Time Attack and European Drift Championship

[Paul Whiffin]

What a great weekend, cant believe how well the Time Attack car did finishing 8th overall. The car had 1 hours worth of track time previous to the event so was pretty much fresh out of the box.
Looking at all the other competitors ahead of us our whole car cost about the same as there engines alone! We were running a completely standard engine which held together nicely considering we were having major problems with water temps all day, we could only do 1 hot lap followed by a cool down lap so Darren couldn't get into a proper rhythm either. This will all be sorted for the next round of events with ALOT more power as well, we'll have a fully ported engine going in very soon.

The drift car didn't fare quite as well unfortunately, no testing at all so we were using the event as a test session. Had a few handling issues, tried everything possible to help the problem but couldn't get it to do what we wanted. Looked and sounded amazing coming on to the main straight though!
I'll post a few pics up as soon as I get time.
Also we had a media company following our team the whole weekend so will have DVD's available pretty soon as well. I'll let you all know about that as and when.

Thanks
Paul

[SteveL]

Well done guy's - excellent results for the first time out in both cars...

[Thorin]

Sounds like Darren is a bit useful behind the wheel then! Look forward to the photo's. Well done guys :)

[Paul Whiffin]

He sure is, its always a bit of a white knuckle ride when your out with him driving! And I do this on a daily basis, he drives while I map the cars.

[andy@amt]

well done mate you must be well pleased with darren now he can get the gtr mapped. any news on your engine bits yet?
thanks
andy@amt

[Paul Whiffin]

I am well pleased, just need some sponsorship money to pay for it all! GTR is in bits again! Turbos were taken off today, going single instead. Still waiting on my poxy crankshaft, its really starting to get on my tits now!

[JamieP]

I am well pleased, just need some sponsorship money to pay for it all! GTR is in bits again! Turbos were taken off today, going single instead. Still waiting on my poxy crankshaft, its really starting to get on my tits now!

Nice one Paul, Have you had a problem with your supra engine or is it another car you are talking about?

[Paul Whiffin]

Its my car yes, I've had an issue with it for a couple of years and managed to keep it at bay. It reared its ugly head towards the end of last year though when I started pushing it a bit,(2.2 bar and race fuel) I've been waiting for my new internals to arrive ever since, its going to be a monster though when I finally get it all though! Changing the spec around quite a bit....

[JamieP]

Wow, cant imagine what 2.2bar would be like:D good luck with it.

[andy@amt]

Paul the head is more or less finished its flowing more than the big valve skyline i have just done you can now rev it 9k+ and no is not going to spit any shims out with the new mods?
thanks
andy@amt

[Paul Whiffin]

Why dont you find out? Get some race fuel in there and turn the mo fo up! Cant wait to try 2.5bar on the new setup, thats going to be something else.

[Paul Whiffin]

Paul the head is more or less finished its flowing more than the big valve skyline i have just done you can now rev it 9k+ and no is not going to spit any shims out with the new mods?
thanks
andy@amt

Sounds good mate, 9500rpm should do it I think. I'll send my manifolds up to you as soon as I've got the engine out, should be in the next couple of weeks with any luck.

[JamieP]

Dont tempt me:D

[Paul Whiffin]

You know you want to, just do it and think about it later

[Bob]

Dont tempt me:D

"Last stage of mods begins" my arse! :D :lol:



Congrats on the results, Paul. Fantastic considering the amount of practice available!

[Gaz Walker]

2.5 bar rocks, as long as you uprate nearly every damn part on the engine, it'll take it ;) :D

Gaz.

[JamieP]

I did go with the billet main end caps for this very reason :D

[Paul Whiffin]

Me to, along with a rather tasty crank