ShakeyJake188's 555bhp Tommi Makinen Edition
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Now that all the engine work was complete another trip to EvoTune was in order for a MOT and 4 wheel laser alignment, I was looking forward to this as I got to see the results my custom top mounts have made combined with the caster bush and whiteline camber bolts. The Evo now has 2.5 degrees of camber and 6 degrees of caster!!!
The Evo was also treated to a new set of wheels in the form of a set of Bola B1 18 x 9.5" et 30 for road driving to save the R888r's for the sprints. The new wheels came with 235/40/18 Westlake Sport RS Drift tyres [emoji38] The Bola's are pretty big for a early Evo! And unfortunately my brakes catch the inside of the wheel so a small amount of grinding was on order. Anyway, here they are!
Potentially going to paint them white.
The Evo was also treated to a new set of wheels in the form of a set of Bola B1 18 x 9.5" et 30 for road driving to save the R888r's for the sprints. The new wheels came with 235/40/18 Westlake Sport RS Drift tyres [emoji38] The Bola's are pretty big for a early Evo! And unfortunately my brakes catch the inside of the wheel so a small amount of grinding was on order. Anyway, here they are!
Potentially going to paint them white.
madwrx said:
absolutely beautiful evo ,exceptional car,a real credit to you.-not entirely sure id1000s would hold more than 600bhp though-my scoob made 497 at the wheels a couple of weeks ago and mapper reckoned 580 tops at the flywheel-(16% losses)-id1000s and bosch 044 flat out at that too, even with 3.5 bar static pressure-pity really as the turbo had more to give ...
I did talk to Jamie from EvoTune quite a bit about what was required to upgrade the car from the 555bhp it was to get it over 600bhp as the fuel system was one of my concerns but he assured me he has ran ID1000's and a 400lr/hr walbro numerous times at around 640-650bhp, It was the fuel pump that would need upgrading first. Bearing in mind I bought new injectors off him before mapping.
Some Evos I've seen are making 700bhp on ID1000's!
Which injectors are you putting in?
Yes I agree with what you are saying!
I was looking at running Ethanol, E98 as Evotune keep it in stock but unfortunately it needed more than just and injector swap lol so maybe in the future when I upgrade my fuel system with a swirl pot like yours. Race fuel would be a good option also although it's expensive per litre. For me the first port of call is a big valve ported head as that seems to have run out of flow at the top end.
I was looking at running Ethanol, E98 as Evotune keep it in stock but unfortunately it needed more than just and injector swap lol so maybe in the future when I upgrade my fuel system with a swirl pot like yours. Race fuel would be a good option also although it's expensive per litre. For me the first port of call is a big valve ported head as that seems to have run out of flow at the top end.
madwrx said:
in complete fairness a 400ltr/hr pump is way above the output of a single 044-with a walbro 255 lift pump
almost no small engine cars run vpower at 700bhp so the flow rates needed are even higher on meth or race fuel-
take a large pinch of salt to claims of 700bhp on id1000 injectors ,highest i,ve heard of is mid 600s - run flat out- most cars i see run id1600 or 2000s ,my understanding is vpower lacks det resistance at very high boost levels needed (2.3 bar+) to reach 700 in a 4 pot engine .
i thought my own setup would have made more-tuner has seen 630 on very similar set up(and a race car to boot) -my swirl pot is a funny though space efficient design that stands the 044 in parralel to the swirl pot so the fuel goes throygha 90 degree angle to fill the pot - its probably a number of small things but pressure was dropping off at 2 bar on the rolling road-called it quits at that.
mine is a high compression 2.1 litre closed deck(syvecs ecu) with a 35r hybrid to reduce lag-boost capped at 1.9 bar so runs in the "proper" 1.6 bar + zone .
my efforts now are to make the car more usable with more road orientated suspension ,absolutely sick to death of solid top mount coilovers with no travel hammering over bumps and potholes... and find some decent pads for the 6 pots lol
almost no small engine cars run vpower at 700bhp so the flow rates needed are even higher on meth or race fuel-
take a large pinch of salt to claims of 700bhp on id1000 injectors ,highest i,ve heard of is mid 600s - run flat out- most cars i see run id1600 or 2000s ,my understanding is vpower lacks det resistance at very high boost levels needed (2.3 bar+) to reach 700 in a 4 pot engine .
