pick1 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) Awsome thread mate Edited May 7, 2013 by pick1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Awesome!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thanks guys I'll post pics of the car in action soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freak Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 nice write up, and project bro. sweet little ep you got there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 This is awesome !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Lovely stuff! Keep up the good work! Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) So I just wanted to post some pics of the old rebuild done roughly 2 years ago when we decided to go with the vitara pistons to replace the broken 4efte ones just for everyone's reference This is what happened to the stock 4EFTE piston: The vitara/esteem (G16B) piston I actually bought them off a friend who used them on his 5EFTE build but suddenly had the budget to go forged so he didn't have any use for them anymore. But they also worked great for him. He bought brand new and didn't even put 1000km on them. Again your mileage may vary and it will depend a lot on the skill of your machinist/machine shop. You can see them here re-pinned to 5E conrods. To the left are the old 4EFTE piston+rod. Since I was still going to be using my 4E block we had to have them re-pinned to my 4EFTE rods. We opted to use a metal head gasket because the compression is much lower now due to the dished design of the vitara pistons (standard 4EFTE pistons have flat tops) Vitara pistons are in the rebored/honed block Putting it all together (this one still had the stock manifold and old ct9/ct12 hybrid turbo i had) This is how low the compression ratio becomes after using vitara pistons Anyway that's about it for the vitara piston rebuild 1 dyno session and 2 circuit seasons later she's still going strong and now at 1 bar boost. Edited May 11, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbo Moorley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 what power is it msking pal? love reading your thread ! crackin little car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 @Starbo Moorley at the last dyno run with the old tired TD04L @ .8 bar we were making 155 hp / 127 ft lbs at the wheels . We haven't had the chance to get her dynoed recently because we're in the middle of a season. We upped the boost to about 1 bar and changed tuners we're feeling a definite increase but its all butt feel as of now. Maybe after the season we'll get to dyno it again for the next one I'll post the numbers here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbo Moorley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 ahhh good stuff that ! the pistons can take alot of abuse, (iknow someone runnin over 400@ the fly on d16 motor), no idea what standard starlet gt rods csn take though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Yep! It worked well for a stop gap solution. The end goal is to go forged if we can get enough sponsors so for now we keep the try to keep a more conservative tune. We're not running drag anyway and the car is super light so right now the power we're generating is more than enough for our needs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 I've just got a hold of photos from last week's circuit leg. Sorry for the quality they didn't really get good pics of the car in action, but well this is better than nothing GT Radial team cars arriving on the track (which included our little turbo hatch) Running with the rest of the pack Going wide! Go home starlet! You drunk! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Love it! We need videos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Thanks Amjad! I think I posted this already above but this is a video of my latest run: This one is my brother's 35-car grid race action starting from pole (they do 1 warm up lap and a rolling start because of the sheer number of cars) Edited May 10, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I must have missed it! Subscribed and will watch later! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PokerFace Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 love the setup of inside the car ! awsome thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Love reading this thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks guys I'm glad that you like the build Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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maddox710 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Those pictures are brilliant!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks @maddox710 @pick1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) We're nearing fabrication of the diffuser/underbody and aluminum sideskirts. Thought I'd give a shot at a quick and dirty photoshop render so I can show them how I want it to come out. Hopefully we can get it to look proper Edited May 22, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Front aero looks sweet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Fingers crossed the real thing will look similar to the render Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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