Dubai944

After three years tripping over it around the house in Dubai, then dragging it home to Australia I finally got my rear wing mounted!

A couple of challenges with this install was the narrow mounts of the wing which was made for the TVR Sagaris race cars plus my rear floor is cut out for my gearbox pumps and cooler, with an access panel that I need to be able to open, so no easy mounting and brace points. With the fuel cell and other bits and pieces already in there, I wanted a true bolt in bolt out mounting solution that was still very rigid.

I ended up using Fulcrum Aero uprights that slide onto posts and secure with pins. I had a rear frame made up that bolts into the rear of the car, braced forward over the fuel cell to the harness bar. The frame and posts were made from the thickest 1 inch box section I could get and I filled the posts with race foam as well for a bit less flex. With the forward bracing it has turned out to be really rigid so I'm pleased with the result.

Some pics of the result plus a couple of other interior shots for interest. All the car needs now is some colour on the new white base and it will be ready to start it's new racing life in Oz.

DDP

That is a very well built car. Very impressive. Thanks for the pictures.

disasterman

Well done, nice fabrication and detail work throughout the car. Consider a full photo spread on under the hood too.

Thanks

gruhsy

That is awesome! Great work.

mudbuddha

Nice work indeed. I appreciate the attention to the little details. Was wondering about the progress on your build as it's been a few years. What are the specs on the engine as well as wheels/tires combo? +1 for more pix.

Dubai944

Thanks. The current engine is an S2 block with piston squirters added, 968 crank and head, Arrow Rods and Wossner pistons at 9:1 compression. Racers Edge race cams and Stahl headers. SFR supercharger kit, but only the Procharger head unit and hard pipes remain original as I have heavily modded the brackets and pulley system to run more boost.Doing some tuning and other engine mods currently so might have some info and pics of the engine setup in a few weeks time.
Wheels are CCW custom, fronts are 18x11 Rears are 18x12 with Dunlop Race Slicks.

95ONE

So um.. You also run mission control from that cockpit? Holy cow. I don't have a clue why you would need all that!? What is it?

mudbuddha

Supercharging- any particular reason you are going this route as oppose to turbocharging- what power output you are looking for? Still, interesting and a cool project.

333pg333

Yep, looks great Steve. Some clear similarities between our cars. Good vs Evil heheh...
Give us a tour of the cockpit and under the hood next time. Hope we can meet up on the track one day. Perhaps Bathurst one of these years.
As I mentioned in the other tread, it will be interesting if you have to redress the front to rear balance now with the new big rear wing. You'd have to think so.

Dubai944

Lol. It's not as exciting as it looks.

I just wired all the electrics for the car onto a single panel for easy access. The right hand side is fuses and relays, coil igniter, ecu, common earth and 02 sensor cal buttons. (Actually the right side is supposed to have a cover over it to hide the mess, but I haven't got around to making that yet.)

The left side is dash, datalogger on/off and a few switches to run lights, wipers,coolshirt, ventilation fan, trans cooler pump etc. So no rocket science.

The entire dash panel comes out in a couple of minutes with two bolts and a few electrical connectors.

Dubai944

I can imagine a great shot would be both cars haulin' it down conrod together (if you can keep up..haha)

No doubt the balance will change a bit but will drive it first and see. I have several sets of springs to play with so should be easy enough to adjust.

It was just evolution. After racing it naturally aspirated for a season I wanted to quickly add a bit more power to meet the GT class limits. At the time supercharging was simpler to install and setup. As the years have gone on I have tried to push it a bit further. Turbocharging is still an option down track and the motor is built for that, but for now I am still happy with trying to get the best out of the supercharger. Power in Dubai was 320whp, but that was only because the class limit dictated no more than 320whp. Now I am here in Oz I am not as rule restricted so will be modifying and tuning it for as much more power as it can comfortably produce. Will see what that is.

mudbuddha

+1 this is what came to my mind also...would be great to see side by side action shot of the two wide-bodied car. I am always a fan of cars with wide rubbers out back, well and on the fronts too- just looks fast for some reason. Keep up the good work guys.

333pg333

Steve, have you done enough driving with the new rear wing to give impressions/data of it yet?