You have yet to see how well your manifold lasts Ian
early days and not been on track yet
You have yet to see how well your manifold lasts Ian
early days and not been on track yet
The manifold got well tested on Guy Hardings TT, lots of track use! It has a lifetime warrentee anyway just for some piece of mind!
and lifetime guarantee does'nt mean it cant crack or wont, but that you will get support and repair in the event.
Until these things see serious abuse like track/race use you cannot proclaim it unbreakable, because it simply wont be in reality. Road use, no matter how hard you "think" you drive it is nothing like full on track use.
speaking from experience..
over time and many 1000's of +300bhp milage and track/race use.
One car that seems very robust are the Honda Integra DC5....I'd like to give one of those a blast arounfd Combe on Inters....seen a couple Mugen tuned cars that rev to 9200!!!!
May not be 300bhp but certainly they seem to like revs and abuse on track!!
Maybe my next project?
May not be 300bhp but certainly they seem to like revs and abuse on track!!
Maybe my next project?
Yep went to RS Day Bill.......car was absolutely superb until I had an annoying stupid jubilee clip removing itself from the lower intercooler pipe (VW rubber S neck pipe where it joins intercooler pipe)
Bought some more clips from Merlin motorsport and had to run low boost session as evertime I turned the wick up the clip and pipe woud come apart with all boost going to atmo.
Unfortunately some weeks prior we had shortned the hose as it had frayed one end. This had knock on effect with not enough clamping area for clip.
New hose ready for fitment.....
Apart from that when I was able to get a few good laps at full chat it mostered the field....Evo guys very surprised......got some 1.18's in though with more to come....need bigger brakes stoipping it going up into Avon Rise was an experience as was the terminal speeds. Totally refocuses driving style and braking distances!! Ford boys were interested to say the least...pleasant day except for an annoying issue.
Ian
cool.
you doing autometrix day?
get some numbers on the side and join in combe saloons..
and try doing those time on road tyres
you doing autometrix day?
get some numbers on the side and join in combe saloons..
and try doing those time on road tyres
cool.
you doing autometrix day?
get some numbers on the side and join in combe saloons..
and try doing those time on road tyres
Yep that's inter's tyres for you!! Tried it on F1's at Donnington,,very average in the dry not a patch on Inters....bigger difference on the MKIV compared to my old valver being a heavier car.
May do the Autometrix day are you??
CV boot survived!!
Ian
yay for the cv boot..
I'm booked for autometrix day yea.. hoping cars in one piece for then still.
you never know.
I'm booked for autometrix day yea.. hoping cars in one piece for then still.
you never know.
Yeah it's a learning curve although with this new development....showed a nice turn of pace for the power it develops.
Nice smooth spool out of Quarry making big oomph down into 1st chicane a couple of times out braked myself....slower in faster out seemed order of the day.
So what HP u running now...
>500bhp currently on smaller turbo.. I damaged my red couple of races ago when the oil drain pipe pulled off.. (front engine mount nut had come off somehow) so motor rocked about big time denting bonnet with throttle body, and flexed the downpipe, turbo etc.... V-band connection looked to have got splayed apart a bit and the heat shield under the turbine wheel rubbed the turbine wheel... and with the heat etc... cracks in the turbine wheel appeared. - None of this apparent until I took it all apart mind you, it still went like fcuk aside from oil pouring out from the oil drain.. woops.
Transmission is my real concern. Poor thing is being caned.
Approach speeds into corners and scribbing that speed back off again is taking a while to get used to... where the limit is. Quarry and Tower being a couple of veyr high speed approaches as you know, with big consequences if you get it wrong.
just close to 8000rpm in 4th up avon rise currently.. scarey as hell
woops.Transmission is my real concern. Poor thing is being caned.
Approach speeds into corners and scribbing that speed back off again is taking a while to get used to... where the limit is. Quarry and Tower being a couple of veyr high speed approaches as you know, with big consequences if you get it wrong.
just close to 8000rpm in 4th up avon rise currently.. scarey as hell
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>500bhp currently on smaller turbo.. I damaged my red couple of races ago when the oil drain pipe pulled off.. (front engine mount nut had come off somehow) so motor rocked about big time denting bonnet with throttle body, and flexed the downpipe, turbo etc.... V-band connection looked to have got splayed apart a bit and the heat shield under the turbine wheel rubbed the turbine wheel... and with the heat etc... cracks in the turbine wheel appeared. - None of this apparent until I took it all apart mind you, it still went like fcuk aside from oil pouring out from the oil drain..
Transmission is my real concern. Poor thing is being caned.
Approach speeds into corners and scribbing that speed back off again is taking a while to get used to... where the limit is. Quarry and Tower being a couple of veyr high speed approaches as you know, with big consequences if you get it wrong.
just close to 8000rpm in 4th up avon rise currently.. scarey as hell
U going back to the bigger turbo unit eventually or staying at current set up?
What box u using now or any future plans for stronger box?
reds going back on as soon as it arrives.. I miss the extra power it gives me.
researching box now. not that many options tho in reality and all of the are significant ££
researching box now. not that many options tho in reality and all of the are significant ££
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