i thought my own setup would have made more-tuner has seen 630 on very similar set up(and a race car to boot) -my swirl pot is a funny though space efficient design that stands the 044 in parralel to the swirl pot so the fuel goes throygha 90 degree angle to fill the pot - its probably a number of small things but pressure was dropping off at 2 bar on the rolling road-called it quits at that.
mine is a high compression 2.1 litre closed deck(syvecs ecu) with a 35r hybrid to reduce lag-boost capped at 1.9 bar so runs in the "proper" 1.6 bar + zone .
my efforts now are to make the car more usable with more road orientated suspension ,absolutely sick to death of solid top mount coilovers with no travel hammering over bumps and potholes... and find some decent pads for the 6 pots lol
First event of the year for me was the Javelin Sprint Series at Snetterton in the TME after a host of upgrades over winter upgrades including a bigger turbo, bigger inlet manifold, baffled sump and various suspension component upgrades (which you can read about in my build thread in my signature) only having final mapping the week before the event and MOT and alignment on the Thursday before the Easter bank holiday was starting to look like I wouldn't be going but thanks to EvoTune for getting everything sorted in time.
Since I live in Durham it's a long drive to Norfolk and since I don't have a trailer or a tow car the only option was to drive the 250 miles, do the sprint hope nothing breaks and drive 250 miles back. So I set off the night before and slept in the Evo at the track ??.
The day started as usual, sign on, scrutineerig, briefing, noise check...... ugh noise check. Bearing in mind Snetterton has a static noise limit of 105db, First attempt.... 108db... spectacular fail! After warming the car up on the sighting laps another attempt saw a 106db so just a small fail. Only thing for it was to make a bung, but out of what exactly? A monster energy can. Harrrrray! We pass! 104db, We are good to go. I must ad this car has been on track twice beford and never had problems with noise!
The sighting laps were completed in the rain. And with a lot of horsepower under the right foot any touch of the throttle ment all four wheels spinning and good fun at that [emoji38] so a little bit of sideways whilst we were going slowly [emoji16].
The first run was pretty treturios in the wet conditions as it was still raining the Omega Evo span off in front of me which allowed me to get a re-run. Using wet racing lines on the Run 1 re-run I put in a 2:40 lap time good enough for 3rd overall for that run.
Run 2 saw the conditions similar as the first very slippy and no dry line, with some standing water except it's time push on for results, up the boost to medium setting. Get a good start, sideways almost every corner even using wet lines we start catching the Omega Evo. Wasn't sure if to abort the run or go for an overtake, it was a good lap so choose to overtake, without much time to think around the outside of Coram we go, slippy as hell with a dab of opposite lock under braking we finish with a 2:34 1st and fastest overall time in the wet tricky conditions! Not bad considering the tyres I opted for were Westlake Sport RS designed for drifting!!! Unfortunately i forgot to press record on my cam for this!
Due to passing another car a re-run was offered and thinking I could better it (I like the wet) it took it... and proceeded to go off the track after locking up on the brakes[emoji58], lap time: 2:43 but later find it was disallowed due to breaking noise limits.
Run 3 was greasy, very greasy with the ground still wet but odd dry patch to make you think you could go fast it was easy to get caught out. Lap times dropped to a 2:28 2nd fastest overall for run 3 just half a second behind Rodney.
Run 4 saw it dry up somewhat with a good dry line appearing. No more using wet racing lines, theirs some grip in the Westlakes, I think? We find out at the first corner... backend steps out on the way in NO GRIP! Spot some dry tarmac and hope for the best for the rest of the lap. High boost 600bhp can we do it? Of course [emoji16] 2:14.812 FTD and overall fastest lap! Full road car with standard interior, no roll cage on drift tyres!
And then it's disallowed due to being over the noise limit.
So no FTD as it's too loud.
FAIL!
So overall I was a good day out and thanks to the guys who offered to help and I hope I helped others on the day too. I was a well run event and the live timing was top notch with no waiting around for times. Plenty quick cars turn up and some of them sound awesome and go pretty damn well! Unfortunately (for me at least) my only lap that counted was a wet lap so I finished 16th overall as all other cars used their dry times. Ooh well.
