Powerstation Revelation.
Published Monday, March 12, 2007 by Karen Phillips Racing | E-mail this post
Saturday saw us travel to Powerstation (
www.powerstation.org.uk) to have the geometry reset. Our friend Lance helped with the loading of the trailer and came along to check out the Powerstation experience.
We arrived to discover a club from Wales doing a collective dyno run to compare their power figures from a varied selection of modified “Yoof” culture vehicles. We checked in with Jerry and he proceeded to get the MR2 on the ramps and begin the alignment.
When completed, it turned out the Powerstation guys were happy to delay their already belated lunch to allow the MR2 on the rollers when the Welsh contingent had finished their power runs. Andy took the controls of the car and did a quick trial run to check grip levels on the rollers before going for the red line!
We were delighted with the final figure which saw 122.1bhp at 6960rpm. That was the official flywheel power figure for the car when it was released. So to achieve that on an engine having done 118,000 miles was great. However, the Welsh boys all walked away shaking their heads in disgust. Maybe they expected much more given the racing demeanour of the car.
Many thanks go to Lance for his help during the day, and to Dirk, Jerry and Andy of Powerstation for their hard work, patience and generosity.
Hi Karen, being one of the Welsh 'yoof' (i'm 32 by the way..) who was at the rolling road on saturday, i must say i was one who was impressed with the car and the concept of the MR2C. I found your website through the MR2C forum while looking for information on the challenge you mentioned to me as we briefly spoke in the dyno cell. Most of the people had left before your car went on the rollers, the rest of us scuttled off quickly due to a certain rugby match about to take place that afternoon. Maybe the others expected more of a race car but some of the 'yoof' may not appreciate racing is not all about power.
Good luck with the challenge this year, just wish i could join you and others on track but i guess i'll have to wait till i can find the money.
I would also like to thank Powerstation for the proffesional service, facilities and quick turnaround for the day.