DARETT Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I'm happy to announce we officially have a UK car entering this year's Texas Mile event. For all who don't know about the Texas mile: http://www.texasmile.net/index.php#movie The amount of work, and effort put in over the past few months has been immense. I started working with Cody Phillips from the US last year, and since then he's been working real hard with me on helping develop some turn-key packages for us over here, so we can finally start competing with our counterparts across the pond. Cody is a real hard working guy, without his efforts the development of the Supra world would be missing a key component. He's been a key part of alot of the US development, albeit behind the scenes on many a occasion. The best way to do so was to send a RHD Supra from the UK over there. Since then the development and planning of a Supra capable of running 8 second 1/4 mile times, and 240+ on a 1 mile straight while remaining a "street" car has slowly been coming to fruition. Cody's constant hard work and R&D has allowed his own car to reach these levels and culminated in numerous 8 second passes and a 231 terminal in the march Texas mile event. Our decision to enter the mile this year was spurred by the great results from Cody's car in march. If we could achieve 230 1st time out, then the next time we could further improve, as well as get a world record if we use a RHD car So we signed up again and the build which had already been planned commenced. The block had to be a 3.4, the fact that they can rev to 10k as well as the increase in the torque made it an easy decision. A new block was ordered and a Titan Stage 4 engine assembled. With stage 96 internals this setup was tried and tested on many big power engines. Cody had developed and changed many components when building the block for the 1st mile attempt and modified the oil system to allow better cooling and flow efficiency. These mods were extremely successful and the last motor never saw over 90c over the mile even at 230. It also was the only car to leave the mile event without any issues. Turbo wise, there is no other choice for the mile but the GT55-33R Capable of over 1300whp, as per the vid: http://www.youtube.com/user/codyjohnp#p/a/u/2/mHlQNAD4iF0 it's our only option to be competitive. So once the block was complete, off the car went to VWR. Dana Westover of VWR runs a small organisation, however his results really do speak for themselves. He hand makes most of his parts, and the quality is awesome. With proven 180+ cars in the 1/4 VWR manifolds etc were again the only choice VWR Custom rad shroud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARETT Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Custom made by VWR for the Weldon pump. The mile has stringent safety regulations, including the requirement of a cage/parachute setup, DS Loop etc. So off to a local cage shop it went Management wise, the car had been running an AEM V1 The AEM is a very capable unit, however to break world records sometimes a little extra is needed. So we went with one of these: With all the advanced features unlocked and the 1mb datalogging capability, it's a definite advantage. Drivetrain wise, a Tilton triple carbon is being used alongside a TRD LSD. The J-Spec 3.26 gearing has been swapped out for the 3.13 for the gearing, hopefully allowing us to get as close as we can to 250. I'll update the thread with some more pics as I get some more time. Hope you guys enjoy the pics for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Nice dude, whens it coming home??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 That's awesome Amir. I've had an early insite into this. That's some top quality workmanship there mate. Good luck with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Amazing setup there will be interesting to see how the dyno figures compare either side of the pond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej705 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Gt55??? That's huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 That's awesome Amir. I've had an early insite into this. That's some top quality workmanship there mate. Good luck with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 That's a great spec. Could be the quickest street car in the UK if it comes back over here. Good luck in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallis Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 The best word to discribe this is 'epic' good luck and what a build mate, awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Looking very very serious, Darett! Me likey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil-NA Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Wow thats some build. Good luck with the mile event And keep the porn pics coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 F*****k me mate that is awesome .... great work. Looking forward to the results, and the racing in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Love it, as said before mate, you are my new hero:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I'm not sure that turbo is big enough... Why not use two of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Looks like an interesting project, can we have more details on the fuel setup with some bigger pics, from the small pics it looks like they have welded on a custom fuel pickup, has the pump been mounted externally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Also interested in the weldon setup, i want to move away from the walbros, do you have a part number for the weldon pump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 jesus!! thats a big turbo. best of luck mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARETT Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Thanks for the support guys, much appreciated. Here's a bigger pic of the fuel hanger The pump is en route so the fuel system hasn't been mounted up as of yet. We went for the 2035a Weldon pump. Jamie for the long run it's an awesome pump, noisy though! Titan have them on sale atm: http://www.titanmotorsports.com/bieldr.html Here's a few bigger pics of the brake lines as well The 55-33r is only going to be used for the mile event, for the road and drag strip we're going to be using the GT47-80. The pics show the 47-80 mounted up. The 55 is ALOT bigger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Thanks for the link Darett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 What power is the GT47-80 good for mate?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Thanks for the pics of the fuel hanger, what's going on the end of that pickup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARETT Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 No probs Jamie On a stroker and race fuel the 47-80 normally hits around 1100whp all boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Huge Kudos for doing this. Really looking forward to seeing the finished results. Will also be interesting to see Dyno comparisons when it comes home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxluc Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Awesome project. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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