-Harry-

Its been a while for any updates on this. I bought another toy to play with so some funds were temporarily diverted. Well worth it though Zuboo and fearless also invested in some other toys. I think the count is 4 bikes, 4 four wheel drives and 4 race cars between the three of us. I have future plans of upgrading my brakes for which nothing fits under 14's. Some extra contact patch wouldn't hurt either so If I have to go bigger, why not do it properly? Ordered some Buddyclub P1's in 15x8 +32. Some dunlop 220x565 slicks will be going on these in coming weeks. Iphone for scale on the width of these babys. Also ordering so powerflex bushs for the rear beam and panhard rod to stiffen the rear up a little. The car just got dropped down to definition motorsport to have the race seat installed 2 inchs lower and fixed into the chasis and cage. I dont know if anyone has looked under their rails, but the only thing stopping the seat moving forward or back is a little 5mm pin on one side only. After all the recent neck and back injuries locally, I got scared. Plan is to have everything ready for the night sprints happening again on the 5th of next month. Cheers Harry

Did these today as well as adding a fire extinguisher and fixing a few little things. JDM Yo! Their actually brighter in person.

Went Racing last night. Lighting was pretty poor but it added an element of danger. Was probably one of the most enjoyable track days Ive ever done. Got some footage but the camera mount twisted half way through the first flying lap. You can see how dark it is on the warm up lap though. The car was extremely competetive. Only a cobra with rediculous money spent on it beat me in my group.

Here's what im looking at running. 15x8 +32 buddyclubs. This is with a 195 tire which seem to sit perfect with std guards and suspension. Bigger tire will require spacers, archs ect. Scroll down to the buddyclub P1's http://austarletclub.com/index.php?/topic/17963-meet-mr-terry-two-tone/

remember later model 4efte's have toothpick rods too so you should use a little more restraint in tuning them. 180hp atw seems to be a good ballpark figure before the ringlands start to fail. Tuning plays a huge part too. Tuning safely on a good ecu and bodging it up with a fcd and rrfpr will give large variants. There has been a lot higher figures but average, reliable power... around 180hp atw. 180atw in Aus is like 300hp in the uk though isnt it? :p

Thanks for the part number. Ill look into them next time the heads off., If your dead keen on a swirl pot, than you can run your walbro as a lift pump in tank. (std fuel tank has a little pot in it too where the pump sits) and then run a big electric to the motor. An 044 will supply more fuel than you will ever need. My problem was no where to mount a surge tank. I ended up running a 500ml ebay tank in the engine bay as I just couldnt find anywhere else outside the car. Big electrics are noisy too. I wrapped a few stubby coolers around mine to quieten it a little.

My walbro 255 maxed out at 270hp at the wheels. We used to run the std in tank pump or the walbro and then mount a second pump in line in the engine bay like a bosch 044. Works very well and never had an issue in drags, street and circuit racing. Also, most swirl pots have the return lines from the rail to them as well as the lift pump feeding them so you would litterly have to max out the flow of your primary pump to bleed your surge tank dry. Dont worry about running different sized pumps. If you do go for a bosch pump, make sure its genuine. Like walbro, the market has een floode with fakes. PS love the solid bucket lifters. Must have cost a bit.

I tripped over my front clip last week, not only hurting myself but tearing my dodgey workmanship to pieces (it was held together with silcone and scrap bit of carbon). I rebuilt it all with proper bolts and nylon threaded nuts to get fitment just right. I also wanted a toms grill but im cheap so I just took a hacksaw to the std one. Wired in a set of 55w driving lights and rewired my tail lights and brake lights. QR is commencing night time street sprints as of this Wednesday Zuboo and I headed out to check out the lighting at the drift event last night and it was very dark. One car spun out and turned off his headlights and disappeared. Should make for some interesting racing. Also bought a c52 gearbox of dan131 for a bargain. Ill start rebuilding that probably next week and picked up a civic radiator shroud. It better improve cooling, it weighs a tonne. Ill try and get some footage on the gopro3 on wednesday night

You have to fab up brackets and drill a hole through them. Then rivet the locking pin onto the bracket. They are a nightmare to line up but once you know where they are going the rest is pretty easy. For ease of use when their done, it was worth every hour. On a downside, Ive just spent the last 6 hours pulling starlets off Fearless's property and removing my car and Zuboo's while they cleared out his house. Water is rising fast again. 30 year flood my ass. its only been 2 years.

A few small updates. Ive been working on fixing all the little things on the car and the last second bodge jobs that have added up over the years. I think it is finally getting to the 'reliable' stage I removed the front crash bar and some of the chasis rails. Replaced with alloy box frame. New brackets made for radiator, oil cooler and intercooler. New 3" alloy pipework and intercooler inverted for a more direct route. New tow hook fabbed up as well. New ultra racing rear sway bar Rear hatch secured with 1x zeus clip. No more cable ties Front bar fitted with 4x zeus clips. Headlight covers cut off and glassed to front bar with carbon fibre. One day I might mould the lights and a toms grill and do it in carbon but I dont think its worth the effort. The car is a breeze to work on now. I think Its finally time to upgrade my brakes as well. Im looking closely at the WMS kits. They really seem like a quality bit of gear for a good price. If keri is reading, Im open to sponsorship Once I get bigger brakes, ill need some bigger wheels. Ive already lined up some 15x8" buddy clubs and will be getting some 8" dunlop slicks too. Cheers Harry