Just thought you may be interested in a race car project we are working on in New Zealand. (repost of removed thread)
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Take one of these...
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...strip it down...
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...BARE...
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Buy one of these as an engine donor...
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Make a few cuts to make it all fit...
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...fabricate up some engine, diff and suspension mounts... (pic is just the start of rear subframe)
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...Make some lightweight fibreglass panels which will be plugs for us to modify...
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Meantime our engine is away getting a few goodies added. Like Carillo rods, JE Pistons & a whole load of other goodies from APE raceparts in USA. We are aiming for a reliable 400hp from the Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo engine.
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Turbo manifold being made
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Subframe 25% completed, you can see the suspension pick-up points with many holes for adjustments
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Add in a roll cage
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a very comprehensive one
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and a quick mock up of body panels to weigh the car...
Bodyshell incl. rollcage, most panels, engine, gearbox, diff, seat & controls, suspension arms, shocks etc = 416kg (still needs wheels, brakes & all plumbing etc etc)
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Finally about a year down the track it finally sits on its own wheels & suspension for the first time...
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MMeantime we are still working on the bodypanels...
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And finally the bodypanels are completed which include guards widened 35mm per side, wheel arches raised 50mm per side, Australian V8 Supercar front splitter & undertray, fluted bonnet to allow radiator air out & cut away rear bumper, also for airflow...
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The race car is still being built, and the pic of the 'car' above is actually just all the plugs of the bodypanels put together to be a very unique sign out the front of our business...
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UPDATE: We have just had some of the final lightweight panels arrive for the car..
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The total weight of the front guard is under 800 grams (just over three quarters of a kg)
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I will try to keep this thread updated as progress is made...
Chris.
Excellent project, thanks for re-posting it s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Can't wait to see some videos.. I bet that thing flys
Where in NZ is this? We're driving much of it soon, and would be amusing if to pass a 2 on a pole!
<Edit>Closer inspection of the Pics, it's in Timaru - I think we pass by there! s:) :) s:) </edit>
Cheers,
Stu
Unfortunately I dont think Louie will be coming back to keep us updated on this s:( :( s:(
Quote from: "DannyN"Unfortunately I dont think Louie will be coming back to keep us updated on this s:( :( s:(
This IS Louie re-engaging with us after the toasting of the last thread.
He will be keeping us posted as progress is made, I'm looking forward to seeing the beast out on the track. s:D :D s:D
Great project - it sounds like you've had a lot of fun doing it
Awesome project,nice one good on ya for re-posting. s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown: s:D :D s:D
Hopefully the fellow ship of the ring don't scare him off again. These are the sort of builds that are great to see s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "StuM"Where in NZ is this? We're driving much of it soon, and would be amusing if to pass a 2 on a pole!
<Edit>Closer inspection of the Pics, it's in Timaru - I think we pass by there! s:) :) s:) </edit>
Cheers,
Stu
Make sure you call past between 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and I will show you the real thing!
Quote from: "DannyN"Unfortunately I dont think Louie will be coming back to keep us updated on this s:( :( s:(
Yup I will, and for the record I am more than happy to hear comments/suggestions etc on the project...
my one commenet the wheels don't do it justice s:) :) s:)
Need some bling bling haha
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Is the car running yet bud?
Quote from: "Ilogik"my one commenet the wheels don't do it justice s:) :) s:)
Need some bling bling haha
Is the car running yet bud?
2 Answers = Weight & price.
The 17's were the 2nd lightest wheel we could find (1kg heavier than the lightest, but $200 per wheel cheaper) and the whole project is based on the car being as light as possible.
We perked the 18's as we can get a good supply of 18 inch slick tyres to run on the car. Will probably buy some better (lighter) 18's once the car is running & the money box replenished.....
Not running yet s:( :( s:( , being held up by the engine builder is still awaiting some bearing shells.
Our next move is to paint the bodyshell, but we are also waiting on our engineer to finish the sway bar adjusters for the cockpit, as these need to be mounted prior to painting....
HI Louie - welcome back -no hard feelings my friend. s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Just as a matter of interest, what is the race series you are running the car in, you said last time you had to retain the Roadster tub and could not use a space frame.
We have events over here which allow space framed Hyabusa powered kit cars - in fact it's a full event lasting a full season.
Logik - s:roll: :roll: s:roll: s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Rob.
Quote from: "Louie"Make sure you call past between 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and I will show you the real thing!
<slopes off to make a small itinerary adjustment...> s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Thanks Louie, that'd be great.
Quote from: "FGRob"Just as a matter of interest, what is the race series you are running the car in, you said last time you had to retain the Roadster tub and could not use a space frame.
