RICE RACING

I race a Mazda RX7 and own a KX-S Kluger AWD and I have to say you would have to be a totally farken useless cuunt to roll one of these cars! My Kluger handles amazingly well, but hey I only hold a lap record for RX7's at my old local track and build cars so what would I know compared to some ***** wipe magazine peanut

Here is another run from today (7.26 seconds *0-100* and 15.49 seconds *quarter mile*), You can see the relationship between power and performance, and see how 3rd gear on today's test was slightly less in grunt and resulting effect on time ;) *average power listed between test lines in report* (tested on exact same piece of road within 1m)

Could not help myself, did another run this morning before I had to tune a Mazda for a bloke and the Don Mega Kluger back up the fastest time of yesterday with 7.26 seconds 0-100km/h and 15.49 seconds 1/4 mile time. Will put up graphs later. of interest is the basic exact repeat of the day previous only diff was marginally less power in 3rd gear (~7awkw in places) which accounted for the 0.05 increase in time and 1.5km/h less top speed. Exact same location to the millimeter :) p.s. the Mazda I tuned today had 189rwkw ! so the Kluger is a pretty powerful thing :D (Kluger today in 2nd was 170awkw and around 165awkw in 3rd gear)

If its like my Subaru a oil change will help greatly as your Toyota ECU may have been retarding the motor on the Dyno, 98 would definitely help on the Dyno but maybe not so much in the real world as its not tuned to it. Subaru has a thing called the "Advance Multiplier" if the car is not happy you wont get good results. I have found for constant good results use the best fuel you can afford, change your oil to the best you can afford regularly, I get my gearbox oil dropped nearly every second service as it goes through hell most days...but that's just me Look up you would have more power than 85% of the cars on the road...the weight is a different issue...LOL :) The ECU 100% does some things to the tune! I did some runs where I was only getting 145awkw region (posted in my thread) then on way home on retest it was back at its normal 165~170awkw zone. Some times on road I find different power in 3rd gear v's 2nd gear (ECU is pulling it on purpose?). Lots of stuff goes on that we are not fully aware of I am sure. I tested a FD3S Mazda today on same test track where I did my Kluger *again* this morning at 8am. The Kluger got 165awkw and the FD3S Mazda did 189rwkw! :)

Here are all the graphs, math channel one is a snap shot of the awkw reading at that listed point, 60ft is marked in metric as is average velocity over last 66ft in metric so you can compare it to a backwards ***** hole reading like a drag track ;) Fist set of tests 0-100km/h Second set (was slower for some reason (can see power loss) FIRST test I forgot to turn the traction and stability control off and has slower first 60ft Next is quarter mile test (again this is the one where the slower 0-100 happened, you can see the lower time and terminal speed and also measured power) Final is the last test repeated on same place as first 0-100's........ this time the power is much higher and time and power are back to normal high's (forgot to turn on data logger on first attempt! (it did 7.26 seconds 0-100!... you will just have to believe me lol. It was that good I decided to do a lap and have another go but this time over full 1/4 mile!) 146.80kph is what you would get over last 66ft on drag strip!!! (average on right hand side) the time slip would be much faster on drag track if you exploited the 1 foot roll out (bank on 3/10th's of a second reduction on average).

Ok here are pics of the general VBOX3i set up with IMU sensor fitted. Here is the running weight as tested along with shot of fuel gauge and odometer reading reading. BEFORE TESTING: weight 2025kg *I took a ***** in between weight tests! so it prob used less fuel* AFTER TESTING: weight 2019kg Thus 6kg of fuel used (8.33lt) for a covered 82km (10.2lt per 100km), which included 6 x 0-100km/h (7.34, 7.48, 7.73, 7.71, 7.26, 7.25) tests and 2 x 1/4 mile (15.90 & 15.47) tests. Rest of the way was cruising to test locations. VBOX graphs to come :)

I have an excellent graph showing some interesting information on how much these OEM cars can vary (same test, same day same car!) On one earlier attempt it ran a 15.90sec 1/4 @ 140.90kph (showing essentially 155awkw) 0-100kph 7.71 seconds Then on the return run to second test location it ran 15.44 @ 148.02kph (showing ~170awkw) 0-100kph 7.26 seconds & 7.25 seconds (< twice *back to back*) ! GO FIGURE that out if you can! all on flat test track with less than 1.5m variation in height over 400m!!!! *both 60ft times within 0.02 seconds!*

[Today 02:54 PM] RICE RACING: 0-100kph 7.34 then 7.48 on return run (I went and pumped up tires to 43psi all round) did 7.26! forgot to turn on data logger drove around block and ran again she did 7.25 seconds! and 15.47 over 1/4 mile with no roll out applied! I will put up all graphs of it today :) BP95 octane fuel and verified weight check. 18 degree day (previous fastest was set on 5 deg C!) low pressure overcast and slight drizzle at times Car is showing ~170awkw 16000km on the odo to the dot!

