 237bhp

Hence why I wanna get it on the Powerstation rollers now, for a little comparison

Howard · 22 Mar 2011 at 12:41

Gaijin said:
the dyno room and "offices" built out of breeze blocks .

Boardroom. Get it right