We have events over here which allow space framed Hyabusa powered kit cars - in fact it's a full event lasting a full season.
Rob.
It will be eligable for all types of racing here in NZ, some of which require us to retain the MR-S floorpan & some dont.
Basically by retaining the original floorpan we make he car eligable for another 4 classes that a spaceframe car cant compete in.
There is an open-top sports car class over here that runs quite a few spaceframed Hayabusa powered cars (amoungst others) so if we remove the roof we can also run it in this class...
What hubs, brakes, and running gear are you using on this Louie?
Quote from: "Wabbitkilla"What hubs, brakes, and running gear are you using on this Louie?
This project is being built to a pretty strict budget, so many many parts are 2nd hand.
It will use Series 4 Mazda RX7 hubs, Race discs (cant remember the size) with AP racing calipers, 6pot front & 4 pot rears.
Running gear is obviously the Hayabusa engine & gearbox (although gearbox had been modded for car use), we are using a chain drive to a fixed axel which is Toyota Corona diff (welded up) axels & then Corona half shafts etc to the rear wheels..
In this early pic you can see how it is pieced together...
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Edited with a more recent pic showing the welded spider gears, crownwheel piece machined to take the drive sprocket and the ring-gear on the right hand side, for the reverse...
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The kit's I've seen over here use a chain driven back diff which also gives them reverse, I take it you are not to worried about that and are not fitting one.
Do you think the car will be quicker off the mark without the hard top fitted?
Quote from: "FGRob"The kit's I've seen over here use a chain driven back diff which also gives them reverse, I take it you are not to worried about that and are not fitting one.
We have seen the Quaife diffs that are often used and, like you say, have reverse etc, but we are concerned about cost plus weight. The diffs are heavier, cost more $$$ & require more horsepower to run that what we have decided on.
The car will have reverse (all race cars in NZ have to have a reverse) but we will be using a starter motor that will run on a ring-gear, engaged by a button. Reverse will be all or nothing...LoL...
Quote from: "FGRob"Do you think the car will be quicker off the mark without the hard top fitted?
The hardtop we have is Carbon Fibre so wont make any difference to the performance. We have left the hardtop removable so the engine is easier to access, plus with it removed it is another series we can compete in...
Well we have finally had some time to make progress on the car finishing the sway bars & plumbing on the car
Have finally got the sway bar parts, so are mounting them to the chassis.
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Finishing the exhaust manifold and external wastegate piping
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Mounting the liquid intercooler & the turbo piping & sorting where the exhaust will go
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Mounting & plumbing up the Dry sump tank
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And are also finalizing all the plumbing for the engine & intercooler radiators which run from the engine& intercooler at the back of the car through to the radiators at the front. The intercooler pipes run along the top sill in the pic, the engine radiator pipes run through the tunnel in the centre of the car
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So with some good progress being made it shouldn't be too far away from having the chassis painted...
I am SOOOO jealous. Those adjustable Sway bars are gorgeous. You're doing a wicked job of building it.
How did you work out you're suspension. Is it calculated or have you copied another car?
seems i dont need a pit after all. I just need to get Geoff Capes round to roll the car over. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
well, that's what I do to the mower when I work onit. I'd never thought of doing it to the car :-) :-) :-)
Quote from: "Mad Matt"well, that's what I do to the mower when I work onit. I'd never thought of doing it to the car :-) :-) :-)
It says on my mower, dont tip on its side s:? :? s:?
they dont want you to mow walls
Quote from: "custardavenger"I am SOOOO jealous. Those adjustable Sway bars are gorgeous. You're doing a wicked job of building it.
How did you work out you're suspension. Is it calculated or have you copied another car?
The sway bar parts are what we have been waiting for & will make a big difference to the car, as handling will be its race advantage.
The suspension is not copied, its all been computer drawn by a very clever race engineer in NZ. As we had a clean sheet of paper to start with, all the suspension pick-up points are exactly where they need to be to suit the car with shocks, weight, hp etc etc all taken into account.
Quote from: "philster_d"seems i dont need a pit after all. I just need to get Geoff Capes round to roll the car over. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Easy eh! As the car has no panels at all, there is nothing to damage & makes it mega easy to run all the pipework etc...
Love the work, can't wait to see it in the finished guise, up, running, and racing s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:
Great work!
The pesky ash cloud put paid to my dreams of seeing the car in the flesh this month, but we're rebooked for October and this time the itinerary has us in Timaru on a weekday! s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "philster_d"seems i dont need a pit after all. I just need to get Geoff Capes round to roll the car over. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
It used to be standard practice with (real) minis, put an old matress on the floor and roll it on it's side.
