[project] 205 Gti 180 Track Car

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

The length is what fitted..............,

 

not much by the way of calculations I'm afraid (whats considered the optimum?)

 

Certainly not hacked hahahaha.

 

Access to a milling machine you see

[Matt180 31]

Time for a small update

 

Progress has been slow over the last few months due to building a new garage and workshop. Its been the main priority but will be worth it in the end

 

 

This was 5 weeks ago, its more or less finished now!.

 

Still managed to make a few changes to the car ready for a trackday at Cadwell. Temps were slightly high at donington (fcs) so ive made some air ducts from old headlights. I have also fitted a water intercooler spray which work really well. Its controlled manually at the mo but will eventually work out away for the ecu to work it.

 

A pic from Cadwell

 

 

 

Video's

 

 

http://s1095.photobu...t=VIDEO0019.mp4

 

Really happy with the way the car performed, had loads of people come over asking questions. The highlight of the day was pushing a 530bhp new skyline out the way down the straight. I was waiting all day to have a play with it haha.

 

Had the car weighed aswell, came in at 816kg. Works out at 375bhp per ton

Edited August 13, 2012 by Matt180

[Matt180 31]

The length is what fitted..............,

 

not much by the way of calculations I'm afraid (whats considered the optimum?)

 

Certainly not hacked hahahaha.

 

Access to a milling machine you see

 

Looks great mate, slighty longer inlet length than i had so should work well.

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

That garage is epic.

 

Great vid too, looks super quick

[TT205 42]

Loved the vid - so quick you don't need a rear view mirror!!

[Matt180 31]

Loved the vid - so quick you don't need a rear view mirror!!

 

haha, got it in one

[TT205 42]

That green Morgan or whatever it was needed one - good job you didn't trust him!

[Cameron 16]

More garage pics needed, looks awesome!

[qwerty 9]

That video was great, you just kept overtaking 911's lol very quick car indeed )

 

And yes more pics of the garage project please, everyone loves a good garage project thread )

[Spiky 37]

That goes very well indeed

[Matt180 31]

That green Morgan or whatever it was needed one - good job you didn't trust him!

 

Yeah its a morgan V8. I find that a lot at cadwell, its well suited to kit cars being tight a twisty. Most of them take some pushing to get them to move over

[welshpug 1,657]

whats the annoying high pitches whistle?

[Matt180 31]

recirc/dump valve

[gerry 5]

Cracking video and car

 

Well worth the effort

[HERMAN 33]

Thats really nicely done Matt. I see your local to me were did you get you powder coating done?

Cheers

[Matt180 31]

Thats really nicely done Matt. I see your local to me were did you get you powder coating done?

Cheers

 

Morton industrial coatings in Langley mill 01773 530200

Edited August 19, 2012 by Matt180

[HERMAN 33]

Cheers Matt

[Baz 421]

Nice vid!! It's so damn fast you come off the throttle much earlier than i'm used to round there!!

[Matt180 31]

Nice vid!! It's so damn fast you come off the throttle much earlier than i'm used to round there!!

 

and i thought i was braking late, have so much faith in the AP's now

[Baz 421]

I didn't mean or think you were braking much either! Always hard to tell from a video, but seems as though you were reaching such a high terminal speed so quickly that you lift off and coast down for a bit before braking for bends!

[Matt180 31]

It may be the sound and video are slightly out. I did find that cadwell is a bit short now to use all the power, booked on Donington today (03/09/12) so ill see how that goes.

[Matt180 31]

Went to dynodaze rolling road day yesterday. Wanted to see what the recent changes have made to the power.

 

Because it makes max power at the limiter i can adjust the power to what i want. The car made well over 340bhp when mapped but i only ever quoted figures of what the car made with the lowered limit (306bhp@7000rpm) Now i have sorted the inlet temps issue i was happy to raise the limiter back upto 8000rpm for the rolling road day.

 

Since it was last on the rollers for mapping i have made 3 changes

 

1) smaller exhaust system 2.5" insted of 3"

2) Bigger air filter pipe on the inlet of the charger

3) Raise the limiter

 

I was expecting 330-340bhp so was a bit shocked when this happened

 

 

 

374bhp so with the current weight thats 458bhp per ton

[TT205 42]

Wow!

 

[Spiky 37]

Good figures , what the power at the wheels, as fly wheel figures are pub talk figures as we all know

[HERMAN 33]

I might pop up to Donington on the 3rd for a quick look then if you dont mind?

Neil