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while i was playing around programming the dash i took a quick video of the paddle shifters we are at the point it needs to be tested in fury at the track aiming for the 30 September at taupo once i get back from holiday in Europe. traveling around via nurberg etc. but for now heres a quick vid
 
https://youtu.be/t87fT9m0Ubo

hahah stoppies are more than likely on the cards haha 

now for the more interesting bits some of you may know we no longer have a gear stick in the car. its now going to be all air shifted via paddles on the wheel . yes it is still a h pattern gearbox with an air assisted clucth just to try something new that a good friend has being playing with. more pictures of the rear of the car to come aswell with the whole boot being cut out for undertray and air tank / compressor setup 

as you can see i have installed a new dash and moved all the switches down to where the gear stick used to be to try to make it easier for me and remove clutter of the columb

new exhaust is made to suit the new tray at the rear in the pic you can see the new compressor and air tank that has been mounted for the air shift 

a bit of a blur but the new 4age engine has been built new cp pistons  4agze rods 7 rib block etc  and piper cams have set the timing and basically started straight away after waikatio engine re conditioners have done all the testing and machining on the block with a home ported head from dad.

finally ran the car at work today to see if the gear box will shift and the clutch etc does its job all seems to just needs to be speed up but thats just in the software almost ready for gtrnz this year .......

Lack of updates i know busy in the shed and about to go on holiday great timming before race season.

tbh im usless at updating 

but so far from where ive left off we have made new calipers and hubs using a wilwood 6pot caliper and ap racing f5000 front rotors with endless pads which should stop the car 

... How does that happen? I've never seen a 4AGE do that in all my time... Did the front wheel hit the cam belt/crank pulley and bring it all to a dead halt?

Mate inhave no clue no marks on crank pully at all it did it half way down the back straight of taupo at around 8500rpm the ex cam wheel has just broken or sumthing the inlet one is cracked

So after all the hard work getting the car ready for an invitational meeting to test we lasted five laps till our engine expired with the exhaust cam gear disidergrating and then yer putting everything out of time then of course every thing saying hello broken cam shafts etc all bent valves and some marks in the pistons YAY........ 

so as you may see its broken all the caps that hold the cams in 

and now heres the cams the inlet cam gear is also cracked on close inspection but now have a few cams.

and more 

so now this means an engine rebuild as well as upgrades........

haha i was waiting for some one to notice ummm im not to sure atm 

so been mucking round with 6 pot calipers and have come up with the soloution to get this baby stoped haha 

so by my caculations these shall fit with the 265mm size rotor we would just need to make a hat and a adapter plate for the caliper. exuse my bad solid works drawing just a beginer learning 

some of you may Know ive had enough with this british powerd thing cooking itself and replaced just about everything in the engine department but must have a cracked head or block so given up on the BLMC 1300 rececently i purchased a toyota vitz powrerd mini project as a race car and have decided to repower the green machine so work has begun altho i am going to make my own subframe so a bit of work is required 

i have most things to complete the job which is great and also another spare caged shell ohhh and the start of some gsxr 600 throttle boddies for the vitz engine not sure weather they will go on tho but the ideas are all there 

spare fibre glass fronts but steel front will remain 

and the homologated cage which was a bonus 

now we have removed the engine now time for the fun to begin 

should be a relativaly good project its just a matter of getting it through cert etc at the end of the day 

bye for now 

So  been quite lately busy developing and looking at new ways to improve the car here the first of our development to try for the next round to see weather we run bigger rims next year for tires 

so i took the wheels of the road car as that's out of  action receiving a jap power plant 

now got some nice 8.2inch wide slicks 

altho it wasn't just bolt on fit haha was when car was on the stands 

but modifying was necessary

we had to raise guards slightly but modified the front heaps especially moving the splitter forward 

as you can see quite a gap to fit 

so out came the fibre glass and alloy 

now it came out ok but close enough to run a meeting like it for taupo 

the wider wheels do loose us clearance to the crank pulley so steering stops might go in after this last race

but thats not all we have planed even removing the gear stick next season and 265mm front brakes with willwood 6 pots stay tuned 

cheers for now ill add some exciting new devlopments soon once i get them sorted my self myself