Hi Louie,
I love this build. Earlier in my engineering career I used to work at http://www.holeshot-racing.co.uk/ so I love seeing stuff like this in detail.
I see you have ARP bolts in your engine parts pile, are you going up to 13mm studs? Also I see you have clutch plates and fibres there, I presume you'll be using a lock-out clutch with those? Also what turbo are you using? A GT35 would be on something like that from Holeshot.
I'm relieved to see you're going dry sump too! s:) :) s:) What make is it out of interest?
Good luck with the build, it'll be a rocket! I built a 400bhp+ Radical SR3 using a similar parts list and at Elvington airfield we were using EVO FQ400's as rolling chicanes on the shake down day - at low boost. Keep us posted! s:crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: s:crazyeyes: s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen:
great to see this build i am in oz and there is hardly anything happening with spyders here. i have my third spyder arriving 2moro a jap import turbo manual. that i will be stripping out to race and doing a carbon body for it as i used to own a carbon parts factory . it wont be as elaborate as yours but hopefully will be some fun on the track.
Quote from: "Paulinio"Hi Louie,
I love this build. Earlier in my engineering career I used to work at http://www.holeshot-racing.co.uk/ so I love seeing stuff like this in detail.
I see you have ARP bolts in your engine parts pile, are you going up to 13mm studs? Also I see you have clutch plates and fibres there, I presume you'll be using a lock-out clutch with those? Also what turbo are you using? A GT35 would be on something like that from Holeshot.
I'm relieved to see you're going dry sump too! s:) :) s:) What make is it out of interest?
Good luck with the build, it'll be a rocket! I built a 400bhp+ Radical SR3 using a similar parts list and at Elvington airfield we were using EVO FQ400's as rolling chicanes on the shake down day - at low boost. Keep us posted! s:crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: s:crazyeyes: s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen:
Yea we have been on the holeshot website... Bet that V8 sounds incredible!
To be honest I cant exactly remember what parts weended up with, we just spoke with the guy at APE raceparts & he guided us through what we needed for our conversion & purpose as they have done a few car coversions. The engine has been away at the engine builders for the past 5 months but is now finally ready. The turbo we are using is a GT3076r which is the same we use on another of our race cars so can keep 1 spare for both cars.
The dry sump came from Nova from memory. It definately came from the UK, whereas all the other goodies came from the US.
Yea we are hoping it will be a rocket, I just cant wait to finally drive it!
GT30R pokey up high, hopefully not too bad off the line. How does that match a motorbike engine instead of a car engine? no difference or does the bike engine have smaller displacement?
GT30 should provide plenty of low rev boost. We used to have GT35R's at full boost by 6krpm (limiter at 11.5k!).
Jack (owner of Holeshot) has a top speed bike with 700+bhp and a GT42R that was pushing out 2bar of boost by 6.5krpm and we had the limiter set to 13k a few times! That bike has managed 257mph btw. s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Because of the design of bike engines the exhaust gas velocity is so high and the turbo is mounted so close to the head that they tend to produce boost a lot earlier than you would expect.
Thought it would probably be a Nova dry sump. They're the ones we always used to use, along with their billet gearboxes, great products from them.
So finally the chassis has had all its fabrication & welding completed & has been away and been sandblasted.
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and then some paint on all its underside parts...
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ooh looking good!!!!!!!
Sorry its been a while since this thread was updated....
It seems to have taken forever to finally piece all the puzzle together, but we are 95% there...
Car has finally had all is plumbing & wiring completed and this week has finally been started. It still needs the ECU tuned, brake pads (these seem to have been lost in transit) and the front top arms modified before it can be driven, but after so long its nice to finally here it make some noise!
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and some pics of the (near) finished article
Wearing some of its bodywork
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The engine looking from inside the cockpit
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engine
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underneath & you can see the dry sump tank to the left of the pic
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and the intercooler to the right of this pic
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and a view from behind
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and under the bonnet(?) the radiators for intercooler & engine and separate catch tanks for each, with lots of room left for a large fuel tank for endurance racing
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Really looking forward to seeing ths baby go. s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Quote from: "E"Really looking forward to seeing ths baby go.
Me too - It looks awesome.
What a monster ... I love it s:D :D s:D
Awesome,keep up the good work. s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
Rude.
Gutted, I drove drove round Timaru for 20 mins looking for an MR2 on a pole 3 weeks back - forgot to print off the address and had no internet access s:-( :-( s:-(
Checked when we got back and probably passed 200m from you!
Car looking awesome! Great effort.
