I presumed this would get moved if I put it in GD so sorry if its not supposed to be in here

I spent yesterday over at Rockingham supporting a mate who has entered this years Toyota Sprint Series in his 4AGE powered Starlet, for those that don't know anything about this series these are the basic rules :
Cars are timed on one lap ONLY, there are 2 warm up (sighthing) laps in the morning but after that you get upto 8 seperate attempts at the course.

ALL cars are obviously Toyotas and have to be fully road legal, the cars do not need MSA approval but the cars are scrutineered at the events and must comply with the TSS rulebook.

Cars are seperated into classes which is explained here : http://www.toyota-sprint-series.com/...f0d28d9ba48434

So onto the day, firstly it was COLD ! well from my point of view it was, spectating at Rockingham isn't the best so you can't do much walking to keep warm whilst at the same time actually seeing anything of whats going on so I'll apoligise now for the lack of pictures ( I hope to copy some of the proper pictures over once they appear elsewhere)

The big boys had showed up in their 4wd turbo cars, namely the Fensport Corolla which is now detuned from its old spec but is certainly not shy on track even on their first sessions, several other Gt4's and MR2 turbos were also showing they had good pace, the lesser groups (B onwards) had a mixture of cars but not anything mentally fast, just realistically evenly matched which kept them fighting for top spot all day, 3 runs in and my mate Dave was really attacking the course in his Starlet, so much so he has already set a time that nobody in his group was likely to match

After lunch everyone was back out, certain cars I believe had upped the boost a little as it was quite clear some were going a touch faster than they had previously been lol, Dave went back out and set a new PB which by the end of the day was litterally a few tenths slower than the fastest car in the group above him ! (a 250hp Starlet vs his 137hp Starlet)

Just after 4pm the last runs were done and the updated times were posted on display which can be found here :

http://twistysprint.com/sprint/index...id=11&Itemid=1

Besides it being a bit cold I had a bloody good day, it really made me want to get out there and be part of it but as I don't own a Toyota I'll have to eventually find my own series to have a go at, (when I have a suitable car lol) its laid back, not too serious and full of equally minded people which is what makes it a good day out !

The next event is to be held at Barkston Heath in about a month and I will hopefully be attending as Daves mechanic again, I can't complain really, ultra reliable car and free entry ! I got it easy thats for sure

Pics :






































Onboard 4AGE Starlet clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq2_AlFx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZUAD741

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esHBnCq5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptDnH2x


Anyone interested in coming to spectate should look on http://www.toyota-sprint-series.com for venues or any other information regarding this years series

 

My mate won the first round of this iirc

 

What car was he driving ?

 

Pete Coleman...........EP82 = 82.13

 

Ah cool, my mate Dave did a 82:16 iirc in his rwd Starlet.

I don't suppose you know what power that Starlet is do you ? Some of them were really putting the speed on for 1.3l's !

 

I can find out for you mate

on my girlfriends one' once we get it mapped it should make 250 to 270 hp, not bad for a little pocket rocket

 

This is awesome:



Love it!

 

fappineck 250-270bhp on a 1.3?

 

Thats only like getting 400bhp from a YB, hardly rocket science

 

Thats my mates car, runs a 4AGE on twin 45's using all the AE86 running gear.

He suspected he would have his arse handed to him at Rockingham due to the big straights but I think he was 8th fastest out of everything there that day !

I keep telling him to put a xe of a similar spec to Ollys in there, a reliable cheap 200hp engine would make that thing ballistic ! downside is you can't compete in the TSS without a Toyota engine so he better get saving for a Atlantic spec engine

 

Just noticed the links to the videos don't work ?

so:

Run 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq2_AlFxxrA

Run 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZUAD7412KE

Run 5 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esHBnCq5_xI

Run 7 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptDnH2xVRc

Click HQ for a better picture as the quality isn't great in normal view

 

1UZ isnt much heavier than an XE, thats what he should be fitting!

 

Whats one of those then ? (excuse my ignorance but I know very little on Toyota engine codes) !

Main issue with going bigger capacity is the class change although he was far quicker than anything in his class on the day so maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing

 

4 litre v8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSmllpDQ8lA

 

I had a strange feeling it might be that V8

Good luck getting that in there

 

Its 70cm by 70cm by 70cm

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtgoF...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t9S7...eature=related

If it was my car I would be tempted !

How much does one of those engines set you back

 

I paid 600 quid for a MOT'd but slightly accident damaged complete LS400.

Engines are good for best part of 9K on standard internals and ludicrously strong.


Downside is no cheap manual box options

 

A few of the lads do a 1.5 conversion and get close to 350 iirc

 

holpfully 400+

 

That dose look mighty fine Aaron

 

yep going for mapping in a few weeks

 

just got to book Becky's in somewhere now

 

Thats mental !

See you at Barkston Heath, I'll make sure I come over and say Hi

 

Wrong guy JB

 

Ah my error !

Is he in the TSS ?

 

No mate lol

 

Why the hell not !

 

duno lol

 

Get involved for 2010 then mate, Rockingham was cool, my mate with the Starlet says they just get better too, sort of gutted I don't have something to join in with myself !

 

yer i will lookin into it mate

 

All the links you need are in the first post I made above if you need any further info on it.

I'm not sure on what power all the Starlets are that were there but 2 guys I spoke to had around 250hp

 

I think Dan should enter with a GT30 on his (He has a Mr2 engine Jonny)

 

dans spunked all his money on his v-tac now, his starlet wont be on the road again for a long time

 

are man your joking, fuck that thing off lol

 

Official report now up

http://twistysprint.com/sprint/image...ngham_2009.pdf