Note the addition of a chin spoiler/splitter and the TTS look rear spoiler!
We also carbon fiber vinyl wrapped the rear valance.
Sunday, 31 August 2014
New Forge Race Intercooler
Whilst our original front mounted intercooler was an improvement on the OEM side mounted ones it was really designed for road use, for racing we needed a much bigger one!
We opted for the Forge Motorsports Race intercooler:
We have now raced a couple of times using the race intercooler and the power difference is amazing!
Even though the charge pipe is too hot to touch the intercooler exit pipe is stone cold to the touch!
We opted for the Forge Motorsports Race intercooler:
At the same time we added an oil cooler too.
We have now raced a couple of times using the race intercooler and the power difference is amazing!
Even though the charge pipe is too hot to touch the intercooler exit pipe is stone cold to the touch!
Friday, 23 May 2014
Silverstone May 2014
For our first race of the season we raced at Silverstone with the 750MC in the Cartek Roadsports series.
We still hadn't had chance to see if the new fuel pump had cured the fuel delivery issues so it was straight into the deep end.
For qualifying we had an intermittent issue with the turbo pressure and ultimately the turbo control valve feed pipe split, but not before we had managed to put in a respectable quali time.
Assuming that this was the issue we temporally fixed the pipe that had split at one end (buy cutting off the end) and it was race time.
Unfortunately the split pipe was masking another fault that was a dodgy N75 turbo control valve. So for the first half of the race we had intermittent turbo power. Then half way through it suddenly started working properly and we were 4s per lap faster. Unfortunately this was to little to late but at least we finished the race and enjoyed driving TTRS flat out around Silverstone.
We still hadn't had chance to see if the new fuel pump had cured the fuel delivery issues so it was straight into the deep end.
For qualifying we had an intermittent issue with the turbo pressure and ultimately the turbo control valve feed pipe split, but not before we had managed to put in a respectable quali time.
Assuming that this was the issue we temporally fixed the pipe that had split at one end (buy cutting off the end) and it was race time.
Unfortunately the split pipe was masking another fault that was a dodgy N75 turbo control valve. So for the first half of the race we had intermittent turbo power. Then half way through it suddenly started working properly and we were 4s per lap faster. Unfortunately this was to little to late but at least we finished the race and enjoyed driving TTRS flat out around Silverstone.
We have since replaced the N75 Valve (to the brown one mounted upside down )and also uprated the feed pipes to the diverter valve and the with silicone ones from Forge.
Read the full report in TrackDriver Magazine
Bosch 044 Secondary Fuel Pump
Highlighted at our recent dyno testing at Shark Performance it appears that the injectors were wide open at 5000 rpm. This was causing the engine to run lean (not good) and ultimately shut down and loose power, we were using 550cc Bosch uprated injectors so this should happen. Time for a secondary race fuel pump!
It's a bit of an overkill but we went for the industry standard Bosch 044 as used in BTCC race cars etc. on the TT in fits neatly where the fuel filter sits and you can relocate the fuel filter in-line just before the fuel rail.
The secret here is to get a set of adapters from Badger 5 that fit the standard TT fuel connectors!
We also fitted a race fuel filter while we were at it:
We used a 100A slave relay off the ignition wiring to supply the high current to the pump and heavy duty wiring.
Fuel pump in it's new home. It is quite noisy and would be too loud for a road car but in the tract you can't hear it what with your helmet and all of the other noise!
In our next race @ Silverstone it worked perfectly and had cured the problem!
It's a bit of an overkill but we went for the industry standard Bosch 044 as used in BTCC race cars etc. on the TT in fits neatly where the fuel filter sits and you can relocate the fuel filter in-line just before the fuel rail.
We also fitted a race fuel filter while we were at it:
In our next race @ Silverstone it worked perfectly and had cured the problem!
Forge MAP Pipe
At a recent race at Donington the MAP sensor (Manifold Absolute Pressure) went down. Usually it's a five minute job to change, however the plastic pipe it goes into has captive nuts and they were just spinning so we couldn't get the old one off! Frustrating since we had a spare.
So we decided to fit a metal MAP pipe from Forge and while we were at it re-route the intercooler pipes a bit to make it even more accessible (made possible because we have a smaller race battery):
You can get these from: www.forgemotorsport.co.uk
So we decided to fit a metal MAP pipe from Forge and while we were at it re-route the intercooler pipes a bit to make it even more accessible (made possible because we have a smaller race battery):
You can get these from: www.forgemotorsport.co.uk
Friday, 11 April 2014
New Hi-Flow Exhaust Manifold
During the final test session at Donington our tinpot exhaust manifold cracked. This was the weakest link since just about everything has had been uprated.
Here's what the old cast iron one looks like:
Apparently this is one of the main flow restrictions on the 1.8T engine.
Here's what the new hi-flow one from Badger 5 looks like made out high quality of cast stainless steel:
This was then ported and matched to the turbo hot side that was also ported:
Here you can see how much smaller the turbo hot side is and also that it's not concentric!
The turbo hot side now ported.
Thanks to Badger 5 for their help and advice and also PTR who worked through the night to get it ready for our next race!
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