Track car project - season 3

vix · 07-02-2010, 12:39

Season 1 thread: http://www.boat-drinks.co.uk/showthr...light=humphrey

Season 2 thread : http://www.boat-drinks.co.uk/showthr...light=humphrey

That's right, another year of racing for me and Phil, and of course our track car, Humphrey.

We have some more plans for the Humph this year although he is driveable at the moment. Pre season work has so far been as follows:

Moving of battery to front of car and replacement with a lightweight racing battery:

Preparation for a chargecooler conversion - parts of which you can see in the pic above!

Because the battery has come out of the back, making sure the intercooler has something to sit on:

Internal and external kill switches for the battery:

Oil temp and boost gauges:

Docking and power for Phil's Xmas pressie, a datalogger:

This is pretty much how we will run him for our test day at Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire in 3 weeks time. Plans for the season include brake conversion, chargecooler, and perhaps a respray of nothing too bad happens!!

Toyota Sprint Season provisional dates and locations are as follows - give us a shout if you fancy coming along!

March 21st TSS Round 1 Rockingham
April 4th TSS Round 2 Barkston
June 6th TSS R3 Fakenham, Norfolk
July 24th TSS R4 Barkston
September 19th TSS R5 Woodbridge
October 16th TSS R6 Tockwith

Nutcase · 07-02-2010, 13:17

Ooh I've got one of those intercoolers somewhere, with a fan on it. Came from a Mk2.

Busy busy

Knipples · 07-02-2010, 16:23

Wish I lived nearer, would love to come and see you racing!

vix · 07-02-2010, 17:03

Aww, yeah we don't really go across to that end of the country.

Zirax · 07-02-2010, 18:43

Good idea with the battery, it was on my list to do of either replacing the standard with a racing battery or relocating. The only bugger for me is the lack of trailer hence I would need to put stuff in the frunk.

kaiowas · 07-02-2010, 20:41

I can still get the spare in there although obviously it's not fixed in place and it's a little tight getting it wedged under the strut brace. Without the spare then there's still loads of room for storing crap.

Jonny69 · 08-02-2010, 14:24

Wow, can't believe another year has gone past. Here's to another cracker of a year racing

vix · 22-03-2010, 11:57

Round 1 – Rockingham, Sunday 21st March 2010

We were approaching this round with some trepidation as last year saw us have a coolant issue, resulting in a trip to hospital for Phil! Coolant issue solved, and no major problems over the Winter, we were keep to actually get a time down at this event.

We stayed locally the night before, in order to get at the circuit for the 7:30 am start (urgh!). The first round is always a bit more hectic, as a lot of newcomers are milling around not sure what to do, and there is more to do generally with putting new sponsors stickers on the cars, buying our licences and generally trying to be prepared.

However, being in our third year now, Phil and I work like clockwork to sort everything out, and were scrutineered and noise tested (90db) quite early, leaving us time to find spare bits on the car to put stickers.

Once briefed, we were ready to make the sighting runs, giving us the first view of the track. It appeared to be the same as last years, from what we could remember, although other competitors were saying the corners appeared to be a little tighter.

The track used the fab banked oval at Rockingham, although cones marked out a bit of a layout so we wouldn’t just be driving round in circles all day!

We also had Phil’s new toy, a datalogger to play with, which would hopefully help me see where I was going too slow, and compare our good runs with our bad ones to see which were the best tactics!

Our first runs were 10 seconds apart and I felt I wasn’t getting anywhere. Phil was doing well and his times of around 94 seconds were competitive. Before lunch, I had managed to knock 5 seconds off my time, and Phil was nibbling away at his too. The car was going fine too, all was well!

Checking the data at lunchtime showed me a few places to get some speed in, and helped us work out when to be in what gear! In the afternoon, I started struggling with the gearbox, which hindered my progress, as it is really hard to change from 3rd to second, meaning the corners after long straights were taken slower than necessary. Grr. However I managed to get under 100 seconds by the end of the day, just, so I had achieved something!

Rockingham is mainly a power circuit so the MR2 was struggling a lot, and we didn’t expect any trophies. Phil was beaten by 2 turbo’d Starlets, a newcomer to the class pulling a fab time of 89.26, and the previous year winner getting 92.03 – Phil’s time being 93.10.

Of course I was last, but on pace for a change and we are looking forward to the next round in a fortnight, at our favourite track, one which rewards the nimble!

Pics later – at work at the mo

Zirax · 22-03-2010, 12:40

Ah, I wondered what you would use the datalogger for. I never realised you can do it on a per lap basis.

