Sounds like a heck of a plan, looking forward to this, best of luck
Project RACE53
Hi, for those that don't know, I'm building a race car.
I am currently assembling kit to put on the car and have already had a lot of deliveries from Orranje (thanks Rich), JJC Race and Rally, Demon Tweeks, TFS Motorsport, GSM Motorsport and so on and so on...
The aim is to get to 200 or 250BHP at the flywheel while getting down to as close to 750KG as possible.
So far I have purchased:
K&N Typhoon - delivered
BC-RM suspension -delivered
Airtec TMIC (black and orange) - delivered
Airtec 40mm Rad (black and orange) - delivered
Samco coolant hoses (orange) - delivered
Grooved / drilled discs & Mintex pads - delivered
Whiteline strut brace (top front) - delivered
OMP strut brace (bottom front) - delivered
Custom drop links front & rear (TFS Motorsport Kent) - delivered
Rear adjustable control arms - delivered
Alta positive steering response - delivered
Cravenspeed under tower indurators - delivered
Strut tower defenders - delivered
TRS tow straps FIA spec (orange) -delivered
TRS door pulls (black) - delivered
2x Engine cut off switches FIA spec - delivered
Pig spill kit FIA spec - delivered
FIA rain light - delivered
FIA bonnet pins - delivered
Safety decals - delivered
Sparco seat - delivered
Sparco harness - delivered
Sparco seat mount - delivered
Alloy expansion tank - delivered
OBP cooling louvres to go on my bonnet & wing tops - delivered
Sparco quick release steering boss - delivered
RRS steering wheel - delivered
Fuel cut off & push starter - delivered
a shed load of tools - mostly delivered
a shed - delivered & built
many motorsport books and manuals - mostly delivered
The previous owner had:
Polybushed the car in part
Reduced the pulley to 17%
I've already:
Replaced the plugs to Iridium
Magnecor leads (85)
MSD ignition
Full service all filters oil & air
Still to come in next 2 weeks and up to Feb 2015:
Whiteline rear adjustable anti roll (sway) bar - bought & delivered
Airtec oil cooler
LSD
FX 400 clutch and solid aluminium flywheel
Lap beacon FIA spec
Fire extinguisher FIA spec
GoPro hero2 or 3 with cage mount
Braided brake lines - delivered
Supercharger hydraulic tensioner replaced (mine is broken)
Air con delete wheel
Cam reduction
Alternator increase pulley
Baffled oil catch tank - delivered
Swirl pot & bosch high pressure 30-100 micron fuel pump / braided hoses & FIA dry break fuel sampling
Multipoint roll cage
Odyssey race battery
Exhaust manifold & cat back custom straight through (battery box delete R56 pipe work)
Waterpump replaced
Hubs replaced
Racing alternator
Fuel tank relocation and replacement to boot
Racewear suit, gloves, boots, helmet, underwear - underwear delivered others shipping
Vinyl work to the body including race decals - some decals delivered
Lexan windows
Short shift kit - delivered
Replace wet sump with dry sump
Custom ecu & loom
Poss 2016
custom panel fabrication in carbon fibre, including vented fenders, vented bonnet with wide arch to fender, skirts with rear intake duct for brake & radiator, boot, rear arches with airflow exit & aero aids and custom rear wing, I'm looking into a CF roof skin too
custom under tray including diffuser in kevlar aramid
custom front splitter in kevlar aramid & aluminum
Work to be undertaken:
Full strip down with pictures
Louvres to be added to wings (out facing for heat withdraw) with pictures
Bodywork fabrication with pictures
Weight loss / diet plan with old faithfulls grinder and hammer with pictures
Strip down wiring loom
Full rebuild with pictures
Custom remap on Dyno at 1320 / TD etc
Wish list:
Quaife Rally / Quaife Race gear sets
Carbon roof
Carbon bonnet
Carbon boot
Carbon doors
Custom arch / skirt / underside fabrication inc splitter, ducts, diffuser
Big valve head
550CC injectors new map and change to a new race series
Racing camshaft
Potentially stroked to 1.8 & twin charged
I will be doing the majority of work myself on a learn as you go basis so this will be a fully indepth thread. I will start in a couple of weeks once my shed arrives and all the garden stuff can get out of my garage! First step is building a work bench. Year 2 will be building a flow bench and working on the head. Year 3 may inovle taking the car to the next step and looking at crank / stroker kits - seeing if I can get this to over 500BHP reliably hmmm we'll see, this may never happen but it's a nice target to aim at.
I will start to add pictures once all my delivery items have arrived. I will start by building the shed, moving the stuff and then building the bench. Expect posts covering just that in about 14 days!
If you like the way this sounds subscribe and like, thanks for reading I hope you enjoy the ride.
P.s. this is kind of where I'm trying to head to!
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I am currently assembling kit to put on the car and have already had a lot of deliveries from Orranje (thanks Rich), JJC Race and Rally, Demon Tweeks, TFS Motorsport, GSM Motorsport and so on and so on...
The aim is to get to 200 or 250BHP at the flywheel while getting down to as close to 750KG as possible.
