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Yep, pretty much spot on.
We’d got it mapped at Quantum Tuning and showed just over 350 brake at the fly and it came out at 327 (highest of three runs) at the hubs.
Realistically I think the transmission losses should be greater than that but we were told that from previous years experience it was typically 5-10% lower than the fly figure which is what we had.
We’d got it mapped at Quantum Tuning and showed just over 350 brake at the fly and it came out at 327 (highest of three runs) at the hubs.
Realistically I think the transmission losses should be greater than that but we were told that from previous years experience it was typically 5-10% lower than the fly figure which is what we had.
So another day out on Friday at Silverstone went well. Good pace in the dry and then mid morning it started raining which was what I was hoping for so I could see how it felt in the wet.
It was epic!
Loads of grip, stable and despite the open diff it had lots of traction off the corners as well
There’s a few things that can definitely be improved so I’m working up a development list and hopefully we can apply changes between races over the season but for now it’s all set for the first race at Donington Park two weeks today!
It was epic!
Loads of grip, stable and despite the open diff it had lots of traction off the corners as well
There’s a few things that can definitely be improved so I’m working up a development list and hopefully we can apply changes between races over the season but for now it’s all set for the first race at Donington Park two weeks today!
So in exactly one weeks time we will be on the way over to Donington Park for the first round of the MSVT SuperCup Championship 
The provisional timetable shows a 25 minute quali session at 11.15am and 45 minute race at 15.25.
https://www.msvracing.com/cars/calendar/2021/apr-2...
Live timing and commentary will be on TSL here - https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/211651
I will try to update the FB and Insta pages on the day as well so please add a like/follow/share to Intelligent Money Racing on there
There’s no published entry list yet so I don’t know who or what I’m up against in the race but I would expect the usual selection of M3s and TCR cars in my class and there will be some seasoned campaigners in the classes below to watch for as well! I’ve no real idea where that will land us on the grid or in the race, the car seems fairly quick but it’s completely undeveloped so may be a bit off pace still against the cars that are already fully dialled in, I guess we’ll have a better idea by next Sunday lunchtime
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The car is pretty much set to go, the last few bits for scrutineering are done, rain lights etc.
I’m now waiting for the helmet kit for the radio and a stiffer anti roll bar to land but we can run without if they don’t get here in time.
The saga of the spare wheels continues, they took a little persuading to realise that I wasn’t trying to fit them wrongly
but they did agree to rush another pair through production and they were dispatched via Fedex on Thursday. You can guess what is coming can’t you? 
Yep, the Fedex van arrived on Friday with one wheel on board 
. The tracking info shows there being two parcels and the other one should have landed on Friday but now has no estimated time for delivery 
. Multiple attempts to get through to their customer services failed as it seems they don’t actually pick up the phone in that department so we’ll see if they land tomorrow.
The provisional timetable shows a 25 minute quali session at 11.15am and 45 minute race at 15.25.
https://www.msvracing.com/cars/calendar/2021/apr-2...
Live timing and commentary will be on TSL here - https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/211651
I will try to update the FB and Insta pages on the day as well so please add a like/follow/share to Intelligent Money Racing on there
There’s no published entry list yet so I don’t know who or what I’m up against in the race but I would expect the usual selection of M3s and TCR cars in my class and there will be some seasoned campaigners in the classes below to watch for as well! I’ve no real idea where that will land us on the grid or in the race, the car seems fairly quick but it’s completely undeveloped so may be a bit off pace still against the cars that are already fully dialled in, I guess we’ll have a better idea by next Sunday lunchtime
.The car is pretty much set to go, the last few bits for scrutineering are done, rain lights etc.
I’m now waiting for the helmet kit for the radio and a stiffer anti roll bar to land but we can run without if they don’t get here in time.
The saga of the spare wheels continues, they took a little persuading to realise that I wasn’t trying to fit them wrongly
but they did agree to rush another pair through production and they were dispatched via Fedex on Thursday. You can guess what is coming can’t you? Yep, the Fedex van arrived on Friday with one wheel on board . The tracking info shows there being two parcels and the other one should have landed on Friday but now has no estimated time for delivery . Multiple attempts to get through to their customer services failed as it seems they don’t actually pick up the phone in that department so we’ll see if they land tomorrow. Lets say it was a good learning experience .
This was always going to be a work in progress so being 3s off pole in quali wasn’t too bad but unfortunately the rest of my class have all turned out to be previous runners in the championship so I only managed 7th on the grid.
The good news was that at the start I had a decent run off the line ..........