Here's the FTD lap that was disallowed.
http://youtu.be/pMTr1XhaMKQ
Here is a a run when it was really really greasy after it had stopped raining. trying to keep it tidy, I did go off on the previous lap so I was a little cautious. This is Run 3, 2nd fastest time overall for that run with Rodney in first in his green/silver evo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pODsBC-Q-kU
Just to ad that I had to stop and change my wheels in a lay-by on the way home as my brakes were catching the wheels!
Not bad for a shopping trolly
Thanks for reading.
Jake
Since I live in Durham it's a long drive to Norfolk and since I don't have a trailer or a tow car the only option was to drive the 250 miles, do the sprint hope nothing breaks and drive 250 miles back. So I set off the night before and slept in the Evo at the track ??.
The day started as usual, sign on, scrutineerig, briefing, noise check...... ugh noise check. Bearing in mind Snetterton has a static noise limit of 105db, First attempt.... 108db... spectacular fail! After warming the car up on the sighting laps another attempt saw a 106db so just a small fail. Only thing for it was to make a bung, but out of what exactly? A monster energy can. Harrrrray! We pass! 104db, We are good to go. I must ad this car has been on track twice beford and never had problems with noise!
The sighting laps were completed in the rain. And with a lot of horsepower under the right foot any touch of the throttle ment all four wheels spinning and good fun at that [emoji38] so a little bit of sideways whilst we were going slowly [emoji16].
The first run was pretty treturios in the wet conditions as it was still raining the Omega Evo span off in front of me which allowed me to get a re-run. Using wet racing lines on the Run 1 re-run I put in a 2:40 lap time good enough for 3rd overall for that run.
Run 2 saw the conditions similar as the first very slippy and no dry line, with some standing water except it's time push on for results, up the boost to medium setting. Get a good start, sideways almost every corner even using wet lines we start catching the Omega Evo. Wasn't sure if to abort the run or go for an overtake, it was a good lap so choose to overtake, without much time to think around the outside of Coram we go, slippy as hell with a dab of opposite lock under braking we finish with a 2:34 1st and fastest overall time in the wet tricky conditions! Not bad considering the tyres I opted for were Westlake Sport RS designed for drifting!!! Unfortunately i forgot to press record on my cam for this!
Due to passing another car a re-run was offered and thinking I could better it (I like the wet) it took it... and proceeded to go off the track after locking up on the brakes[emoji58], lap time: 2:43 but later find it was disallowed due to breaking noise limits.
Run 3 was greasy, very greasy with the ground still wet but odd dry patch to make you think you could go fast it was easy to get caught out. Lap times dropped to a 2:28 2nd fastest overall for run 3 just half a second behind Rodney.
Run 4 saw it dry up somewhat with a good dry line appearing. No more using wet racing lines, theirs some grip in the Westlakes, I think? We find out at the first corner... backend steps out on the way in NO GRIP! Spot some dry tarmac and hope for the best for the rest of the lap. High boost 600bhp can we do it? Of course [emoji16] 2:14.812 FTD and overall fastest lap! Full road car with standard interior, no roll cage on drift tyres!
And then it's disallowed due to being over the noise limit.
So no FTD as it's too loud.
FAIL!
So overall I was a good day out and thanks to the guys who offered to help and I hope I helped others on the day too. I was a well run event and the live timing was top notch with no waiting around for times. Plenty quick cars turn up and some of them sound awesome and go pretty damn well! Unfortunately (for me at least) my only lap that counted was a wet lap so I finished 16th overall as all other cars used their dry times. Ooh well.
Here's the FTD lap that was disallowed.
http://youtu.be/pMTr1XhaMKQ
Here is a a run when it was really really greasy after it had stopped raining. trying to keep it tidy, I did go off on the previous lap so I was a little cautious. This is Run 3, 2nd fastest time overall for that run with Rodney in first in his green/silver evo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pODsBC-Q-kU
Just to ad that I had to stop and change my wheels in a lay-by on the way home as my brakes were catching the wheels!
Not bad for a shopping trolly
Thanks for reading.
