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Yeah there's not much more available on the normal cyclic data from the TCM than what I gave Lee, but I've got a list of other (more useful) channels I should be able to pick up, just need time to test it! I'll see if I can find time to do the work in the next week.

Cheers.

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Some small updates. Rear diff cooler has been installed. Have also got a brake water spray kit to help with the brake temp issues. We also have some extra brake cooling ducts being fabricated whic

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I should have the cage bracket tomorrow Snowy, I'll drop it off at RacePace.

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The other big issue we have faced with the car to date has been brake temps. To date there are no real brake ducting solutions available for the R35 so the boys at Racepace have come together with the

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A couple of updates. Door's were finished with some bracing to hold the windows and mirrors in place.

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Also the intake side of the brake coolers have been done. Really this was a test set-up and we'll make a nicer more permanent solution now that we know that the concept is sound. Definitely we have improved the temps of the rotors - however the first race at Sandown last week showed that 10 laps was now overheating calipers / boiling fluids. So the next step will be in looking into what we can do to assist with that.

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And here are a couple of pics of the car on both the wet set-up (TE37SL's)

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And on the dry rims (TE37 RT's)

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More to come soon including more work at weight saving and working on improving front end grip.

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Yep - got a chance to race in the Radical Australia Cup next year with Adam Newton and so thought a new challenge sounded exciting. Hopefully someone will pick this up and runs with it as I think it will be damn good thing as a Sports Car.

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Yeah we had our first test day yesterday and were miles off the pace. It's going to be a real challenge for both of us to get there.

Neither of us could go flat through turn 1 even though we know the car is capable. Brain just doesn't compute that it can do it and so makes the leg lift off the loud pedal still.

And we also both had some big off's yesterday as well so we have a lot to learn. But I'm excited to do something completely new.

The blue car below is the car we'll be running in next year.

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