Thanks to Darren & Ben who gave up Mothering Sunday morning, an engine came to life. Compared to the MK2, the new engine needs much more fuel, and will easily rev to 7000. The new VTS box made the car romp to over 100mph in just a few hundred yards and under 15 seconds.
Unfortunately the Race Technology logging was not yet set up to handle to ECU inputs, so Ben was working from a laptop on his lap, but after 15 minutes of tweeking it, we then had about an hour to run round Bruntingthorpe at 70ish. The data logger was recording speed, and 70mph was actually 100mph and it apparently topped out at 132mph, which I guess must be on the limit in 5th?
The car goes back to SPOOX for one more time to swap over the new rear axle and brakes plus a lower ride height. On road tyres it handled really well, but dropping 10mm might make the rear sit down more, as the AO48's seem to want to lift a wheel on cornering, such is the improved grip over the 539's.
With the exception of some of our recent sponsors decals, the car looks professional enough to be in the BTCC, so let us hope for a sensible introduction for Mike to Stock Hatch at Castle Combe. The entry is in the post, so just a month to go. Pictures should now start to flow.
Unfortunately the Race Technology logging was not yet set up to handle to ECU inputs, so Ben was working from a laptop on his lap, but after 15 minutes of tweeking it, we then had about an hour to run round Bruntingthorpe at 70ish. The data logger was recording speed, and 70mph was actually 100mph and it apparently topped out at 132mph, which I guess must be on the limit in 5th?
The car goes back to SPOOX for one more time to swap over the new rear axle and brakes plus a lower ride height. On road tyres it handled really well, but dropping 10mm might make the rear sit down more, as the AO48's seem to want to lift a wheel on cornering, such is the improved grip over the 539's.
With the exception of some of our recent sponsors decals, the car looks professional enough to be in the BTCC, so let us hope for a sensible introduction for Mike to Stock Hatch at Castle Combe. The entry is in the post, so just a month to go. Pictures should now start to flow.
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