Little Red Devil

[VWindahouse]

Howdy, nah never found a place to get it weighed. I think you have to add the drivers weight also to the total vehicle weight, and its closer to 15% drive train loss I think but hopefully we can confirm that for sure at pog wars! Will hopefully have time to look over your times, just have to fly down to Melbourne that afternoon so not to sure.

Quick update. Went to the downshift meet yesterday which was pretty sweet because we rolled in with about 20 euros all looking pimped. Certainly turned some hardcore JDM heads Unfortunately not many professional shots have been uploaded of us yet which sucks as I wanted a few to showcase jsn78's stella detail and paint reguvenation job. But found this one by bwoody, cheers mate!



Also thanks VWthunder for the valve cover. Just finished painting it now for Jimmy to put on for me next week at service time!





Having to rethink my next move when the turbo is ready as I'm a little worried about adding anymore torque into the mix. They say our rods can only handle 300hp and 400nm at the crank so I'm right on the edge atm with 375nm atw. And its the torque that will bend your rods. Its big money getting a engine forged to handle bigger power so not really sure what to do because if I had the engine out I would want to do the gearbox and diff to save on labour but that's another 3g's in parts alone ontop of the rods, pistons blah, blah blah.

[seangti]

I went out for a quick play this morning, will raise a thread in the discussion area (guess that's the appropriate place). The figures themselves are pretty useless atm (ie not consistent) as I need to calibrate better and as I struggled for traction till 4k rpm, bearing in mind the roads are wet and running 40psi. Having the software is extremely helpful too. I'll chase up the Tesla guy re the cost to upgrade to rr version, from my limited playtime, it is worth the added cost for the improved interrogation ability.

Now back to your power problem

[VWindahouse]

No worries mate, cheers! Its also hard to find a completely flat road also. RR version is the way to go now Happy Laps have become a regular thing (thanks Clay!)

Yes....power

[Lito]

hey mate, valve cover looks great, has inspired me to clean mine.... or i could just put the engine cover back on. If you're after pics from downshift there are threads up on downshiftaus.com and boostcruising.com with a tonne of photos in them, i cant find any of my car though, maybe they didnt appreciate my 'my family' stickers. Also kinda wish you didnt turn left at those lights

[VWindahouse]

Thanks mate, had a look at the hundreds of pics and facebook galleries and found nothing of our cars guess the JDM scene is still jealous of real craftsmanship. I think I mentioned I saw some awesome starwars type family stickers for the win!

I was behind you when you gave it the beans and have to say it's a MISSILE Jason and I are heading out to drags in three weeks time on the Wednesday if you can make it?? Would be sweet to see what you can make down the quarter!

Anyway thanks to Jimmy for a quick tune up and fixing my damn boost gauge also. Plus the red, black and blue colour scheme is almost finished







Have a very nice new intake manifold on its way soon which I will give the black treatment also to finish things off. Then working on a braided line change over and getting a set of those Samco coolant hose pack. Going with a different catch can set up as well which will get rid of those very blue hoses (bit rice I think)

[team_v]

I was just thinking that intake manifold stands out a bit and then bam, read you are changing it out
Can't wait to see the little devil go on Saturday at Laps.

[VWindahouse]

Will be there with bells on mate! And booked in for round two on the dyno next Thursday morning

[Lito]

Thanks mate, had a look at the hundreds of pics and facebook galleries and found nothing of our cars guess the JDM scene is still jealous of real craftsmanship. I think I mentioned I saw some awesome starwars type family stickers for the win!

I was behind you when you gave it the beans and have to say it's a MISSILE Jason and I are heading out to drags in three weeks time on the Wednesday if you can make it?? Would be sweet to see what you can make on the quarter!

maybe if we add some sticker bombed and matte black panels we'd have more JDM cred, oh and dont forget zip ties to hold our bumpers on! (jokes, i actually love jdm... when done right)
id love to go to the drags mate but being a hospitality manager its hard to get a wednesday night off! plus with my launching skills i dont really think i'd get a great time.

[seangti]

maybe if we add some sticker bombed and matte black panels we'd have more JDM cred, oh and dont forget zip ties to hold our bumpers on! (jokes, i actually love jdm... when done right)
id love to go to the drags mate but being a hospitality manager its hard to get a wednesday night off! plus with my launching skills i dont really think i'd get a great time.

If you know a private quarter mile stretch you can use my gtech timer. Can also practise launching, etc. Anthony has one too so at least comparing times from the same unit.

[VWindahouse]

Now that sounds like fun! When can we get together?