Been in the build for 3 years now. Have too many photos to add and what has been done I have forgotten half of it.

Should have been doing it as I went, but couldn't be arsed.

SPECS

Engine
G13B Block
Mk1 crank offset ground
1mm OS Valves
SuziSport HD valve springs
Custom Head porting by Mace Performance & Race Engines
Tighe Cams 1044 Grind
RM Motosport Adjustable Cam gears
Honda 75mm D16 Pistons
Mk1 Rods
C/R 11.8:1
Mazda BP18 Injectors
Mk1 rail with Turbosmart Pressure Regulator
Nissan GTR throttle plates with Custom inlet manifold (Quad throttle)
MoTec M84 ECU (to come)
Modified distributor for Hall effect sensors with LS1 Quad coils
Oil cooler & remote filter
Built by Mace Performance & Race Engines
Tuned By Morpowa Dyno Centre
4-1 headers
straight through 2.25" exhaust with 1 magna flow box
Bosch 070 main pump

Body
Std Mk3 body kit
Walker Chassis CAMS 6 point weld in ROPS
IPRA compliant trim
Electrical - complete rewire (own specs)
Custom switch panel (Lights, wipers, start button, ECU etc.)
VELO Apex Std FIA Head restraint seat
Velo Ultralight 6pt HANS Harness
MoTec CDL3 Track Dash Logger
Custom 20L Aluminium fuel tank with external serge tank

Suspension
Front:
Std Strut modified with Koni insert revolved to suit spring rates and short stroked
450Lb Lovells Xtreme series coil over spring
Noltec camber/caster top mount plates
Camber bolts
DMWDave modified lower control Arms
30mm Kmac sway bar
Wilwood 4sport Calpiers
Harris Motorsport 2 piece Alloy Hats
Wilwood 277mm GT Rotors
Project Mu Club Racer Pads
Rear:
Koni shocks revolved to suit spring rates and short stroked.
800Lb custom spring in stock location
18mm Kmac sway bar
Standard GTi rear calipers
Project Mu NS400 Pads
Ride Height (taken from lip of guard to centre of wheel)
Rear = 300mm
Front = 310mm


Wheels & Tyres
Speedy Lite9 in 15 x 7 in a p40 offset.
Tyres are Yokohama AO50(category tyre) 195 50 15.
Front has a 16mm spacer.
Rear has a 5mm spacer

Looking good, your wiper is just like mine

very nice any engine bay pic's ?

That will be changed back to standard as we have to run wipers in standard location and both of them.



Will work on some tonight.

Thanks.

What are the specs, that you can remember...

Perhaps a few display pics of the RM logo parts youve been sitting on all this time
Im pleased to hear this long build will be driven in anger soon, cant wait

What's the size of the wheels and tires and how much is it lowered?

Looks good mate.remember any specs?

Will sit down next week and put up the specs and some details of the car. In a mad rush ATM to make the first practice day on Saturday.

Good luck for saturday

Go Simon Go!

Love to see and hear it in action.

" action " ?

didnt simon mention this is a show and shine car. 3J look-a-like. there is a hamster in a wheel in the engine bay. A bit like your banana car and my mk1. Except mine dosent look like a show car.

Shh. Don't give away my secret, was just going to fudge times to make you all think I have finshed the car.

I am pretty good at photoshop don't you think

Looks good mate

good luck for saturday man, looking foward to reading some specs and seeing the engine bay!!

Wheels are Speedy Lite9 in 15 x 7 in a p40 offset.
Tyres are Yokohama AO48 (category tyre) 195 50 15.
as for ride height, from the centre of the rim to the lip of the guard
Rear = 300mm
Front = 310mm

Front and Rear has an 8mm spacer.

More details to follow when I get a chance at home.

Pfft....probably isn't even his car......

Spot on Lee, like most things of mine, the wife will claim she owns it.

I think on this occassion the wife will be happy to dis-own the car.

Hurry up with the specs Simon, people are waiting!

What about you Dean? How is yours going, seems as though you have been locked in the shed for a few months!

any interior pics?

I'm interested in how you solved fitting rollcage into mk3 dashboard sides...

looks really nice


steve

Saawweeetttt

Run it tight along a pillars and cut a hole in the dash to suit

Jus gotta love his engine bay

very nice your wheels are some of the best i have seen on a swift they almost look like rays gramlight 57s......when you put the 8mm spacer on did you have to get longer wheels studs or did the origanal ones still have enough thread

How does she go man?

Yeah had to put longer studs in. Was a bit of a PITA but well worth it.

Like a racecar

Funny that lol did you make it to the practice day?

Check his sig

Yes I have been hiding, but how else was I going to turn the car around in 4 months! (the longest part was waiting for colour) Finished your brothers yet? ? ? ?



That looks like an old photo. Some small changes since that!

From the pics it shows! You have been a busy boy. More pics of the lip please.
Micks car, well we are waiting on the turbo, then intake and exhaust manifolds. And money, he has spent close to double what he paid for it on parts!

Went well, was more a shake down than a practice for me though.
Found a few small issues that will be fixed before the first round (Feb 19), but was really happy with how it went.

