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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 11:39 PM
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Cheers guys.

Fuel level sender wired into the race tech dash 2 today so should avoid the embarrassing issue again lol.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dynamix
Cheers guys.

Fuel level sender wired into the race tech dash 2 today so should avoid the embarrassing issue again lol.
Duncan you are wired fuel sender to Syvecs or to the Dash2?

We are tried both ways and both ways don't work,hope you will have more luck with this


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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jura11
Duncan you are wired fuel sender to Syvecs or to the Dash2?

We are tried both ways and both ways don't work,hope you will have more luck with this


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Into the dash2.

Needs a pull up resistor in the circuit to make it work but it is fairly straightforward.
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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Jura - we know your wiring is OK as we simulated the documented resistance range of your after-market sender using fixed resistors equivalent to full and empty, and Syvecs was reading the correct value.

It was only when we wired your sender back in that you get silly readings - after we found the damaged (non-standard) wire from your sender that had been cut through by a sharp metal edge. That is why we think your sender is maybe stuck, or faulty.

Is there something new you've found out?
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by dynamix
Into the dash2.

Needs a pull up resistor in the circuit to make it work but it is fairly straightforward.
Like we are done,but still reading is not as should be

What resistor you are using?

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Jura - we know your wiring is OK as we simulated the documented resistance range of your after-market sender using fixed resistors equivalent to full and empty, and Syvecs was reading the correct value.

It was only when we wired your sender back in that you get silly readings - after we found the damaged (non-standard) wire from your sender that had been cut through by a sharp metal edge. That is why we think your sender is maybe stuck, or faulty.

Is there something new you've found out?

Hi Tim

Aftermarket(AutoMeter) fuel sender is replaced for OE sender unit and reading is still the same,I've tried put voltage readings to the Dash2 SW,but still the same readings as we have before

Agreed before when we are tried with you we have very silly readings,we are suspected AutoMeter can be faulty(damaged)





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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 09:49 PM
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Well... a lot has happened since I updated this thread...

three podium finishes in Time Attack and gaining 3rd place overall in the championship for the pro class. Getting fastest subaru at every event last year and having a great year of development too.

so 2013 brings new stuff, new challenges and new excitement


so the big news:

PHIL GLEW TO PILOT THE BC RACING IMPREZA

Phil Glew of British GT, Clio Cup, BTCC fame and also a previous Time Attack Pro winning driver has been confirmed as the main driver for the BC Racing Time Attack Impreza in this year's UK Time Attack Championship. Duncan Graham of RaceDynamix who owns, builds and maintains the near 800bhp machine will step aside from driving duties so that Phil can extract the best pace from the car against very tough competition in the top tier Pro class, leaving him to concentrate on getting the car set up perfectly and running at its best.

BC Racing who are the main sponsors for the car are delighted that Phil will be piloting the car for this years campaign as the pace he showed at a first timing outing last year proved that he and the car has the capability of building on the excellent 3rd place overall in the championship last year and proving their suspension systems in one of the toughest and competitive environments.

It will no doubt be a big learning curve for the team but we look forward to the challenges that this year will bring and in working closely with Phil to get the car in the best shape for him, against the ever improving competition, we hope to make it a very successful year.
I am delighted about this as Phil is super quick and will hopefully make the car even more of a frontrunner especially with gobstopper 2 coming out to play with us this year

Also a slight colour change ....



This was it on the BC stand at Autosport earlier this month

In the daylight, it really glows and I love it
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 10:19 PM
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I like it I like it alot.
You worried by the gobstopper 2 at all ?
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 07:24 AM
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I like it I like it alot.
You worried by the gobstopper 2 at all ?
Thanks

GS2 is truly awesome and will be very competitive but hopefully mine will be too. Will be a very interesting season I think.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 08:13 AM
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I would agree gonna be very competitive if its anything like gs1. Good luck for this year . Was fun watching you at totb last year.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 01:41 PM
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Cool. Car looking great! Nice work!!!
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Car looking great Duncan, I would say stunning


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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 10:09 PM
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Good luck this year Dunc, car is looking fantastic
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 11:52 PM
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good luck for 2013 Dunc
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Old Jan 26, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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Car looks great Dunc ! Exciting season ahead for you, hope you are going to keep your eye in on driving side as there is a little event where I may need you
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Old Jan 26, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mad Hammer
Car looks great Dunc ! Exciting season ahead for you, hope you are going to keep your eye in on driving side as there is a little event where I may need you
Yeah i will be doing one or two events
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Old Jan 27, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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Looks great
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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New brakes for 2013:



Some other changes in progress:

1) out with the OBP Pedal box and in with a Tilton Pedal Box I have acquired for a bargain price second hand. Just need some master cylinders and the build quality and set up will be much better.

