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Rolling Road - 355. Is it worth it ?

Discussion in 'Technical Q&A' started by ferrari355gtb, Oct 29, 2004.

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  1. ferrari355gtb

    ferrari355gtb Formula 3

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    Is it worth taking my 355 (96 2.7 manual) to a rolling road ? Is there anything they can adjust on the car to make it run smoother/faster/efficiently ? (or is all taken care of through the ECU's - and they need reprogramming)

    Used to be able to take my old carb'd/injections/turbo'd cars to the rolling road and see significant gains (both power and smoothness) afterwards. Has technology moved on now that there is much a mechanic can do versus a computer programmer ?

    Thanks

    Rick
     
  2. ferrari355gtb

    ferrari355gtb Formula 3

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    Bump.

    Anyone ?
     
  3. JSL

    JSL Formula 3

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    Sorry, I'm not familiar with the term "rolling road". What exactly do you mean?
    I take my car (97 GTB) on a foothill twisting, rolling road all the time. It is great fun!
     
  4. malibumk

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    Scott:
    Rolling Road means Raer Wheel Dynomometer.....to measure rear wheel power. Often used for tuning.
     
  5. Aircon

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    Talking strictly as a novice, i'd say there would be no advantage in doing this. AFAIK there is nothing to adjust. It's not like the good old days. I had a sync done of my inlet butterflies once, which made my car idle a bit better, but that's about all you can do, and you don't need a dyno for that
     
  6. JSL

    JSL Formula 3

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    Thanks, I have never heard that term.
     
  7. T0nyGTSt

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    Dynos are useless for cars with a standard non-programmable ECU.

    T.
     
  8. f355b

    f355b Formula Junior

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    the spark plug idea looks good, do a search.
     
  9. ferrarifixer

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    Chassis Dyno's are a good way to wear, break, stress and/or overheat stuff. They're only good for very brief tests, (10mins per hour?) and keeping road testing to a minimum if local road conditions are not suitable.

    Even for engine tuning, they're only mildly helpful for setting a benchmark. On road dynamics of airflow and engine bay thermodynamics change many variables.
     
  10. Ferrari_tech

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    There's no point putting your 355 on the rolling road, as you say rolling roads were used for tuning / re-jetting carbs - back in the seventies I spent a couple of years with Webber Uk / Ferrari developing the best carb set-up on the earlier Ferraris using a rolling road, and as Phil says, we spent more time replacing headgaskets on cooked engines that re-jetting!!
     
  11. T0nyGTSt

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    If you run an ECU like a Motec (no doubt Phil is aware of) - a dyno run then followed by a road tune is probably going to be the best.

    But of course, you need to evaluate if you need a programmable ECU.

    T.
     

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