EarL

Now for sale... http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/225158.htm EarL.

Here ya go guys. A quick vid of the Beast in action. Just playing around with the boost... This was taking it easy with 1.35 bar. ;) GT35 and 1000cc injectors to go in soon. 550+ then. EarL.

Looking cool Marky boy! ;) Did your laptop get smashed in the bump? I might be able to sort you out with one if you're desperate. Nothing brilliant, but ok for mapping that old MoTeC M4 of yours... Take it easy mucker, hope to see you at Andi's curry night. EarL.

Yes, it'll be running around 1.9/2.0 bar a little later on this month. Should see around 500 @ the fly then. I'll be testing the L/C in anger on the weekend, so when I do, I'll grab some vids and post 'em up. Cheers lads, EarL.

Here ya go lads. Dyno result number 1. That was at 1.5 bar. Since the dyno day, it's had the cold start and the low speed fuelling re-mapped. Also got the launch control and the map switching working, courtesy of Dave Rowe of MoTeC. It feels like being fired from a gun when it launches. Next mapping, it'll be running on C16 race fuel, and will have nitrous cooling the intake charge. We're pretty confident that it'll make 550+. ;) Keep checking in for updates. EarL.

UPDATE Ok, since selling the Starlet to my mate Mark Edwards, I've had chance to do a little more to the MR2 to get it ready for it's first season of racing. Here's what it looks like now... It's done a little over 1000 miles on the new engine, and is ready for it's final oil change to full race synthetic (Silkolene Pro S 10w-50), before being mapped next Monday (5th of Feb). From there, It'll be run with colder grade plugs and generally given a good seeing to, to make sure it's ready for it's first event on the 22nd of Feb.... Weston Performance rolling road day. The day before the rr, it'll be mapped again, but this time, it'll be the full hit! 1.8/2.0 bar of boost, and as near as we can get to 500bhp. ;) Pics & vids to follow. EarL.

Yes. My good mate Mr Edwards, decided that a more normal manner of direction wasn't good enough, and decided that his wonderful MR2 would be more suited to driving backwards at 60mph, when this happened... It did look like this... But, as they say, all good things... come to a crunching, splintering, back aching, head banging, end. So he's buying my Starlet off me. ...and I'm buying another one. When I've finished running my MR2 in. EarL.

Here ya go... EarL.

UPDATE Engine in and run for the first time on Saturday. My engine builder said "it sounds like a f**ing monster!!" Can't wait to drive it now! ;-)

Here's mine with... I kinda like it! ;)

Here ya go mate. It's not perfect, but you can get the basic idea. EarL.

Technically, a strut brace (which is fixed to the tops of the struts via the existing bolts) stops the shock towers from flexing apart whilst cornering, and altering the steering geometry mid corner. If the struts are held at a constant angle the car will corner that much more sure footed. HTH.

A hybrid is never going to be as efficiant as a ball bearing turbo, purely because of the turbo's size. It may make the same numbers, but it's life will be that much shorter because of the heat it generates. A hybrid CT9 with a CT20 compressor will generate way more heat than a TD05.

Spot on that man For power levels up to around 300 hp, there's not much that will compare to the power FC.

Surely somebody knows...?