Since our engine tests, Chris and I have both raced at Mallory Park with no particular issues (in fact, my best lap was a 54.84 and Chris' a 54.37 which was the fastest Class 1 lap). The times we put in were both better than the pole times from our race in September - probably due to the cold air.
We have also since discovered that the rolling road didn't have an accurate way of measuring RPM - which sort of makes the whole thing pointless (RRs measure torque, and calculate HP from the torque; so if you can't get the RPM right, the HP is also wrong).
I have redrawn the graphs to rebase them over a consistent rev rage although I wouldn't say that these are any more or less accurate that the original traces. However, they do make more sense. You can view the file here (Excel). You can see that I have more torque/power up in the rev range, which may explain my slight advantage down the straights.
Posted by charles at January 4, 2005 4:26 PM