GTW - Taking Shape!

[LuckyP]

Hi all,

Keith (Ditto) and I had a nice few days up at AW Tracksport this week, fitting lots of delicious parts to the GTW. Working from 07:30 to 22:00, we got a massive amount done (far more than we thought we would) and have come back feeling rather pleased with ourselves.

Thanks Ditto, couldn't have done it without you

Our best win of the week was the fit of the front clip from telcon instructions from Steve Smith. "Right First Time"...where have I heard that before!!!??

Next is Andy's gig with the help of his racecar Motec man then it's back up to give is a few hundred miles of 'bedding in' before taking it on track.

Here a few pics:

New improved engine bay with DEI Gold, fuel covers etc..



Camcoat exhaust...satin race black




Ground discs, new bolts, recoated wheels...


Steve Smith Carbon covered front splitter...



A rather dirty body....but you get the idea...



That'll keep me fed of things to think about until I get the call from AW Tracksport to say it's ready for testing.

Enjoy.....

[dandare1001]

Looks good. I really like the "big mouth" stylng. I do mean the front clip and not your aesthetic taste.

I also prefer the look of the headlights.

Is that a kink in the passenger-side exhaust manifold tube? Sorry, just jealous.

[LuckyP]

dandare1001 said:

...Is that a kink in the passenger-side exhaust manifold tube?..

Ha! I see what you mean!! Is a bit brutal isn't it!?

The mouth will close up a bit with the rad and mesh in, but we are leaving the sides open, me thinks.

Pete

[deadscoob]

That's looking great. Are you putting the brake cooling ducts back?

[LuckyP]

deadscoob said:

That's looking great. Are you putting the brake cooling ducts back?

No. Leaving them out. Looked a bit aggricultural to me. The air can go through theside at the front and out through the arch or slashes or side pod.

[V8Dom]

Pete looks fantastic..

email me if you want info

Dom

Edited by V8Dom on Friday 14th October 23:50

[deadscoob]

LuckyP said:

No. Leaving them out. Looked a bit aggricultural to me. The air can go through theside at the front and out through the arch or slashes or side pod.

Yeah I know what you mean I think - the inside? Was thinking they'd be improved hugely with a layer of carbon.....

[ezakimak]

Nice work.

Welcome back Lucky and Ditto.

Looking forward to reading about more of your antics again.

Ryan

[GTRCLIVE]

Nice to see the old Girl again and that splitter looks lovly... Now where's the youtube video ??? come on bud...

Ps here's a pic of its first day on the road, Wayne drove it to Peters to have let the mapper and Pete have some more time on the engine setup...

[Stig]

Good to see it taking shape Pete.

Don't fancy your bill from AW though

[UltimaCH]

LuckyP said:

No. Leaving them out. Looked a bit aggricultural to me. The air can go through theside at the front and out through the arch or slashes or side pod.

Nice front SS style and the brake vents close up a bit the massive mouth




Ehhh, can't get the photo uploaded

Edited by UltimaCH on Friday 14th October 08:50

[srreck]

Pete,
The result looks amazing but I'm quite sure that you will need to isolate the headers to protect the underhood temp. and more important the fuel rails as I did.
I covered my headers with Zircotec but the heat projection to the fuel rails was terrible. Problem was solved with Coolit tape and alu/gold barrier between headers and air intake section.


Cheers,
Javier

[LuckyP]

Stig said:

Good to see it taking shape Pete.

Don't fancy your bill from AW though

Fixed price up front.Get back to new condition, map for road and track, mot. 3000.

I bet he wished he'd doubled that!

[LuckyP]

srreck said:

Pete,
The result looks amazing but I'm quite sure that you will need to isolate the headers to protect the underhood temp. and more important the fuel rails as I did.
I covered my headers with Zircotec but the heat projection to the fuel rails was terrible. Problem was solved with Coolit tape and alu/gold barrier between headers and air intake section.


Cheers,
Javier

No insulation on your fuel lines? I see the GTW exhausts are further from the fuel rails that yours. That and the camcoat ceramic coating inside and out, I hope will keep trouble free.

[srreck]

Yes, I have all lines isolated. This picture is 6 months old. Hope you're right and let me know about the engine bay temp.
Be good !

[LuckyP]

srreck said:

Yes, I have all lines isolated. This picture is 6 months old. Hope you're right and let me know about the engine bay temp.
Be good !

Will do!

[macgtech]

Looking good! Certainly an impressive and well thought out build.

We would advise that you move the coil packs to somewhere cooler (the bulkhead is probably the best bet given the intake you have) as you will be inclined to cook the coils from the heat of the exhaust where they are at the moment. Heatshielding will help but it will inevitably reduce any cooling airflow you have to them.

Jonny

[strongy]

LuckyP, I'm glad to see you still use this forum!!

Mail me sometime!

[LuckyP]

strongy said:

LuckyP, I'm glad to see you still use this forum!!

Mail me sometime!

Strongy, you still alive then?! Stop wasting the company's time on PH. I'm on holiday!!!

Pete

[LuckyP]

macgtech said:

Looking good! Certainly an impressive and well thought out build.

We would advise that you move the coil packs to somewhere cooler (the bulkhead is probably the best bet given the intake you have) as you will be inclined to cook the coils from the heat of the exhaust where they are at the moment. Heatshielding will help but it will inevitably reduce any cooling airflow you have to them.

Jonny

Thanks Jonny, will consider this.