Jake
Edited by ShakeyJake188 on Monday 23 April 08:53
Here is a comparison lap from Kenny in the Omega Evo which is an interesting watch. for those that don't know it's a mentally high spec Evo with 700hp (on V-power) and a sequential paddle shift gearbox and even a billet engine block!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkP_GfRmsU&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkP_GfRmsU&fea...
After the last run at the snetterton sprint when I was changing my wheels over I noticed on of the discs had a large crack in them 
in fact..... 2 large cracks! The discs are J-hook type from Rayland motorsport annoyingly I had only put these discs on less than a year ago! not very happy as they have only done about 6,000 road miles and 3 sprints one of which was in the wet! I originally bought these as I wanted the benefits of the J-hooks but since they dont last it's back to Genuine AP for longevity and quality! The only good news is the Carbotec brake pads still have loads of life left in them (about 12mm each!) which is a relief to my wallet!
Scrap Reyland discs which I'll turn into a clock or something..... a very expensive clock!:
Genuine AP Discs from MS Motorsport, best price I could find and a good amount under retail cost:
I'm acctually slightly annoyed at myself for this next purchase. Why? After all the effort and running around I done making custom top mounts for the Ohlins and tuning the spring rates to suit my car and my driving, not to mention the extra money spent on extra 4 wheel alignments and making changes after each time on track to get the setup right (and it now handles perfectly balanced) I've gone and removed them from the car to be replaced with........
Waste no time getting them on!
Brakes on and Nitrons on
Ohlins off and up for sale.
Looking forward to the playing with the extra adjustment the Nitron R3 3 ways have over the Ohlins as they have separate adjustable low speed compression, high speed compression and rebound!
in fact..... 2 large cracks! The discs are J-hook type from Rayland motorsport annoyingly I had only put these discs on less than a year ago! not very happy as they have only done about 6,000 road miles and 3 sprints one of which was in the wet! I originally bought these as I wanted the benefits of the J-hooks but since they dont last it's back to Genuine AP for longevity and quality! The only good news is the Carbotec brake pads still have loads of life left in them (about 12mm each!) which is a relief to my wallet!Scrap Reyland discs which I'll turn into a clock or something..... a very expensive clock!:
Genuine AP Discs from MS Motorsport, best price I could find and a good amount under retail cost:
I'm acctually slightly annoyed at myself for this next purchase. Why? After all the effort and running around I done making custom top mounts for the Ohlins and tuning the spring rates to suit my car and my driving, not to mention the extra money spent on extra 4 wheel alignments and making changes after each time on track to get the setup right (and it now handles perfectly balanced) I've gone and removed them from the car to be replaced with........
Waste no time getting them on!
Brakes on and Nitrons on
Ohlins off and up for sale.
Looking forward to the playing with the extra adjustment the Nitron R3 3 ways have over the Ohlins as they have separate adjustable low speed compression, high speed compression and rebound!
Edited by ShakeyJake188 on Saturday 28th April 10:29
The Evo has had a few problems with loss of electrical power lately, I've narrowed it down to a dodgy alternator so have bought one from Evo GB who are an evo breakers. I didnt fancy fitting this so had booked the car into BTG Performance to fit the alternator and also carry out an alignment as I had finished fitting the Nitron NTR R3 suspension and setting ride heights and spring preload after speaking to Nitron a getting their recommend settings as a starting point.
Unfortunately when driving to BTG Performance less than one mile from my house this happened....
My propshaft broke.
It just looks like it has sheared the bolts that go into the diff flange. To make matters worse when the prop came off it put a big dent in my nice exhaust. Not ideal when I am booked for the Javelin Sprint Series at Croft on Sunday!!!
The car was recovered to BTG Performance where it was booked for an alignment and alternator. Although That was last week and they haven't started working on it as they are so busy.
After the Snetterton fiasco I bought a Simons silenced decat as one popped up for sale on the Facebook groups. This should keep the noise police happy for now!
The last alignment I had done by EvoTune it was pointed out more rear camber was needed but the standard arms were at their maximum adjustment, so after hunting for some it was hard to find some reasonably priced ones. Luckily Kenny was selling a pair of arms and thanks to him for sending them out last minute for next delivery so I can get them fitted before croft.
So we have 2 days before Croft to fix the alternator, fit rear camber arms, alignment, propshaft and have the exhaust repaired and fit the silenced decat I I had bought after the snetterton fiasco.
