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you must be very pleased posting those twice and all!:five:
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Love this thread, looks really good mate :-)
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With totb coming up thought it time to get some jobs on the car sorted.
Main thing being it needs to be able to dress in drag and still play on the handling circuit and track. Trailered the car over to tfs racing today for us to work on it http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/6ee122fc.jpg New suspension New brakes New wheels and tyres New handbrake Clutch switch and flatshift setup Oil and filter change Will sort some better pics but you get the idea http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/89b5cfa7.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/2d143f6e.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/60565449.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/e4593343.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/f2fb3de8.jpg Massive thanks to stew, craig and ian. Also thanks to Alyn at as performance for posting out brakes bits at short notice :) Simon |
Looking Good :more:
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a good quality "aeroquip" line will not flex compared to copper but offers more permutations as above.........
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best fun possible with your clothes on ;)
Friday used a hub dyno at tdi to play with the fuel map and check over of the car. Due to time constraints mainly played on vpower but was v happy with 662hp (around 800@flywheel) at 1.4bar on vpower and similar lb torque. Did have brief check on vpower plus 20% meth and made similar power at only 1.2bar. At which point I had enough data to be happy to map from datalogs when car was being used in anger. Then travelled north for totb and installed a "how can you miss it" big rev counter and shift light and a toucan display for monitoring ecu data, and a couple of new graphics on the car. Weekends playtime and really pleased to get a baseline on this setup and get a good feel for the car. Its first quarter mile run ever being 11.11secs on the toyo r888 tyres. With little alteration physically to the car all day just map tweaks and alterations to my driving and hoosier drag radials the times slowly dropped to 10.01secs which I did twice lol. Not run on racefuel yet or used flatshift so still more to come hopefully, especially if I can get a clean run in. Massively pleased with how the cars behaved, and massive thanks to team JGM pit crew and support (CJ, Damien, Ian and Stew@TFS racing) and anyone I have forgot. couple of vids, amazing how much you learn from them, it felt like I was putting lots of heat in the tyres but clearly I wasnt.. http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/a...imonandrob.mp4 not actually proper slicks, just devoid of tread... http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/a...urrent=104.mp4 Did then manage to strip teeth off first gear lol oops Simon |
you just need to take up Andy's offer of that "box" and get it cranked reet-up.........:-P
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shhhhhhh thats a top secret discussion thats on going ;)
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this is awesome and congrats on the cover feature of banzai!!
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after digging the car out of its hiding place and bringing it home for a wash, impressed with race battery - started first time and not been touched for four weeks.
Morrettes with middle lens removed at totb http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...EFA8398780.jpg new graphics which were added just before totb http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...EF9B627EBD.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...E5B87C7F0F.jpg the you cant miss it rev counter and Toucan display also added just before totb http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...F470EB143C.jpg Simon |
"saashages" :wink:
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Lol
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Trailered the car over to stew @ tfs racing and back last week and we removed the gearbox I broke at totb.
Some metal on the drain plug so definately stripped first gear I guess. Awaiting a hawkeye gearset arriving to build it back up. While there the exhaust system was redone to exit the rear of the car. The side exits did their job and were quiet measuring 88db at totb although that was with down turned tailpipes, they didnt believe it could be that quiet and remeasured with the mic nearer and said 92 and 94db. The problem with the side exists has always been extraction on the dyno. So set stew the task of making them exit at the rear bumper. Rather pleased with the results. http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...4BDCC27BCE.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...4BB9F390A5.jpg Simon |
Nice job :doubleup:
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Busy week for the car and me, tfs, teg sport, ian (bod).
