Banpei's two door panda Trueno from Japan

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This happened today:

The Dutch people over here probably recognize the place and people in the photo.
For non-Dutch people, the people in the photo are from the Dutch Autoweek car magazine. They have this Youtube feature of putting cars on a rolling road and comparing how much it differs from the official ratings by the manufacturer. I sent in the Trueno nearly two years ago, never heard anything, but got an invitation a few weeks ago

I explained to them I found it very interesting to learn how much my nearly stock engine makes. In Japan it was rated at 130PS, but the test was unstressed (without waterpump, AC, PS, alternator, etc). European cars with a catalytic converter and MAP were rated at 116hp. So, I was hoping it would be more than that. Also, having the Fujitsubo exhaust would probably help a bit.

The results:

122hp with a nearly linear graph!

As I had to drive about 45 minutes to the dyno this morning, I decided to make a stop and swap out the 330mm steering wheel for the original. I really can't see anything on the instrument cluster as the rim of the steering wheel is in my view. I found a cheap 350mm steering wheel that I will pick up this weekend and I'll probably put the Luisi up for sale again.