My new car for next year......

[BeetleBug]

Looking REALLY good! Interesting to see that I`m not the only one going from junk IDA carbs to EFI. 

[SteveW]

  From what I have seen so far i'm loving EFi! The motor sounds awesome and rev's so much more freely from idle all the way up to redline with no hesitation. Being able to datalog is also very cool and Adele is really geeking out on that!

[BeetleBug]

From what I have seen so far i'm loving EFi! The motor sounds awesome and rev's so much more freely from idle all the way up to redline with no hesitation. Being able to datalog is also very cool and Adele is really geeking out on that!

Any other changes to the engine compared to last year? Same fuel? And what functions do you log? And where is the nitrous kit?  I guess you should be able to make a really clean NOS install with the Efi since you can get away with a dry system.

[SteveW]

No other real changes to the engine other than all the cooling has gone as you can see, the fuel will be the same, VP C12 leaded fuel although for the dyno runs we ran it up on Sunoco 109 unleaded so as we didn't damage the guys lambda sensor!

We are not going to go nitrous at the moment, although that was the reason initially for going EFI. If we can afford it we'd like to go with some new heads like the CB's Strip Dominator and try for a 10 Normally Aspirated as it's still 'my thing' !

The main logs at the moment are AFR, RPM, Throttle Position, Oil Temp, Air Temp and Fuel Pressure, there are more things we can monitor but there the main ones at the mo..

[Fasterbrit]

Big up to Adele for running a new PB today of 11.26! Good work guys!

[BeetleBug]

Wow! Congrats! Down from 239 CB hp with fanbelt on engine stand to 196hp wheel hp and a huge drop in the ET. VERY nice!

[SteveW]

Thanks Kalle, very chufted with it! We suspected it was making more power than previously and it just runs so much smoother too! Really pleased we've converted to EFI! The track was quite marginal too so it will be nice to run it on a race prepped track (Altough to be honest I said I'd be over the moon if it went 11.2 anytime so I'm really happy!) 

[Trond Dahl]

Congratulations! Glad to hear you got something positive out of this winters worth of work :-)

[SteveW]

I thought it was about time to update this thread. We had a mixed season with the car, the engine performed faultlessly but it was hit and miss with the rear suspension and tyre pressure settings which was frustrating but we did manage a PB of 11.23 and i think there was a little more in it too. Unfortunately at the end of August after a very successful trip to SCC we were back in the UK racing and Adele crashed at over 100mph due to track related issues The car took a hard left turn at about 1000ft spinning backwards into the armco. Adele was unhurt in the accident but obviously the car sustained some damage. After assessing the damage it really isn't bad with the car body. The rear fenders and valance were destroyed and engine and 'box cases are dead but everything still turns over so hopefully most of the internals are ok. There is very little needed bodywork wise so we have turned it into a positive and started to implement the next step with the car!

The rear luggage area is being cut away and tinned, the rear end is now going to be narrowed with custom A Arms built to give us more adjustability and suspension movement. It will also allow us to stuff a 8.5" slick under stock fenders!

As some of you know we made a last minute decision to fly out to So-Cal to visit our friends and go to the Vegas bugorama! We had a great week or so chilling out and ordering parts! We have decided to go with a hydraulic pedal set-up so ordered a nice Jamar set-up custom made for us and a Jamar staging to brake to match! (Replacing the CNC one we had)

We also bought some new rear wheels as our Erco's were damaged beyond repair, we decided on some Billet Specialties Street Lite 15x8". There a nice looking wheel which is SFi rated and half the price of the Weld or American Racing we were going to buy! We are also upgrading to a bus box and so I started on the 930 CV set-up buying the stub axles to start mock-up. (Thanks to Beanie from Vee Dub parts for these and the Jamar parts)

So that's where we are at the moment. We'll be working hard to get it rebuilt so I guess I'll be updating this thread more often!!

[Josef]

Glad to hear that you have started the rebuild of your car.
Any plans for new engine?

/Josef

[AntLockyer]

Lookng forward to the build up pics

I remembered what I wanted form the US now, a pedal assembly.

[leec]

Glad to hear the car wasn't too bad, and you have been buying new parts!!

Look forward to the updates

Lee

[Rocket Ron]

wicked wheels , cant wait to see it out on the strip again, only bigger and better 

Good luck guys

Regards Ron & Lewis

ps what you doing with your cracked gearbox pm me

[Adele AW]

wicked wheels , cant wait to see it out on the strip again, only bigger and better 

Good luck guys

Regards Ron & Lewis

ps what you doing with your cracked gearbox pm me

Hi Ron, hopefully re-case it, just need to drop it down to Pete then up for sale!
Are you looking for a box?

[Rocket Ron]

wicked wheels , cant wait to see it out on the strip again, only bigger and better 

Good luck guys

Regards Ron & Lewis

ps what you doing with your cracked gearbox pm me

Hi Ron, hopefully re-case it, just need to drop it down to Pete then up for sale!
Are you looking for a box?

i'll pm you

[SteveW]

I spent some time in the garage today removing the back end, I did have to have a trial fit of a wheel though Looks nice





So hopefully next weekend i'll get some stock A Arms and get them fitted up then as soon as we can send it out to Wayne Allman's Intergalactic Custom Shop for the next stage!

[SteveW]

Old and new! Porsche 944 on the left and our new Porsche 930 stub axles on the right! 

[Fasterbrit]

Let me know if you need a cheap pair of A-arms! Having a clear out at the mo...

[tikimadness]

Old and new! Porsche 944 on the left and our new Porsche 930 stub axles on the right! 

Hey Steve do they both use the same bearings in the a=arm?

Michael

[Adele AW]

Old and new! Porsche 944 on the left and our new Porsche 930 stub axles on the right! 

Hey Steve do they both use the same bearings in the a=arm?

Michael

Hey Michael, Yes they use the same bearings. Any bigger than 930 and they would be different

Adele

[tikimadness]

Okey,thanks Adele.

Think this will be the route to go for me also as I already broke a cv @bitburg while doing some first tests.

Michael

[SteveW]

What size were you running before? If you can go for the CV joint with the chromoly cage and if your feeling 'flush' go with the race lightened ones to reduce the rotating weight. Although I always swore I wouldn't use any Empi parts the stub axles and CV joints are really good

[BeetleBug]

I do like where this project his heading and your new avatar is really promising. Absolutely a project thread I will follow closely during the winter to keep my own inspiration up when it is -20C outside 

[SteveW]

 

[tikimadness]

What size were you running before? If you can go for the CV joint with the chromoly cage and if your feeling 'flush' go with the race lightened ones to reduce the rotating weight. Although I always swore I wouldn't use any Empi parts the stub axles and CV joints are really good

I was using the 100mm porsche stubs.
The cv's seem to explode when I hit the throttle ;Dwith only 8psi

Michael

[Adele AW]

I do like where this project his heading and your new avatar is really promising. Absolutely a project thread I will follow closely during the winter to keep my own inspiration up when it is -20C outside 

You know what ? Its actually exciting again, the thought of it being back to the 'project/rebuild' stage, new parts, new ideas, More saving, bigger engine As much as i would of preferred not to crash of course  its most certainly the right direction for us to be going 

[Trond Dahl]

New avatar, Steve is just smiling and Adele is talking about a bigger engine...
Do I smell 4" JPM heads?
Care to share?

[SteveW]

 

[Trond Dahl]

Looking forward to seeing you again then, and see for myself :-D
Cheers!

[bug 63]

New avatar, Steve is just smiling and Adele is talking about a bigger engine...
Do I smell richies 4" JPM motor?
Care to share?