Tit Report post Posted December 22, 2017 Speedhunted: http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/12/bringing-noise-streets-adelaide/ 5 BlitzKonig, MFX, Dalai and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clutch-monkey Report post Posted December 28, 2017 On 22/12/2017 at 7:35 PM, Tit said: Speedhunted: http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/12/bringing-noise-streets-adelaide/ I see his old rx7 in some of those pics too! 1 Tit reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teutonic Report post Posted February 13 Well, happy new year all. Mine got off to a sub optimal start. Managed to roll my ankle and fracture a bone while doing it. 6 weeks without a right foot to drive a manual. (Seemed to manage an auto OK with the left foot) so perfect opportunity for more mods in the pursuit of more pace to offset diminishing talent. First order of works was to get rid of the V belt drive and add the Clewitt kit. Really nice bit of kit. Straight bolt on solution. That should spell the end of any thrown belts. Next order of works was to find some more speed. The car was decent over the bumps in Adelaide but there is always room for improvement. So pulled the legs out and sent them back to Murray Coote the master for some work as I bought them second hand and hadnt had them looked at. Completed a set down of the car and sent over some corner weights and ride height strut lengths and had a chat about what I was chasing. He ran them up on the shock dyno and ended up smoothing out the bump valving. They were valved quite progressively starting off soft and ramping up towards full bump. They are more linear now. Have stayed with same spring rates. Hopefully it wont go slower. Also managed to fit the ER strut tops I had sitting around. Also found the factory handbrake to be rubbish. There was the odd hairpin in Adelaide, that if I had a decent one, I might have given it a stab. So out with the old and in with a hydraulic unit. Should do the trick. And last but not least was to try to improve the overall handling. The front end is pretty sorted with the raised spindles correcting for the lowered ride height. At the rear though nothing had been done to sort this. The hollywood mod is 930/RS style relocated mounts and 930 turbo trailing arms. But the 930 arms are as rare as unicorn pooh and dear as poison. So the alternative was to stick with the ali arms (with monoball bearings) and do an adjustable pivot box to raise the pivot height and correct roll centres and improve squat and dive. So handed over to the fabricators and out came the grinder. They have done a top fabrication job. The moon boot came off today and the car should be back on the road later this week. First track day booked later in Feb. Hopefully its a better thing. And Clutch, re the RX7, we found time to get a quick shot we titled "Blaises Old Shit". Was a bit tough having my arse handed to me by one of my own creations. 12 symsy, MFX, DHE11 and 9 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clutch-monkey Report post Posted 9 hours ago that last pic is ace. both cars looking good! it's been a struggle leaving my series 3 stock haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teutonic Report post Posted 8 hours ago Cheers Clutch. Really wish I had the wallet to hang on to all my cars. Would be a pretty fun garage. So have had the first drive on the new improved suspension. Am running the car slightly higher (maybe 10mm) with a view to being a better Tarmac rally performer as opposed to circuit. The shocks feel great. Everything feels very compliant and balanced. Most notably the anti squat change was immediately noticeable even on the street. Very noticeable reduction in squat under throttle and dive under brakes. Not sure if it will be faster but certainly feels it will be more user friendly to control. Off to the track this afternoon for a twilight round of the speed event series so will know soon enough. Big wing is on. Tank is topped off with fresh E85. Ready to hit the track. 2 MFX and LeeM reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJM Report post Posted 4 hours ago Make sure the wing angle is correct otherwise your back wheels might lift off. That's some wing! 1 Teutonic reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teutonic Report post Posted 4 hours ago Hahahhahaha, Yep, its quite a bit of wing. Adding it alone knocked over a second a lap off. Is a low drag design so doesn't seem to hurt top speed. And it's a 10 minute job to take out the standard 3.8rs wing element and swap this in. Bit over the top for street duties, but does the business at the track. 1 DHE11 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
