yeh ill be doing a few sighting runs just to work out where is best, then put some markers up for a braking point, at that speed id rather not just make a guess at where to brake.

I thought at the vmax day they just have a timing beam at 1.5miles to give you plenty of time to slow down, did he just keep his foot in a little longer?

 

still, id have a chute just in case man. stopping from 200+ mph takes a lot of energy and your brake system probably is not capable of handling it. a chute is cheap insurance.

 

Great build, I enjoyed reading it. Good luck with everything.

 

If you're doing the runs with us, ill come with you on a run or two, show you everything, inc the safe place to stop, I do with all the car just to be on the safe side, and ive done nigh on 200 there myself and 170+ there tons of times.
TBH you gain very little by braking ultra late, the distance to brake from 200 to 30 odd to cruise around the bottom corner is enough enough extra acceleration time to do about 0.2mph anyhow!

It will become plainly obvious pretty quickly if there will be any issues, but all bewing well its not risky really.

I'll ask Andy exactly what happened with the 9ff, but he said it lost it under braking.

 

well id rather do it with yourself as it would be nice to show a large range of audience the car than just one certain section of the community, plus since you have an rx7 you have an understanding of how they work etc....theres nothing worse than reading an article and picking out 20 faults because the journalist doesnt really know what hes talking about, which i have seen multiple times.

Ie if i write all the tech for it, when it comes to you, you will keep the correct facts and not exagurate the story/details for the viewers and i get ripped by all the rotary forums for all the incorrect info etc.

Well next update will be fuel pumps, lines and greddy style elbow which should be in april

Since i need a pump that will supply 360ltrs per hour at 50psi of base pressure im going to be running 2x305LPH which running at 50psi will give me 470ltrs per hour

Should cost me £140 for the pair

 

FD, 2 persons in car, stock r1 aero with '99 lip, 431rwhp, 4.10 gear and 275/40 17 in the rear... 192mph @ 8200ish rpms (as seen on pfc commander) as we pegged the 180 speedo. Been there done that and you DO NOT need 600whp either?!?


-J

 

FD, 2 persons in car, stock r1 aero with '99 lip, 431rwhp, 4.10 gear and 275/40 17 in the rear... 192mph @ 8200ish rpms (as seen on pfc commander) as we pegged the 180 speedo. Been there done that and you DO NOT need 600whp either?!?


-J

 

with that ratio, tyres you were going 185mph so thats motoring pretty well.

there is a big difference between 185mph and 200mph, also im doing it within 1.5miles, what distance did you have?

 

As above. Ive never seen/known a car, regardless of type, peg the 200mph marker and stop again within the confines of Bruntingthorpe, with less than around 650bhp@fly (but some of these were 4wd, so argue among yourselves how much these were ATW!).

Top speed means nothing if a car with a slightly lower top speed accelerates to that point far faster- If you can do it within the confines of Brunters you up there with Veyrons etc.

 

Got bored today so decided to put the battery in the boot, it needed doing to make room for my intercooler/rad setup

Sorry for lack of pics going through it all but it was raining hard and didnt want to spend forever outside

removed from engine bay and ran live feed to rear of car



bolted tray down to chassis then built everything else back up, connect live and ran earth wire to a bolt hole near by

 

darn turbos, saw this week end another top speeder, blow the engine all over the track, 88T2 car sounded nice at the line(1 mile drag race) 3/4 way down big puff of smoke car slide all around , but finally stopped , tow truck off the track, loded up in trailer, oil everywhere.

turbo rotarys can be unforgiving.

any way other go-fast vehicles(1 mile drag race), top speed of meet , Suzuki busa 261. mph,
this meet had a lot of over two hundred mph cars , id guess 6-7 cars over 200.
donno how things would be if they tried a flying mile, only place i USA Bonneville 7-10 miles run out.

 

ok next part of my ebay part special build arrived today

The elbow that bolts onto my throttle body, as previously mentioned the reason im going for this is to maintain my pipework size so that there is no airflow restrictions which in theory will maximise the air entering the inlet manifold, i know the differences are minimal, but as a famous supermarket once said, every little helps!

Got it £79 delivered which was the cheapest around i could find it


looks like this is the company thats paying china for it


have to say, casting internally is pretty poor, so im gonna spend this afternoon with some sand paper and smooth it all out


heres what i mean about there being an internal step, this is the point at which im gonna cut it off, hence losing the narrow part


Checking its the same size as my intercooler...good to go!!


Not sure what to do next, either order my 2 fuel pumps or mod my intercooler so i can fit it with my rad, will have a think about when i next get paid

 

well tonight i have been busy on my ebay elbow.

firstly i cut the smaller diameter off, i could have done it after the lip and it would have been simpler but hindsight is a wonderful thing!

after cutting the end off i used a dremel to enlarge it back out to the correct size, not sure neat but not to bad, stops the restriction in my pipe work by making it 70mm internal diameter instead of 60mm


i then used my grinding bits to take out all the bumps, casting marks and general crappyness, it still looks rough in the pictures but feels silky smooth.


this took me 2hrs to do in total and its not a fun job sitting in the kitchen working on it, got pins and needles in my hand now!

 

ummm shouldnt that fuse be a bit closer to the battery lol, so that long section of wire you just put in is protected from accidental grounding.

 

the wire was used actually for the subwoofers that used to be in the back when i first got it, i just used to wire, but when i tried to start the car it popped the fuse as it was only rated to 60amp, so removed that so its not there anymore

 

got myself a decat pipe for my birthday this year, even with the big turbo ill be running a 3inch exhaust on the road as due to running low boost there wont be massive back pressure issues and it keeps the noise down to semi-sensible levels........to say its loud compared to when it had a CAT on it is a bit of an understatement!!
When i started it up i crapped my pants, thought the decat had fell off, my neighbours werent to impressed!

Though its much better from 7-8krpm now as the ports where being heavily restricted by the CAT.

Big difference in weight


new gaskets and bolts which is nice


checked flanges and they are both true and flat


had to jack the decat up so i could get the lower brace back on, but all bolted up!!



video of starting it up