Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Peter Jones]

I'm off to Sandown tomorrow for Round 1 of the 2015 Victorian Super Sprint Championship. http://www.vssc.com.au/
The car will have been out 3 weekends in a row!

[Peter Jones]

Great day today, crazy hot but getting back in the groove. Still trying to re-hydrate.

Best time was a 1:31

Here's some track side photos.

[Peter Jones]

There's very few interior shots in the thread and I can never find one when I want one so Jodie packed the 8mm fish eye lens today to grab a few shots.

[Peter Jones]

Round 2 of the VSSC Championships today.

Car was going great haven't looked at the times yet.

[Water Boy]

1:57 well done!

[Peter Jones]

Cheers, I think there's more in it yet.

A better driver would be much faster I think.

I'm still not pushing hard enough at times and am still learning this new gearbox.

I know the car can go faster into turn 1 but I just cant seem to settle the car right to feel comfortable entering above 160km/h.

I'm in 4th through southern loop and well into 5th coming into Honda which is the biggest braking event on PI for me.

[Notso Swift]

It is probably posted or we may have spoken about it bit can you tell me your geometry Peter. I may have some suggestions

[Peter Jones]

It is probably posted or we may have spoken about it bit can you tell me your geometry Peter. I may have some suggestions

Yep, I was thinking of revisiting that soon, especially the rear setup.

I'm actually in the US right now, I'll have to dig around for the specs when I get back or just go and get the alignment rechecked so I can figure what shims I need for the rear.

Cheers

[Notso Swift]

Taking orders?

[Peter Jones]

My luggage is already pretty full. Next stop is Eurospec if you've got any questions for them.

[Notso Swift]

If their dry sump fits on a 1.2 TFSI would be handy to know

[Peter Jones]

If their dry sump fits on a 1.2 TFSI would be handy to know

They need to check is the short answer. It'll fit on the 1600 ok.

Best you shoot them an email with the block type information.

Once they know which block you've got they can pull one down off the shelf and take a look.

Steve says he sold a lot of those 1.2's back into Germany and that he's probably still got one or two laying about that he can check dimensions on.

He did also ask if your motor had the cast cylinder liners as this would be the best option for high performance.

[Notso Swift]

Ohh missed this. No idea if it is a lined one (gulp) being the older 1.2 I would guess so, but... The new ones have the exhaust manifold cast into the head, which wasn't suitable for performance

It is a CBZ, will give them a yell

[Peter Jones]

Went out to Sandown today for round 3 of the Vic Super Sprint Championships.

I've just had the head off for reconditioning and only just got it back on in time for today.

Compression was down on no3 a bit, this turned out to be damage to the sealing face of the valves.

In all 5 exhaust and 2 inlet valves had to be changed. Most likely cause is foreign body ingestion.

Either track debris on the one occasion when I ran without an air cleaner, or the multiple spark plug electrodes I've burnt off.

Car is fast again now. Conditions weren't the greatest today, best I managed was 1:31



Pit crew at the ready



Scrutineering queue



Scrutineering



Warming up in the morning sun



The sun didn't last long







V8 Supercar chasing and not appearing able to pass.
(I don't think he was trying very hard.)













By 3:30 the day had gotten pretty dark and the track cooled rapidly. Combined with fierce winds I really couldn't push like I had earlier. The car was really unsettled into the high speed braking areas.

All in all a good day. The 15 minute sessions were pretty grueling though - 10 laps in and you wish they'd just wave the flag. Don't know how people race for hours at a time.

[Peter Jones]

Here's some track side video from Sandown yesterday thanks to team photographer, Jodie.