Make sure you set the syvecs "limp mode" on oil pressure up.

 

Gonna get some datalogging on the dry sump so that I can set it at a level below the minimum i get on the dry sump. The oil pressure profile is a little different with that system so need to ensure it is getting into limp mode for a real reason rather than just a fluctuation. Will have it set up like that for KH though - cheers Steven

 

Same with oil temps if they are logged too.

 

Duncan,

Nice to meet you last week at Surrey Rolling Road.

I have got tosay I was like a big kid when you turned up in your car. Stunning looking bit of kit. Couldn't help but take loads of photos.

The Diffuser is mental. How the hell you get away with that on the road beats me. lol

Steve

 

Best of luck to you for Knockhill Duncan.

 

Cheers guys.

Steve - not logging the oil temp yet. It isn't an issue now with the dry sump - oil temps never get above 110 and most often are sub 100 in TA.

 

Car looks awesome duncan,im still yet to see it in the flesh,
Far to much bitternes on here.
Duncan are you coming up in the car sunday ?

 

Car looks good dunc

What is your splitter bottom tray made of please?

Good luck at remaining rounds, see you at Cadwell hopefully.

And for those bitching, stop acting like children you bunch of poopy pants!

Dill

 

cheers Phil - see you there

The splitter is made of the same material that it is was the last time you asked - it is an ally/polystyrene composite used in signwriting.

 

Dunc,

I can't remember what I had for breakfast, let alone what you 'alledgedly' told me 12ty years ago.

What times were you getting around Cadwell?

pm if you'd like to keep it on the DL

 

no idea on times for cadwell - it is impossible to get a full lap there on a track day without being held up by a Supercharged Atom or similar

 

Yes, know what you mean, many is the time I've been held up behind them things......or 'B'....

I have set a goal of 1:50 for myself, and expect the top cars to be 1:35, but we'll see.

Dill

 

That's when you know you're quick when you're held up by those things

 

think we will see 1.24 from the top cars Phil - am hoping for low 1.30's myself

 

You should easy beat 1.50 with your motor, I managed high 1.40's with my WRX, granted I was using your old wheels with the 888's on.

I reckon you should get mid to low 1.40's

 

No idea on cadwell - never been Think its going to be very interesting by what I have heard about the track. Is it much norrower than the likes of Knockhill?

Phill - you just doing a OHW this year?

 

One of my best friends in his 170bhp track prep golf was doing 1.50 - so a chunk less than that is possible.

This was in car from his car:

http://vimeo.com/7590047

 

yes

 

I think you've done the track a fair few times than me though, I've done a 25 minute morning session, 1 full track day and an afternoon, we'll see.

Superbikes do it in c.1.26 so I wouldn't have thought they would be beat although it may be close.

1.50 is good for the power, although I'd assume its pretty light, was it a Mk2?

I remember seeing a typeR powered gold around there, it was rapid, on slicks though.

Adam, yes just doing one round this year, can't afford the whole lot, plus the time to sort car.

Sorry for partial hijack Dunc

Dill

 

Looks pretty busy!

And who is the tool in the scoob

Shocking!

 

bloody hell that is quite narrow

 

Awesome weekend.

Full report and pics to follow but suffice to say I had fun and was well pleased with my time in the final after having cured the misfire issues rht ruined the first two sessions.

Cheers to Steve, Soos and Julian for great help and company all weekend and to Drew and Bev too

well done to Fee on her first win - brilliant !

 

Have you tried to clean the wheels yet?

White wheels and PF pads don't seem to mix well!!!

 

Lol no. But I suspect you are right Gary

 

Was great to see the car in action after seeing so much in the thread

 

Now back from scotland and round 2 of Time Attack 2010....

All in all it was a great weekened. Steve, Soos and Julian arrived at mine on saturday morning ready for the long drive up there during the day on saturday - i didnt want to do the track day the day before as if something breaks there would be no chance of fixing it so a leisurely drive and arrive at the hotel for a chilled evening was in order.

Sunday first thing we headed to the track to unload and get a spot in the paddock in time for the day's fun. With surprisingly little to do on the car itself we found our selves kicking tyres and checking things 3 or 4 times to pass the time between the arrival and first session.

It had been raining overnight so the track was sure to be slippery first thing.

First session and headed out on track first and almost span into duffus dip - hmm yes it was slippery. I let most go past while i tried to scrub the tyres in a little and get some heat into them. Unfortunately I had a slight misfire in this session but as it only lkasted 3 laps til an evo dumped a load of oil on the entry to the first corner and it was stopped it wasnt a huge issue.



A quick tweak to the map and out for session 2. Damn still had the misfire but as I had a chunk of vpower in the car still that i needed to burn off for this 30 min session i kept going round to get rid of it and to heat cycle the tyres. They got up to temperature properly this session and although I could not use more than half throttle without misfire I was still enjoying myself and made a trip or two into the gravel. Firstly to avoid the what seemed like a mile wide pulsar that was parked on the apex of scotsman going 2mph - the gravel trap was my only option. Then totally outbraking myself and into the gravel at the hairpin



Times for these two sessions didnt mean a lot to me but seeing what others were doing I knew I needed to be a lot quicker. With E85 going in for the final two sessions and the misfire to cure it should be possible. Prime candidate for the misfire was the crank sensor - which i duly changed.

Some small tweaks to the map and switched over to E85 I went out for qualifying in the hope that it had solved it - it had and full pace had to be learned and new braking points learned to go with them. I got them wrong a couple of times and although not quite fully in the gravel, I was out of shape on a few occasions as the picture above shows. Car was feeling great now and some good tussles in qualifying with the other club pro guys and finished up 5th in class and one point in the bag. This was largely flattering as Andy Harvey hadnt put in a proper time and I was still 1 second off where I wanted to be and what my target time was.

Now for the final. A few minor tweaks to the suspension set up and off out.

It was feeling good but the engine was blowing quite bit out of the breather system - the engine sounding not quite right now but still pulling pretty well. Only running 1.9 bar and down a little on power as a result it was enough to make my way quite quickly around the track... and a little too quickly at times:



I came in at the end of the session having hit my target time of 55 seconds with a 55.8 and that put me 5th which I was very happy with. I had closed the gap on the others in the class a lot and was only half a second behind Paul Doyle in the old zen car. Subsequently looking at the sector times I was quicker than him on sectors 1 and 2 but lost nearly a second on the hairpin due to wheelspin from the inner rear. Not something I could really do much about but a mechanical upgrade to a proper rear diff needed.





At the end of the session I came in and the engine had been breathing very heavily and was also suffering from a rocker cover gasket that appeared to have been sucked in and was pushing oil out that side too. Not good. Compression also sounds iffy with a very suspect starting sound - logs show quite a bit of noise on 2 and 4 cylinders so I am guessing some issue with pistons or rings there.

I had been planning to pull the engine shortly to refresh - seems it has to be done now. What is it with knockhill and engines for me?

Anyway, had a great time and pleased with the result and my time (2.4 seconds quicker than last year), there is possibly a little more in there but no way in the current set up that I could have bettered my position.

Thanks to Steve (eureka) and Soos and Julian for their hard work and support over the weekend - top work guys and thank you.

Thanks also to my sponsors/supporters/helpers and anyone interested in reading these updates.

 

pictures above are brill . Well done too :-)

 

Good write up as always Duncan.

Was planning on being there but something cropped up on Friday which meant i couldnt make it.

 

Great write up and great pics, car looks mint with the white wheels fella

 

who did the wheels dunc