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...t%3D21%26um%3D1 This is the last post for my Toyota but I though some would appreciate this link! Bloke put a Kluger motor in his MR2 running stock ECU etc and measured 276rwhp on a dynojet...... this means my power measure is pretty good (as I am getting 222rwhp to 228rwhp) through my 4wd system with stock exhaust etc. May have to do full exhaust on the KLUGER!!!

Yes it's mine, the complete set up I use is about $40,000 worth of gear all up. My new VB3i came straight from Race Logic Factory last week, my new system uses IMU http://www.racelogic.co.uk/?show=VBOX-Prod...easurement_Unit < which gives real time integration in with the GPS signals the VBOX see's *all in all a much better result can be obtained*. < Not that my old VBOX3 was bad this one is just on another level again and means it can be used in many more placed where just the std normal VBOX would struggle with poor "velocity quality" (read: interference).

Tested the Kluger today, this new VBOX is good! amazing bit of gear ! Power through gears (1st to 2nd) Tested 2 different launch techniques (tested) Report Test one load up trans 0-100kph 7.60 seconds Test two no load 0-100kph 7.88 seconds Power check after tests in 2nd Suicide Bomber kit

Tested the Kluger today, this new VBOX is good! amazing bit of gear ! Power through gears (1st to 2nd) Tested 2 different launch techniques (tested) Report Test one load up trans 0-100kph 7.60 seconds Test two no load 0-100kph 7.88 seconds Power check after tests in 2nd Suicide Bomber kit

Well one year on and another 15,000km I have another new better VBOX unit which uses IMU sensor correction and it is 100% JIZZ spec! amazing bit of gear. Anyway to the crunch I did a test today on 1/4 tank on Shell VPOWER of all things which I have not tested before. 18 degree day, tire pressure did not check....... The result was 7.60 seconds, I will upload the detailed graphs which also have full power analysis to engine RPM and Air fuel mixture, also manifold pressure as well. Mine is doing 165~168awkw on average and making that @ 6000rpm with 11.65:1 Air Fuel mixture at those revs and load.

You are right I'd say, especially given mine has a tow bar fitted as well which is quite heavy.

Here we go: For those not interested to read through whole thread. KX-S AWD model with factory tow bar fitted. ALL under car plastic removed, and engine plastic cover removed as per previous posts) Car was less jack and handle (took out to jack up car) Had two mil crates in back and heavy rubber cargo rubber mat protector, helmet in car (don't ask why as I do not even know lol) general stuff in glove box etc and just under a 1/4 tank of fuel left as per pictures (77km left to travel on screen till empty). 2020kg is the listed kerb weight for my Kluger On the weight scales Mass of car Mass with car and *driver on board* These are professional racing scales which are around $4000, they are very accurate, after this test they returned back to zero reading and I got on each load cell or pad one by one and all returned my mass spot on. ;)

I just got my new Tanner wireless race scale set up for the Mazda and I am going to check the weight of the Kluger tomorrow :) was a bit worried cause they are rated to 1000lb per pad but got a reply back from maker saying they are designed to read up to 50% higher than the rating :) so its all go! So lets take some bets on what the figure will be :D (higher or lower than broucher???) I will post up a photo of the result, weight distribution and so on probably tomorrow night.

I would STRONGLY advise to NOT use ANY alcohol blended fuel in the Toyota 3.5 V6. I have not brought myself to ever even trying long term after a very brief 30lt on empty tank session...... it was so farking horrible in my test I immediately went and topped off the tank with 98 oct then ran it totally dry and stuck with real petrol from then on it. In my experience the consumption was much higher, the performance far worse. The car just did not feel right at all....... I even peeled the sticker of the inside of the fuel lid and printed up my own "NO ETHANOL ALLOWED!" :) I went a re red my own thread and 95 oct was the one that performed the best all round, I am coming up to the one year point to the day and will repeat my test but with the now 15,000km extra covered again using 95 oct fuel and will post up the results.

^ Thank you so much for this tip! I tried it and its EXCELLENT, never ever thought to do this!

If you are into performance you can read my thread and I have a full summary of the different fuel types and the measured performance's of them in the Kluger. I like 95, but really ALL of them work and deliver the goods in terms of acceleration and economy (rather than me re-type it, better you read it) nearly 13000 view thread :)

Hit the BIG 15,000km just this week... wonder if she is run in fully :D Feels still the same, will get around to re testing it in a few weeks time, see if it performs the same or otherwise 1 year on.

15,030km for me so far. The Kluger is going great, I will do my annual VBOX performance test and see what the difference is compared to last year in same conditions.

http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...showtopic=15886 Pete read this thread, all you need to know, inc oil changes and list of most stuff you need + detail on oil condition and type I use ;) hope you find it entertaining and useful too :) Peter

Had my first flat tire the other day, no big deal $20 fix :) Car is going great, has a massive 13,000km on it now.

When you are doing fuel consumption tests I cannot emphasis enough that you need to do a 2 way average (to your location and back to your destination), effects of altitude *change, incline, decline etc* along with prevailing winds can have a massive effect, not to mention very obvious points such as driving style etc.

Maybe list a few variants offered? who makes off the shelf *quality* systems???