Im not panicking at all.....
I've sorted all the parts so all I can do is sit back and hope BTG can get the car ready whilst I drink this little lot 🤣🤣🤣
Unfortunately when driving to BTG Performance less than one mile from my house this happened....
My propshaft broke.
It just looks like it has sheared the bolts that go into the diff flange. To make matters worse when the prop came off it put a big dent in my nice exhaust. Not ideal when I am booked for the Javelin Sprint Series at Croft on Sunday!!!
The car was recovered to BTG Performance where it was booked for an alignment and alternator. Although That was last week and they haven't started working on it as they are so busy.
After the Snetterton fiasco I bought a Simons silenced decat as one popped up for sale on the Facebook groups. This should keep the noise police happy for now!
The last alignment I had done by EvoTune it was pointed out more rear camber was needed but the standard arms were at their maximum adjustment, so after hunting for some it was hard to find some reasonably priced ones. Luckily Kenny was selling a pair of arms and thanks to him for sending them out last minute for next delivery so I can get them fitted before croft.
So we have 2 days before Croft to fix the alternator, fit rear camber arms, alignment, propshaft and have the exhaust repaired and fit the silenced decat I I had bought after the snetterton fiasco.
Im not panicking at all.....
I've sorted all the parts so all I can do is sit back and hope BTG can get the car ready whilst I drink this little lot 🤣🤣🤣
I'd like to say a big thanks to BTG Performance for getting the car ready on time, they finished it late Saturday for Sundays event at croft in the Javelin Sprint Series.
Very impressed with the new alignment specs, 3.3 degrees of camber and 8.3 degrees of caster! Which is way more that I was expecting, standard caster is 3.45 and non adjustable! Thanks to Kenny's rear camber arms i now have 2.3 degrees on the rear. Gone for a straight rear toe to help the rear end turn. They guys got it spot on what I asked for, top job.
They also had my old exhaust patched up by a local company so thanks to them for sorting that. The propshaft had dented the exhaust an awful lot, it was squashed about half the width of the exhaust so their was no way I was going to use that!
Not going to lie i was nervous about it not being ready in time and tested lol. Unfortunately even after the alternator change it still wouldn't charge the battery enough to start the car! Not ideal as I got stranded on my way home. Luckily a passer by gave me a jump start to get the car going and back to BTG. We couldn't find the problem and just hoped the battery would charge eventually as it was running fine otherwise.
Heading to croft the next day, my girlfriend kindly drove her car to croft too so I could use it to Jump start the Evo as my Jump pack had also given up! Not ideal way to leave home or the petrol station!
So, we arrived at the track a little late after so much messing around in the morning and went straight into the briefing, the usual happens... flags, starting proceedure.. all good. Out of the briefing and straight to scrutineering and we pass no problems, after that we head out for 2 sighting laps at the slowest pace ever, it's wet but drying... fine. Line up for practice laps and we get noise tested....
f
k.
109db. Static limit is 105db
We were 104db here last year. Tested on 2 separate days!
Not to worry I have brought along the Simons Silenced de-cat so head back to paddock to change it. Comes out no problem. But putting it back in?! No bolts to fit it!!!! Old ones were threaded into the silencer so we need bolts. Imprezza man to the rescure! Cheers to Dean Simpson for donating some bolts to get me going!
Old vs new:
Get the big silencer fitted and think 'yeah! This will drop noise a good 5db and get us going'.
Noise test again.....
Fail!
108db (105db limit)
I give up.
Head home and get my Civic Type R EP3 and enter it into class J10. It's been my daily driver whilst the Evo has been getting upgrades after snetterton.
I live about 45 minutes away from the track so not too far and would like to salvage something from the day so we get back and signed on (again) with two runs left out of the 6 competitive runs you get. Quick noise test.... hurrrrrrrrraaaaay we pass!
No practice in this car so we go for a fast lap straight away. Decent enough start. First couple of corners go pretty well. Feels like a decent enough lap considering I've never had it on track before and we are on the terrible Toyo T1R's. Coming around tower the oil light comes on.... oh suger but keep it pinned and will check it in the pits, coming through the Jim Clarke Esses the engine explodes at 100mph! lots of smoke and some small flames. Bad day just got worse.
