yeah, i have to ring banzai when it is totally finished, not prob until round 2, as there will still be bits not done and further additions after round one, one being different wheels as bloody ap's wont fit under them, typical so we have a very good but temporary solution in place until new rims arrive, i dont like the ones on it anyway so a good excuse to get rid of them and i know exactly what will replace them
roll on next week so i can get up there and get cracking, i really will burn as much midnight oil as i takes so could be another stint in a hotel for me

 

Utaka,,
I think your going to need more bhp,,
Big bhp is like a massive serve in tennis ,, cheap free points,
ie,, Helps with your times,,
480bhp on a proper forged engine is a waste,
My brother was running 500bhp on a totally stock spec c engine and won the sss private entrant,
I will give you till june before you move on to 600bhp

 

Got any new pics?
mine won't be ready now so will only be doing last 3 rounds if I can get in

 

im only running my standard spec c 480 bhp engine to get used to the new car and chassis setup when my race engine is installed that will be the fully forged 2.33 ltr running around 550 - 600. i expect that could be in the latter if not final round of the year i just want to get some rounds under my hat hence the reason the car will come out in this form to start with, as we have run out of time.
i wont be in contention for anything no chance , there are far more experienced drivers competing for the title, i will just use the year to develop my car improve my driving/times, and give it a proper go next year when everything will hopefully run far smoother.
i just want to get the car out lapping a track, that will make me happy enough for now

 

gutted ,crap innit these deadlines, i wish i hadnt paid for all the rounds now, but you live and learn. ill put some finished pics up next week

 

bold statement

 

Mmm, I don't remember needing 600bhp last year and I think I did ok

Stick to the plan Utaka and get the car out on track. Hope to see you testing soon.

 

Whilst power can be important on related tracks, it is more important that the driver is good and the car is set-up well imo..... oh and it all stay's in one piece.

For what it is worth, I think utaka is taking the right approach for his first season..... power wise.

I appreciate what you are saying with regard to your brother and his engine, but what's to say that his engine would survive a complete year of full on Time Attack abuse at 500bhp. Sprinting and hard track use is different mate.

In my view 480bhp on a proper forged engine is sensible, if you really intend in going for it.

 

you at oulton on 23rd jon testing, have you got your car back from tracktive yet

totally agree shaun, the strees being put threw the engine is ten fold than the sss, i also think that power helps more on some tracks than others,

 

Tracktive??? They don't do my car, Chevron Motorsport do all the preparation. Richard at Tracktive did us the map, but all that suspension, braking and setup etc etc is Chevron (very unknown unless you know, the UK best IMO)

Yes I am there on the 23rd if its put back together in time (I'm sure it will be). Really looking forward to it. Nice to be running for a bit of fun. Gutted though too, only at Oulton as a OHW then no more TA this year.

 

yes for sure in the right hands a low powered car can still put some great times in,
But people like yourself,, who aren;t the best to be fair need alot of free help and bhp would helps you loads down each straight and crawl around the bends,,
gav renshaw won totb last yr on the circuit, in low power, but he can defo drive and those tracks are very tight,
On proper tracks like cadwell, brands, sliverstone etc bigger bhp helps the needie
Utaka has not done much competative laps that i am aware of, but for him to get out there and build a good car is great,
Good on him,,

 

wow
cheers guys not had this much support on here before, im off to the clinic tomorrow get cracking again both eletric/engine guys are back in tday so fingers crossed

 

Any updates?

 

Considering this is a project thread its pretty sparse of pictures!!

 

^^ Agree daz, lacks pictures somewhat,

Did you get the car out at the weekend?

The thread was started a good 10months ago and a couple of weeks ago the car was not ready. From what im reading it was not a budget issue, the build seemed to go well at the start then just snowball with you hoping to make the first round.

Ive never built a TA car but if i was paying the likes of SC to build it i would expect to meet the deadline for the start of the season.

 

things are never that simple.... there are more than two parts to any build. We have never mamaged a full season yet!

