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Got the old girl out for another couple of street sprints over the last month.
Vid from a drone at TCC's Hurlstone Drive street sprint. Unfortunately I don't make an appearance.
Followed by STCC's Stratford street sprint.
I even finally gave the MR2 a wash with the kids cleaning the wheels for me.
They were unimpressed with my efforts in the ditch messing up their hard work. Was a thrilling ride tho. There was a chicane positioned at this position, full throttle at ~45 degrees to the road, trying to pull it out of the ditch without loosing too much speed.
Unfortunately, I busted a CV joint on my last run on the start line launching the car, so home on the trailer.
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Too bad I just sold my last axle cage upgrade kit a couple months ago. Imported 5 sets and held onto one in case someone required.
I have my old cages & bearings if you need something to get you by.
Comparison between OEM and HD.
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Jim Benck
90 rev 1 parts car
98 rev 5 GT- all the mods
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Quick update.
Had a weekend of racing in the Naki.
400m sprint on Saturday, Hill climb on Sunday.
Managed to drop my 400m time from 13.0 sec from two years ago to 12.3 sec this year. Well happy with that.
Hill climb was fantastic today. Was a very fast hill, with nice flowing corners. Took three different people for a spin in the passenger seat, and they are all amazed at how the car corners.
Finished second overall for the hill climb to the single seater by 3.5 sec. Very happy with that as well.
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It was a beautiful piece of road that really suited the car and my driving. Still fast enough to scare myself as well though. My speedo isn’t currently working, but I know if I’ve run out of rev’s in third, and have been foot flat in 4th for ~4 seconds, I’m traveling pretty quick.
Here’s a vid of one of the competitors. For reference, I'm about 15 seconds quicker than this car.
pureadrenalin wrote:Quick update.
Had a weekend of racing in the Naki.
400m sprint on Saturday, Hill climb on Sunday.
Managed to drop my 400m time from 13.0 sec from two years ago to 12.3 sec this year. Well happy with that.
Hill climb was fantastic today. Was a very fast hill, with nice flowing corners. Took three different people for a spin in the passenger seat, and they are all amazed at how the car corners.
Finished second overall for the hill climb to the single seater by 3.5 sec. Very happy with that as well.
I like want you are doing! What horsepower are making ATW's and how's your torque curve? Can you put up your dyno sheet and also confirm the guts of your set up. eg trubo type, boost setting , after cooler specs
That would be interested to hear about.
Only dyno I have is when it was a little under 240kw, but its currently running 210kw. I really need to step it back up.
A couple of photos below of the night sprints, and the light bar setup also.
A list of some of the mods:
GEN 3 Head
HKS 264 cams
engle valve springs
RacerX straight runner intake manifold (gen3 TB)
RacerX fuel rail
1000cc injectors
K&N intake filter
3" ali intake pipe
Caldina coil on plug system
RacerX Coil Valve Cover Adpater Plate
CT26 with a T04e compressor wheel
waste gate flapper removed and routed to a 38mm turbosmart external gate.
3" KO R1 stainless exhaust
GEN3 Block
wiesco 9.0:1 forged pistons
ARP L19 head studs
ARP main studs
ARP rod bolts
Stock rods
Gen3 oil pump/sump
cometic 1.3mm metal head gasket
External amsoil dual bypass oil filter system
Trunk mount intercooler (vented between rear lights)
Remote oil cooler (in stock intercooler position)
Looks like you beat some serious competition! Nice driving!