Rockingham never was my favourite track as it's all about who can turn their turbo up the most (and not blow their engine) like Mr Milner. How did Neil get on in the 1.5? The next round is one of my favourites as well

I'm actually going to spend easter getting mine going (I hope).

vix · 22-03-2010, 13:07

Neil's 1.5 is at home in bits but he managed runner up in the 20v

The track was tighter this year but still the big cars were better off. It's a Supra circuit

07-02-2010, 12:39	#1
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Track car project - season 3 Season 1 thread: http://www.boat-drinks.co.uk/showthr...light=humphrey Season 2 thread : http://www.boat-drinks.co.uk/showthr...light=humphrey That's right, another year of racing for me and Phil, and of course our track car, Humphrey. We have some more plans for the Humph this year although he is driveable at the moment. Pre season work has so far been as follows: Moving of battery to front of car and replacement with a lightweight racing battery: Preparation for a chargecooler conversion - parts of which you can see in the pic above! Because the battery has come out of the back, making sure the intercooler has something to sit on: Internal and external kill switches for the battery: Oil temp and boost gauges: Docking and power for Phil's Xmas pressie, a datalogger: This is pretty much how we will run him for our test day at Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire in 3 weeks time. Plans for the season include brake conversion, chargecooler, and perhaps a respray of nothing too bad happens!! Toyota Sprint Season provisional dates and locations are as follows - give us a shout if you fancy coming along! March 21st TSS Round 1 Rockingham April 4th TSS Round 2 Barkston June 6th TSS R3 Fakenham, Norfolk July 24th TSS R4 Barkston September 19th TSS R5 Woodbridge October 16th TSS R6 Tockwith __________________

07-02-2010, 17:03	#4
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Aww, yeah we don't really go across to that end of the country. __________________

07-02-2010, 20:41	#6
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	I can still get the spare in there although obviously it's not fixed in place and it's a little tight getting it wedged under the strut brace. Without the spare then there's still loads of room for storing crap. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

08-02-2010, 14:24	#7
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Wow, can't believe another year has gone past. Here's to another cracker of a year racing __________________

22-03-2010, 11:57	#8
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Round 1 – Rockingham, Sunday 21st March 2010 We were approaching this round with some trepidation as last year saw us have a coolant issue, resulting in a trip to hospital for Phil! Coolant issue solved, and no major problems over the Winter, we were keep to actually get a time down at this event. We stayed locally the night before, in order to get at the circuit for the 7:30 am start (urgh!). The first round is always a bit more hectic, as a lot of newcomers are milling around not sure what to do, and there is more to do generally with putting new sponsors stickers on the cars, buying our licences and generally trying to be prepared. However, being in our third year now, Phil and I work like clockwork to sort everything out, and were scrutineered and noise tested (90db) quite early, leaving us time to find spare bits on the car to put stickers. Once briefed, we were ready to make the sighting runs, giving us the first view of the track. It appeared to be the same as last years, from what we could remember, although other competitors were saying the corners appeared to be a little tighter. The track used the fab banked oval at Rockingham, although cones marked out a bit of a layout so we wouldn’t just be driving round in circles all day! We also had Phil’s new toy, a datalogger to play with, which would hopefully help me see where I was going too slow, and compare our good runs with our bad ones to see which were the best tactics! Our first runs were 10 seconds apart and I felt I wasn’t getting anywhere. Phil was doing well and his times of around 94 seconds were competitive. Before lunch, I had managed to knock 5 seconds off my time, and Phil was nibbling away at his too. The car was going fine too, all was well! Checking the data at lunchtime showed me a few places to get some speed in, and helped us work out when to be in what gear! In the afternoon, I started struggling with the gearbox, which hindered my progress, as it is really hard to change from 3rd to second, meaning the corners after long straights were taken slower than necessary. Grr. However I managed to get under 100 seconds by the end of the day, just, so I had achieved something! Rockingham is mainly a power circuit so the MR2 was struggling a lot, and we didn’t expect any trophies. Phil was beaten by 2 turbo’d Starlets, a newcomer to the class pulling a fab time of 89.26, and the previous year winner getting 92.03 – Phil’s time being 93.10. Of course I was last, but on pace for a change and we are looking forward to the next round in a fortnight, at our favourite track, one which rewards the nimble! Pics later – at work at the mo __________________

07-02-2010, 13:17	#2
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Ooh I've got one of those intercoolers somewhere, with a fan on it. Came from a Mk2. Busy busy

07-02-2010, 18:43	#5
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Good idea with the battery, it was on my list to do of either replacing the standard with a racing battery or relocating. The only bugger for me is the lack of trailer hence I would need to put stuff in the frunk.

22-03-2010, 12:40	#9
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Ah, I wondered what you would use the datalogger for. I never realised you can do it on a per lap basis. Rockingham never was my favourite track as it's all about who can turn their turbo up the most (and not blow their engine) like Mr Milner. How did Neil get on in the 1.5? The next round is one of my favourites as well I'm actually going to spend easter getting mine going (I hope).

22-03-2010, 13:07	#10
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Neil's 1.5 is at home in bits but he managed runner up in the 20v The track was tighter this year but still the big cars were better off. It's a Supra circuit __________________