14th March Fiat Coupe/Alfa Romeo RR Day - Scotland

I've been in discussion with the guys in the Scottish section of AROC (Alfa Romeo Owners Club) about doing a joint rolling road day at Wallace Performance, Aberdeen.

They are keen to make it happen so lets see if any coupe owners will be up for it.

Usual deal; 2 power runs with fueling check, cost will be £40 (although this might come down if we get decent numbers). Nominally looking at the weekend of 14th/15th March and probably the 14th depending on what we can book.

I'll fill in more details as they are worked out. Interested parties list their names below.

All sounds good, I will most likley be there for another go, need to get my fueling checked tho.

Andrew

ill need to look at my rotta see if iam home.i better be.

Ach stick my name down for it too .

Baz

Baz, whats new brewing under the sprinty's hood?

Nah don`t get excited Kelv i`ve not been up to anything,i`ve been too busy .

Baz

Maybe make this, will know better by the end of the month.

Ok, I've booked the 14th with Wallace Performance and organised with the Alfa guys. Can we have some definates please?

I should hopefully be upgraded and mapped by then.

Stick my name down please

Matt, how you getting it mapped?

Unichip.

Interested

mattB
Baz
Kelv


Sparkyman?
Matty?
zonta?
Hubby?
Fran?
Tartandude?

Might come up for a looky but wont be on the RR, dont think the turbo is feeling very well Looking in to getting a GT28R tho + supporting mods but its kinda pricey

Would like to come,need to get some stuff done to my car before then. eg. a turbo. As usual its all down to money.


Hubby stick it on then we can gas them alfa boys into submission

If we cant win fair

Ronnie what turbo did you decide on? what have u all got to go on the coup?

It might be a couple of months before i will have all the bits i need to upgrade the turbo

Haven't decide yet on turbo, maybe gtir,superspool, the others seem a bit more hard work and me been a lazy mofo cant be arsed

I Have Evo 6 fmic & sip ready to go on.

I thought it would be ages before I could afford that, but the bank of Scotland are giving money away, just don't tell her she is evil.

What turbo you thinking about going for Andrew?

O.T.
I know but mods up here are drunk after 8pm

There 'might' be a GT3071R up for sale soon.

There you go Andrew

Sounds good sparky, well i thought that the GT28R might of been a good choice combination with power/spool-up. If only i had another turbo u could of hand my old GtiR (would need refurb tho)

mmmmmm GT3071R wonder what kind of mods i would need for that? Is that your current turbo matty?

Yeah sorry for highjacking the thread guys

I 'might' be interested. Its pretty likely I will be away mind you so will keep you updated.

Fran

Hello all!

More invaders from the SkylineOwners.Com I'm afraid! mattb PM'd me "over there" with a kind invite for our Aberdeenshire members to join your RR day at Wallace performance in March.

This is great news because we've tried our own RRD day recently but had to cancel due to lack of numbers... despite Skylines clearly being the best cars EVER it seems that this onerous duty means that not all of them (i.e. most) are allowed to be working at the same time C'est la Vie!

I'll put a thread up in our Scotland section and post back here with numbers. Like some of your members a lot will depend on offshore rotas.

Thank's again!!

Good to hear from you.

Nice work guys, the more the merrier.

Might see you up there GunnerBill

Definately interested:

Fccuk
mattB - Coupe 20VT
Baz - Coupe 20VT
Kelv - Coupe 20VT
Matty - Coupe 20VT - yes you will be running your car!
Fran? - Coupe 16VT - if not away with work
zonta? - Coupe 20VT - if not away with work

AROC
4 people, names and vehicle to be confirmed

Skylineowners
GunnerBill - R33GTSt

Definately interested:

Fccuk
mattB - Coupe 20VT
Baz - Coupe 20VT
Kelv - Coupe 20VT
Matty - Coupe 20VT - yes you will be running your car!
Fran? - Coupe 16VT - if not away with work
zonta? - Coupe 20VT - if not away with work

AROC
147 - Front Wheel Drive
156 GTA - Front Wheel Drive
GT - Front Wheel Drive
155 - Front Wheel Drive
GTV - Front Wheel Drive
Bertone - Rear Wheel Drive (this one is still a maybe)


Skylineowners
GunnerBill - R33GTSt


Anyone who is a maybe able to confirm that they will or will not be around/onshore to take part?

I may be away but if Im not I'll probalby come along anyway..whats the worst that could happen Actually don't answer that!

I`ve mention this meet to Noel20VT again and he seems more confident that he`ll be able to attend this one as he`s not needed as much for Saturdays .

He`s quite keen to get to a RR meet but whenever one is organised he ends up having to cover for one of his pharmacies .