Realised there was a test and tune day at santapod coming up on 21st sept that worked with my mapping schedule perfectly so rather than the relaxed fix the box when I get around to it, it became a rush and last minute dot com. Thanks to teg sport for building the box nice and quick. I didnt want to risk it being delayed by a courier so dropped it up there and then on wednesday headed off to collect it (2x650mile round trips). Had a busy mapping day at tfs on the thursday so whilst I mapped the cars stew and ian fitted the box. Clutch was being a pain in the ass and box came out and back in several times late into the night to get it sorted and I cancelled the dyno time booked for my car at surrey rolling road to tweak for the new exhaust and I headed north with a working car strapped on the trailer at 10ish and started the task of searching for a hotel that had a room spare and space for car and trailer and that I could be happy leaving it. Friday morning came way to quick and rolled up at pod at 8am. First run on r888s straight off the trailer and all good but car felt slow, it didnt scare me. Think is was a 10.7, which wasnt bad on the r888s but car was noticably less powerful. Checked logs and rich and so made some adjustments but my mind wasnt happy as it shouldnt be rich. Another run on r888s and it was better but still down on power. Then notice in the logs the battery voltage is 11.7volts - doh. Tried few checks and wiring all good, thanks to stew and ian for help. Conclusion was alternator dead, which was always a question mark over whether it would be okay and it had been fine until now. Logs from elvington show 13.9v. To an extent I was pleased to find that and pleased I was correct it was less powerful. As everything else on the car was 100% and I was there and had paid for the day thought whatsit to it and put drag wheels and tyres on and used jump pack to start it as battery got lower still and ran with electric powersteering off and enjoyed running it anyway, more quarter miles under my belt, all good fun. Quickest was 10.14 if I recall correct. So no 9s for 2012, that can wait until 2013. More Pics and videos to follow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST0x4PYhwO4&sns=em Simon |
Nice one Simon, let's face we would all dream of a 10.14!
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Thats still very very quick!
What gearbox do you use in the car? |
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Wr1 6spd with forester gearing |
would have been quicker had I not tried to hold 4th across the line and twatted the limiter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMelEMR_jOY car trying to save weight during the run by shedding the fog light cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCMdyBLZsY I think this was the 10.14.. blast limiter again lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST0x4PYhwO4 last run of the day I think (you can see the weather coming in) I was sat watching the water temp climb going "come on ffs".. whose got the biggest crack (on gearchange lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfueatbjkvg Simon |
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Like the last photo, should try and get a photo from the same spot each time and when the times get faster compare how smaller your car looks in each one until its fast enough to be obscured by a parachute!
Is there any difference between the forester gears and say what gears I have in my bug sti? Strength or ratio-wise? Is it right that the hawk onwards gears are stronger than the earlier 6 speeds? |
length of gears only difference.. along with I think the bulk rings changed and the selector fork tips but nothing strength wise is different
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the time should be there as andy forest got an 8.6 with the same engine but he might be quicker now as it was testing kept boging down off the line
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He has larger turbos, sequential box, no full weld in cage (ie. cars lighter).
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to be fair to Simon, Mr.Forests car is built to do a specific job whereas Simons is still (to a degree) a road going car with less power and more importantly less development that Andy has put in it also has a largely unbreakable sequential box wheras Simon is still attempting to keep all of the gears in his factory spec 6spd........:whistle: |
As I have said to Andy I want to be as fast as him when I am his age ;) :)
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i'll tell him next time i see him mind...............:mrgreen:
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i'm joshing8-)
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JGM wot size are your works xt7 alloys and r888 tyres please
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255/35/18 and about to go up for sale ;)
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Yes or they might be both. Cant remember
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pm me a price if there 114.3 and size and offset please :doubleup:
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Replacement Alternator ordered as current one is definitly fubar...
I know there is more in the car on the current turbos, but........ ordered some new bigger ones :) Weather today had me wanting to take the car out, so keen to get it back up and running and map it on new turbos now :) Collecting my daughter from school in it is always amusing Simon |
And the turbos are and will allow what power?
Did you get my pm? |
Will allow an theoretical 1200hp but will be aiming for 1000
Not aware of one. Will check |
Engine bay with no turbos
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...578622FB32.jpg The new turbos from Lateral http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...57984E4E65.jpg Look small in the bay http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...577782AA55.jpg Simon |
Quality :doubleup:
what BHP are you expecting to make with them.? |
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