GTM Winter Upgrades

[Moleman]

That's good to hear mate. 

[Facial Hair Optional]

Cooooooooooooooool Dave! Let's hope it works

[Iancider]

Go on whack on a Supercharger! You know you want to 

[sanzomat]

Managed an hour and a half of playing today. Tightened up the alternator belt (again!) as it was screeching on Thursday night - seems that a bit of water makes it slip but there was scope for a little more tightness so hopefully that'll cure it. Fitted the bigger TB to the plenum (decided not to change the whole plenum, just the TB). I've lowered the drivers seat about 15mm as it was on spacers. I'm letting a friend share the car at Combe in April and he's a bit on the tall side - when he sat in it a couple of weeks ago his view was a bit blocked by the top of the windscreen! Should also lower the centre of gravity a bit so can't do any harm.

I went out for a short blast to warm it up then tried out Ed's sound meter (thanks Ed). Got a consistent reading of 95.4dB at 4500 rpm at 0.5m straight on from the tail pipe (Ed said straight on gave the closest reading to Combe's meter at 0.5m, 45 degrees). If that's right then I'm now 4.4 dB louder than last time out at Combe which is a pretty good match to my theory that adding power adds noise roughly at the rate of % increase in engine power/10 dB.

Hopefully 95.4 means there is sufficient headroom to pass OK.

[sanzomat]

This is what I bought off ebay - the whole inlet manifold, plenum, injectors, fuel rail and flexi pipes, sensors, wires etc. All I needed was the bit I've circled in red but this whole lot was less than most people are asking just for the throttle body! The rest will be going back on ebay shortly!

[Facial Hair Optional]

Managed an hour and a half of playing today. Tightened up the alternator belt (again!) as it was screeching on Thursday night - seems that a bit of water makes it slip but there was scope for a little more tightness so hopefully that'll cure it. Fitted the bigger TB to the plenum (decided not to change the whole plenum, just the TB). I've lowered the drivers seat about 15mm as it was on spacers. I'm letting a friend share the car at Combe in April and he's a bit on the tall side - when he sat in it a couple of weeks ago his view was a bit blocked by the top of the windscreen! Should also lower the centre of gravity a bit so can't do any harm.

I went out for a short blast to warm it up then tried out Ed's sound meter (thanks Ed). Got a consistent reading of 95.4dB at 4500 rpm at 0.5m straight on from the tail pipe (Ed said straight on gave the closest reading to Combe's meter at 0.5m, 45 degrees). If that's right then I'm now 4.4 dB louder than last time out at Combe which is a pretty good match to my theory that adding power adds noise roughly at the rate of % increase in engine power/10 dB.

Hopefully 95.4 means there is sufficient headroom to pass OK.

95.4 is miles under for Combe Dave. Didn't know your car had tuberculosis though mate. Sorry to hear that

[sanzomat]

Got to love ebay! I've now sold the remainder of the bits I didn't need from that inlet manifold for only £2.50 less than I bought the whole thing including the throttle body so I've bought an upgraded throttle body for only £2.50 and I've sold my old engine and gearbox etc for only £50 less than I paid for the new ones

[damouk]

Good result that. It's amazing what you can sell, I sold a couple of bits from the box of bits that came with v-storm.
I sold this lot for £35 when I made my carbon fibre ones and am up £15





On a slightly different note I also have a load of hub centre adapters for team dynamics wheels if anyone needs some