AS my sig says, I managed a 1min 27.078 via my data logger (GPS based) which has a function for predicted lap times which shows that it can do a 1min 25 (driver limits pending).

would be good to see some incar video of this machine

Sure, send over a CAMS compliant recorder and I am more than happy to get footage for you all.

haha too easy......

not bad for a barina mate. glad your finally getting on top of it!

talk soon.

cheers

GTP

Sponsor decals being applied. Working on interior pics for those that wanted them, just have to clean it up a bit.

A BIG thanks to Morpowa (http://www.morpowa.com.au) & ASI Silicone (http://www.asisilicone.com.au).

Hey, you have a pic of how you mounted your trigger wheel onto the crankshaft?

Nope don't have a pic, also mine isn't off the crank, its off the cam, I have used the std dizzy, but modified it so that there are 2 Hall Effect senors, one for Home and one for trigger (they are offest to each other so not to reference the other.)

you need to grind off the extra teeth on the standard shaft and add another point for the home signal. Mine uses a screw into the shaft (shaft was drilled and tapped).

Then the ECU is set up with offset etc. Not sure on this as that is what my tuner does.

Removed illegal rear toe bars yet?

Yep, about to reinstall passenger wiper arm as well. plus rear tow strap.

Better send them up then!

haha. good on ya!

There is talk about some rule changes, so wait and see, plus you can't afford them.

No I cant, someone else can

I really like this car. It's properly race-track like but still looks really good. Top stuff.

Possible to get a pic of this setup?

Sorry mate, not going to pull apart the cam sensor for photos. Car has been tuned and don't want to have to go and dyno it just to check that all is back together correctly.

If you have a workshop doing the tune and wiring they will know what to do. I suggest you talk to them about getting it done.

I can get it done by my guys, but I will warn you know, its not cheap.

Well I'm in the process of learning to tune myself....Plan on doing a course on it, so was just wondering how yours looked to get an idea.....

Thanks anyways....

I won't promise anything, but will see how I go next week. Have round 1 this week end so won't be touching the car for obvious reasons. I might be able to get away with just taking the casing off and leaving the base in the head. Will see what I can do.

I have found some photos but they are very bad and out of focus and would be no good to you as you really can't see much detail.

Leave it with me.

what time are the races on this friday??

Saturday not Friday.

Practice/Qualifying approx: 2.45pm

Race 1 approx 4.20 ~ 5.00pm (race start times)
Race 2 approx 6.20 ~ 7.00pm " "
Race 3 approx 8.45 ~ 9.20pm " "

Not sure what exact times.

Simon are you racing under lights for race 3?, is sun strike an issue in the first couple of races?

I reckon he would be, it gets dark early down south

Doesn't leave much room for any delays, hope there are no accidents or oil to clean up or else I can see race 3 being cancelled unless there is track lighting

Every year one of our multi car sprints is a twilight event, starts at 2.30pm and runs to 9pm, since it's always in the middle of winter it's dark by 5.30, last one was about 3'C and pouring with rain, couldn't see a damn thing and it was so cold it was close to freezing, we started with 40 cars and there were only 9 of us left by the end of the night, was extremely scary since I only had 048's and some of the tracks configurations were run in reverse and there's definitely no track lighting, my super cheap spotlights were pretty lame... running a track in reverse and not being able to see or know exactly where it goes is very unnerving

Thanks

Hey D,

Yeah, its a twilight meeting, and the track has lights. Being Feb we get sunset about 8.30 anyway, but will be an interesting first meeting. Considering I have never "Raced" before let alone raced in the dark.

Free to come and spectate?

Usually $10 to spectate.... so close enough to free.

just saw latest entry list, 30 cars uh oh.

Might have to come down and watch.

got to work saturday so i wont be able to make it

Nothing to worry about.....first race, first race in the dark, first race in the wet.....how bad could it be?

Says the one who will be working on it between races

I can hide in the shed :p I'll be nice and dry!

Simon make sure you have a big bag full of nice soft CLEAN rags and meths or other window cleaning/anti fog products, you'll end up with sunstrike at that time of the day and a really clean window can make quite a difference, not sure what your helmet is like but when I race really early or late in the day I ditch my full face Bell and use my old motocross helmet because it has a huge front peak/visor on it, just dip your head slightly and it shields the sun out of your eyes

Just remember, if it rains put more pressure in your tyres not less, wait aren't you running 048's, you're fooked if it rains

I'd say good luck but thats bad luck so just have fun, got races this Sat too, first time for 6 LONG months, had testing on Tues, almost ready

Yes I have heard that 048's are exceptional in the wet. Hopefully it dries out enough. I have bigger problems at the moment, the driveway is still dirt/gravel down to the workshop/shed and the amount of water we have had might make it fun to get the car/trailer out.



Thanks, not sure if that is good nor bad



Enjoy your weekend as well

Bad news Simon, light rain is worse than heavy rain (for Mallala). And from my experience AO48's are absolutely useless in the wet. Its like iceskating.

