Mike84 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Thought I would start a progress thread on my latest project which I've been at a year already Which has snowballed a lot from the beginning. Basically trying to build a competitive hillclimb sprint car to compete in the road car class Up to 2 litre (which the starlet ends up in with the turbo multiplier factor). My objective is to build as light and as little lag as possible car no crazy overall hp goals. So as close to 800kg and around 220-230bhp is what I need to beat the main competitors with clio 182's Spec so far is Fully refreshed standard engine Ct9/ct12 hybrid with billet compressor Wepr stainless top mount manifold With tial external wastegate Custom lightweight alternator/water pump delete (electric waterpump) Custom frontmount intercooler Civic rad Quaife lsd box Lightened flywheel / paddle clutch Custom brakes front and rear Team dynamic 15" front wheel 13" rear (for weight) Shell painted in Nissan skyline kh2 grey Safetydevices rear cage Motodrive bucketseats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maerijn Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Awesome spec list so far! Do you have more pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Did you use ct12 or ct12b to hybrid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, maerijn said: Awesome spec list so far! Do you have more pictures? cheers i do but struggling to upload them for some reason Edited December 27, 2017 by Mike84 Img inserted wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, 5e colin said: Did you use ct12 or ct12b to hybrid I'm sure it was a ct12b I then got Midland turbos to refresh it weld up internal wastegate and fit billet compressor wheel Edited December 27, 2017 by Mike84 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Edited December 27, 2017 by Mike84 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Sorry trying to get the hang of this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 This is the 3rd reincarnation of this build , to cut along story short . I stared building an ep82 into a hillclimb car then decided they were getting rare and harder to source parts (as I like a barrier or 2). So bought a black ep91 which came with a quaife lsd box , paddle clutch and lightened flywheel along with bc coilovers. I stripped the shell bare to prep it as I'm fussy which is when this latest shell came up all fully painted at a price I couldn't resist ! Needless to say I have a few spares !!!! Engine currently looks like this waiting for its new home Then this is some pics of the first car I started prepping Then how the current shell looks waiting for it's rear cage to be fitted , which is partly mocked up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 The last 4/5 nights have been busy thinning out the original wiring loom to the bare essentials. Which has meant removal of all abs , airbag , electric mirrors , radio , reverse lights , rear wiper wiring ect. The multiplugs have all been unpinned as I couldn't live with pins being unused lol. This is all in aid of trying to keep the car as light as possible within our rules. My Target of 800kg should be doable ! I hope Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I think 800 is very achievable. Although the GT's are lighter, with the Air Con Removed, half rad, any extra seats any unnecessary interior, you'd pretty much be there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Calum122 said: I think 800 is very achievable. Although the GT's are lighter, with the Air Con Removed, half rad, any extra seats any unnecessary interior, you'd pretty much be there. Cheers I hope so Unfortunately I have to keep all seats door cards and glass . The only thing inside I can lose is carpet . I have also added 30kg with the cage which doesn't help. But thankfully most of the competitors cars are over 900kg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Oh ryt, cool. Makes it interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Well while I finish the wiring I have stripped the interior , dash , heater ect out of new shell . To keep as I remove all sound deadining and weld in cage mounts. I will be swapping in my complete reduced wiring loom once this has been done and painted. Not much pics of recent progress so here is some of custom brakes I am using. All machine work is done by a friend and will be using kad mini rear calipers with pitbike rear discs. Front are original discs machined for weight and will have custom mounts for wilwood caliper. Should save 6kg from original front brake setup and closer to 10kg from rear setup Rear hub which uses starlet bearings and fits original rear axle Classic mini rear kad calipers with handbrake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Lightweight rear disc Custom machined front discs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Broony Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Nice Mike!! Can you supply these>? would love a set on my WMS kit. I cover aberdeneshire with work, would love to have a look at how its coming on. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Looking good would love to see pics of the rear set up fitted as we all no starlet rear disc brakes suck big time. Cheers nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patches Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Looks awesome! Enjoying watching this coming together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 23 hours ago, Broony said: Nice Mike!! Can you supply these>? would love a set on my WMS kit. I cover aberdeneshire with work, would love to have a look at how its coming on. Keep up the good work! Cheers I probably could , but not sure what price and wouldn't machine out holes between wheel studs until I have trailed them for a while . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 10 hours ago, akyakapotter said: Looking good would love to see pics of the rear set up fitted as we all no starlet rear disc brakes suck big time. Cheers nick Cheers I will upload more pics once I have progressed with them further. Could be a bit of trial and error unfortunately not a very cheap alternative but mega light Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Finally got my safety devices rear cage fitted Wasn't the best fitting cage I've had which was disappointing to say the least. However I got there in the end , now time to strip rest of soundeadining and get floor painted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 You made your own rear disc? Looking really nice bud! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Those disks look weak on the face ( 4x100) hope they won't snap under emergency braking Cool parts tho I like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 5 hours ago, 5e colin said: Those disks look weak on the face ( 4x100) hope they won't snap under emergency braking Cool parts tho I like That's where the hills come in haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 7 hours ago, Calum122 said: You made your own rear disc? Looking really nice bud! My mates made custom rear hubs to fit pitbike rear discs too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike84 Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 7 hours ago, 5e colin said: Those disks look weak on the face ( 4x100) hope they won't snap under emergency braking Cool parts tho I like 1 hour ago, Gainzy said: That's where the hills come in haha I understand what your saying time will tell , my theorie is the clamping force of sandwiching the disc between the hub and wheel face will add to the strength , well here is hoping Lol the problem there is usually barriers between them hills Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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