Well done Duncan! Sounds like it's evolved into even more of a weapon, some very healthy times indeed! Good to see it's going strong.

 

, stash of cash in the matress, i feel you brother

 

Great result Duncan.

 

Well done Duncan sounds like uber fun shame you dont map at weekends as you could come to my work, map my car post VF35 etc and play on the mile and a half runway all day :-)

 

Baz - I do

when ?

can I race the Vulcan ?

 

Excellent news, not sure yet on dates as i still have to source a TMIC, scoop, undertray and then get a Walbro. After all that got to get the VF35 and injectors fitted along with the rest of it. Am i right in thinking that i wont be able to drive it once i change the injectors over without a remap, as in would i have to tie in the remap for when the fitting is complete? You must admit it would be far safer and easier to map it on the runway

Cant promise the Vulcan but i can get you in anytime to show you around the stuff we have. A few years ago at air day they had various sports cars and the new Foggy bike racing the Lynx, was pretty good.

 

You'll be fine to drive off boost Baz

Much easier to map on the runway

Mentioned on here last week or maybe the week before about logging air charge temperatures over a full run.

The picture below show a brief datalog out of Syvecs for one of the runs from yesterday - for the purposes of showing this year. This goes from about 20mph to 175mph ish - 6800rpm in 6th gear. Full throttle at roughly 2 bar of boost or a little over.



ACT (in the bottom graph) rises from 17.4 degrees to 29C right at the end of a WOT run in all gears.

I think the APS DR725 intercooler works very nicely thanks

 

But it does show that you were a wuss!

WOT my ****!

 

That was with Liz in the car Paul

 

All interior out and ready for full cage.

Thanks Tim from subbus.co.uk for popping over to give me a hand ripping the dash out and helping decide what stays and what isn't needed.

It is quite refreshing to be able to tidy up the interior and there really is a shed load of weight taken out - quite amazed at how heavy the airbags, sound deadening, seat belts, and ukky tar stuff is. Wont be enough to offset the cage but it will hopefully minimise the weight gain. Did trim some of the wiring loom down but not too much.

By the time doors and glass are done it should be a net loss.

 

any pics

 

 

Just leaving the one seat in? Still need to wangle a passenger ride

 

thats a good point... do you still need 2 seats for Club Pro?

 

You did last year.

 

Yep - you do. that seat was only in there to show where it needs to be when they weld in the mounting bars/plates so I can get rid of the subframes.

 

worst rule in the world why we have to pay for two bucket seats i dont know especially you club pro cars, frustrating when you dont even need a harness on it.

 

It is daft. Can't you stick on one of those caterham style plastic ones to save on weight?

 

I quite like being able to take people out in mine.

For example at Oulton Park I have auctioned the pax seat during the warm up and the money raised is going to a local hospice that cares for old folk. Raised about £350 so far.

I plan to do this at every round if possible.

 

Good on you mate, top man !

 

TOTB was good last year with wearing pants on the outside and raised £400 ish iirc - this year I am hoping that I can raise around £3k for various charities over the various outings.

 

Got a tenner here if you do this years TOTB in a tutu and bonnet.

 

How can I put this ... erm I know


piece off

 

Said goodbye to the car today ... off into SHP for a week or so to get the full weld in cage and for seat rails to be made/welded in.

As part of stripping the inside a lot of the loom has been tidied up and a proper firewall will be made for the rear. At the moment it isnt needed because fuel swirl pot is in the engine bay but at some point it will prove useful if a fuel cell is used. Plus it tidies the inside up.

All interior will be painted too to make it look proper nice in true motorsport white paint

Can't wait

 

 

i saved quite a bit of weight by removing my standard steel fuel tank and replacing it with a fuel cell designed by myself, the only disadvantage imo is that i do not have any fuel level gauge anymore,

 

Yeah it is a downside of it, just thinking ahead on it while it is being sorted now. Wont be happening this season though but I can imagine the weight saved was pretty big.

 

bit of a **** to get out thow, espessially when you are lay on your back underneath your car. lol. i used jim at alloy racing fab, he made mine to the exact size and spec that i wanted, 35ltr foam filled and baffled with a 1 litre sumped area with 3 dash 8 take offs, very cheap and top quallity. he is defo worth a thought when you are ready to do this. good luck

 

great idea Might try and convince Fee to do something like this at the KH round.

 

Would it be wrong to say that I'd contribute to see that ?