It would have been a good learning experience in the loan car though Matt, and from what I could make out when we were chatting (noise LOL) it was just a bit of bad luck that scuppered it in the end.

 

I'll agree with that and can feel the pain!

 

sorry guys iv had a lot on my plate and no time for pics. as some of you know the car wasnt completed for round 1 and i ran in a loan car from scoobyclinic, although a totally standard wrx i got to the final and scored points so went ok in the end, now a large part of the delay was that some of the key components i.e turbo, twin scroll pipework and a few other small bits and bobs were delayed in volcanic ash, now whilst this wasnt the only reason why that is between myself and scoobyclinic, the matter has now been resolved and the car will run this weekend and will be there for knockhill. unless you have competed in motorsport you cant understand how everything goes against you sometimes, chin up roll on round 2.
nice one adam you understand

 

Utaka,
This is not just about competing in motorsport but everything about completing a project, just as you have done! S**t happens mate and you just have to keep with it.

It does not matter how much cash you have either..... it does not mean for a less bumpy ride. I know!

However, I still say that the crap REALLY does not start until the car is actually on the black stuff. That surely tests anyones commitment.

Keep going mate!!

 

cheers dude, cannot wait to get in my proper car, its been a long time too long infact, fingers crossed for the end of the week

 

I really cannot wait to see what mat is going to do in his proper car if Saturdays results in "The Sh*ter" are anything to go by!

Nearly there Mat and then the fun REALLY starts!

Well done on Satuday m8 I'm just recovering now!


Quack quack!

 

took me two days to come round i did do over 1k miles in two days though , home -clinic - yours - oulton - time attack - clinic - home and i drove it all
im overjoyed with the result mate, i had written the weekend off when i saw my car wasnt done, then i was given that ice driver

here is me and my mate last may in it at brands hatch
for those that dont know even though my car was not ready i still ran the oulton round in the ice driver, now the ice driver is a clinic car that for past 4 years spends 7 months of the year in sweden teaching people to race on ice, this car has been crashed so many times its untrue, but rebuilt to a safe standard to use again. it was even put into a motorway central reservation 3 months ago and put back together this car is a totally standard sti3 but detuned to run on ice. there was no time to remap the car before TA so the car was running 245 bhp on 95 ron fuel (we and 0.9 bar boost, it has full weight bar carpets, a cage,no mods at all, standard suspension standard exhaust inc cat, standard brakes that lasted two laps at a time, damaged prop and rear diff that we didnt have time to replace.
i managed to get this piece of **** all the way to the final on my first time attack and my second time at oulton, by qualifying we had no brakes, 3rd synchro had gone because it kept popping out and the banging and shaking from the prop was becoming ridiculous, we were also only doing 99.2 mph at start finish line speed trap and the car was totally maxed out which shows how down on power we were that day so i was happy with 1.44.
so i think with my own car, once setup i can take 9-10 seconds out of that round oulton.
cheers to the team even though the car was bollox you guys made the day a brilliant one that lasted the whole day, had a really wicked day looking forward to getting into my own car

 

I did think the body roll was a bit severe for a Time Attack car!

 

oh my god thats not bad its comical

thats standard suspension for you i spose. it doesnt exactly shout time attack at you does it more like ****e attack

 

heres a bit more rollin

its pretty funny

 

Standard suspension is fine for track use as long as you aren't trying to set record lap times


I've got a one or two more shots that don't show it rolling quite as much in my gallery, as you are going in a straight line:

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shaking my car down next weekend. FINALLY so ill be at knockhill in MY CAR.
ECU goes in monday then its just mapping and geo setup and ill get it down to oulton to set it up for the day. at last the build is finished ITS LATE BUT ITS DONE NOW
i promise some pics and vids of it running as soon as i take sticker pack next week
its been a rolercoaster and as shaun said the real **** hasnt even begun, cant wait

 

Looking forward to seeing this car at knockhill, been keeping an eye on this thread for a while noo. Best o luck at knockhill mate, its a cracking track, hope ye do well......

 

You doing the day before Matt?

 

We are, are you adam?