thingo

Yes capacity is your friend, and it helps on the curve as well. I've seen a few engines get more out of this turbo, but we are playing it a bit safe with the tune.

gruhsy

Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AlphaOmegaPower

What is the static compression of this engine by the way?

333pg333

Good to see the car is back moving Rod. Did you have to go back to single large injs due to space constrictions on that side of the motor? Assuming the HP figures are also to the rear wheels? It shows the (W) in the TQ figures but not on the hp for some reason. Was this in 5th gear? What tyres did you use on the dyno? R spec or slicks? Both will produce wheelspin on the dyno as they heat up too much in my experience. Great to see there's more potential with a safe tune. When are you back on the track testing?

thingo

Thanks Patrick, we could have made a new inlet manifold, but it was pretty simple to try the one set of larger injectors, it's not ideal but they should be fine for our purposes ( wot high revs)
Yes wheel figures 5th gear, we used r-specs, not ideal. Hopefully next week we will test.

333pg333

Yes, that makes more sense. I recall seeing how tight it was in there with the Intake on that side.
Testing at WP or EC?

Dutch944

So.. What happening with this one? Just saw the message from David Wall that he would not be driving the car this season but haven't seen any updates?

944crazy

I saw it too, really hope it just means there's been a driver change and the RP968 can still make it to WTAC.

thingo

Don't worry we'll be there,or that's the plan anyway. Out testing tomorrow.

Dutch944

Whoooooooo! Please Rod.. Bring us vids..

My girlfriend might be working in Aussie soon so there is a big chance i'm going that direction at some point too!

944crazy

Good to hear Rod. Good luck with the testing tomorrow!

V2Rocket

Do you drive the car yourself?

Paulyy

It's his grocery getter

Just bumping this for the sake of it - love looking at the photos.

V2Rocket

the reason i asked was that it's never really been clear to me if these high-dollar crazy Aussie builds are built for the owner to enjoy/compete with, or if they just finance the things for another driver...

i know the Buchanans drive their whips, but I never really figure if Patrick or Rod here are the drivers. maybe I've missed it along the way.

Though I could see Patrick being the guy who just wants to constantly try new things/tinker because he's done like 4 engine builds in the last 5 years

Paulyy

Rods car is a Pro class car, which only had about 5-6 cars in it this year. You need a pro diver for that class. There is a PRO-AM class where owners can drive and compete with their pro class cars which some do. If he wanted to, Rod could enter PRO-AM or just any sprint day if he wished apart from World Time Attack.
But it's built for PRO class in WTAC. It is quite a big deal race. It's objective is 1 fast lap. It will go though 1 set of tyres on 1 fast lap.

Patricks car on the other hand is in Open class car. Inbetween what i'm building (club sprint) and pro. Same objective. Just less aero. But he doesn't need a pro driver, if he wants he can drive it him self at WTAC. When it's running again, I believe he'll be entering some more sprint days again with it.

Theres one guy, Under Suzuki (that's his name) he built his s15 and drives it him self in PRO class. He is a pro driver though and he finished 3rd this year behind this car.

I can't explain WTAC in sydney. It's something you need to experience. It's like no other race.