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Hi guys, Ive owned my little 1200 coupe for about 4 years now. It sits in the garage as one car too many at the moment so it's time to make a decision. I have come to enjoy finer ride quality/interior fit road going cars and with a growing family, a two seater coupe isn't the first choice for going to the shops on Saturday. I'm not keen to get rid of it and have always wanted to get more involved in motorsport, so am thinking of taking the dive into circuit racing.
Most of the work I have done to the car to date has been on the boarder line of race/road so I'm hoping it's not too much big of a jump over the fence. The car is currently equipped with a forged CA18, with a GT2876r turbo, microtech ECU, eboost 2. Last tune she made 330rwhp @22psi. From my reading of the CAMs regs this will put me in the 3-6ltr class and the 36mm restrictor is going to take a far bit away from the top end. Good thing is it currently make peak hp around 6000rpm but it is making over 300rwph from 4k to redline, not the standard peakie hp you get with a larger turbo. Supporting setup. Fuel: Custom 60ltr alloy fuel tank (two baffles but not foam filled – will need to fix this), 2ltr inbuilt surge tank. Carter lift pump, bosch 044 main, Fuel labs raising rate pressure reg and filter, custom fuel rail (Dual feed centre return), 660cc injectors. Cooling: Two pass copper core rad.
Standard CA 5 speed, lightened flywheel, upgraded clutch (sprung centre but ceramic material). Custom 3” tailshaft with upgraded uni joints Hilux rear axle – 4.3 LSD
Suspension. Shortened Stanza struts with coilover sleeves. 200lbs king springs (300mm free length) 200b peddlers sports rida inserts (will upgrade when I finally settle on front setup). R31 front callipers with ventilated discs. Adjustable caster rods – maddat. Standard strut tops. King springs reverse eyed rear leaf Pedders sports rida rears (same deal as fronts – will replace with better). rear brakes are starion ventilated disc and calipers.
Body is average but is flared – flares are approx 75mm wide from top so should be IPRA legal. I have a set of TRX wheels and A set of superlite 14”. Looking at the yokohama website the A048 in 14” have limited options biggest are 195/50R14, will that be too small for my needs? 15” you can get 205s and 225s.
Big items as I see it are: Roll cage. Seat. Front brakes New shocks New tyres Trailer
Any advice on this move suggested setup would be greatly appreciated. Also after feedback on IPRA and race/sprint events in NSW – I’m currently located in Newcastle so will have to travel to race. Are the race events family friendly?
Cheers
Bryan
Posted on: 2010/5/13 12:00
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