The Intelligent Money Racing 718 Cayman build thread!

[Steve H]

Well I’m told they will fit but it might be a bit tight

[Steve H]

So it must be close to xmas, they’re delivering on a Sunday.........

[Steve H]

So the car has been in to get the paint/body sorted for just over a week now and I popped in yesterday to see how they were getting on.....











Should be back with me by the end of the week

Meanwhile the bank balance has been taking a battering from all the bits I’ve ordered to keep me busy over the xmas break, details and photos to follow!!

[Steve H]

Thanks! Still a long way to go .

My credit card and bank balance have taken a pounding this week but I can pick the car up tomorrow and there are a lot of early Christmas presents heading my way .

Today I have been elsewhere seeing how the other half race

[Steve H]

Ash_ said:

I take it from the pictures that slicks aren't allowed in the series you'll be racing in?

Yep, the majority of club tin top racing is on treaded tyres, either free choice off the listed options in the blue book or some championships run a control tyre that you have to use.

One of the reasons for using a "road" tyre for club stuff is to open up the possibility that you might make a set last more than one race weekend or at very least more than one session as they tend not to have the same degree of drop-off as slicks after their first use.

In our case MSVT SuperCup is still the likely option for the 21 season and they run Yoko A052s. I used to race on A048s on my Peugeot and liked them but haven’t tried these yet. They are supposed to be pretty good, all I know so far is how much they cost .

[Steve H]

It does feel pretty big as well but I was surprised it only weighs around 1300kg.

[Steve H]

Mark Benson said:

I've run them (A052RS) on my GT86 trackday car this year, a couple of people I know have used them on race cars and we all tell a similar story.
Up to a point they're good - surprisingly good in the wet I've found (subject to tread depth of course) but they have a bit of a tendency to 'cliff edge' and lose grip all of a sudden when hot. One corner you'll have good traction on the exit, the next there's a bit of wheelspin and a lap later you're struggling.

If I were racing on them I'd get a good session in testing and note how many laps it takes them to go, then try ways of prolonging their life to the end of the race distance asit seems once they've 'gone' it's almost impossible to get them back without coming in to the pits.

Interesting. We’ll be doing 45 minute races so that’s something to watch out for. Plenty of testing planned in the new year so I can find out uow they do on a run.

[Steve H]

[Steve H]

So the pic above was just because it looks so nice to finally have a full set of bodywork

Meanwhile Santa’s little elves have been busy and this has arrived...........



Tractive Suspension was formed by a group of Ohlins staff and make top end systems for all sorts of road and track cars.

Via in introduction from Chris at Center Gravity they have come onboard to help support IM Racing so we will be running their three way adjustable GT4 setup on the car .







Add some Elephant Racing arms to get the geo pointing in the right directions and we should have some very acceptable handling

[Steve H]

The suspension bit are all Tractive, the arms are Elephant Racing.

Although TBH I thought elephants only had legs and I’m pretty sure racing them is frowned on nowadays .

[Steve H]

Yep, it’s a series requirement to have an in car camera and I generally data log everything so I can see where I’m going wrong .

[Steve H]

JulianPH said:

Looking brilliant mate! I'll finally get the images over to you for the livery! Have a very merry Christmas!

Thanks for the support Julian, hope you’re enjoying a couple of days off for Christmas!

Livery layout is underway with the logos we have already done so hopefully we’ll have a finished design before too long

[Steve H]

Armchairracer said:

Looking great Steve , I hope it goes as well as it looks ..

Edited by Armchairracer on Wednesday 30th December 21:22

Thanks, me too

JulianPH said:

We are a team now mate! Lovely few days off and I trust the same with you!

Well SWMBO insisted I stay in on xmas day but I’ve been in the workshop working on our toy every other day so far

There’s loads of fiddly detail stuff that is taking ages, extinguisher, battery kill, door cards, bonnet pins etc are all eating up the hours but I’m getting down the list slow but sure.

I’ll do a proper update post with photos but one in the meantime, the suspension is now fitted so we can see it on it’s wheels for the first time...........

[Steve H]

Thanks fellas, it is turning into a really nice looking thing.

[Steve H]

And as a quick update from someone else’s work, a big thanks to PHer Chris, I’m not sure of his PH name but he is @racerdesigns on Insta and when not busy doing graphics for an F1 team has very kindly been helping out with livery layout!!

[Steve H]

Hi Andy

That’s brilliant thanks, not sure how local you are but I’ll ping you a message

[Steve H]

So because of lockdown we are unlikely to get out on track for first testing until lat February at the earliest which has got me stressing somewhat but on the upside I was talking to Pete and Chris at Center Gravity and it turned out that they had lost a few bookings because of the current situation so I’ve been able to get the car over to them and the suspension setup and geo is underway .

Hopefully we will have that done in the next week or so and then can get it back to keep working on the list of details as we count down till when the circuits can open again!

[Steve H]

JulianPH said:

There is a chance I might be able to help with this mate...

It is what racing partners do!

You have my interest there!!

Message me!!

[Steve H]

So just lots of waiting for the last week or so .

The car has been at Center Gravity and they finished all their setup but we needed a pair of extended track arms are were also waiting on new rear wheels to allow the clearance we needed.



But everything should be ready for Monday hopefully and then I can keep working down the list of jobs that need doing/completing.

It’s staggering how long some of these tasks take, I was off for two weeks at Christmas and spent all but two days in the workshop but the results really are not obvious .

Mounting an extinguisher on a very not-flat floor takes ages!



And then getting the nozzles into an engine bay that is more than just a bit tightly packed is also pretty tricky



I’m hoping to have some HD kit on loan off Racelogic but in the meantime I’ve got the all important V Box mounted up and I’ve managed to adapt the redundant airbag wiring to get the timer display onto the steering wheel. I also made a panel for the extinguisher pull and power kill which will have room for any other switches etc that I may want to add.



Bonnet pins are fitted -



And towing eyes -



And the suspension canisters are mounted but I still need to fire protect the rear ones as they are within the cabin -




Still lots to do but we’re still waiting till mid Feb to see if they can reopen the tracks again so there’s a bit of time in hand yet and then we can go and see which bits work and which bits don’t

[Steve H]

So it’s currently looking like early March before I can start testing the car and the first race is late April; plenty of time if it all goes smoothly but nowhere near enough time if it doesn’t .

In the meantime I keep tinkering with all the little jobs that need doing and I have acquired one of the last big parts of the jigsaw -