Kyle T
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That sump looks amazing, not cheap though 
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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back up and running but not mapped yet. Getting some ECU changes.
Ign cut on oil pressure loss
various warning states with low pressure drops
8 boost settings
2 fuel maps
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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swapped over to the dinky 300mm Sparco P300 today. Its tiny 
finally got round to fitting quick release :O added weight though :/
old vs new
[Edited on 12-02-2014 by AK]
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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updates... engine was back in and running well...
Hired Crail for some mapping 
BUT it spat a valve shim at SLS round 2 and lost compression on that clylinder. The engine is now fixed and just waiting to go back in..... with the 6speed DCCD box this time and SYVECS ECU 
SLS Round 2
Was in front most of the day, with low 56s laps but car broke in Qualy which meant it was all for nothing
Struggled with braking issues most of the day.... i.e they didnt work as well as I wanted them to Glazed pads and possibly sticky pistons in the front
cough
My usual calm delicate driving at its finest Feck.... I must remember to insert my brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDh139LXUw&list=UUaaJwH6SIIuAR039SQevGWw
Qualy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw99NCNRpeI&list=UUaaJwH6SIIuAR039SQevGWw
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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new rear wing to be fitted
new bigger brakes to fit...
new top, old bottom
old kit <now sold>
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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new front bumper(s) made - took a mould of Fee's modded 22B bumper and got a few made up.
KAAZ 1.5way rear LSD ordered....
Hoping to use this for racing mid Sept if everything comes together
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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boot swapped for GRP skin, OE spoiler ditched too - saving about 10kg
Dual element wing fitted.... just inside the width, and in line with the roof
Front bumper 'editing' started... this is a replica of Fee's... and Fee's being a 22B shelled car it requires a bit of work to make it fit. Getting there though.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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made up some mounts for the bumper aerocatches..... welding like a pro <cough>
Mounted the 22B bumper to my 'thin' TypeR.... a few issues but fits. The ABW arches needed trimming, and makes me want 22B arches on this one even more
More of the wing and rear GRP boot skin mounted
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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Frame made up for the composite splitter, and zinc primed. Used 12mm tube (1mm wall thickness) for the main frame, and 8mm for the braces.
Will work on mounting it to the car (triangulated uprights with tubes to bolt through) with 5 fixing points to the chassis. 14mm Tube for those
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random dav
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Nice work. Much weight difference between the GRP and the carbon fibre stuff?
[Edited on 22-01-2015 by random dav]
WRLFC !
Project cars
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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which stuff?
Panels?
Nope, not really. I just go for GRP as its much cheaper!
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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Primed frame introduced to alucore splitter
Frame painted, splitter covered and ready to chop (tried this one a different way... chopped after carbon wrap. Prpob best to chop then wrap)
Two fixing points per side, and one rear mount off subframe
95kg test load
trimmed down
Edging strip applied
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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HDPE strip applied to base of bumper to bridge the gap.
I can lower the splitter easy enough, and could raise if needed with a bit of chopping and welding.
Braced the rear ARB mounts - rather than spending £££ on aftermarket ones
couple of tie-bars added to splitter
Headers on their way, so removed the old split ones and wrapped the spare up-pipe. Moved to 3 bolt pattern from 2. My old headers had horrible lagging on them so a bit itchy now!!!
Swapped my unknown front ARB for fee's old 22mm whiteline one. Its larger diameter, and a simpler design.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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7th Feb
new rain light arrived..... just need to decide where to put it!
headers:
Welded on L brackets with bolts (welded on nut so it wont loosen, and cut just cut off if needs be) to try and stop the orig small brackets failing.
re-wrapped with DEI
fitted, refitted turbo and downpipe... with new gaskets all round
re-run wiring, and tested LED rain light...
20th Feb
Woop woop...
490bhp, 440lbft.
Must be about 415bhp at wheels (havent seen plots yet)
Susp to fit, rear LSD to fit, brakes to bleed. ... spanner check then trackday on 28th
25th Feb
What an evening last night LOL - I thought I did well not to chuck my rear diff through a window!
- Car up on stands
- both rear EXE-TC struts off (both bent), rear standard R180 LSD out.
- Rear BCs fitted
- KAAZ LSD in - tightened all bolts up, got to prop and the flange was a slightly different PCD (discovered after about 30mins of faffing/measuring other props and flanges I have kicking about.
- KAAZ out
- Stripped flange off old diff, and fitted to KAAZ. Didnt have torque figures to hand and no internet via phone with shite signal.
- Fitted KAAZ, shafts in, all done up - tried to rotate hubs/shafts and monster preload!!! Feck!
- KAAZ out, flange off, flange on and torque to 134lbft via text info from Steven
- KAAZ in, tightened up, shafts in...
- Front left EXE-TC out - bent like a bloody banana
Then noticed it was 1am... what a bloody nightmare
suspension just wasnt up to my manliness it would seem
front left
one of the rears, other is bent, but not quite as bad
wonder what the front right will look like :/
26th Feb
Steering wheel all wired up (Thanks Matty ) - new CAL switch on order to match the diff knob. Will also re-label in non 1980's style
Top Left = light flash
Top Right = Push to Pass / Higher boost
Lower Left = ECU Map/Calibration
Lower Right = Centre diff control
Suspension all replaced (EXE-TC off, BC ER on). I have managed to eek out about 15mm more droop so far, but will inevitably go to helper springs to keep the main springs in position. The bump stops have been 'edited' but I'll pop some small cable ties on the pistons and see what the compression travel is like. With moderate ARBs and 10/8 FR springs I hope I wont run out of travel.
Brakes bled - thanks to Stoneyginger for the help Outer left half of front NS caliper def had air in it!
KAAZ diff filled with 90LS oil ready to be run in before final oil in dropped in.
Geometry to do
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taylorboosh
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Is it common to bend struts? Never seen it before?
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i've never experienced it before but have heard of / seen a couple before
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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no worries  good for a blether ken!! least i get to sit in a real race car
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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27th Feb
wheel button panel trimmed down, car loaded up Go pros charged so will try and get some footage.
Got the RR print out. Just shy of 400WHP
looking fwd to being bored stiff doing this tomorrow
1st March:
I can safely say the wing creates some rear forces
Had to remove the splitter after bottoming it out under braking and bending tube, and snapping welds.... left the rear wing on. It got VERY light at the front going up over the hump on the main straight. So much so that the car was wondering all over the road :O
car ran OK, couldnt use full power as it seemed to miss a bit. Will check the logs and see if anything obvious shows. Power felt good, but only used 1st 2 boost settings, and VMAX of 122mph with quite later exit and early on the brakes. More to come there.
58s in damp with drying line on shite avons and a bit of a guess suspension setup.
Some niggly issues to check out. I think I'm paranoid but I'm sure the headers are leaking
Rear diff felt really good - loads more grip, with zero wheel lift issues at the hairpin. Will need to evaluate again in the dry
58s lap on drying track with light rain fall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_ozj31hE8&list=UUaaJwH6SIIuAR039SQevGWw
wee trail brake slide in McIntyres - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3sBvmX2kA
Pestering a Radical (XTR I think, 3.6 V6) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5m0XEAjzh0&list=UUaaJwH6SIIuAR039SQevGWw
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