Baz

Definately interested:

Fccuk
mattB - Coupe 20VT
Baz - Coupe 20VT
Kelv - Coupe 20VT
Matty - Coupe 20VT - yes you will be running your car! laugh
Fran? - Coupe 16VT - if not away with work
zonta? - Coupe 20VT - if not away with work
Sparkyman - coupe 20VT

AROC
147 - Front Wheel Drive
156 GTA - Front Wheel Drive
GT - Front Wheel Drive
155 - Front Wheel Drive
GTV - Front Wheel Drive
Bertone - Rear Wheel Drive (this one is still a maybe)


Skylineowners
GunnerBill - R33GTSt


Anyone who is a maybe able to confirm that they will or will not be around/onshore to take part?

What time is this kicking off at lads ??

I take it we`ll be doing the usual meeting at Silverburn for around 8,so we`re up there for around 11?

Baz

Fine by me Baz

Definates:

Fccuk
mattB - Coupe 20VT
Baz - Coupe 20VT
Kelv - Coupe 20VT
Sparkyman - coupe 20VT

AROC
147 - Front Wheel Drive
156 GTA - Front Wheel Drive
GT - Front Wheel Drive
155 - Front Wheel Drive
GTV - Front Wheel Drive


Possibles:
Fran - 16VT
Zonta - 20VT
Bertone - Rear Wheel Drive
GunnerBill - R33GTSt


Anyone who is still a possible, please to confirm that you will or will not be around/onshore to take part?

We'll be kicking off around 9:30 so if people can aim to be there for that time. Those coming from the South, you can have a bit more time to make the journey up. I will be there from 9 at the latest and so will the guys at Wallace.

my cars not going to be ready,hope you's have a good day,ill be ready for the next meet

I'm afraid I won't make it as I am fitting bits and pieces to mine tomorrow.

If I get done early i'll pop down, otherwise have fun and try not to make anything go POP!!!

Thanks to everyone for showing up today. I think it generally went pretty well.

I dont think I've ever stood outside Wallace Performance when it's not been absolutely freezing. Made a nice change today.

Well that`s me just got in after an interesting drive home. I had just got onto the A90 when I went to overtake a car in 5th gear when my revs shot up . So that was me nursing the car home,keeping the torque to a minimum while contemplating a clutch change instead of fitting a Greddy . After a very long 150 miles I plucked up the courage to see how bad it was slipping and to my surprise it was fine . I gave it several high loads and it never slipped once (even when it overboosted up to 1.4 BAR ).

I`ve came to the conclusion that it was either a patch of diesel on the road or Sparky doing some voodoo to get the smug grin off my face .

Anyway thanks to Matty and the crew again,shame we missed a few of the Alfa`s (the guys seemed to fly through the cars today). Hopefully next time i`ll see a power increase instead of the other way round again too .

Baz

What power do you get these days then Matt? I are you still running 1.6bar?

No, I'm well behaved now.

Running a gtec1 for the minute and taken out the 3.8 bar fpr. Made 280bhp and 250lbft of torque, running about 1.35bar boost.

It was a just a wee bit of voodoo Baz

Good to catch up with all you guys again

So thats why you were sticking pins on this 1/43 scale model of a sprint blue coupe when you were in my car!

Just woken up from my power nap since arriving back home.Thanks for today guys. Nice to have seen everyone again

so what power did you make Baz,sparkyman,Kelv????

I got 274bhp and 250lbs/ft of torque.
Thats a 12bhp increase from the last time. Changes made since then was the 3" downpipe.

Mines still up there and is getting some work done to it, hopefully it should be on the rollers next weekend.

How much will I love the two and a half hours train journey back up there to pick it up again, but at least I know it in good hands.

And all for 70 quid

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On a serious note we had better take the train fare off that TD,so we'll call it 30 quid

Ok motors back after been on the R/R, cheer Matty

Power 250 bhp
Torque 250.3 lbt

So all in all pretty happy with the results

good result ronnie, What mods do you have now?

Andrew

Still the same Andrew as before except for the new exhaust from the cat back.Still have the cat fitted.

Gtec 1
Standard turbo
K&N induction kit
Greddy


Pity you couldn't make it

yeah kinda wish i had gone but i dont have any new mods. Thats a really good bhp for the mods you are running, I have pretty much the same and only got 230bhp last time (disappointed)

Andrew

Andrew, have you sorted your problems out?

yeah cars running well at the moment, Still need to look into a refurb for the turbo, it feels fine but i am getting a little oil out the BOV now and tiny hints of smoke at high revs (maybe the seals?) but once i get that sorted i will be up to have another go on the rollers

Andrew