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[Kevin Wood]

You want someone with a 3.0 manual, ideally, as getting an accurate power figure from an auto on a rolling road is going to be tricky.

[lozzzzzz]

Good point Kevin,

[lozzzzzz]

Good news, I've taken a video, but I've lost the connection cable so can't yet get it off my phone

I've done nearly 800 miles in it now, firstly I found that the gearbox is throwing all its oil out of the back so I assumed it was the rear seal.  I've changed that now and still it seems there is quite a lot of oil dripping from that area. 

Obviously I was under the car and the evidence looked just like the shaft seal had gone, i.e. oil flung everywhere.  When changing the seal I checked for movement and it seemed sweet.  I've not been under the car looking up yet this time round, but I can see from the side that there is oil dripping off the chassis in the same place as before so I can assume that at least it must be the gear box. 

is this a common problem?  I would think the oil is pressed up against the back end of the box a little more now than it was in the omega, but I would think this still shouldn't happen. 

is the linkage seal a likely culprit do we think?  it is very high up the box, I'm not sure oil would make it that far up?

[Shackeng]

Where is the breather outlet?

[lozzzzzz]

Thats a good point, I really need to have another look at this, but I think I'll look for the breather. 



An overdue update. 

I've found a micro usb cable and got the videos off the phone.  We tried a 0-60 on video but it became obvious that my brother was more interested in spinning the wheels and laughing about it and its really hard to find a perfectly level bit of road here, but it looks like being somewhere between 5.5 and 6 seconds. 

Enjoy. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZeZcZZHifc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5YiYwJQ5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba3ZPV6I4KA

On another note, I visited Maynards last night for a rolling road session.  Martin (I think was his name) has masses of experience with ECU mapping and seemingly carbs too.  I told him I was nervous, and he said we'd not hold the engine on massive load for long  

Then we got to mapping the top end and it was seriously nerve racking, I felt like having a breakdown The floor was getting hot from the long manifolds below, the strong smell of hot paint was making my eyes water, the coolant temp was rising, but it held together, no a drop of oil or water below.  I was so proud, he seemed pretty pleased with the result and went off to show his collegue the flat torque curve.  I was pretty releaved by the end of it, and the power run seemed tame compared to the torture of earlier.  Here are the results, ignore the low spike at the start, that was a gearchange. 



There is lots of discussion about rolling road opporators adding a little for happy customers, I had considered asking about this, but I don't think he was really concerned, he described it as a tool for getting the fueling right, and made very little of the end result.  You make up your mind about the result. 

250ft/lb @ 4725rpm (as you can see)
262bhp @ not sure actually, forgot to ask

I'm really pleased with the improvment in drivability, power, the smoother delivery, and the noise.  I think it was well worth it

[omega3000]

Sounds like thats giving smiles per miles . The noise the noise   

[ozzycat]

sounds sweet well done lozz enjoy her while you can

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks guys, it did some more smile generating at the weekend when my older bro had a drive

[lozzzzzz]

Kevin,

I've done all my sound deadening plans in the car and still it gives you a ringing in the ear after a long journey, so I'm thinking more and more about the intercom idea.  The  Autocom set you suggested looks like it can be had form eBay at around £30 to £40 and I like the look of the David Clarke headsets, it seems they can be had at a reasonable price too.   They include noise cancelling technology too.  Would you happen to know if I could connect the Aero headsets with the Motorbike intercom unit?  If so would the heatsets still have the noise cancelling feature?  Would they need a 12V feed of their own?

[Kevin Wood]

Not sure about DC headsets. I have looked at some other aviation headsets for a friend and the speakers were very high impedance so an autocom didn't drive them very well.

I would imagine a noise cancelling headset does need a power supply. There may even be one available at the 7 pin headset connector on the autocom. I'll have to remind myself how they work.

If you can get any specs on the DC headset you're interested in I'll have a look into it.

[lozzzzzz]

Here are the stats for a set I quite fancy:

http://www.davidclark.com/avHeadsetSpecs/avSpecs.aspx?ModelName=H10-30

If its no good, I think I might go down the route you've suggested and make up a set using the motorcycle headsets and some decent ear defenders

[Marks DTM Calib]

What about reducing the sound level at source....

[lozzzzzz]

Well I've already sort of tried that, I've fitted sound deadening to all panels and foam filled the rear quarter.....   oh right! at source!  umm, well that would mean fitting baffled exhausts and that would mean less power!  Need I say more

The rolling road operator spoke about oval silencers being a little better than round ones in terms of resonance with panels.  The exhausts are only half the problems really, they are the problem at low speeds, in traffic and speed limits, but at high speeds the exhaust note is fine, and road and transmission noise takes over at a higher frequency.  I think to really get the sound down to safe level and be able to hear the stereo at a reasonable volume would require a lot more deadening and strangling exhaust arrangement. 

All of the above has lead me down the intercom way of thinking.  It also means I can bin some more weight from the car in the form of the stereo and speakers. 

On another note, I'm pretty pleased with how the car sounds on the outside, its not quiet but its nowhere near as imposing as you'd expect after hearing it from the inside. 

[05omegav6]

Sounds sweet all finally coming together

[lozzzzzz]

Its been dark times for the Scimitar recently, it looks like turd!

I polished the car for eight hours a couple of months back and you can see the results a few pages back, it looked pretty good, but there were a few blemishes I wanted to sort.  So the plan was to brush paint over a few chips in the paint and do the whole process again.  The blobs of paint went on fine, then I sanded them flat, and this is where it all started going wrong!, I sanded through the paint in a number of places, but the Donnington historic was drawing near so I soldered on and polished it up anyway.  But it didn't polish up like before, It wouldn't come up as nice as...   tried lots of things....    long story short it looks awful at the moment.  And this was the state it was in when I took it to the Donnington historic.  While it was nice meeting a load of Scim enthusiasts, it was rather depressing having the only s**t looking scimitar there, it was in no way representative of all the money and effort that had gone into it. 

I'm in a better frame of mind now and hoping I can get it shiny again, I've done it twice and its worked once, so I guess I've got a 50% chance right!  If it still looks crappo after this attempt then I will be throwing in the towel and paying someone to make my car look nice. 

Last night I masked up all the rough areas and sprayed them, I've got some paint left over from when I sprayed the car a few years back. 

Tonight I shall pull the masking off and maybe tackle some other jobs then tomorrow start the polishing. 



I've not left it quite as late this time, with the next show being PPC In The Park at Mallory Park on the 18th

More to come