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26 minutes ago, bcozican said:

Id like to race in the US i think alot of those track would suit me

 

For the s15? Youd be stuck between club sprint and the new Open Am wouldnt you depending on how much interior you have left in

If the event in USA goes ahead will be interesting as it seems the rules will get more cars over here. Apparently the track is laguna seca too.

Yeah s15, if I get a the lower dash trims, centre console and change front cross member to standard LCA position will fit clubsprint. See how rules are as i would rather do complete widebody than a bolt on flare to run the 295 with proper clearance.

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it takes so long to get things done but ... they are nearly there and we hitting the track soon again 

So - at Perth Festival of Speed the car unfortunately had a decent off, wasnt me driving, wasnt the person drivings fault. Long story short car got sent very fast towards the wall without the control on throttle from the driver input and a disaster was averted but there was damage that needed to be fixed - carbon busted and alot of bent bits

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The splitter got munched and had to go back to get fixed - took a bit to get it there, fixed and back but got a surprise package when a new double element higher DF splitter came back - nice surprise !  and first person to have one

 

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At a car show I took the car too some punks stole one of my carbon indicator blanks and stomped on the other so had to get a new set of headlight / indicator combo from tops stage so got front fender vents as well to put in the order

 

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While all this was happening the new MCA golds turned up and did some fiddling around with those

 

Put in the flappy paddle system and clutch lockout wiring/ system

 

We have also put shorter gearing in top top it out at 300 kmph in 6th gear  where previously I held 5th to 282 at SMP and 277 in Perth

 

Looking for better control and faster acceleration

 

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I wasnt intending on doing pedal box I was managing with the brake master replacement system I had going on and adjusted std pedals but on applying the clutch switch to the old system we found the *insert technical word here * bar that goes from the pedal to the master was bent about 40 deg and about to snap = lucky find otherwise be a bad bad time - discussion was had about getting a custom bar built to withstand the load but in reality it was time 

 

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making any suspension, wheel or anything adjustments to date has been a nightmare - aero off, adjust, check and repeat - time consuming and hard - short of going full airjack system we fashioned some external manual car lifts this will make life a million times easier

 

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All the bent framing, some intercooler pipes and other has been fixed and replaced and after 6 months I finally have the car back at home in my control so its get to work on it, set ride heights, wheel align and will start track testing again soon

 

So ultimately other than a few flashy bits nothing actually looks likes its been done but in reality alot has. Typical

 

We'll see how all this goes

 

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FWIW, air jacks are actually pretty light and simple to add, they are just 4 hydraulic cylinders (often at the main cage A and C pillar points) and an externally accessible airline  - they make quick work a breeze

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30 minutes ago, Duncan said:

FWIW, air jacks are actually pretty light and simple to add, they are just 4 hydraulic cylinders (often at the main cage A and C pillar points) and an externally accessible airline  - they make quick work a breeze

have no doubt and wanted too trust me and may regret later

not necessarily worried about weight (would be 8 kg ish total) it was more the $$ to do it properly is about $6 - $7K in hardwear need long 310mm stroke jacks etc - plus install and call me whatever im not doing it myself even if wanted too cant weld etc  - thats $10K installed vs fraction of that cost while Ive spent some money on this POS I actually really dont like doing so unless its got a large chance to make me go faster 😁 hey in still carting this things around on a 15 yr old rusted open trailer so I can spend on racing not buy a new trailer to look better

the manual jacks Ive had done are heavy and take space but are transportable and usable anywhere - taking or organizing even compressed air let alone nitrogen which is more whats needed coming from Perth to Winton or Sydney or the like honestly just adds to my brain headaches/ hurts of organisation also ha

15 mins job will get down to 2 - 5 min job vs 1 min job for airjacks - all tradeoffs I spose

3 hours ago, robbo_rb180 said:

Solid update, got all the downforces now. 

You going to be running aus time attack again?

love the jacking solution, spend the dollars on what makes it go fast is best way.

yes I intend to do the Aus Time Attack to WTAC combo again this year 

im exhausted already just from the thought 😆

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This thing did a 1:20.88 at Winton on the weekend which is f**king rapid

Well done mate, your driving has really gone up a few notches not much left on the table now! Good luck at WTAC.

 

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20 hours ago, Komdotkom said:

This thing did a 1:20.88 at Winton on the weekend which is f**king rapid

Well done mate, your driving has really gone up a few notches not much left on the table now! Good luck at WTAC.

 

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Thanks mate

 

It's all coming together finally. It's just a better racecar now and also yeop I've pulled my thumb out and committed and the combo seems to be gelling

Depends what you mean by not much more haha

There's at least a 1.19 in this

My fastest lap posted lost 3.5 tenths in T10 and this was on 80% power and 5 heat cycle old tyres

The next session/ lap we did we were up 4 tenths with the car out of the final turn T12 accelerate straight and going with 1 or 2 tenths to come from the power to the finish line and the shifter/gbox combo stopped selecting 

 

So we wouldve had it. The whole thing..

 

Also repeated this the very next lap up 3 tenths out of T10 and same issue

Add some news tyres and we good

 

Looking forward to a break then yeop WTAC and see if we can actually have a decent run

 

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