2) No major plans for power increases but will be aiming to top the 800 mark once the larger injectors are sorted and in shortly

3) I have tied up a sponsorship deal with Corbeau and Luke for seats, rails and harnesses respectively and a custom set of these are on their way I will upload pics when they are fitted.

4) More work on the DRS system to make it work properly at all speeds ... this was it in early test stages last year:



and a few other bits
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 06:26 PM
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Very nice mate, love the wing
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 06:28 PM
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i have just bought some d2 brakes.
remember when you commented on how bad my brakes were on the rolling road at rcm.
turns out the piston was seized...
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 07:37 PM
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Duncan why you changed from k sports ? There pretty much same calliper aint they? Are you racing your car this year ?
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 11:17 AM
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We are the UK distributor of both KSport and D2 Racing (as well as Hardrace, Kleers, BC Racing, a key Ohlins distributor, key Takata distributor etc).

The D2 Racing kits now come with 6 pot calipers for the 330mm and 356mm front kits. The pistons run external dust seals. The D2 Racing kits also come with drilled rotors rather than grooved.

I already have a few kits out being proven, including a set of 330mm on John Felsteads STi.

We have changed Duncan to D2 Racing to add to the information gathering when the kits are run in an extreme environment

A quick plug for BC, this gives an insight into the production process of the BC Racing product range, a factory tour:

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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:12 PM
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Car looks great duncan, very impressed with the drs development. Hope to make it to a few rounds myself this year, and if not totb is already booked off All the best!
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 08:17 AM
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Anyone got snow tyres ? Lol

weather for round 1 at cadwell this weekend is looking a little erm different

Car is almost ready to hand over to Phil Glew who will be pedalling around his local track for me.

Will post some pics up in the next day or two when it is nice and clean
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:17 AM
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Hope to come and watch this Monday. Kids and cars to "sort out" first. The conditions should make it interesting..

Last edited by Hammer man; Mar 27, 2013 at 11:55 AM.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:56 AM
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DRS !! Looks great
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 06:34 PM
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All best for the weekend Duncan, will be down at the next round.
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Good luck mate, no doubt I'll be seeing you soon
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 08:38 AM
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Well... now that the dust has settled on the weekend I thought it would be good to write a report on our experiences at round 1 at Cadwell.

It was a freezing cold day up there and unfortunately we had not had any testing time with Phil over the winter due to extended work schedules but the car was ready albeit a little untested

We hit issues though in the first session with the main fuel pump dying which caused it to run enormously lean and for us to abort that session to save the engine whilst we swapped to run on the secondary Fuelab Prodigy pump. Because of this I had to guestimap the car for the second session... and guess safer.



The car ran rich as a result and despite Phil loving the handling and braking courtesy of BC Suspension, Hardrace and D2 along with the new Tilton pedal box we were well down on power and a new issue reared its head with a blown uppipe gasket. Fumes were bad for Phil and we came in having recorded 1 flying lap.

Then it was qualifying.... we fixed the gasket as best we could but it wasn't a complete fix and still only low boost we managed a couple of laps as the gasket blew again arghhh and we called phil in. This time there was other damage to surrounding wiring that was causing a misfire along with other issues.



For the final we removed the gasket altogether and accepted that the mating surfaces wouldn't completely seal but as there was no gasket there couldn't be a blow to the gasket. We knew it wasn't right but with the pro field diminishing quickly due to mechanical issues and crashes we had to get out for at least one flying lap for points. Playing the long game this early but we came away from the weekend in 3rd place in the championship and very happy with that. There were some incredible pluses from the weekend in the handling and braking that have all improved further still since last year and we look forward to being competitive in round 2



Huge thanks to BC Suspension, Hardrace, D2 Brakes, HKS Oil, Triton Motorsport, Corbeau, Sunoco, ABW and Syvecs for their support.

Also thanks to the many people, customers, friends, helpers etc that came over to say hi and good luck during the day - it really means a lot to have the support

I have a long list of todo items but we will be ready for round 2 in style
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 08:36 AM
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