We'll have fun regardless.

Yeah, I agree. I found out the hard way!

Week end went well. Lowered my PB by 2 seconds, now in the 1 min 25 bracket. Think I can crack the 24 soon enough. Had some great battles with an EH during race 2, managed to get past him in race three and then pulled away from him.

Looking forward to the next meeting now.

Photos from the week end. Thanks to Chris Porter for allowing me to post them.

Love the P-plate, designates you as a rookie huh?

Means he is a provisional licence holder. Need to get the COC to sign off your licence at the end of each meeting. I think its 4 signatures and you come off your p's. Did you remember Simon?

Yep, did my OLT in Qualifying and past that. Just need to get my 4 or 5 signatures for this year and I'm done.

Any incar footage?

Starting to get prepared for Round 2 on the 4th & 5th of June @ Mallala.
Work started on new surge tank and box so we can place it in the spare wheel well.

Why are all you bulkhead fittings the same size, and why are you using 400 series hose?

They are all dash 6, as that is all I need, and 400 series hoes cos I am cheap

Any progress? is that just a box to hide all the equipment to be fume proof? I put a lexan cover on mine so I could see at a glance nothing has leaked.

Why not run the surge tank and pump in the engine bay then theres no need for the box/bulkhead and all the hoses.I used to run the std tank with std gti pump,use the std steel fuel lines to engine bay,run the feed line into a 1lt surge tank,gravity feed from st to bosch 044,return from reg to surge tank and overflow from st to metal return pipe, very simple and not much weight.

All finished. Box covers the lot to be flame proof. Just made it simple (well the workshop did).

Cheers for the comments Dave. Not a bad idea re the tank in the engine bay, it's all done now sonwill stay like it for a while.

Will post pic later of finished product.

so what happened saturday you wern't on the results sunday on natsoft.

also what happened to ruta is it fixable before it has to be on a truck to come up here

Not sure about Ruta, Saturday he did an engine, fixed it over night, then all was well Sunday, I think.

Mine, had a problem with a hall effect sensor, it had taken a whack and was overheating and shutting down, giving me a random miss firing problem, chased it all week end then worked it out Early sunday morning and pulled the pin so it didn't break anything else.

Rather dissapointing!!!!!

The black Honda from WA is going to be something to see at the nats, its dropped the U2L record by over a second and I think it will come down again at the nats.

yes the honda should be quicker again come nats they have more go faster bits on the way from what i've been told has only run 6 meetings since it was built also so lots more to come i think.

shame about your car tho the more track time you have the better just to get race craft up atleast look's like v8's up here will be very interesting 40 cars all very quick looking at the entry list i'll be happy to finnish in the top 50% with who will be here

Any updates?

Plenty going on.
New ECU, New front brakes & lines, New airbox, New seat/harness, Ally radiator, relocating the oil cooler to suit new radiator, 4.4 gearbox to build, 1044 cams to go in.
Just struggling with time to do it all.

Its either time or money...or both.

What sort of drop in lap times are you hoping for?

Im hoping he adds about 4 seconds a lap. Somehow I doubt it will work in my favour.
GTP

if it drops anything it will be great. i am hoping it (I) just remain more consistent

No mate I think there is some time in all that, the cams and seat will add the most to your lap times. however the older rubber this season will take some of it back. but re-rubber and you'll be gold.
How did you get on with the brackets?

GTP

A set of Yokahama 050 medium compound will be worth 2 to secs a lap in your GTi

Fantastic tyres

Well if I go from what is said here and I get a second from the cams and the few other things plus the 2 seconds from the tyres, with everything else being equal that should just about equate to the under 1600 lap record.

Somehow I doubt it will happen though.

JP, brackets on hold machinist is ill.

should now stop a little better.

Ive seen that bracket before...
are we anodising them, as you know I like pretty things
now paint those rotor hats
and good to see the rotors on the right way

GTP

THis brakes set up looks absolutely business , but unsprung weight may go up a bit? , then again the amount of braking power may outpaced it

Unsprung wight increases by about 1.2kg's per corner. the calipers and bracket are a lot lighter than the standard GTi gear its the larger disk which is heavier. the alloy parts maintain the gain to as little as possible. The gain being confidence inspiring brakes all day long no matter where you are or what your doing. The hotter mine get the better they work, suggesting I haven't found the limits yet

GTP

I didn't actually weight the components I took off. But this would be simple to do as I still have the rotors and standard calipers sitting around.

As GTP has mentioned, the new rotors are a fair whack heavier, but the increase in brake capacity negates that. I haven't had fade or anything over a length of a race, even with cheap shitty pads, these came at the right time and I was able to make the change along with a few other thing that are happening at the moment.

It looks like a great setup! I'm Super keen to get the same thing on my build as soon as the funds are available. Its great to hear how well they work in a proven track setup as well as I'll be using them for track days/hill climbs and daily duties oneday

Good to see this work in progress too. I love seeing the GTi race cars evolve and continue to push newer "better" cars

A few more bits and pieces. Sprint 500 is currently being wired in along with a few more gadgets for the data logger to see.