Phakisa 6 hour endurance race

[AndySA]

Our very low budget team is participating the the African Endurance Series in South Africa on the cheap, this little video clip is taken from the 6 hour race we did earlier this year. Thought it might interest some of you.

https://youtu.be/XweozwUBvFU

For all the races we are driving the road legal race car to and from the track, all but one of the 6 races are over 1000km from home.

[Coxyjunior]

Fantastic. That is the way to do it. Loads of miles, loads of fun and a realistic budget. Best of luck to you.

[AndySA]

We have a 3 hour race this weekend, fortunately at our home track in Cape Town so no long drives to get there! Lots of repair work and upgrades done to the car over the last 3 weeks, hope they pay off! Our "movie maker" will be at the track again so hopefully there is some good footage and another clip to post.

[TbirdX]

Interesting car.

Whats the build spec on your Harper and what has it been like? I think the car deserves a thread of its own if it doesn't already have one.

[AndySA]

Hi TbirdX

The car is a Harper type 5 designed and built by Craig Harper, who runs a small workshop near Cape Town.

It is a space frame chassis with glass fiber bodywork, this car is Craig's development prototype so has been through many upgrades in its roughly 10 years of life so far.

Engine: Toyota 4AGE 20 valve mid and transverse mounted, tuned to around 130kw

Gearbox: Toyota Corolla

Hubs, brakes, etc: from a Toyota corolla

The car weighs around 700kg at the moment, but carbon panels are planned for a future upgrade.

A number of Type 5's have been built, mainly with 4AGE engines but a few with 3S-GTE engines for more power.

A number of Type 6's have or are being built, these have the engine mounted longitudinally and have so far been fitted with Lexus V8's and Nissan 370 V6's, using an Audi A4 gearbox.

If you are interested in more info have a look at harper sports cars on facebook http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Harper-Sports-C...

[TbirdX]

Hi Andy,

I did have a gander at the website and that led me to the blog about the first T6 build and it's subsequent adventures.

Interesting stuff and a great read.

Keep us updated on your progress too. :-)

[AndySA]

Morning All

The 3 hour race on Saturday started great with the car running quickly and consistently. Then 51 laps done, box instruction given, refueling crew all ready and 2nd driver itching to have a go. Only to see the car come to a stop in the pit lane! Loss of coolant during the in lap, overheating and head gasket blown! Pushed the car into the garage for an early beer.

Prep for next one starts today.

[TbirdX]

Hi Andy,

that's a shame after a promising start. Onward and upward :-)