Thanks ahh as far as times go a 1.47 which is close to last season times but im on old rubber and alot more brakes could be used haha so ask me laubor weekend haha but its quicker than last year

certainly alot better than last time out haha the fcr make a huge differnce on throttle response it just so much sharper no delay mind u its either open or closed lol but jetting is also alot easier with a wind range of jets avaliable not having to drill our own for thr r1 carbs and a better range 

on the 1st of october we went down to taupo for some much needed pre testing car ran well the new brakes certainly halling the car up and the new shock asorbing the bumbs and the fcr carbs sounding sweet as the 6 speed box allowed us to run the motor high in the rev range every shift 

so heres a short on board video of the car now on old tires and trying to not use tooo much of the car before the season haha 

soooo  bought a body kit for a longer front mini and ofcourse i wanted to fit it to my car hahah so had to remove 100mm out off it and yer so heres a few pictures 

duct tape was the key involved here to hold it all together to semi glass it together hahah 

so to hold it on we decided to us dzues quick and easy heres the finished product 

so thats how it sits  while i rember hers a picture of the new setup under the hood

been awhile but cars taking shape new roll bars etc made brakes all fitted and bleed up almost ready for a shakedown 

heres the rear braking set up all complete 

added some more ducting to flow air into the radiator and try to seperate the air flow 

but cant quite see the ruber flat sitting onto of the oil cooler which is also to ramp the air into the radiator 

haha well fibre glass doors are on the list hahah 

Afternoon guys been a while ..... been flat out working and spending money on this thing again haha so heres a run down  so much is changing for the new season coming up in October... ooo and theres a few nice little trick parts underconstruction they will be a suprise .... 

currently waiting for new tarox front brake rotors to arrive from the uk so for now nots much is happing in the front suspenion area 

so have had the exhaust back from the coaters and have installed the system now 

so now for the start of the exciting part of the rear custom alloy hubs will update once fitted just got them back from the anodiser

rear backing plates are painted and fitted ready to go 

this year we going to remove that massive hump that made our car differnet now we have a new bonnet while the other one has been  signed by the guys and girls that have helped and is awaiting fittment on to the shed wall so heres the start of the new hood 

now also removed all the alloy from the pannels and have put carbon in its place 

the rear parcel tray 

now the doors were a pain to hold there shape so i improvised and persuaded them to shape 

final product of the doors

so thats it for now more to come im sure 

hay hayden

 

ny idea if that factory toyota lsd would fit into a old c52 gearbox and would u look as selling it

 

they apear to be the same diff we have run the quaife diff in all 4 of our gearboxes so far so swaping it out to use it in the c160 

so had the new shocks arive and fitted them now after machining spacers to suit they should do the job it will either handle better or like a drunk camel who knows haha so c160 gear box is apart to remove the toyota lsd and fit the quaife lsd we have run in the car so far so progress haha 

and the airbox is all painted so just needs to be attached 

also had a good parcel turn up this arvo 4 brand new dunlop wets from the uk so should increase thepace in wet weather by a bit lol 

so things have been flat out  

also found a quick and easy way to save 7kg in the car buy a lighter battery !!!! managed to get ahold of a fancy battery and only weights 3kg so should lighten things up a tad 

bye for now 

so time for a few updates exausts made and off  to the coaters 

nows it all a mater of making a water hose work re mount the coil in a differnt spot as where this all used to be has now changed with the addition of an airbox and the fcr carbs 

so heres where and how the fibreglass airbox will sit with carbs 

heres the new brake lines i got the boys at apex to make this week as old ones would hit the sway bay and im not liking the look of the crimp 

so to be safe so opted for a banjo bolt setup with 45 degree bend to clear the bar 

so while we had the gearbox out we have sorced a bzr 6 speed to hopefully be the cheaper option to make a better gear set if this doesn't work it back to the drawing board . but like anything its not a direct swap from the c56 ....

for starters differnt shifters so need to modyify linkage on the side to suit 

oh and a plate to mount it on to my exsiting welded tubes in the floor

the pelt of bits haha was bought as a manual conversion kit so have a few more parts than i need 

cheers man altho the thought and work never seems to sleep always trying to get that bit more haha