Cheers,
Stu
Awesome project! Great job s8) 8) s8) Can't wait to see it rolling!
Quote from: "StuM"Gutted, I drove drove round Timaru for 20 mins looking for an MR2 on a pole 3 weeks back - forgot to print off the address and had no internet access s:-( :-( s:-(
Checked when we got back and probably passed 200m from you!
Car looking awesome! Great effort.
Cheers,
Stu
You should have stopped & asked some-one.... most car people around know about the car up the pole...
Finally got some brakes for the car today, now just have to wait for 25 January s:( :( s:( before it has a date with the dyno..... s:D :D s:D
Well progress has been slow in the build up to the Christmas break & the car was ready & booked in to be dyno tuned early in the new year.
It finally made its first self propelled drive on Christmas Eve, albeit slowly.... but as you will see near the end of the video when the boss pops the clutch, it breaks the chain.
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So the decision has been made to run dual chains. This means that its debut has been postponed while we re-engineer things, but it is "relatively" easy to do.
Here is the front sprocket we have had made to accommodate the dual chain...
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And now the rear sprocket done as well...
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Found a couple of other little faults with the car as well, so are now needing to redo the exhaust to make room for a muffler, a larger sprocket for the reverse gear & the addition of an altenator onto the rear axel to run all the electronics, data logging etc etc...
So its debut has been delayed for a bit longer yet....
As per the pics the MR-S has now had all its signwriting & graphix completed & even though the car itself still isnt 100% completed, it was good enough to have its first weekend away last weekend.
First had a photo shoot on Friday afternoon with New Zealand Performance Car Magazine
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Then had the car on display at the 4 & Rotary championships, where we won the award for best engineering
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Then to the drags on Sunday where the car was just on display again, and left on the trailer for people to see its nuts & bolts
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Now we just need to finish re-mounting the reverse starter, altenator & make a modification to the front suspension top A arms & hopefully we will be ready for a dyno run/tune & then some testing!!!
all I can say is....... s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown: s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
+1 on that. Can't wait to see vid of it running in anger. Mean doesn't quite cover it. s:) :) s:)
Amazing work man, really amazing s:D :D s:D
Hey its been a while since this thread was updated as there has only been spasmodic progress on the car...
However the car was nearly finished enough to book for a dyno tune, so we booked it in at NZEFI in Christchurch, with the idea of it hopefully making its competition debut at a Street Sprint event on 14 May. Unfortunately they are booked that far ahead that this was looking impossible, until they phoned at 5pm one right with a cancellation if we could be there by 9am the next morning, so it was a rush & a late night getting the car finished & ready to go...
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So it has been for its dyno run & we ended up with 372hp at the rear wheels, which is pretty good straight up... and there is still a bit more in the tank. and a pretty reasonable rev range as well
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So the next step is off to the track for some testing, but both our local circuits only have one test day each between now & the Sprints (and the boss is away at Rally NZ for one of those) so it looks like we will only get one days testing & be taking a brand new car to the Sprints, of course providing that it performs Ok at the track!
Sorry there are no videos of the dyno run, but we weren't there for it all, I will try to get one from the track...
When you get some free time why not add yourself to the new "garage" feature so this thread/car doesnt get forgotten in time?
Impressive torque curve too Lou, looks like the car is going to be great to drive s:D :D s:D
As promised here is a video of the cars very first run on the track....
We had the opportunity to turn some laps during the lunch break at a Classic race meeting so a good chance to finally give the car a shakedown.
It has a few minor niggles as expected, just things like some tyre rub & things, but overall a successful first run...
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and the video here...
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Have to work on the camera mount point for the next one. Great to see this out on the track finally. missus wants a holiday in NZ so might have to make this a point of call to have a look.
Quote from: "sweeetpete"Have to work on the camera mount point for the next one.
Yes the mount was taken from another race car so we could at least get some footage. Camera mount is on the 'to do' list but hasnt made it to the top... s:D :D s:D
Do you have a total weight for the car yet? It must be close to 1000 BHP/Tonne?
Superb Lou, I want one s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown: I like the comment "it's loud isn't it" ... heh heh.
That looks as good as it sounds as good as it goes, an excellent project. Must be a blast to drive s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Chris
Quote from: "kentsmudger"Do you have a total weight for the car yet? It must be close to 1000 BHP/Tonne?
Its a bit heavier that we thought, but still pretty good at just on 700kg...
Fantastic, basically.....! s:D :D s:D
Great work there, sir..! s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Thats probably the best MK3 project car on the planet..?
Certainly the one I would most like to own....! s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen:
Sorry its been a while between posts, but there hasn't really been anything exciting to report.... We have had two race days recently.
