The Spaniards EP3 Build

[JDM EP3]

Finally got my Titanium exhaust after waiting ages for it, will try to have it installed very soon its very very light.


Also got these today.

[-JC-]

That exhaust looks fantastic. Almost a shame that it goes under the car and not on the roof!

Is that a BYP item? Keen to hear your thoughts once its on, I have been eyeing one of those myself.

[JDM EP3]

Yeah looks awesome but we dont need ricers with cannons on their roofs

Yeah its the BYP stuff, originally I wanted to get this back in May or so and waited forever when I understood this to be available straight away at a certain price. Then waited another 4 or 5 weeks for it to be modified from DC5 to Ep3. So a word of warning you can get some frustration from this, but its possible now that he has the dimensions, this wont be an issue anymore.

I'll definitely post up some thoughts on the exhaust and try to take some video as well.

[brody]

similar to my j's racing setup. But I have the dolphin fin tip

[JDM EP3]

Ok So some small updates.
Got my headers and Ti exhaust installed over the weekend and the difference is amazing.
The car pulls from down low much better now and then just screams into vtec and the sound is incredible.

Also had my track day at sandown yesterday. I had a couple of offs into the first corner on practice one and then 1st sprint as I came in too hot into that corner, second time I went off I hit the ripple strip pretty badly and unfortunately hit my mid pipe on my exhaust and dinted it

After those two offs I had a pretty good day learning the track and the limits of the ep3. I did easily hit the limiter down the back and front straights and that does freak you out as you have no power going to the wheels when going over the crest at the back or going over some bumps.

[JDM EP3]

Here are my times for the day.

Session one:


Alfa Romeo Club of Australia Sandown Sprints
SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY

AROCA - Sprint 4

Practice S4 10 Mins
Scheduled Start 00:04

Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Aug 19 09:49
Elapsed Time 10:00
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 231 AROCA Jeremy EDWARDS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 5 3 1:35.9027*
2 699 AROCA Frank MAXWELL (4) Subaru WRX A2 6 6 1:37.1058 0:01.2031
3 32 AROCA Hamish DALTON (4) VW R32 A2 5 4 1:43.6654 0:07.7627
4 130 AROCA Tony RADITSIS (4) Alfa Guilia Super R3 6 6 1:44.4288 0:08.5261
5 268 Jake BEKKERS (4) HQ HOLDEN A2 6 2 1:46.2287 0:10.3260
6 45 SAU-Vic Francesco SGRO (4) Nissan 200 SX A2 5 3 1:46.4884 0:10.5857
7 777 AROCA Paul KLISARIS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 5 5 1:46.5861 0:10.6834
8 22 AROCA James GRAY (4) BMW 318i A1 5 4 1:46.6255 0:10.7228
9 48 Cerberus Stephan GRONDIN (4) Nissan Skyline A2 6 2 1:47.1209 0:11.2182
10 4 AROCA Vince SARTOR (4) Alfa Guilia Super M3 2 2 1:47.7907 0:11.8880
11 19 AROCA Dominique CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulia Sprint M3 5 4 1:48.1744 0:12.2717
12 139 PCCV Reg POLSON (3) Peugeot 205 GTI A1 6 6 1:48.2509 0:12.3482
13 511 AROCA Phil AARONS (4) Alfetta GTV TS R3 5 5 1:48.7877 0:12.8850
14 16 AROCA Michael SALVATORE (4) Alfa 155 Q4 R5 5 5 1:49.7327 0:13.8300
15 33 AROCA Paul CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulietta 750 S M3 5 5 1:50.3816 0:14.4789
16 302 MX5 Vic Graham WILSON (4) Mazda 121 A1 5 5 1:50.4003 0:14.4976
17 18 AROCA Richard OUTRAM (4) Alfetta 1.8L M3 4 4 1:50.9853 0:15.0826
18 5 AROCA Gabriel DIGENIS (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 5 4 1:53.4594 0:17.5567
19 41 VHRR Michael BAN (4) Sunbeam Alpine A1 5 5 1:53.9037 0:18.0010
20 44 AROCA Spaniard EP3 (4) Honda Civic A1 2 2 1:55.6435 0:19.7408
21 117 AROCA Bruce JACOBS (4) Alfa 75 TS M3 5 3 1:57.4673 0:21.5646
22 3 AROCA Neil CHOI (2) Alfetta GTV GpS R3 4 4 2:00.5049 0:24.6022
23 47 AROCA Oriano RIZIO (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 4 4 2:02.4094 0:26.5067
24 9 AROCA Tim SHANNON (4) Alfetta GTV GpS R3 4 4 2:02.5252 0:26.6225
39 AROCA Matthew FRANCIS (4) Alfa 90 3L M4

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 116kph
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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Session 2

Practice S8 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 00:08

Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Aug 19 11:24
Elapsed Time 14:59
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 231 AROCA Jeremy EDWARDS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 9 6 1:33.3500*
2 699 AROCA Frank MAXWELL (4) Subaru WRX A2 9 7 1:33.7778 0:00.4278
3 16 AROCA Michael SALVATORE (4) Alfa 155 Q4 R5 8 8 1:37.9377 0:04.5877
4 7 AROCA Robert VODOPIC (4) Nissan Pulsar A1 9 8 1:38.5961 0:05.2461
5 48 Cerberus Stephan GRONDIN (4) Nissan Skyline A2 8 6 1:38.9541 0:05.6041
6 45 SAU-Vic Francesco SGRO (4) Nissan 200 SX A2 8 7 1:39.2713 0:05.9213
7 130 AROCA Tony RADITSIS (4) Alfa Guilia Super R3 8 7 1:39.9362 0:06.5862
8 19 AROCA Dominique CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulia Sprint M3 9 7 1:40.9905 0:07.6405
9 777 AROCA Paul KLISARIS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 8 7 1:41.2698 0:07.9198
10 511 AROCA Phil AARONS (4) Alfetta GTV TS R3 8 8 1:44.3603 0:11.0103
11 32 AROCA Hamish DALTON (4) VW R32 A2 8 8 1:45.4384 0:12.0884
12 5 AROCA Gabriel DIGENIS (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 8 8 1:46.0126 0:12.6626
13 44 AROCA Spaniard EP3 (4) Honda Civic A1 2 2 1:46.0653 0:12.7153
14 268 Jake BEKKERS (4) HQ HOLDEN A2 8 8 1:46.0907 0:12.7407
15 18 AROCA Richard OUTRAM (4) Alfetta 1.8L M3 9 8 1:46.2858 0:12.9358
16 139 PCCV Reg POLSON (3) Peugeot 205 GTI A1 8 6 1:46.5578 0:13.2078
17 302 MX5 Vic Graham WILSON (4) Mazda 121 A1 8 7 1:47.1303 0:13.7803
18 22 AROCA James GRAY (4) BMW 318i A1 8 8 1:47.8515 0:14.5015
19 117 AROCA Bruce JACOBS (4) Alfa 75 TS M3 8 8 1:48.2254 0:14.8754
20 9 AROCA Tim SHANNON (4) Alfetta GTV GpS R3 8 7 1:48.7871 0:15.4371
21 33 AROCA Paul CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulietta 750 S M3 8 7 1:50.0352 0:16.6852
22 41 VHRR Michael BAN (4) Sunbeam Alpine A1 8 8 1:51.1379 0:17.7879
23 47 AROCA Oriano RIZIO (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 7 6 1:51.3414 0:17.9914
24 135 AROCA Nicholas GRIGG (3) Mazda MX5 A1 7 7 1:53.3884 0:20.0384
4 AROCA Vince SARTOR (4) Alfa Guilia Super M3

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 120kph
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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[JDM EP3]

Session 3

Practice S12 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 00:12

Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Aug 19 13:12
Elapsed Time 15:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 699 AROCA Frank MAXWELL (4) Subaru WRX A2 9 9 1:31.8047*
2 16 AROCA Michael SALVATORE (4) Alfa 155 Q4 R5 9 8 1:33.2467 0:01.4420
3 45 SAU-Vic Francesco SGRO (4) Nissan 200 SX A2 9 5 1:36.7914 0:04.9867
4 7 AROCA Robert VODOPIC (4) Nissan Pulsar A1 9 9 1:38.4841 0:06.6794
5 32 AROCA Hamish DALTON (4) VW R32 A2 9 8 1:39.5202 0:07.7155
6 19 AROCA Dominique CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulia Sprint M3 9 6 1:40.4149 0:08.6102
7 130 AROCA Tony RADITSIS (4) Alfa Guilia Super R3 9 9 1:40.4249 0:08.6202
8 777 AROCA Paul KLISARIS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 9 8 1:40.7478 0:08.9431
9 511 AROCA Phil AARONS (4) Alfetta GTV TS R3 8 7 1:41.6898 0:09.8851
10 78 AROCA Andrew HARVEY (4) Toyota Corolla A1 8 7 1:42.0336 0:10.2289
11 44 AROCA Spaniard EP3 (4) Honda Civic A1 8 8 1:42.9142 0:11.1095
12 268 Jake BEKKERS (4) HQ HOLDEN A2 7 5 1:43.0746 0:11.2699
13 5 AROCA Gabriel DIGENIS (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 6 6 1:43.2322 0:11.4275
14 22 AROCA James GRAY (4) BMW 318i A1 8 7 1:43.8569 0:12.0522
15 139 PCCV Reg POLSON (3) Peugeot 205 GTI A1 9 5 1:44.5787 0:12.7740
16 9 AROCA Tim SHANNON (4) Alfetta GTV GpS R3 9 7 1:45.2346 0:13.4299
17 302 MX5 Vic Graham WILSON (4) Mazda 121 A1 8 8 1:45.4801 0:13.6754
18 18 AROCA Richard OUTRAM (4) Alfetta 1.8L M3 8 8 1:45.6679 0:13.8632
19 117 AROCA Bruce JACOBS (4) Alfa 75 TS M3 8 6 1:48.3741 0:16.5694
20 135 AROCA Nicholas GRIGG (3) Mazda MX5 A1 8 8 1:48.8472 0:17.0425
21 47 AROCA Oriano RIZIO (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 8 7 1:49.4993 0:17.6946
22 33 AROCA Paul CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulietta 750 S M3 6 4 1:50.4253 0:18.6206
23 41 VHRR Michael BAN (4) Sunbeam Alpine A1 8 8 1:50.7497 0:18.9450
24 124 HSCCV Daniel van STOKROM (1) Holden LJ Torana A2 1 1 2:09.1682 0:37.3635
39 AROCA Matthew FRANCIS (4) Alfa 90 3L M4
4 AROCA Vince SARTOR (4) Alfa Guilia Super M3

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 122kph
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time

Session 4


Practice S16 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 00:16

Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Aug 19 14:56
Elapsed Time 15:00
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 699 AROCA Frank MAXWELL (4) Subaru WRX A2 10 8 1:32.8009*
2 45 SAU-Vic Francesco SGRO (4) Nissan 200 SX A2 9 8 1:36.2845 0:03.4836
3 44 AROCA Spaniard EP3 (4) Honda Civic A1 9 6 1:37.1865 0:04.3856 Fastest lap of the day
4 17 AROCA Justin JACOBS (2) Alfa 75 TS M3 9 9 1:37.2205 0:04.4196
5 7 AROCA Robert VODOPIC (4) Nissan Pulsar A1 9 6 1:37.9163 0:05.1154
6 32 AROCA Hamish DALTON (4) VW R32 A2 9 7 1:39.8504 0:07.0495
7 511 AROCA Phil AARONS (4) Alfetta GTV TS R3 8 8 1:40.4854 0:07.6845
8 268 Jake BEKKERS (4) HQ HOLDEN A2 8 7 1:41.2324 0:08.4315
9 19 AROCA Dominique CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulia Sprint M3 9 5 1:41.7570 0:08.9561
10 777 AROCA Paul KLISARIS (4) Alfetta GTV R3 8 5 1:41.8977 0:09.0968
11 130 AROCA Tony RADITSIS (4) Alfa Guilia Super R3 9 6 1:42.6283 0:09.8274
12 139 PCCV Reg POLSON (3) Peugeot 205 GTI A1 8 8 1:43.3682 0:10.5673
13 78 AROCA Andrew HARVEY (4) Toyota Corolla A1 8 6 1:43.8648 0:11.0639
14 302 MX5 Vic Graham WILSON (4) Mazda 121 A1 8 8 1:45.1039 0:12.3030
15 47 AROCA Oriano RIZIO (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 8 7 1:45.5740 0:12.7731
16 18 AROCA Richard OUTRAM (4) Alfetta 1.8L M3 9 6 1:46.3008 0:13.4999
17 135 AROCA Nicholas GRIGG (3) Mazda MX5 A1 8 8 1:47.0181 0:14.2172
18 41 VHRR Michael BAN (4) Sunbeam Alpine A1 8 8 1:50.6835 0:17.8826
19 4 AROCA Vince SARTOR (4) Alfa Guilia Super M3 1 1 6:41.5651 5:08.7642

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 120kph
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________

Session 4

Practice S20 15 Mins
Scheduled Start 00:20

Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Aug 19 16:37
Elapsed Time 14:46
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 184 MX5 Vic Robert HART (1) Mazda MX5 A1 9 5 1:32.7697*
2 88 MX5 Vic Randy STAGNO-NAVARRA 1 Mazda MX5 A1 9 8 1:32.9932 0:00.2235
3 27 MX5 Vic Colin DENMAN-JONES (1) Mazda MX5 A1 5 5 1:33.6842 0:00.9145
4 15 MX5 Vic Stephen DOWNES (3) Mazda MX5 A1 7 3 1:35.7676 0:02.9979
5 57 MX5 Vic Peter PHILLIPS (1) Mazda MX5 A1 9 6 1:35.9733 0:03.2036
6 610 MX5 Vic Gary PRESCOTT (1) Mazda MX5 A1 9 5 1:36.9150 0:04.1453
7 141 MX5 Vic Max LLOYD (3) Mazda MX5 A1 8 5 1:37.6866 0:04.9169
8 44 AROCA Spaniard Ep3 (4) Honda Civic A1 9 6 1:37.7040 0:04.9343
9 64 AROCA Joe FALCONE (2) Alfa 75 TS M3 9 6 1:38.1217 0:05.3520
10 62 MX5 Vic Noel HERITAGE (1) Mazda MX5 A1 5 5 1:38.5161 0:05.7464
11 7 AROCA Robert VODOPIC (4) Nissan Pulsar A1 9 5 1:38.7760 0:06.0063
12 83 AROCA John CUMMING (2) Alfasud Ti M3 6 3 1:40.2719 0:07.5022
13 511 AROCA Phil AARONS (4) Alfetta GTV TS R3 7 3 1:42.1427 0:09.3730
14 78 AROCA Andrew HARVEY (4) Toyota Corolla A1 8 8 1:42.3987 0:09.6290
15 271 MX5 Vic John STONE (3) Mazda MX5 A1 6 6 1:42.6204 0:09.8507
16 36 MX5 Vic Paul MURPHY (3) Mazda MX5 A1 7 6 1:43.2089 0:10.4392
17 130 AROCA Tony RADITSIS (4) Alfa Guilia Super R3 8 5 1:43.5482 0:10.7785
18 139 PCCV Reg POLSON (3) Peugeot 205 GTI A1 8 6 1:43.6692 0:10.8995
19 19 AROCA Dominique CHALEYER (4) Alfa Giulia Sprint M3 8 8 1:45.4601 0:12.6904
20 18 AROCA Richard OUTRAM (4) Alfetta 1.8L M3 8 8 1:45.6481 0:12.8784
21 47 AROCA Oriano RIZIO (4) Alfa 105 GTV M3 8 8 1:47.8121 0:15.0424
22 135 AROCA Nicholas GRIGG (3) Mazda MX5 A1 8 7 1:48.0573 0:15.2876
23 41 VHRR Michael BAN (4) Sunbeam Alpine A1 8 7 1:52.0873 0:19.3176
24 4 AROCA Vince SARTOR (4) Alfa Guilia Super M3 1 1 2:12.1397 0:39.3700

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 120kph
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time

[JDM EP3]

Here are some videos of the day. I couldnt get any in car as my mount broke as I was trying to set it up, so I gave my phone to my brother who used zoom on the phone which works shithouse.










Sandown120819-1628.jpg by ratalfa, on Flickr

Sandown120819-899.jpg by ratalfa, on Flickr

[egSi]

props for racing your shit bro

[aRze]

Beautiful car man, and great improvement in your times over the day

Just wondering man, how do the Buddy Club RSD feel on the street?
Are you running different damper settings for street and track?

[JDM EP3]

Beautiful car man, and great improvement in your times over the day

Just wondering man, how do the Buddy Club RSD feel on the street?
Are you running different damper settings for street and track?

Hey thanks man. It was my first track experience in a car and not my usual go kart so it was fun along with learning how to start setting up the car.

The buddy Clubs RSD for street are ok. I find that even on low damper of 5 it can get a tiny bit bumpy, not uncomfortable although when you go over a bump as you have your foot pressed down on the accelerator you do tend to hop as your leg moves from the car going over the bump which gets annoying as hell. Other than that I notice the perches come loose all the time but its a trade off with all coilovers.

With the damper it depends on what you want to run on the street. At Sandown coming off the last corner onto the straight I had to drop some stiffness off the front cause the car would hop over the many bumps and lose traction.

[JDM EP3]

So small update atm.
Getting ready for Sandown track day in a few weeks.

Received my Schroth racing harness today so got to work installing it.
Was a pretty simple install that installs to all the OEM locations so no need for a cage or harness bar.

The rear bolts into the stock OEM seatbelt locations under the seat.



While under there I discovered a little bit of a surprise....

Im now 200 yen richer! Will be there for a year so got some free spending money

With this model harness you can detacth the rear from the front with a buckle and leave it there so you can still take rear seat passengers and take the front belt off for daily if you want or just throw it around the back of the seat.



And finally installed. The side bolts straight into the stock seat.
The only thing I had to do was disassemble the front straps and feed them through the stock holes at the head rest and then re do them up. Was scratching my head for a few mins trying to figure out how to take them out but reassembling was easy.


They hold really tight so will be much better than using the stock belt for the track.
My only complaint was that I wish they had about 60 or 70cm more belt as Im pretty slim, except for the gut so that limits your seating adjustment just a tad but overall very happy with the belt, features and price.

Few more updates will be coming soon if I get my parts here on time.