Cya 13b

[IEVAQ8]

interesting....

[Drkndflame]

Looking good daniel keep it up...can't wait to see it on the track lolz

[collEGe_boy]

Looking good daniel keep it up...can't wait to see it on the track lolz

Thanks hopefully it'll be ready for Anzac Day!

[collEGe_boy]

So next up was removing the gearbox. It was crunching badly in third gear and just wouldn't suffice for the trackday which was coming up (this was the Shift Performance track day in 2012).

We followed a thread on Ozhonda to do this one, which was really helpful! Big ups to Wynode for this thread: http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...haft%20bearing

Here are some pics of supporting the engine when the T bracket and side mounts removed


You can tell we were scared doing this our first time! lol. This actually looks a lot like Wynode's setup :P


Then we employed a fourth jack to help out in case we dropped it. We didn't know what to expect.


But anyway we slid her off the dowels, lowered down with some rope and she was all good




Ended up trading the box 2 days before the track day to BYP for a reconditioned one with cash on top, and put that one in on the day before, which was a sunday. Talk about a mad rush!

Here we are putting some new fluid into the new box that pump device thing is pretty cool haha. But nowadays I just use a funnel with a long snout that gets down there in the VSS hole. Much easier and faster.


And that's all that was done to the car on its first track day! Probably could've waited a bit more to get it better prepared, but the track day was locked in couldn't wait haha.

Here are some pics of the car at the Shift Performance track day June 2012.

The day before:


On the day:




That was a cold morning!
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So on that day the car was on shitty street tyres, stock suspension with worn out shocks, and no proper racing mods like it has now. On my first track day I managed a 1:18.990, and was pretty happy!

[collEGe_boy]

In between the that track day and the next, some extra (more important) stuff got done.

Installing Silver's Neomax coilovers which were purchased from Shift Performance. Doing it alone this time haha


Quite a difference!


This is the setup I went with on the next track day:


Just kidding :P

I am pretty happy with these coilies. Car doesn't roll much, but the ride is not overly harsh, which is beneficial on some tracks. Particularly Wakefield turn 1...

Next: Wheels and tyres! Purchased a fresh set of ADVAN A048s from Tyres and More Wetherill Park. I went for these over the better A050s because it was only my first time with racing tyres and still not really skilled enough to appreciate the difference. Also I want to see how much better the 50s really are!

I went with 205/50 15 to suit my 15x8 buddyclub P1s. I was lucky enough to get the last set in white (the 5 stud limited edition ones) from Yonas.

Some tyre porn


The difference turned out to be unbelievable...


This is how they looked fitted to the car, with the suspension all the way down.






The gap between the tyre and guard wasn't practical for track use, or any use for that matter, apart from hard parking but it was great for a photo haha. Raised the suspension up a bit before hitting the track.

Next, this is how my oil sump looked:


so that gasket needed to be changed. Got a new gasket with some honda bond from Yonas and did the job.


Yuck! Gotta clean that shit.


So that turned out good, and the final mod before the next track day was the battery relocation to the boot.

This is what I was originally planning:


Yes that's a BMW battery haha. Got it for free so can't complain. I even custom made a little box out of scrap aluminium I had, which I was planning to use to tie it down with, but that never eventuated. This is what it looked like:


I ended up tying it down securely further back in the boot (will get a pic soon).

I did this mod to improve the weight distribution. In the first track day I experienced a lot of locking up in the back tyres coming into the sharpest turn at Wakefield (turn 8) which is a hard braking zone downhill. I know this mod won't stop that, but every bit helps! The tyres should do the rest

And that was everything up to the 2nd track day! In a few days I'll tell what happened that day.......

[EG5]

Nice progress

[collEGe_boy]

Nice progress

Thanks Yonas

So this was my battery relocation:


It's secure, just the wire turned out a bit too short. I'm gonna extend that when I install this battery switch:


which I got from non other than Yonas! From his private stash just need to figure out how install it haha.

Some help here, Yonas??


Anyway, so I took the car out to its second track day (at a Wakefield "speed off the street" day) with this set up. I got a few laps in, enough to notice how awesome the tyres were ^^ until the motor blew . Pretty devastating moment. Here are some pics:








However, from everything bad comes something good. So after this motor, which had a very tough life, came a newer and better motor

I have to head off to ANOT (trance lovers will know) now, so more on that next time. Also got a load of other upgrades which will be going into the car over the next week or so! Exciting times

[IEVAQ8]

u pour bugger....

[JDM-derek]

LOVING IT.

whos your mechanic JDM-derek, seems like a nice bloke

[Jasemas]

Oh damn man
how hard were you pushing it
Sorry to hear/see
Whats the next engine/motor drop in?

[collEGe_boy]

Well it's not so bad... I mean all I lost was a bottom end. Got my money back on the gearbox and I still have the cylinder head sitting in the garage!

I was pushing it pretty hard. Not hitting the limiter, but still. And it was a hot day. Probably the tyres also contributed to oil starvation, since I was cornering much harder than last track day and I didn't have a baffled sump. I was accelerating out of a corner and noticed the revs weren't climbing, then just before I let off the pedal it went BOOM! My cabin filled with smoke which quickly dissipated and I pulled off the side of the track. And to make it worse the track controller dude at Wakefield that's always mad was giving me a hard time! FFS!

But anyway, the car didn't see a race track for a few months after that, until I finally bought and fitted this new motor:




This is the J's racing built B16B that Tyre King in Lansvale (Next to Shift Performance) had imported from Japan and was selling. I don't know exactly what's inside it, but some notable extras which I am aware of are an aftermarket Cusco LSD (which is bloody awesome) and J's racing 4-1 headers. I have had a look under the rocker cover and as far as I can see it looks stock.

Before the motor went in, the rear main seal and oil sump gasket were changed, upon which I noticed the sump has a baffle plate , and motor oil was of course changed. I used Motul 300v 10W-40 for it's first outings. Also the gearbox oil was red, ATF I'm guessing, so I tipped that and poured in some Motul FF LSD type 2 oil.

Other improvements before the first track day with the new motor:
Mishimoto 10-row oil cooler.
RDA front DC2R brake discs

Pics of these to come!


So these upgrades from the first track day were good for about a 10-second lap time improvement at Wakefield! I was astonished. I also became a much better driver in feeling exactly how much potential these tyres have. This was the third track day, and it was at Yonas' private JDMYard track day a few weeks ago. I set a lap time of around 1:09, but this wasn't officially timed. Hopefully I can improve on the next outing, with official time keeping.

And I have to say, it felt pretty awesome keeping up with the K24 EKs on the straight

More pics of the car coming soon Now off to watch the Chinese GP! I hope Vettel gets smashed!! Little prick

[IEVAQ8]

did u have the new engine tuned or dynoed to see how it was and wat it made???