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SteveL's (Garage Whifbitz) Supra race car build
SteveL replied to Paul Whiffin's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
... thank you kind sir (just don't tell Paul ) -
... list is £695 on these .... a bargain at £450
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Might reduce this if someone's interested ...
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You'll need to give the guys on here some proper readings in terms of actual temperatures. Can you post pictures of the gauges - that may help?
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Haydn, now you gone this far, maybe try something like the pic of mine below. You can keep the stock air feeds and it shields against the heat from the engine bay. More details on my thread : http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=177142&page=3
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I'm selling mine today, so that one's gone I'm afraid. If I hear of another I'll let you know...
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Available now, so I've added a couple of pics so you can see what you get (harness is in a bag because it wouldn't stay coiled for the photo )
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Pics of gaitor...
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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From the album: 2009 Time Attack RWD Club Class winning supra
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... its a 5 inch tip. I'll pm you were I am ... cheers Paul
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SOLD My Super Dragger has finally been retired, but is still in good working order. It's been used on my car for a couple of years, and has more recently only seen track use. These are a lovely upgrade from a stock exhaust and give a nice note on tickover and a 'moistening' note when driven hard. (link below is mine at Oulton Park last year) £150 pickup. I may be able to arrange delivery, but its not cheap. Pics also show 2 marks, one on the rear box and one on the mid section - they're scraps where we've caught it on the truck when loading/unloading... nothing serious!
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Matt - did you sort out an exhaust? I've got a dragger for sale if thats any good?
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Paul whiffin may be able to help with the recaro's - he's scrapping a supe that had them in... I have a manual gear gator.
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... I've read this 3 times and still can't believe it.... you use these 2 types of tyres together, at the same time on the road?!? I take it you haven't tried to stop hard in the wet yet?
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... no probs, glad I can 'help' I certainly thought you'd got the straps mounted straight down to the floor directly behind the seat - It looks like they're attached to the floor bar. Fitting to the rear seatbelt points is really your only option without other hardware. I had mine fitted to the rear seatbelt mounts for my first few rounds of Timeattack and the scrutineers were ok with it. You'd also need to consider stretch of the belts in an accident, so the shorter the better really. These belts don't tend to give a lot, but I was instructed by someone at Luke to keep them short. So if you mounted them further back, eg on a purpose welded bar across the rear turrets, you'd be introducing more stretch than a bar welded just behind the seats across the 'B pillar' (if thats its name!) Bet you didn't think a harness could be so complicated eh? (We've also gone round full circle!)
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If they're too close/low down, it just encourages your spine to get crushed in an accident (sorry - bit graphical, but it scares me when I see them mounted that way!) As the direction of travel is straight down towards the mounts - so as you can probably work out ... thats gonna hurt. Don't use the rear strut brace, it's not designed to take the horizontal forces in the direction the harness will pull it. A harness bar is the best option, as it mounts the harness points at the best level - you need the shoulder straps as near to horizontal as possible, see MSA blue book : http://www.msauk.org/uploadedfiles/msa_forms/bluebooks/09/Competitors_Safety.pdf bottom of page p183 shows the kind of angles you should try and get. You should be able to mount the eye bolts (3 of them) where the mounts were for the seat belts in the back of the car - use the centre one for both seats (1 left and 1 right). To cross them over means mount the left harness strap on the right harness eye-bolt and vice-versa. I mention this as you'll probably not have the harness completely tight - for comfort on the road, so crossing the straps behind the seat stops the looser shoulder straps from splitting apart under load and allowing you to fly forward between them (try it out and you'll see what I mean ) Also, you should really only use the mounts on the car to secure any of the lap straps - not mount to the seat. It sounds like you have mounted to the car, so thats for the benefit of anyone else reading! It's a little difficult to describe, so if its still not clear (my descriptions aren't always the best!) I'll take some pics of mine and show you were you can mount them... After reading this, you'll probably see that theres not too many alternatives to mounting the harnesses elsewhere - best bet would be use a harness bar or the mounts that the rear belts used. (They are already reinforced due to the original use) HTH's
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Well done sir, I like to see people strip Supes back to the bare minimum! That's a nice re-trim in the back. As already mentioned about the harness strap though... you can use the original rear seatbelt mounts for the top straps - cross them over as well. That will be less 'spine compression' in the event of needing the harnesses
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SteveL's (Garage Whifbitz) Supra race car build
SteveL replied to Paul Whiffin's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Quick update, manged to knockup a heat shield for the air filter. It's been on the cards for a while, so decided to finally sort it out. Basically made a cardboard template first, then when happy with the shape I cut the real thing out of heat shielding. Added some metal edging trim to finish it off. I think I'll trim the hole around the intake pipe as well to finish it off. The NACA duct in the side of the front bumper will now be feeding the air into the engine bay and hopefully stay cooler ... Another development will be happening this week coming, as theres some new kit being fitted Tuesday with a test day at Snetterton on Thursday... more later
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... he's not wrong It's difficult to judge that you may be on best lines/braking zones, so looking through sector times and lines on circuit can be a great help. When you break the times down you can see things like predictive best lap so you can then check your lines/braking etc. Your telemetry should also show if your committed in braking or accelerating, plus loads more! (Far too much to bang on about now) It also allows you to health check the car during the day, to see what temps and pressures you're running.
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... sounds like you need my suspension which by a freak coincidence is up for sale!