So far I have purchased:
K&N Typhoon - delivered
BC-RM suspension -delivered
Airtec TMIC (black and orange) - delivered
Airtec 40mm Rad (black and orange) - delivered
Samco coolant hoses (orange) - delivered
Grooved / drilled discs & Mintex pads - delivered
Whiteline strut brace (top front) - delivered
OMP strut brace (bottom front) - delivered
Custom drop links front & rear (TFS Motorsport Kent) - delivered
Rear adjustable control arms - delivered
Alta positive steering response - delivered
Cravenspeed under tower indurators - delivered
Strut tower defenders - delivered
TRS tow straps FIA spec (orange) -delivered
TRS door pulls (black) - delivered
2x Engine cut off switches FIA spec - delivered
Pig spill kit FIA spec - delivered
FIA rain light - delivered
FIA bonnet pins - delivered
Safety decals - delivered
Sparco seat - delivered
Sparco harness - delivered
Sparco seat mount - delivered
Alloy expansion tank - delivered
OBP cooling louvres to go on my bonnet & wing tops - delivered
Sparco quick release steering boss - delivered
RRS steering wheel - delivered
Fuel cut off & push starter - delivered
a shed load of tools - mostly delivered
a shed - delivered & built
many motorsport books and manuals - mostly delivered
The previous owner had:
Polybushed the car in part
Reduced the pulley to 17%
I've already:
Replaced the plugs to Iridium
Magnecor leads (85)
MSD ignition
Full service all filters oil & air
Still to come in next 2 weeks and up to Feb 2015:
Whiteline rear adjustable anti roll (sway) bar - bought & delivered
Airtec oil cooler
LSD
FX 400 clutch and solid aluminium flywheel
Lap beacon FIA spec
Fire extinguisher FIA spec
GoPro hero2 or 3 with cage mount
Braided brake lines - delivered
Supercharger hydraulic tensioner replaced (mine is broken)
Air con delete wheel
Cam reduction
Alternator increase pulley
Baffled oil catch tank - delivered
Swirl pot & bosch high pressure 30-100 micron fuel pump / braided hoses & FIA dry break fuel sampling
Multipoint roll cage
Odyssey race battery
Exhaust manifold & cat back custom straight through (battery box delete R56 pipe work)
Waterpump replaced
Hubs replaced
Racing alternator
Fuel tank relocation and replacement to boot
Racewear suit, gloves, boots, helmet, underwear - underwear delivered others shipping
Vinyl work to the body including race decals - some decals delivered
Lexan windows
Short shift kit - delivered
Replace wet sump with dry sump
Custom ecu & loom
Poss 2016
custom panel fabrication in carbon fibre, including vented fenders, vented bonnet with wide arch to fender, skirts with rear intake duct for brake & radiator, boot, rear arches with airflow exit & aero aids and custom rear wing, I'm looking into a CF roof skin too
custom under tray including diffuser in kevlar aramid
custom front splitter in kevlar aramid & aluminum
Work to be undertaken:
Full strip down with pictures
Louvres to be added to wings (out facing for heat withdraw) with pictures
Bodywork fabrication with pictures
Weight loss / diet plan with old faithfulls grinder and hammer with pictures
Strip down wiring loom
Full rebuild with pictures
Custom remap on Dyno at 1320 / TD etc
Wish list:
Quaife Rally / Quaife Race gear sets
Carbon roof
Carbon bonnet
Carbon boot
Carbon doors
Custom arch / skirt / underside fabrication inc splitter, ducts, diffuser
Big valve head
550CC injectors new map and change to a new race series
Racing camshaft
Potentially stroked to 1.8 & twin charged
I will be doing the majority of work myself on a learn as you go basis so this will be a fully indepth thread. I will start in a couple of weeks once my shed arrives and all the garden stuff can get out of my garage! First step is building a work bench. Year 2 will be building a flow bench and working on the head. Year 3 may inovle taking the car to the next step and looking at crank / stroker kits - seeing if I can get this to over 500BHP reliably hmmm we'll see, this may never happen but it's a nice target to aim at.
I will start to add pictures once all my delivery items have arrived. I will start by building the shed, moving the stuff and then building the bench. Expect posts covering just that in about 14 days!
If you like the way this sounds subscribe and like, thanks for reading I hope you enjoy the ride.
P.s. this is kind of where I'm trying to head to!
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Damn thanks for the offer I bought a 6x4 shed for under £200 with floor beams, sheet and some shelving - not too bad! If only I'd known never mind next time..next time!
I will post some pictures up later of some fo the goodies that have already arrived
I bought a 6x4 shed for under £200 with floor beams, sheet and some shelving - not too bad! If only I'd known never mind next time..next time!I will post some pictures up later of some fo the goodies that have already arrived
Good luck with that exhaust set up and getting on any uk track with a noise limit
Yes it's ambitious but it's a good goal to have no doubt I will miss it but it can be done, the proof will be in the thread I hope, however I will be happy with a lighter balanced car no matter what the end result - it will be fun to find out how close I can get
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