Chris Bailey Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Looks stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 That is a weapon!! nice stuff Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Cheers Guys, Plenty of upgrades coming soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The work that's gone into that car deserves a wider audience - should sign up to PistonHeads and do a write-up for their Carpool feature. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26494 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 The work that's gone into that car deserves a wider audience - should sign up to PistonHeads and do a write-up for their Carpool feature. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26494 Never thought of that, thanks will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 The work that's gone into that car deserves a wider audience - should sign up to PistonHeads and do a write-up for their Carpool feature. http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26494 And request sent lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew 007 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Fair play mate you have built yourself a beauty..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Reminds me actually, I didn't update with a picture of where the Dash2 unit now is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtin90 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Reminds me actually, I didn't update with a picture of where the Dash2 unit now is.. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=161528&stc=1&d=1354563612 Don't think I had seen a picture of the inside till now. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Don't think I had seen a picture of the inside till now. Looks great. Ha, Cheers I am going to be re-working the cage over the winter mainly to get it up to spec for TA next year. Any extra weight the re-worked cage adds will be removed from the car via the use of Carbon fibre Quite a lot of the aluminium panelling inside will be replaced with CF as well as Custom CF doors, Wings & Bonnet. So hopefully even after the cage has been re-worked It should still be a little lighter than it is now. I am going to also have to install an MSA/FIA approved Fuel cell too so it’s a shame to remove the custom tank Ryan had made for the car (which I am sure is fine anyway) unless it has MSA/FIA approval I won’t be allowed to enter TA until its replaced along with a Spill tray and firewall but then thinking about it, its not all bad, I would rather not burn to death in a fireball if I did go rear end into a wall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) My new suspension setup arrived today Courtesy of Steve Linton.. Nitron NTR Racing R3 These have just been serviced so are as new, there is no sign of use at all !! As the track Supra is so track focused I felt it needed a fully adjustable race setup. The 2 way Japanese Öhlin's I have on the car are good but are really just for a fast road car. I felt the car needed something to do it justice on the suspension side, something to really show people how good a car Ryan built.. Having the best suspension kit that Nitron do I think is a worthy addition. Looking forward to getting custom spring rates on so I can really tune the car to be a real corner whore! Edited December 5, 2012 by ManwithSupra (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 thing of beauty! ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 My new suspension setup arrived today Courtesy of Steve Linton.. Nitron NTR Racing R3 http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=161579&stc=1&d=1354744801 These have just been serviced so are as new, there is no sign of use at all !! As the track Supra is so track focused I felt it needed a fully adjustable race setup. The 2 way Japanese Öhlin's I have on the car are good but are really just for a fast road car. I felt the car needed something to do the it justice on the suspension side, something to really show people how good a car Ryan built.. Having the best suspension kit that Nitron do I think is a worthy addition. Looking forward to getting custom spring rates on so I can really tune the car to be a real corner whore! Nice purchase, these really are the daddys, have fun setting them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Nice purchase, these really are the daddys, have fun setting them up! Will do, going to do a few test days early on in the year at Goodwood to get the setup just right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Fantastic updates! This would be a dream, to have a track car and compete in a race series. Your dedication to the car is great to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixad Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Wow this car is Amazing! I remebered i read about it some year/s ago in it's project thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Nice purchase. Steve told me that you had bought them earlier. Looking forward to maybe seeing you in action next year and Paul and Steve will testify that I am good at applying Time Attack vinyls and cleaning windscreens between sessions (lol) if you need a hand up North! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Glad to see the Nitrons finally went to a good home where they'll be put to the use they were intended for. I had to talk myself out of buying these several times partly because I can't justify buying them for my level of involvement but mainly because worrying about them being bought by someone else who'd just put them on a road car was a defence that was never gonna convince the family! Wise buy Richard, I'm dead jealous mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Nice purchase. Steve told me that you had bought them earlier. Looking forward to maybe seeing you in action next year and Paul and Steve will testify that I am good at applying Time Attack vinyls and cleaning windscreens between sessions (lol) if you need a hand up North! hehe awesome cheers mate will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Glad to see the Nitrons finally went to a good home where they'll be put to the use they were intended for. I had to talk myself out of buying these several times partly because I can't justify buying them for my level of involvement but mainly because worrying about them being bought by someone else who'd just put them on a road car was a defence that was never gonna convince the family! Wise buy Richard, I'm dead jealous mate! Cheers dude, Yeah it would be a waste to put them on a road car where they will not be used to their potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have managed to shift 15.4kg (34lbs) off the car without spending any money!! Yep thats right I have stopped eating pies and have lost some weight... cheapest weight saving so far... only another 22lbs to go! On top of that (and more car related) Custom carbon doors, front wings, bonnet and interior panels (transmission tunnel, floor etc) are almost underway which should lighten things further (just waiting for some bits to arrive) I will be updating more on this as we go further into winter. My Öhlin suspension setup will be up for sale in order to make way for the Nitrons in the next couple of months so if anyone is interested give us a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have managed to shift 15.4kg (34lbs) off the car without spending any money!! Yep thats right I have stopped eating pies and have lost some weight... cheapest weight saving so far... only another 22lbs to go! On top of that (and more car related) Custom carbon doors, front wings, bonnet and interior panels (transmission tunnel, floor etc) are almost underway which should lighten things further (just waiting for some bits to arrive) I will be updating more on this as we go further into winter. My Öhlin suspension setup will be up for sale in order to make way for the Nitrons in the next couple of months so if anyone is interested give us a shout. I bet it was the hardest weight loss you'll do for the car, though Can't wait to see all these carbon fibre panels you're having made. You're turning a great track car into a perfect track car. Hope it all goes well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) I bet it was the hardest weight loss you'll do for the car, though Can't wait to see all these carbon fibre panels you're having made. You're turning a great track car into a perfect track car. Hope it all goes well Ha yeah, it s been a difficult 4 months so far... still have a couple of months to go... Its keeping it off which will be the issue...hopefully I will be so busy with the car I wont have time to eat lol The carbon panels are going to be purely functional (and thats to be as lightweight as possible) so the finish is not "that" important, if the weave is not 100% straight I am not going to worry as in the end the external panels will be painted white to match the car, the only external part of the car which will show bare carbon will be the center of the new bonnet which will match the roof and rear spoiler and give the car a Carbon fibre Mohawk... (see red shaded area below). I think it will also make the car look a little more aggressive as it will match the carbon canards, roof and rear spoiler. The inside of the car will be a mixture of bare and painted carbon fibre. Edited December 20, 2012 by ManwithSupra (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Ha yeah, it s been a difficult 4 months so far... still have a couple of months to go... Its keeping it off which will be the issue...hopefully I will be so busy with the car I wont have time to eat lol The carbon panels are going to be purely functional (to be lightweight as possible) so the finish is not "that" important, if the weave is not 100% straight I am not going to worry as in the end the external panels will be painted white to match the car, the only external part of the car which will show bare carbon will be the center of the new bonnet which will match the roof and rear spoiler and give the car a Carbon fibre Mohawk... (see red shaded area below). http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=162109&stc=1&d=1356014016 I think it will also make the car look a little more aggressive as it will match the carbon canards, roof and rear spoiler. The inside of the car will be a mixture of bare and painted carbon fibre. That sounds good. If I won the lottery, I'd love to build something like this and do a few race series' as a hobby Oh and a huge house with a separate garage to keep and work on the cars in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 That all sounds sickeningly cool. I hate you, I hate your car and I hate any fancy new parts you are putting on it. But please keep me informed of any interesting parts you take off that may benefit my own tracker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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