First was a Club day at our local Levels Raceway & we had the car seriously under sprung and over geared, resulting in me stalling in 2 of the 3 starts and in the last race I cooked the clutch trying to get started. Still posted a reasonable laptime of 1.07.332
Couple of pics here...
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Second outing was at Ruapuna for the Premier Championship Series where we run in "Production GT" class on DOT rated tyres. A boost problem meant only 6th in qualifying, then a harsh call meant starting race 1 from the pit lane, but still managed to come through the field to win. race 2 was reverse grid and another win & class lap record of 1.31.519, but the boost problem came back for race 3 so just cruised round to finish. Happy with the results considered we haven't even started making changes to the suspension set-up yet, plus we were slightly undergeared for Ruapuna, meaning I had to get out of the throttle before the end of the main straight, plus I was struggling to reach full throttle (as the video shows) so a few wee issues to get sorted. Videos of the test sessions are below, the camera didn't work during the races s:( :( s:(
First test session here (part 1)
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGSvW0Si ... ature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGSvW0Sisug&list=UUhJBIPpj4buWJMlnVc8xylA&index=2&feature=plcp) m
part 2 of first session
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji6pMv6A ... ature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji6pMv6ACZM&list=UUhJBIPpj4buWJMlnVc8xylA&index=3&feature=plcp) m
Second session
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUv3CP97 ... ature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUv3CP97HHI&list=UUhJBIPpj4buWJMlnVc8xylA&index=1&feature=plcp) m
and a video from inside my brothers car (Corolla DX KE70 Sedan with a 7AGTE 20 valve engine). The MR-S shows up at 32 seconds into the video.
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39xairs ... ature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39xairssNE&list=UUhJBIPpj4buWJMlnVc8xylA&index=5&feature=plcp) m
For those in NZ, the races from Ruapuna will be on the Gillette Motorsport TV show on January 8th 2012.
Brilliant Louie s:D :D s:D
Thanks for posting
I've not seen this thread before and quite frankly the car's brilliant. Keep up the good work. This is getting shared elsewhere.
Two words "Kick" and "Ass"
Love the work! Makes me wish I had the time + money + skills to do this sort of thing!
Here is the TV footage, but it may only stay on youtube for a short time.
Production GT Race 1 Motorsport - YouTube ( m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6HGu4iTIp0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6HGu4iTIp0) m )
Now that was awesome.
Brilliant - from pit lane to race win in 6 laps. You made the other cars look rather slow. The handling seemed to be a big factor as well as the power. Great post.
Brilliant little car and smart driving!
Good race, I enjoyed that! s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "loadswine"Good race, I enjoyed that! s:) :) s:)
+1
Fantastic result!
s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Amazing driving s:D :D s:D at this point in time i could only dream of doing racing like this...... but that busa engine is it a exspensive option?? would it cost as much a a 2GR-FE v6 for exsample?
Sorry its been a while between posts again... We havent really done any development on the car as yet, just done a couple of race meetings to get the gear ratios sorted. Next thing is to do a couple of days testing to get the suspension settings sorted.
And here are a couple of videos from our latest race meeting;
Race 1: Qualified & started 8th from 35 cars. Unfortunately had a clash on first lap that bent the steering. I pit to assess the damage then carry on to finish 9th from 35 cars even with the toe-in out by over 10mm
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfP3xsH ... ature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfP3xsHxTw&list=UUhJBIPpj4buWJMlnVc8xylA&index=3&feature=plcp) m
Race 2: A reverse grid race so start near the back & work my way through the 35 car field until a rose joint breaks ending the race.
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iVR0Qk9Uis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iVR0Qk9Uis) m
Race 3: Didnt get past the warm up lap with a boost issue so no video
Race 4: Another scratch race so started 6th & finished 4th. Just didnt have the straight line speed of the other fast cars. Still some good battles during the weekend. A few of the cars we raced with are listed below the video link.
m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udOb5OWNXqk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udOb5OWNXqk) m
#6 Blue Batman RX7 is 7 litre Chev powered
#988 Black Skope Porsche is Turbo GT2
# 11Green & White Commodore is spaceframed V8 powered
# 59 Yellow (once a Levin) is Nissan V6 (VG30?) turbo powered
#8 White Camo Nissan 180SX has a 2JZ Supra turbo power
And a pic from the race meeting: m http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrob ... 9789915231 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobinson/7073196493/in/set-72157629789915231) m
thx for posting -shock and awe !
beautifull car
Always good to see Louie s:D :D s:D
How would you go about improving straight line speed at this time?