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Badger · 19-12-2014, 09:39 PM

Just digging this up from the dead!

Finished last season in 4th place overll in the championship, which was a pretty wicked feat since we had it on the dyno after the season and she was making a whopping 119bhp at the engine!

We weren't the quickest car out there by miles, but we had the uncanny ability to finish every race and finish moderately strongly.

For this season, I managed to pick up some sponsorship, which will help me get through the full season without having to scrimp too much. A bit of work on the dyno and repairing a few things managed to get the horsepower up to about 135, and with good compression we were still missing some power.

Had three rounds of the current season and was sitting in about 20th place after two rounds (in a field of about 100 cars), with there being a LOT more serious cars this year. There's about 20 VTEC integras, a LOT of AE111 Levin/Truenos and a few quick Pug 205GTis that realistically we were nowhere near. However we're in with a shout of defending our "Taxi Championship" title, for cars with 4 doors

However, just before Round 3, we found that at some point, the catalytic converter had been replaced but the muppet who did it replaced it with a 38mm resonator (stock system is 52.8mm!), which was a pretty hefty exhaust restriction. We're unsure how much power we've got now, but it feels stronger than ever, so hopefully something approaching 155 or so.

Round three saw the car getting a bit of a spruce up after tracking down an OEM Lantis R wing, and going back to stock wheels (was running some horrid Mazdaspeed rims that weren't too good for the brakes). She's looking pretty good now!

Round three was very good in the wet (which suits us a little better than the dry, where the Integras and Levins can make their power advantage tell). We brought the car home with a 3rd and a 14th (from 41st on the grid in the reverse grid race) giving us 4th place for the round and bumping us up too 8th in the championship. Hopefully we can hold our own in the second half of the season and maintain that sort of form in the championship. It'd be good to come home with a top 10 in such a competitive field.

Here's some pics from this weekend just gone:

And some video footage:

A third party shot of me battling Roman's Integra for 2nd place.... having some fun!:
http://youtu.be/nWsbtZm__2Q

Race 1:
http://youtu.be/1NhVQHsxKdc

Race 2:
http://youtu.be/JwzEgbgrIWs

19-12-2014, 09:39 PM	#83
Badger Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Car: Lantis-R Posts: 40	Just digging this up from the dead! Finished last season in 4th place overll in the championship, which was a pretty wicked feat since we had it on the dyno after the season and she was making a whopping 119bhp at the engine! We weren't the quickest car out there by miles, but we had the uncanny ability to finish every race and finish moderately strongly. For this season, I managed to pick up some sponsorship, which will help me get through the full season without having to scrimp too much. A bit of work on the dyno and repairing a few things managed to get the horsepower up to about 135, and with good compression we were still missing some power. Had three rounds of the current season and was sitting in about 20th place after two rounds (in a field of about 100 cars), with there being a LOT more serious cars this year. There's about 20 VTEC integras, a LOT of AE111 Levin/Truenos and a few quick Pug 205GTis that realistically we were nowhere near. However we're in with a shout of defending our "Taxi Championship" title, for cars with 4 doors However, just before Round 3, we found that at some point, the catalytic converter had been replaced but the muppet who did it replaced it with a 38mm resonator (stock system is 52.8mm!), which was a pretty hefty exhaust restriction. We're unsure how much power we've got now, but it feels stronger than ever, so hopefully something approaching 155 or so. Round three saw the car getting a bit of a spruce up after tracking down an OEM Lantis R wing, and going back to stock wheels (was running some horrid Mazdaspeed rims that weren't too good for the brakes). She's looking pretty good now! Round three was very good in the wet (which suits us a little better than the dry, where the Integras and Levins can make their power advantage tell). We brought the car home with a 3rd and a 14th (from 41st on the grid in the reverse grid race) giving us 4th place for the round and bumping us up too 8th in the championship. Hopefully we can hold our own in the second half of the season and maintain that sort of form in the championship. It'd be good to come home with a top 10 in such a competitive field. Here's some pics from this weekend just gone: And some video footage: A third party shot of me battling Roman's Integra for 2nd place.... having some fun!: http://youtu.be/nWsbtZm__2Q Race 1: http://youtu.be/1NhVQHsxKdc Race 2: http://youtu.be/JwzEgbgrIWs Last edited by Badger; 19-12-2014 at 09:42 PM.