Pulled off track next to a Marshalls post and we have an small fire that they attend to quickly!
As a last kick in the nuts I had to wait 2 hours for one RAC van and another hour for a recovery truck.
A day i'd rather forget....
Hopefully i'll get a quiet exhaust for the evo and get it back on track but unfortunately the money for that will have to go into the civic to get it going again. Might be a while before the Evo is back out but we will see how it goes.
Very impressed with the new alignment specs, 3.3 degrees of camber and 8.3 degrees of caster! Which is way more that I was expecting, standard caster is 3.45 and non adjustable! Thanks to Kenny's rear camber arms i now have 2.3 degrees on the rear. Gone for a straight rear toe to help the rear end turn. They guys got it spot on what I asked for, top job.
They also had my old exhaust patched up by a local company so thanks to them for sorting that. The propshaft had dented the exhaust an awful lot, it was squashed about half the width of the exhaust so their was no way I was going to use that!
Not going to lie i was nervous about it not being ready in time and tested lol. Unfortunately even after the alternator change it still wouldn't charge the battery enough to start the car! Not ideal as I got stranded on my way home. Luckily a passer by gave me a jump start to get the car going and back to BTG. We couldn't find the problem and just hoped the battery would charge eventually as it was running fine otherwise.
Heading to croft the next day, my girlfriend kindly drove her car to croft too so I could use it to Jump start the Evo as my Jump pack had also given up! Not ideal way to leave home or the petrol station!
So, we arrived at the track a little late after so much messing around in the morning and went straight into the briefing, the usual happens... flags, starting proceedure.. all good. Out of the briefing and straight to scrutineering and we pass no problems, after that we head out for 2 sighting laps at the slowest pace ever, it's wet but drying... fine. Line up for practice laps and we get noise tested....
f
k.109db. Static limit is 105db
We were 104db here last year. Tested on 2 separate days!
Not to worry I have brought along the Simons Silenced de-cat so head back to paddock to change it. Comes out no problem. But putting it back in?! No bolts to fit it!!!! Old ones were threaded into the silencer so we need bolts. Imprezza man to the rescure! Cheers to Dean Simpson for donating some bolts to get me going!
Old vs new:
Get the big silencer fitted and think 'yeah! This will drop noise a good 5db and get us going'.
Noise test again.....
Fail!
108db (105db limit)
I give up.
Head home and get my Civic Type R EP3 and enter it into class J10. It's been my daily driver whilst the Evo has been getting upgrades after snetterton.
I live about 45 minutes away from the track so not too far and would like to salvage something from the day so we get back and signed on (again) with two runs left out of the 6 competitive runs you get. Quick noise test.... hurrrrrrrrraaaaay we pass!
No practice in this car so we go for a fast lap straight away. Decent enough start. First couple of corners go pretty well. Feels like a decent enough lap considering I've never had it on track before and we are on the terrible Toyo T1R's. Coming around tower the oil light comes on.... oh suger but keep it pinned and will check it in the pits, coming through the Jim Clarke Esses the engine explodes at 100mph! lots of smoke and some small flames. Bad day just got worse.
Pulled off track next to a Marshalls post and we have an small fire that they attend to quickly!
As a last kick in the nuts I had to wait 2 hours for one RAC van and another hour for a recovery truck.
A day i'd rather forget....
Hopefully i'll get a quiet exhaust for the evo and get it back on track but unfortunately the money for that will have to go into the civic to get it going again. Might be a while before the Evo is back out but we will see how it goes.
Edited by ShakeyJake188 on Friday 18th May 13:24
Percy. said:
I love the Evo!
On a completely off-topic question - are those beers from Rehills in Jesmond?
Yes they are BTG Performace are just along the coast road so rude not to pop in for some beers On a completely off-topic question - are those beers from Rehills in Jesmond?
madwrx said:
i think you,d have to say prop bolts failing on the road was a lucky break-could have been very serious on track at 10 tenths pace- might pay to have to have a pre season checkover of the car each year and "life" components in the drivetrain and suspension accordindly.
other than that its just par for the course lol- big power scoobs eat rear driveshafts but that probably saves the diff and box.....mine just wheelspins off the line so been lucky so far with breakages-i,d say the wear and tear with moderate/heavy track use is many times over most road cars-
funny you should say about your alternator failing -i,m on my 4th in 4 years-new ones have,nt lasted any longer than the 2nd hand ones i buy from the breakers...
