ro55ifumi Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wow!!!! liking the route you are taking John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thanks John! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Another not so small update. Picked up a new Emanage Ultimate (rev E) to replace the old trusty Emanage Blue . Weird though I've spent about an hour searching for the 4efte jumper settings but I haven't found any. Can anyone help? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 A few things we did recently preparing for the next leg of the series finally got to install the emanage ultimate replacing the old Emanage blue. My tuner was able to get a vtps from an automatic 4efte to work with the EMU by wiring the signal directly to the piggyback and faking a tps signal to the ECU (not exactly sure how he faked it). Made tuning a lot easier now as we can tune by throttle position. He also finally got to enabling the "boost scrambler" feature of the AVCR wired temporarily into the horn button. Raises the boost to 1.3 bar for 5 seconds when activated. We still have 2 more days left of fine tuning before the race. Excited to try the boost scramble on the main straight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) A few pics and videos from last Saturday's Circuit Showdown leg: A few new things new with the car. The emanage ultimate has been hooked up everything tuned - up until our alternator died, only a day before the race which cut the fine tuning short. We were able to sort out an alternator that we installed on track but the car was running a bit rich. Other than, it still performed flawlessly! The new VTPS is working beautifully and the boost scramble is fucking awesome. Here is my time attack session. I totally broke out into a higher class than what I was battling for overall points in. Fastest time was 2m10.168s good enough to bag 4th in the class. This is my brother's grid wheel to wheel race. He qualified 2nd in the grid and kept 2nd place until the end of the race. Just to give a perspective of how much the car has improved - the lead car in front is a fully built 2.4L K24-R (k20 type R head with k24 block) Honda Civic EG hatch race car pushing close to 300 whp. My brother was able to put pressure on the leader all throughout the race. Edited July 8, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Pics from the competition are up! Edited July 9, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 In prep for the upcoming endurance race we'll be participating in, we've started work on some fuel cooling solutions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 These vitara pistons can sure hold their own... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Awesome think you might be the first to run a fuel cooler on one of these little beauts. Will interesting to see if it has any impact Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 They are certianly taking abuse the little vitara pistons. Loving the updates on this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Cracking work as always! expect to see your brother infront of the civic soon ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 @maddox710 yeah we're hoping it will. with 6 hours of straight driving, anything to cool the fuel temp will be an advantage. We are the only ones that will run a turbocharged car. @shorty I'm honestly surprised by how good the pistons are. They got me thinking of a "budget" forged build = YCP vitara pistons (~$130) + forged 4EFTE rods (~$397). Apparently D-series guys mate vitara pistons to forged rods all the time and are able to run ridiculous hp numbers. @morgey thanks! He just has to clean up his corner exit, and I think he will dominate the civic. But giving that 2.4L engine hell was awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Update: increased the surge tank capacity to a little under 5 litres Edited July 22, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) New race videos! They threw a new track configuration at us for the 6th leg of the circuit racing series we are part of. It was very short and technical – one prominent feature being a fast left hand sweeper that ends into a slow right turn and immediately into a lefthand hairpin. If that wasn't enough it started to rain in the afternoon making the track wet and muddy from cars passing on the grassy areas. My afternoon time attack run: This was my last ditch to try and get a time within my previous bracket where I was running for overall points. But the car is now just beyond that level and I ended up breaking out again by a about 1 sec despite trying to sandbag my run. This placed me in the middle of the next highest class. I clocked in a best time of 1m 36.585s (fastest time allowed for my previous bracket is 1m 37.500). The only consolation I guess was being able to hold that Lancer Evo at bay during my last lap was an awesome experience Here's the video of my afternoon run (last lap was the fastest): >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCPnUIsirgY Next up is my brother's wheel to wheel race. Unexpected rain and mud from the last chicane caused him to spin out at the 2nd lap losing 7 places dropping to 10th from 3rd and it didn't help that we forgot to soften the suspension settings to compensate for the wet track. It was a hard battle but he successfully clawed his way through the pack to take back 3rd and finish on the podium. Here's the video of my bro's grid race: >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEI68mCYDo Edited August 5, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Pics are up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Invited to display the car as part of the local ToyotaFest. Had the engine bay detailed and a spare 5EFE rocker cover painted to replace the current one. Also we now have a bigger full aluminum radiator replacing the stock EP82 one. The engine bay will probably never be this clean again lol Edited August 15, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Build update: Started the fabrication of a proper race dashboard Edited September 4, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 neat and functional. nice to see a race car being looked after and improved constantly. you must really enjoy this i wish i lived somewhere with a race series like yours. Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 @Philm Thanks man! Can anyone organize even a simple autocross series? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimD Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Thank god for the MSA, this car is scary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 LOL thanks i guess Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GP82 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Great racing! Nice pics. The Ep and EK look and sound real good going around the race circuit. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Appreciate it @GP82 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) Had most of the dash painted except for the new gauge cluster cowl. Put an access door to be able to easily change fuses. Edited September 5, 2013 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Cracking work as usual mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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