FTO AUSTRALIA

Just thought I`d add my dyno to the discussion.
Jeff

Great result Jeff, but how come your torque figure is everywhere?

Thats not torque, thats the air/fuel ratio.
As you can see it is leaning out terribly, so I didn`t push it.
The above result was at 14 psi.
With a bit of better tuning to stop the leaning out , I should get a bit better power at that boost, and possibly up the boost a little.
At present I am only driving at 7 psi which gives 220 kw which scares me.
Jeff

So I guess you should get around 280kw once you got the thing sort out yeah. Man U & dannyboy will be the tyres shop fav as you guys going to fried so many tyres eheheheh

your torque steer must be shocking!!! Take off should be a bitch too!

spetz wrote:I think though a good handling car has to be quick too.
And although I think FTO's go ok they could be quicker.

But I guess it depends what quick is to everyone. I have a friend that thinks my car goes very quick, and even though he knows damn well it can't compete against turbo's etc. But I feel that it's quite slow (at least slow for me). Even though it is quicker than a lot of "quick" cars out there.

BTW, Bucket you gotta take me for a spin. With all honesty I've been in FTO's hammering around corners and did not think their handling was anything special... just better than average.

If you look at the DNA of the FTO its 2.0L. So many small cars these days rival the FTO in performance. Back in the days the FTO was maybe a quick car, just family cars etc these days the power levels are unimaginable really. In its class the FTO performs great, but its sad to see it compared in other classes. Theres just no hiding the fact the in australia a great # of cars go around with 2-3 times the capacity of the FTO.

And 2 or 3 times the fuel bill

just thought I'd add my dyno sheet in here, most ppl tell me that I shouldnt have this figure since I only have a 2.5 inch catback exhaust and pod, dyno was a Dyno Dynamics in shootout mode at APC in Brisbane

You even got it laminated... I like it

hmmm i dont think bigger engine cars get bigger fuel bills
because this holden SS V8 ute i was test driving has 3.8L V8 i think and it can do 500+km with a 60L tank
i can hardly do 480 reving it most of the times on first gear.

fto617 wrote:hmmm i dont think bigger engine cars get bigger fuel bills
because this holden SS V8 ute i was test driving has 3.8L V8 i think and it can do 500+km with a 60L tank
i can hardly do 480 reving it most of the times on first gear.

Most of the V6 commodores have a 3.8 ltr engine and the V8's either have a 5.0 ltr or a 5.7ltr depending on what model it is.

Are you testing it over a period of time & driving the same route? If not, then you won't get an accurate measure. As modern car's computer will learn to lean or rich the air/fuel mixture depends on your driving habit & distance.

I get around 350km-400km per tank if I just drive from & to work, which I only do 5km in total per day. But if I drive it around to see my friends & shopping, I get 480-500km per tank.

Under both driving condition, I use the same driving pattern, the reason why I get less distance in short trip is because the fuel can not be burn off properly, causing a rich mixture.

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That's very impressive, well done!

How is the car do drive?

Thats freaking scary!!

Have a go at how steep the curve climbs in such a short period!

Been through many sets of tyres yet!?

Holy monster dyno graph batman.... (1 for every 100 kw's)
You do realise thats slightly insane

Course that could just be the jelousy talking...

WR