Yes I definitely need to get better at the 'spanner check'! other than that its just par for the course lol- big power scoobs eat rear driveshafts but that probably saves the diff and box.....mine just wheelspins off the line so been lucky so far with breakages-i,d say the wear and tear with moderate/heavy track use is many times over most road cars-
funny you should say about your alternator failing -i,m on my 4th in 4 years-new ones have,nt lasted any longer than the 2nd hand ones i buy from the breakers...
I was told its the high revs that kills the alternators, especially cars that rev over standard. Stock is 7000rpm and mine keeps going until 8300! and the huge turbo needs the revs, just like yours will no doubt.
Might looking into upgrading if it goes again.
Richair said:
Bloody 'el it wasn't your day was it!! Oil surge on rubbish tyres suggests it might have been a tad low. I guess in the heat of swapping cars and the daily not being 'race ready' it's easy to overlook something important like that. Good job K20's are plentiful and not too expensive; we've been through a couple in our EP3 race car through miss-shifts and haven't had any issues with buying them from reputable breakers.
Hope you get both cars sorted soon!
Thanks.Hope you get both cars sorted soon!
I did have it as a backup as I wasn't sure if the Evo would be ready, so the oil was changed on the civic a couple weeks previous and over filled for safety. Didn't work. Only had 92K on it just wasn't my day at all.
I'll probably break it for spares, it wasn't a great example unfortunately.
madwrx said:
i,d like to make mine quieter-seems however quiet these backboxes start off, a few months later at 2.1 bar blows all the guts out of them- local plod can hear you coming for miles lol-
might try to get my milltek opened up and repacked if possible -makes a big difference.
It's not just the boost! it might have something to do with Anti-lag aswell might try to get my milltek opened up and repacked if possible -makes a big difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQH0t8R34o
I think if a smaller pully was fitted it wouldn't charge correctly at normal revs. Their are upgraded alternators around so i will look into that if another one fails.
looks a work of art, although with it being the straightest exhaust you can get for a 6 it goes under the propshaft.... with my car being so low this might not be a good thing 
.
Before this gets fitted I've been out enjoying the noise of the old exhaust you don't need trackdays when you have local roads like this!
I have booked to do the Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park for next week. My first time there, looking forward to it!
Hopefully won't get any problems with noise for a change!!!
G600 said:
If the alternator is being killed by the revs, can't you put a different sized pulley in it to slow it down a little?
Not much happening lately, I have been using it as my daily driver. The Nitrons are probably a bit to hard for that though but it's been fun! I have purchased a new exhaust which should be under 100db on the static noise test at the track, it's a Russ fellows system with the larger silencer options. I did ask if he would fit an extra silencer but he wasn't having it looks a work of art, although with it being the straightest exhaust you can get for a 6 it goes under the propshaft.... with my car being so low this might not be a good thing .Before this gets fitted I've been out enjoying the noise of the old exhaust
you don't need trackdays when you have local roads like this!I have booked to do the Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park for next week. My first time there, looking forward to it!
Hopefully won't get any problems with noise for a change!!!
Hi guys,
Competed in the Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park on Sunday. Here is a quick vid I knocked up, YouTube has killed the quality a fair bit so sorry about that.
My first time there so still don't know the track very well after 6 laps! 🤣
Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/YO7wI-McxKo
Competed in the Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park on Sunday. Here is a quick vid I knocked up, YouTube has killed the quality a fair bit so sorry about that.
My first time there so still don't know the track very well after 6 laps! 🤣
Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/YO7wI-McxKo
Well, it's been a while.....
Found a vid on an old SD card of me blowing my transfer box up at Ten of the best 2018. I think it got bored of being sat in ques all day and decided to end it's life
I put a late entry in for TOTB, I had competed in Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park only the weekend before and wasn't 100% on entering, but since the car was okay I put an entry in on the Monday. Unfortunately I could only enter the Saturdays event where as the main event is on the Sunday.
