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my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:43 am
by wrcpulsar
Had my mk1 cortina dynoed to today after driving around for to long not knowing,first runon watsegate spring pressure of 0.6 bar of boost it ran 196.6 bhp after some fiddling we got it up to 0.8 bar of boost and it ran 254.2 bhp couldnt go anymore at the mo as was starting to run out of fuel cant wait to see what it does @1.0 bar of boost lol
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:06 am
by RSKiwi
Any pics of the beast?!
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:07 am
by Hedgehog Dodger
Is it running an external wastegate?
Any pics of the engine, would love to see it as I am a JAP NUT!!!
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:50 pm
by wrcpulsar
yes mate it is external gate
my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:31 pm
by RSKiwi
Love it.
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:12 pm
by Timster
+1, awesome.
When I was 17, we took a mk1 (5 people and camping gear) to cornwall and back.
Had to change the head gasket over-night at the M3 services. (torque wrench ?, what torque wrench)
Then blatted it about for two weeks and covered about a 1000 miles.
(handled like a boat though)
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:06 pm
by wrcpulsar
Yer this handles like an ice cream van on ice lol ,even worse when ive driven the rs6 and get straight in the cortina
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:10 pm
by sonny
Hell yea!!!!
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:54 pm
by andre3k
You can't help but smile. Really cool
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:14 pm
by wrcpulsar
Thanks for the nice comments
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:44 pm
by Timster
The more I look, the more I want this car.
.... but I have no idea why !
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:37 pm
by Timster
How spooky is this..... they're just this minute talking about Mk1 Cortinas on Radio 5 Live !!!
Edit: This is a 30 year old... NEVER REGISTERED, brand new MK1.
Bazaar.
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:19 pm
by wrcpulsar
Yer this is a big year for cortinas 50 years since the first cortina ,mine is 48 years old
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:26 pm
by Timster
My first car was a MkIII (GT)... albeit with a transit engine in it.
But it did have the double-round headlights, extra clocks and recarros.
And it was Bright Yellow (the banana car.. long before DK got his).
It naturally handled like sh*t, but I thought looked great and you could start it with a 2p piece.
Oh and changing the "void bushes" happened every few months !
Re: my Cortina ca18det dyno
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:16 pm
by Hedgehog Dodger
What EMS you using as I cannot see the AFM.
Seriously this is a nice motor. Must be fast in a straight line