Monster-Mat

HKS is GFK

there are many locations, for practice, including silverstone, there are 6 Eurodrift events in 2008, plus the EDC events

come to the Uk for a week and drift............. :swizz:

a vid found on You Tube...i am at about 4:30 Eurodrift Open Championship 2007

well this weekend gone i travelled upto Teeside NE England to take part in the end of year open championship after the 8 hour drive up, i unloaded, and went straight out for an evening practice(Friday), did 4 laps and killed a set of 255's........hmm not looking good for the Saturday.....i only took 3 sets of rims and 2 spare tyres. Saturday morning started with open practice......i was struggling to get to grips with one of the corners, basically, i was carrying too much speed into the corners, so after some excellent advice, i started my initiations about 15 meters before everyone else......this gave me the extra distance to get the car controlled, sideways and lined up for the first corner got the corners licked and waited for qualifying....... qualifying came i did 3 runs, 1 practice and came away with semi decent scores..., total gave me a 121 point score after qualifying the results were given out, i had come 9th, so didnt quite make the Top 8....( the last qualifying score for one of the pro drivers was 104) anyway, because 3 of the top 8 drivers didnt have a Roll cage they were not permitted to go into the top 16 with the pro drivers, i was given the wild card to enter..... now, the pressure was on. we moved to the bigger, much much faster track, and again did an hour of open practice, never before had i done 3rd gear full power drifts. sheesh its fast, initiating on the handbrake at speeds around 90-95 mph and drifting the top bend was awesome, in the twin drift i was lined up against James Russell (who eventually came 3rd overall), but by this point i was having issues with the clutch, or should i say lack of clutch pedal!! went into the practice run.....and i was bloody blinded by my shift light......... so i had to back of as i couldn't see shit (it was night time now) so i re angled it(i bent it out the way) we lined up for the first judged run, James leading, i got mid long curve and couldn't change down for the hairpin, i was carrying too much speed, and span.....ah well 2nd judged run, i was leading, i thought....hell go balls out, and i absolutely caned it into the curve, i was hitting 95+mph and on the limiter in 3rd, the car sailed round the curve, and was beautifully aiming for the hairpin, i went to change down to second, tweaked the handbrake to scrub of some speed, it felt perfect.... ................i was out of 3rd, but had no pedal to select another gear, i hoped if i persuaded the Gears to select, id get 3rd again....nope, i got first, let up on the remaining bit of pressure id persuaded the clutch to give, and had 1st gear, it locked up the back end, and spun me, i was totally gutted the car stalled, and i couldn't move it for a few moments as it was stuck in first, after a bit of frantic pumping, i managed to get it out, started and off the track.... it was an amazing weekend to say the least.... i hit the tyre wall, i lost the bumper........i used 80l fuel, im tired and aching, but id do it again right now if i could. (interestingly the clutch now seems fine, so there must be air in the lines somewhere) (Discovery Channel and Sky TV were there Filming) Bring on next season!!

looking.... ;)

been doing some more woork... new re-inforced lower arms, and adjustable trac control and adjustable control arm relocated HKS oil cooler....

same car...new exhaust

i live in Wiltshire........this car patrols the Autobahn M4

i just modified the inner part of the wing to accept the lights

had the car down at TDI yesterday getting the car corner wighted, and the chassis dynamics set up on there new 3d John Bean Arago alignment machine........ all i can say is WOW.... this thing is amazing, it takes every possible measurement you could possibly ever ever need i mean its serious motorsport stuff.......... anyway the car was fitted with some suspension parts i developed for the car....and the settings were adjusted. I opted for the ideal settings to preserve the rear tyres and allow a better footprint. Rear Camber -1 degree Toe 0 Front Camber - 3 degrees Toe 0 Castor + 6 degrees We used the natural rear camber adjusters until they "maxed out" then the new "white rods" to conclude the angles.... Reason for this is that i wanted as many threads as possible "inside" the adjustable rods to retain strength. Also i opted to correct the front camber positions using the natural adjusters because this would keep the KPI declined.... This is beneficial as an aid to return the steering since the "non-adjustable" castor finished at 6 degrees. The lock angles and TOOT are still subject to testing.... I think this is wise since today's transition needs feedback. From this we can work on tuning the calibration rather than "blanket bombing" it in one session The car on the corner weights and john bean arago John Bean - Automotive Wheel Service Equipment the work was done at TDI by Tony Bones, a true geometry genius from Wheels In Motion Wheels-InMotion

well the boot side of things is done..... the fuel system is finished and works great....... i may consider a fuel cooler at some point, i need to keep an eye on fuel temps as the swirl pot get hot during prolonged use.... battery is now mounted as well, still need to wire in the electrical cut out, and a few small bits and bobs.........well, its never really going to ever be finished it it..? heres a couple of shots from JAE 07

shame you wont make JAE Jens.......Mike has said he tried to get you to come over still waiting for the call......... :lol:

