I recently met some new 3 wheeled owners in my area and we were able to actually get out for a little bit yesterday for a quick ride. I was seriously impressed with the T-rex. Much quicker than I expected.for.not being boosted at this altitude. The Vanderhall claims he has 345hp...I don't know of any running that kind of power and am a little sceptical considering I am.only running 6lbs of boost on my Hahn set up and I was reeling him in every time he took off.
Social Distancing on the road
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That is quite a diverse collection of vehicles, stopping for gas must be crazy, it's hard enough here with just one slingshot the questions we get while filling up, let alone with those 3 at one place!
Really want to get out and drive one of those T-rex's, seem like they could be fun.
Glad you could get out and ride! Stay safe out there!
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I've noticed that when the Slings travel in a herd the attention increases exponentially. That must have been a gas with the 3 different vehicles. Surprised you didn't pick up a Spyder along the way.
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I recently met some new 3 wheeled owners in my area and we were able to actually get out for a little bit yesterday for a quick ride. I was seriously impressed with the T-rex. Much quicker than I expected.for.not being boosted at this altitude. The Vanderhall claims he has 345hp...I don't know of any running that kind of power and am a little sceptical considering I am.only running 6lbs of boost on my Hahn set up and I was reeling him in every time he took off.
The Vanderhalls don't make any where near what they claim. We've had a few here. They claim 180hp out of the stock 1.4T LUV/LUJ Ecotec engine. This is odd because GM only claims 134hp on the same engine that comes in the Sonic/Cruze platform. When we pulled the stock tune file, it was MORE conservative than a stock Sonic/Cuze file. When we got it on our Mustang dyno We had a couple that made 100whp, and another make 110whp. The intakes are pretty restrictive. With our down pipe and tune we picked up 40whp so they all left making 140-150whp. Even if you factored in a 20% drive train loss and went off crank hp there isn't ANYONE making 345hp. And certainly not on a stock turbo. Stock turbo is going to get you to about 165whp. With our new V3 turbo upgrade for that market, stage 2 cams, every bolt on we make, and running on E85 we made like 262whp.
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Always liked the looks of the T-Rex but not the price.
As far as social distancing on the road, we've got it tougher than most as people still want to get up close and ask questions. Stopped for gas last week and an old Harley guy came up and wanted to BS about 3 wheelers. Trouble was that he was hard of hearing and liked to be 6 inches from my face. You can't move away much when you're attached to a pump handle.
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That T rex is such a beauty
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The Vanderhalls don't make any where near what they claim. We've had a few here. They claim 180hp out of the stock 1.4T LUV/LUJ Ecotec engine. This is odd because GM only claims 134hp on the same engine that comes in the Sonic/Cruze platform. When we pulled the stock tune file, it was MORE conservative than a stock Sonic/Cuze file. When we got it on our Mustang dyno We had a couple that made 100whp, and another make 110whp. The intakes are pretty restrictive. With our down pipe and tune we picked up 40whp so they all left making 140-150whp. Even if you factored in a 20% drive train loss and went off crank hp there isn't ANYONE making 345hp. And certainly not on a stock turbo. Stock turbo is going to get you to about 165whp. With our new V3 turbo upgrade for that market, stage 2 cams, every bolt on we make, and running on E85 we made like 262whp.
I had a feeling he was a lot of talk or someone lied to him. He says he has intake, full exhaust, BNR tune, and running E85. Like I said...I was running on 6.5 lbs...which equates to around 275hp on the Hahn stage SST/X kit...give or take...and I was reeling him in pretty easily. Still an impressive set up.
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I had a feeling he was a lot of talk or someone lied to him. He says he has intake, full exhaust, BNR tune, and running E85. Like I said...I was running on 6.5 lbs...which equates to around 275hp on the Hahn stage SST/X kit...give or take...and I was reeling him in pretty easily. Still an impressive set up.
Yeah he was probably 180whp at best on that setup. You had him by about 100whp but he was probably close to 300lbs-400lbs lighter. They only weigh about 1550 wet so call it roughly 1750 with driver. Last time I weighed in at the drag strip I was at 2000 full of fuel with me in it. I would think you may be a little heavier than that with the Trak Hamr kit and extra wheel.
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Mine with quad and half a tank of gas was 2070. The difference in weight is likely my TD soft top. Either that or Dave added some more lead to the bottom of my engine
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Mine with quad and half a tank of gas was 2070. The difference in weight is likely my TD soft top. Either that or Dave added some more lead to the bottom of my engine
judging from his signature Br4hm4 also has a TD soft top - - and a bunch of other things as well
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Yeah, should have just looked at his pic, I think I was getting his and Webby's quads mixed up in my head.
I go back to my lead comment then
But, any number of mod changes can be affecting our weight. Maybe Dave's turbo just weighs more...
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Yeah, should have just looked at his pic, I think I was getting his and Webby's quads mixed up in my head.
I go back to my lead comment then
But, any number of mod changes can be affecting our weight. Maybe Dave's turbo just weighs more...
100 pound difference spread between all of the mods would be easy to hit
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judging from his signature Br4hm4 also has a TD soft top - - and a bunch of other things as well
Just a few things... lol
