The Underdog

hopefully it will be better as iv shed afair bit of weight from the aero stuff. and yes i did the pump cover just for you lol

The Underdog

i dont advocate road racing but when this guy was revving up in front of my i quickly turned go pro on. i was just out getting some miles on the car before trackday. my 180bhp vs his 182 felt like no comparison. i had to bail out of my launch and short shifted twice at 5k so kinda made me feel happy that 180bhp can be fast . he also looked a dangerous liability so left him head off.

gcfcos

Yeah he looked a bit twitchy with his driving to say the least!

PaulinhoT

Car sounds and goes alright Steve I like the bit with the beep beep

Rowe

you're a bad lad Steve! car sounds well though!
I struggle to keep up with that shape clio on the straights on track, so the fact you're short shifting really does show how much quicker yours is on the ITB's

Mashurst

Sounded great Steve, and well fast He was a bit of a nutter though !

Trouble is, after I watched it, I got stuck in a loop watching Frank Kelly

DJ_AL

That guy was crazy all over the place. Haha. Looked like you could have easily had him before you let him pull away. Even stripped out id say yours is still a fair bit heavier than that plastic frog?

The Underdog

Done brands indy last night and was a memorable experience

The Underdog

first session so alot to learn. was very intimidating on paddock hill

jonfoc

Nice bit of driving there. You loosened up nicely about 5.30 in. I bet your were smiling when you passed the Porsche. Imagine what you could do with track geo and sticky tyres!
Quality rear view mirror moment

The Underdog

thanks jon. i got more confidence as evening went on. i had an instructor session which was fun and il post that later but this vid is me following my mates clio200 for a bit to get some track footage for him.

The Underdog

This was my final run but had a nice battle with a clio 182 on itbs running a claimed 205bhp by owner.

PaulinhoT

I enjoyed the video on your YouTube channel with the instructor, and all of the other ones Steve, looked like a mighty good day.

The Underdog

thanks paul. instructor was a touchy feely kinda guy. he steered the car more than me. here it is for everyone else.

Mashurst

Looking good Steve

That instructor is laid back eh? What a man

Did I miss you fitting fire extinguishers somewhere?, looks like you have two in the passenger footwell?

The Underdog

yeh just 2 cheapys. dont think i ever included that in this thread. some minor details iv missed along the way
instructor was a handful lol

bluntys1rsturbo

must say it seems to go and handle real nice on track fella, the vid with the itb clio showed up on my youtube yesterday and i wondered if it was you.

PaulinhoT

Has cutting the rear bumper made any difference to how the car performs Steve ?

The Underdog

thanks for watching. I set it a bit safe so had more understeer than I'd like but the thought of losing back end at turn 1 scared the life out of me so had to go safe.

The Underdog

to be honest it's impossible to tell has iv made so many changes at once. Probably make little to no difference but just don't know.

PaulinhoT

Cheers, I will put my hacksaw back into my tool box

The Underdog

Donington booked for July 5th. Meeting with Rowe and his focus. Other main news is i just recently found out iv not been running vvt for last few months. The ecu firmware update I had to do to cure misfire had new programme for vvt that I was unaware of. As The ecu could no longer read the vvt format it switched to a fixed cam setting. It was basically stuck on Max advance. It's been a right faff getting it resolved but now I have full vvt working I done a few hours tuning the best setting I could on my butt dyno and now the car is drastically faster than ever. I'm back on the dyno Monday so hopefully have some far better results than last time.

PaulinhoT

Oh that's a bit of a result then I look forward to the results.

Rowe

I hope there's a bloody photographer there. I'm determined to get a picture of them sat bumper to bumper haha

jonfoc

What time is this session on, on the 5th?

The Underdog

same here. im going back to m tech so previous was 180 and thats the target to beat..


Dont pressure me too hard i might spin off lol


its an evening session jon so think it starts at 5.30 till 8.30. are you close enough to pop over?

jonfoc

I'm hoping to Steve. I know I'm working that day just not sure where or when. If I'm free I'll be there for sure

bluntys1rsturbo

hey thats a bit of a bugger re the vvt but at least its been resolved, will be interesting to see what power you pick up and what effect it has on the power curve/delivery etc

The Underdog

dyno went ok. the cars improved a lot but dyno didnt show the figures i thought it would.
it made 181bhp but ecu was showing intake temps of 49c. it was so hot today. dyno was giving power based on 34c so i guess im corrected wrong when i was seeing 49.not end of world.

the graph pic is totally wrong for rpm even though i asked twice for it to be set accurately. limiter is set to 7500 and it holds power right up to it now which it didnt last time. it was dropping off at 7000. now its basically holding 180bhp for 900rpm straight. on the road that feels so much better than before.

mattxr3i

That is a nice graph. All very well chasing figures but I would far rather have 180bhp for 1800 revs than 200 for 500 revs

STeve

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look forward to seeing the pics and reports guys have fun

The Underdog

indeed. but i misread the graph its more like 800 to 900 rpm it flatlines for.
still better than it was.

Mashurst

any updates Steve, I'm having withdrawal symptoms

nigel b

brands video looked good
it sounds like it clunks when it changes gear

any other sessions booked for later in the summer?

The Underdog

not too much really. im going to donington this wednesday so will update later this week.

thanks. iv not heard the clunks myself but maybe it could be. the rear veiw mirror is rattling around the passenger footwell where it fell of so maybe that.

The Underdog

photobucket want me to pay for my pics now which im not going to do so kinda makes this whole build pointless as most pics are now invisible.

The Underdog

but still had a great time at donington last week. few minor issues like throttle jammed wide open down craners on my first lap. engine was pinned on limiter. repeated stamps got it free but still not sussed out how it happened. also gear linkages popped off twice on gearbox side. other than that i loved it

PaulinhoT

Same as, although I'm looking at alternatives, but it will mean editing every single post I made

Great videos though, and I enjoyed watching them on YouTube cheers.

Mashurst

Yes lads, it's pain in the @rse what they're doing, and it's gradually happening across all of the forums

I'm lucky, cause being old skool, I never trusted them with my pictures anyway, so I've always posted direct to forums.

Your threads have still got some really useful written tech info in them though guys so don't give up, and just start dragging and dropping direct like I do

The Underdog

how do you post direct? i thought you had to host them to post here?