My Hr31 Buildup

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

I like it

[stevena]

I like it too

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

new pretty gate is in and new screamer made up. booked in for the tune this friday.






routed the vac line so it goes through the heatsheild and mounted my boost solenoid (ecu has boost control in it). should help with the vac line from perishing from heat.









neatly pops out here

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Love that diffuser.

Looks neat.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Car is still boosting high for some reason, but now makes 351kw @20psi. If I drop it back to 18psi it sat at 345kw. But it is really happy making that power atm.

Also dropped the rev's back to 6500, and the afr's are 11 to 1 for a bit of safety

Dont mind the dip from 4700 to 6000, got a manifold leak on the last three runs from Not tight enough and cooling down over lunch.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Well that didnt go as well as I hoped.





Rocked up to a speed off the streets day at wakie yesterday for a bit of a test day, got 8 laps in and broke a stub axle

Other than that the car felt excellent. The extra power and reduced weight has really change the car. Going to take a few proper laps to get used to, but the car will take any opportunity to slap me in the face if I don’t concentrate
I did manage a 1.10.10 in the lap before the axle went, which is about 1 second quicker than what i normally do in the 1st session. So i take that as a good indication im on the right track (no pun intended )

Also, even though tyre were cold, grip feels better too. Definitely more front and rear, was less understeery with the modified splitter. Will have to wait until I get a proper run to judge the rear.












Timmies best raceface







bettter look at the front bar, still need to do the skirts








Im now trying to find a couple of sets of 4 stud stub axles, so if you have a spare that you want to set cheaply please PM me.
As much as i would like to, im not going to order the billet ones from the states as they will take too long to get made and sent.

[Duncan]

hope you get it back on track quickly to get some seat time. surely fatz has about 80 axles you could choose from

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

ive got two sets lined up already, hopefully i'll be able to get a set in this weekend.

Only thing that worries me is why it broke.

was it because of the extra power and grip (even though not much) or was it just because it was 27 years old and stressed from the last couple of years of track work, or a combination of the two?

either way i dont see much point of pouring much more money into the rear end as it is, and so after wtac i will be putting my stag rear end in.

[Duncan]

if you've got doubts about it, just don't do any launches and take gear changes a bit easier (ie don't power shift). Most driveline shock happens when you suddenly put power through it rather than just accelerating in gear.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

will do. although this one happened on the straight under full throttle in 3rd gear.

[sweefu]

How did you do a speed off the streets day? haha

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

easy, turn up and hand them some cash.

everything with 4 wheels are allowed. from street cars to race to open wheelers and karts.

thought about taking the rover out for a spin but im sure it would fall over first corner...

[sweefu]

That's awesome, I thought the cars had to be rego'd.
Can't wait to see this thing at WTAC mate!
When will you be able to get some more testing done?

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

thanks man. asap, i should have some new axles next week an in that weekend.

so maybe 24th or 26th of this month

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

well, i was going to try and get back to wakie today, but i forgot imy sisters uni graduation was on.
so im going to go next week.


In other news, repacement stub axles are in and i now also have a spare set. thanks james


These turned up too 255/40r17s soft compound (actually 265s). I'd like to thank everyone for their help it has really made a big difference to getting to wtac and my stress levels







lowered the skirts to match the front. Not the prettiest but should help stop some air getting sucked under the car. (front bar/splitter just sitting there atm)
Once again, please excuse the mess.
got some new stickers ready to go on too.

[clubracer]

Looks great. Awesome colour combo, maybe we could work out some sponsorship?

[stevena]

Me likes

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Had a good day at the track today shake down and test one set of the advans

New PB 1:06.31, beating my old pb by 1.1sec yeah baby!

Both the car and I felt really good, and the grip from the advans is just insane.






Got a bit of a boost leak too




Easto was there too, but suffered a engine eating itself.

unedited clip, so skip too 3min for the start or 7:50 for the hop lap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rDtp493ad4s

[sweefu]

Woo, awesome time mate!
Do you think it was the tyres that made the difference? Or retune too?

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

probably 85% tyres, rest was tune, aero, and weight reduction..

has more in it too, i think a 1.05 may be on the cards next time im there. didnt want to push too hard with wtac just around the corner!