Not to worry. Heading down to Elvington airfield in the Evo Saturday morning was met with torrential rain, far from ideal when their is a top speed section of the event. I was fully expecting the event to be cancelled but fortunaly later in the day the sun came out.
TOTB is based on 1/4 time, top speed and times on the handling circuit. Having only entered Saturday's 'boot camp' means I couldn't compete in Sunday's event unless you WIN the boot camp. Which means getting the most points out of all the disciplines. After not checking the times for most of the day (coz I couldn't find where the organisers put them) to my surprise I was leading the boot camp entrants!!! And ended the day with the most points and a free entry into Sunday's event!
Rude not to come back the next day.
Similar to Saturday. Sunday has lots of torrential rain with it looking like the event would be cancelled but no, later in the day it would dry up. I turn up late around 11 after seeing Saturday didn't kick off till the afternoon. Even driving to the event on r888r's saw a lot of aquaplaning, slippy conditions. I wait until it's dry for some runs on the handling course. First run is just getting used to where they put the cones as they change it from Saturday.
Second run. Get to the end of the run and it sounds like gearbox/driveshaft problems, look under the car to a pool of oil..... transfer box has given up...... does it drive? Nope. That's the end of the day for me.
Call the RAC for recovery. He turns up. Refuses recovery...... ****.
Call a company local to Newcastle and whilst I wait head to to pub for a pint or a few whilst I wait.
Met some decent people on the day. Got to say the Javelin Sprint Series I'm used to are organised much better but it was still and experience. Some of the cars there are mental!!!!
Vid here (nothing special lol)
https://youtu.be/NvJeAxXgv6I
Some good pics came from some of the photographers
Found a vid on an old SD card of me blowing my transfer box up at Ten of the best 2018. I think it got bored of being sat in ques all day and decided to end it's life
I put a late entry in for TOTB, I had competed in Javelin Sprint Series at Blyton park only the weekend before and wasn't 100% on entering, but since the car was okay I put an entry in on the Monday. Unfortunately I could only enter the Saturdays event where as the main event is on the Sunday.
Not to worry. Heading down to Elvington airfield in the Evo Saturday morning was met with torrential rain, far from ideal when their is a top speed section of the event. I was fully expecting the event to be cancelled but fortunaly later in the day the sun came out.
TOTB is based on 1/4 time, top speed and times on the handling circuit. Having only entered Saturday's 'boot camp' means I couldn't compete in Sunday's event unless you WIN the boot camp. Which means getting the most points out of all the disciplines. After not checking the times for most of the day (coz I couldn't find where the organisers put them) to my surprise I was leading the boot camp entrants!!! And ended the day with the most points and a free entry into Sunday's event!
Rude not to come back the next day.
Similar to Saturday. Sunday has lots of torrential rain with it looking like the event would be cancelled but no, later in the day it would dry up. I turn up late around 11 after seeing Saturday didn't kick off till the afternoon. Even driving to the event on r888r's saw a lot of aquaplaning, slippy conditions. I wait until it's dry for some runs on the handling course. First run is just getting used to where they put the cones as they change it from Saturday.
Second run. Get to the end of the run and it sounds like gearbox/driveshaft problems, look under the car to a pool of oil..... transfer box has given up...... does it drive? Nope. That's the end of the day for me.
Call the RAC for recovery. He turns up. Refuses recovery...... ****.
Call a company local to Newcastle and whilst I wait head to to pub for a pint or a few whilst I wait.
Met some decent people on the day. Got to say the Javelin Sprint Series I'm used to are organised much better but it was still and experience. Some of the cars there are mental!!!!
Vid here (nothing special lol)
https://youtu.be/NvJeAxXgv6I
Some good pics came from some of the photographers
Edited by ShakeyJake188 on Thursday 7th March 09:06
Edited by ShakeyJake188 on Thursday 7th March 09:07
Here is my quickest quarter mile from TOTB, well off the fastest cars lol. Not bad for full track setup (lots of camber, dampers set stiff and tyre pressures heigh for the sprint circuit), still some time there with a better launch too. Would like to get back on the strip and get a 10 second quarter!
The Evo has been layed up since Anglesey in October. But came out for a few photos with my mate before Christmas.
The Evo has been layed up since Anglesey in October. But came out for a few photos with my mate before Christmas.
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