But that was about the peak of the race for me. We’d made a few adjustments between quali and race which meant I was able to keep around my quali pace while other cars were generally losing compared to the morning run but I was still not competitive with the guys at the front and was still running around 7th for most of the race until we made a very important discovery; a standard 718 fuel tank will not do 45 minutes flat out
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I hadn’t been able to do a full race distance run in testing because of red flags on one day and wet conditions on the other, I knew it would be needing a full tank at the start but a couple laps before the end I started getting fuel surge had had to retire the car.
To add insult onto injury we were then handed a penalty for a short pitstop along with three others including the race leader! The data on my timer showed us being 1.5s clear but at that point it didn’t matter so we’ll just take that as a lesson learned for the next time out
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So it was a scrappy one but on the positives the car was reliable and consistent and there’s a load of improvements that we are lining up and getting done.
First is obviously a bigger fuel tank which is on its way, the GT4 tank is about 20% bigger and I’ve dropped on a 2nd hand one that should do the trick. I did price up the Porsche 80 litre "trackday" tank option but it was about £14k+vat.
Yes, you did read that correctly, £14000+vat for a fuel tank
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We were already set up with Ninemeister in Warrington to solve the issue of the open diff and the car is there now having a nice wavetrac Lsd installed and while it’s there it’s having a boost surge problem looked at which should make it much more drivable.
While we are changing the tank the front subframe needs to come off so it’s the opportunity to fit the GT4 front arb that has been waiting to go on and then it’s another look at setup as I think it may be sprung a bit too soft.
So plenty more to do and gain and it’s also quite possible that it will go faster as I become better acquainted with the car as well
.This was always going to be a work in progress so being 3s off pole in quali wasn’t too bad but unfortunately the rest of my class have all turned out to be previous runners in the championship so I only managed 7th on the grid.
The good news was that at the start I had a decent run off the line ..........
But that was about the peak of the race for me. We’d made a few adjustments between quali and race which meant I was able to keep around my quali pace while other cars were generally losing compared to the morning run but I was still not competitive with the guys at the front and was still running around 7th for most of the race until we made a very important discovery; a standard 718 fuel tank will not do 45 minutes flat out
. I hadn’t been able to do a full race distance run in testing because of red flags on one day and wet conditions on the other, I knew it would be needing a full tank at the start but a couple laps before the end I started getting fuel surge had had to retire the car.
To add insult onto injury we were then handed a penalty for a short pitstop along with three others including the race leader! The data on my timer showed us being 1.5s clear but at that point it didn’t matter so we’ll just take that as a lesson learned for the next time out
.So it was a scrappy one but on the positives the car was reliable and consistent and there’s a load of improvements that we are lining up and getting done.
First is obviously a bigger fuel tank which is on its way, the GT4 tank is about 20% bigger and I’ve dropped on a 2nd hand one that should do the trick. I did price up the Porsche 80 litre "trackday" tank option but it was about £14k+vat.
Yes, you did read that correctly, £14000+vat for a fuel tank
.We were already set up with Ninemeister in Warrington to solve the issue of the open diff and the car is there now having a nice wavetrac Lsd installed and while it’s there it’s having a boost surge problem looked at which should make it much more drivable.
While we are changing the tank the front subframe needs to come off so it’s the opportunity to fit the GT4 front arb that has been waiting to go on and then it’s another look at setup as I think it may be sprung a bit too soft.
So plenty more to do and gain and it’s also quite possible that it will go faster as I become better acquainted with the car as well
Edited by Steve H on Wednesday 28th April 20:42
Steve H said:
Lets say it was a good learning experience .
This was always going to be a work in progress so being 3s off pole in quali wasn’t too bad but unfortunately the rest of my class have all turned out to be previous runners in the championship so I only managed 7th on the grid.
The good news was that at the start I had a decent run off the line ..........
Bloody hell, you got off the line like a scalded cat .This was always going to be a work in progress so being 3s off pole in quali wasn’t too bad but unfortunately the rest of my class have all turned out to be previous runners in the championship so I only managed 7th on the grid.
The good news was that at the start I had a decent run off the line ..........
Looks like you had a brilliant time of it!Ben Lowden said:
Amazing start Steve! I wish our weekend ended with just an empty fuel tank... 
I gather you had a few issues Ben? drakart said:
The joys of pdk! Most of the races we do have rolling starts, but when they're not it flies to the front like yours!
It might be worth looking at 997 tanks.
Pdk and an engine sat on the back wheels It might be worth looking at 997 tanks.
.There does seem to be a tendency to do more rolling starts which I have to say I’m not a particular fan of (in any car), a standing start is way more exciting to drive.
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