Hi Mike, the stuff is all possitioned in a way that it would have to be a considerable impact to hit the fuel cell or pumps, all the pipes will have enough movement in them to allow the different parts of the system to move in different directions without splitting any of the fuel lines. coupled with the fact that there is an emergency electrical cutout which will disable all the pumps and the cars electrics at the push of a button.

new set of rear wheels

the main pump can be run between 30 and 65 PSI = 4.5 Bar Max, the Aeromotive pump is good for 700hp

ive not been around much to do anything...so had the car shipped of to TDI to get me on track a little more..... factory fuel tank now removed, old twin hiper boxes removed...just need to work out how im going to do the exhaust now and i just like this shot..... still have to run the new fuel lines........ the car is at TDI to finish of the fuel lines and do a few alterations..... the fuel line routing has been going well. Running them under the car.. Pump and filter... The swirl pot and primary pumps......almost done now The box for the fuel cell was made a while back, ive had the rear cusco brace modified to fit with the Fuel cell, and also support and secure the cell at the same time....

got the last of the instruments in... EVC 5, to the right of the steering wheel and short of finally plumbing the feed and return lines from the fuel cell.....fire extinguisher tubes, and a few little bits....blah blah the car is almost complete!!!, which should be great as i am away for another 5 weeks very soon, so shouldnt have much to come back and do so.. front lip or no front lip

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well had a play with the tacho...now its working, played with the shift light settings, and fitted the shift light tachooperating.flv - Video - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting then made up the proper centre console mounts and trimmed the console in a bit of Alacantera i had lying around, now....the car looks like its coming together tommorow will fit the Extinguisher pull...........(maybe)

Bazza and Jane (his better Half) came down this weekend....helped me do a little bit of work...... well not much to show for 3 days hard graft, the instruments wiring has been a royal pain in the ass. also ran the car up with the new cooling system layout...all works fine, but i need a small adaptor for the radiator union as it fouls the bonnet, also made a temporary fix for the coolant overflow from the coolant header tank.... this afternoon went on a bit of a Jaunt on the Training area near my house, and just happened to stumble upon an old Lynx Military Helicopter, so liberated it of some of its wiring products!! tomorrow will get the tacho up and running...hopefully, then start tidying up all the wiring......maybe also need to fit the isolator cut off switch, and the fire extinguisher pull handle....then i can cover the centre console switch panel

a Pal came down and helped get me back on track, and do my ally welding for me...and what a sorted Job was done, it was a long ol day, with interesting weather.................to say the least! Firstly was to remove the radiator, as the original filler neck would be removed, and a hole needed drilling in the bottom tank, the filler neck and the hole had Weld on unions...erm welded on I had to modify, the new power steering pot(small one) and the self bleeding coolant header tank (other one) after the radiator was installed back in, you can see where the top bleed hose now is fitted, onto the welded union at the top of the radiator...where the original filler neck was you can also see the modified aluminium Greddy top radiator pipe...that was also done today, was designed for a Supra, so needed trimming to fit in the engine bay of the IS200 and here is where the feed pipe from the self bleeding coolant header tank feeds back into the system, bottom of the radiator After a bit of magic, the aluminium fuel cell container was fabricated.............. a different View...Jimbo at the front...cheers Mate, excellent Job new power steering pot....awaiting a mounting bracket making up.................. and the coolant self bleeding header tank and its plethora of fittings.......the header tank was got from a scrapped NASCAR in the US, a Friend, deals with the end of life recycling of many of Race teams cars, the original over flow tank, will now be located under the passenger side fender the fittings will allow another x2 coolant returns/bleeds to be installed, it also has a pressure test point, so the system can be pressure checked using compressed air

ok, back for the weekend..........been away working ....again Wiring nearly finished, or should i say the factory wiring that had to be redone due to the slight oversight of the roll cage manufacturer, to actually leave space for the fuseboxes in the footwells...............hmmm the drivers side fuse box is now located behind the passenger seat the centre console needs redoing, the cabin heater controls are now in the glovebox .. need to fasten all the cables down now....final hurdle was getting the dam lights working, after about 4 hours of faffing about finally got my "daytime running light" modification working (DRL is what the high beams are used for in the USA, so have done away with the high beam) also finally got the IS300 factory HID working on the car.... DRL DRL and HID still need to drop the factory fuel tank, mount the fuel cell, run the rest of the fuel lines, and plumb them in.....then redo centre console and the final bits.....when, Dunno!

Mike...u will notice, ive removed the speakers now :scared: ..not got much done over the past week...done some more wireing, also sorted out the dash bar, which needed re-possitioning to allow the original heater box to be refitted, also sorted out the steering column mount and brackets....and now have the fuse box's mounted. test fitted a spare dash i have, and all seems to fit in well enough, only minor trimming required and..... the cage is now painted.... and started to put the dash and bits back in.... and new rear spoiler on..:wub: i still have some of the old loom to rewire, need to get the ecu holder from Sumo, and wire in all the new sensors also need to get the fuel cell mounting/case made up still, as well as tons of niggling things