STi Time Attack 2008 - new dyno figures !!
Progress ... ish
Headed up to Area 52 Autosport today to do some jobs on the car while it was up there and to check on progress.
Plan for the day was:
1 to fit bucket seat - had rails to fit it on so should be a quick job.
2 fit 6 point harness to drivers seat
3 check underfloor to see what could be done to improve aero
4 measure up for the brake ducts
5 drool over some of the goodies going on 8)
I arrived shortly after 10 am and headed into the workshop to see my car up in the air on the lift minus an engine
Had a quick nosey around underneath (what is it that makes the underneath so appealling ? ) and looked at what could be done to improve the aero flow. With the 06 model a lot of the udnerfloor flattening has been done already so maybe not a huge importance to do stuff there so might wait til all the others 'to-do' items are sorted
At this point Jase pointed out the newly built engine that will be going into the car. For some reason I didnt take pics of this... I guess I was excited
I was then shown the Front Mount that had arrived ... the APS DR725 Stealth. It is a beast !!! Huge, deep and very functional piece of kit. I was very impressed with the quality of the item, the instructions to fit, templates to cut from the bumper and all the fittings. What a kit 8)
We then wheeled it outside so that I could quickly get the old seat out and fit the new one.
What should have been an easy job - was a nightmare and in the end, could not be done because the seat rail and mount only allow for a 400mm wide seat base between them and my seat was 440mm. Bugger.
A bit of fiddling around later to adapt the mounts and it was almost there but again could not do it because the base of the seat was now fouling the adapted mounts. Bugger again.
So I got on with drilling holes in the floor to mount the two crutch straps for the 6 point harness and using the spreader plates that Alyn @ ASP Performance supplied, fitting the eye bolts was a doddle. Cheers Alyn. The rear belt mounts were a simple replacing of bolts with eye-bolts and clip in the new harness. Easy.
Anyway back to the seat..... Well not actually - I gave up and will fight it another day when a full plan can be formulated
Some pics of an empty engine bay :
Plan for the day was:
1 to fit bucket seat - had rails to fit it on so should be a quick job.
2 fit 6 point harness to drivers seat
3 check underfloor to see what could be done to improve aero
4 measure up for the brake ducts
5 drool over some of the goodies going on 8)
I arrived shortly after 10 am and headed into the workshop to see my car up in the air on the lift minus an engine
Had a quick nosey around underneath (what is it that makes the underneath so appealling ? ) and looked at what could be done to improve the aero flow. With the 06 model a lot of the udnerfloor flattening has been done already so maybe not a huge importance to do stuff there so might wait til all the others 'to-do' items are sorted
At this point Jase pointed out the newly built engine that will be going into the car. For some reason I didnt take pics of this... I guess I was excited
I was then shown the Front Mount that had arrived ... the APS DR725 Stealth. It is a beast !!! Huge, deep and very functional piece of kit. I was very impressed with the quality of the item, the instructions to fit, templates to cut from the bumper and all the fittings. What a kit 8)
We then wheeled it outside so that I could quickly get the old seat out and fit the new one.
What should have been an easy job - was a nightmare and in the end, could not be done because the seat rail and mount only allow for a 400mm wide seat base between them and my seat was 440mm. Bugger.
A bit of fiddling around later to adapt the mounts and it was almost there but again could not do it because the base of the seat was now fouling the adapted mounts. Bugger again.
So I got on with drilling holes in the floor to mount the two crutch straps for the 6 point harness and using the spreader plates that Alyn @ ASP Performance supplied, fitting the eye bolts was a doddle. Cheers Alyn. The rear belt mounts were a simple replacing of bolts with eye-bolts and clip in the new harness. Easy.
Anyway back to the seat..... Well not actually - I gave up and will fight it another day when a full plan can be formulated
Some pics of an empty engine bay :
The IC is black because I wanted it blackTk wrote:not picking fault or anything but why is the intercooler painted black, must be the worst colour to attract heat ?
good to see progress and i bet you cant wait to get it back and run in to see what its like :twisted:
. I dont think heat soak will be an issue with it 
The IC is black because I wanted it blackdynamix wrote:Tk wrote:not picking fault or anything but why is the intercooler painted black, must be the worst colour to attract heat ?
good to see progress and i bet you cant wait to get it back and run in to see what its like :twisted:
. I dont think heat soak will be an issue with it ]i should imagine not i guess unless its extemely sunny :lol: just thinking out loud, going to be a lot better than my top mount heat soaker
Small one's are more juicy
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Better painted black as it dissipates heat more efficiently. That's why air cooled motorbikes of 10/20years ago the engines were painted black. Thats why most OEM radiators on cars even today are painted black.
Heat dissipation!! Duncan, you could be starting a bit of a trend in black FMIC's!! Groovy!! :wack:
Heat dissipation!! Duncan, you could be starting a bit of a trend in black FMIC's!! Groovy!! :wack:
Buggers cancelled my op just a couple of days before it was due. Inconsiderate barstewards!! 
Waiting now for another execution date!!:headhack:
Waiting now for another execution date!!:headhack: