Mr2 Turbo Sprint Car (Banshee)

[ashley]

Enjoying this thread mate

[stephano]

Very impressive. You and Bob do like your builds don't you. Although I do like to read them

thanks.
it has taken over more of my life than i had wished but its fun.

[stephano]

Enjoying this thread mate

cheers.
glad im not boring you yet

[stephano]

so time for the fuel tank
i had a bosch 044 pump in there anyway but running on stock main tank lines so these needed changing
i went for -8 flow and -6 return

bits!





got the pump out





little bit of cutting needed to fit the bigger adapter



took the tank lid and cut and drilled it out for -8 elbow











put the -8 adapters on but wont fit!
had to order 2 -8 push fit fittings and hose instead



-8 on the elbow



marked up the tank an drilled out for the return



return in the tank



all done ready to go back in!

[dazzz]

A very good thread.

[stephano]

A very good thread.

cheers bud.

[stephano]

put the -8 adapters on but wont fit!
had to order 2 -8 push fit fittings and hose instead

no i did'nt thats a lie!
i got 2 flare fittings and flared my own pipe



haha anyway the tank going in



10 micron filter





Filter needing cleaning (bit random)





The crank and bits came back from the balancers amd the re-build continues..





oil squirters back in



time to get the lube out!



started putting the pistons and rods together



double checking the ring gaps



rings on



now the main bearings
i wanted to get the bearings from toyota rather than after market ones as they are sized to the correct tolerances.

















used clevite for the big ends



















out of everything that we had balanced the hks pullys were the furthest out (not supprised tho)





Muffin!





all in!





while it was out i thought the sub frame would look cool in white.









the last thing left to do before the last race was my number squares





all ready to race!!!!!

[stephano]

i used the car for work for the week to put a few miles in there before the first event
now theres a lad at work who claims he's been in "very fast cars" sooo i offered him a lift down the drive
The result!.......excuse the language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtiSliEh0BU

on to the first event of 2012 was werrington hill climb
this was my first time here and my god its narrow!

few pics and vids







sorry if you have seen these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06wSvReRTI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u25wPWtwbIA

[Magic Beans]

Loving your work The video of you racing in the wet made brought back terrible memories though

How often do you race?

[bobhatton]

You should have seen us this weekend, five runs and wet to start with getting drier each run then on the 4th run Steve was faster than the Cosworth Escort he has lost to for the last two years. The Escort driver then changed his wheels and tyres to better ones and as he was doing that it started to rain again. With the rain Steve and myself ran slower but the Escort went faster, but just not enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFbvAh8a ... re=related

[Magic Beans]

Good effort

What tyres are being used?

[bobhatton]

I am on Kumho Ecsta V70A 265 x 16 on 10" wheels on the rear and 225 x 16 on 8" wheels on the front

Steve is on R888, 275 x 17 on 9" wheels rear and 215 X 17 on 8" front

[Magic Beans]

275 R888s That'll explain the grip difference then!

[stephano]

Loving your work The video of you racing in the wet made brought back terrible memories though

How often do you race?

yeah sorry about that.
ive bumped a few cars and always find waking up the next morning the worst bit.

the races can be as often as every weekend during a full season.

[stephano]

275 R888s That'll explain the grip difference then!

haha my secret is out!
it also explains why my pockets are empty at £500+ a pair (trade price)

[stephano]

made some pins up for my engine lid

it was a pain in the ar$e undoing the bolts every time so i spun them around marked them up and drilled the holes.
i wound a ss welding rod around a drill bit cut it into circles fed through a split pin and tacked with the mig





after werrington where the car handled like a bag of............
i checked the ride heights front and rear and they were way out.

so the ride all sorted the next task is fitting all this....

crank sensor



cam sensor



coil on plugs



sard 800cc's



motec m84



didn't want to cut the main loom so got a set of loom conectors a box and a shed load of pin locations and wiring diagrams.











and thats about it all up to date!
only took 3 pages!

[craig]

Great read, great car, well done!

[ashley]

Nice- now get that ecu in there and see what she can really do

[Magic Beans]

Nice- now get that ecu in there and see what she can really do

Another marvellous idea

[stephano]

well guys im feeling good about this weekend
and i recon ill get all the sensors on and wired back to the ecu
i think no later than early july it will be mapped to its extreme!

strange thing is im not that worried/excited over the extra 100hp im more excited about sh... loads of antilag thumping out the side exit!