Autech Pulsar GTi
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What is the power, weight and gearbox?
For me the time is suprisingly to goodjust for this setup and used tyres.
Its around 230hp and 1000kg, with a 5.1fd for shorter gearing.
Ive not beaten that time yet, i ran once since Using 23" drag slicks and only managed to match that time
Yeah flatshifting, normally good for a couple more MPH
maybe a silly question, but does it hurt anything? i have a function in my current engine management to do this. never tried it but...
Wow great time budy
How did you reduce weight that much?
Just removed interior trim etc what's not needed.. This car is non ABS, no air con, manual windows.
Not at all, I wouldn't recommend it on the road, but for drag racing its definitely worth it. You can hear the engine revs momentarily hit the limiter as i change gear.
As long as you have a rev limiter and don't mis-shift, it can't do any harm to manually flatshift like this. I suppose it's quite harsh on the clutch, but nothing drastic.
Not familiar with Ecu controlled flat shifting, but I imagine that will allow you to control the RPM the engine goes to when you dip the clutch to change gear??
The Launch control feature on Nismotronic is pretty handy too.
Managed to get a few things done lately, here's a couple of shots from the last week:
MOCAL Laminova Oil Cooler Installed
Pretty neat item, oil is cooled by the engine coolant. I've modified the existing coolant pipe to accept the cooler unit.
Random Engine Bay Shot
Pulsar GTiR Radiator Install
My original radiator was looking a bit shabby, and i wanted to make sure the coolant system was up to the task of supporting the new oil cooler. This is a slight upgrade from the stock Autech radiator, this Nissens one is 27mm core VS 25mm.
MOCAL Laminova Oil Cooler Installed
Pretty neat item, oil is cooled by the engine coolant. I've modified the existing coolant pipe to accept the cooler unit.
Random Engine Bay Shot
Pulsar GTiR Radiator Install
My original radiator was looking a bit shabby, and i wanted to make sure the coolant system was up to the task of supporting the new oil cooler. This is a slight upgrade from the stock Autech radiator, this Nissens one is 27mm core VS 25mm.
You have nice intake mani Where in your topic I can found ino about that? search option doesn't help in this case :/
About the weight, you have very nice progress indeed. I was to check how it looks like on N16 and my weight is about 1200kg (removed AC), but for N15 Gti stock with swpaed VE was weight the same. ABS pump doesn't weight so much to remove it during weight reduction. About the interior I don't see either any drastic gains.
That cooler is not bad. Similar water-oil exchanger can be found in older SR20 (P10, N14Gti) but without laminova core. In some cases (circuit racing), this type of cooler starts to taking up water temp. In high condition oil gets 120-130 deg C and oil start to raise coolant temp.
second thing that oil can be cool down to only temp of coolant. I would rather go to typical air cooled oil radiator with thermostat.
Where in your topic I can found ino about that? search option doesn't help in this case :/About the weight, you have very nice progress indeed. I was to check how it looks like on N16 and my weight is about 1200kg (removed AC), but for N15 Gti stock with swpaed VE was weight the same. ABS pump doesn't weight so much to remove it during weight reduction. About the interior I don't see either any drastic gains.
That cooler is not bad. Similar water-oil exchanger can be found in older SR20 (P10, N14Gti) but without laminova core. In some cases (circuit racing), this type of cooler starts to taking up water temp. In high condition oil gets 120-130 deg C and oil start to raise coolant temp.
second thing that oil can be cool down to only temp of coolant. I would rather go to typical air cooled oil radiator with thermostat.
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The laminova cooler is more effective than an OE type donut style cooler.
Time for another update with whats new:-
-Mintex M1155 Racing Front Brake Pads installed
-DOT 5.1 Brake Fluid
-Corbeau Bucket Seats
-JWT Stage 3 Pressure Plate and B15 Friction Disc
SR16VE Flywheel (Lighter than SR20DE Flywheel)
-Mfactory Helical LSD (to go with my 5.1FD)
-Hardrace Roll Centre Correction Kit (Extended Front Ball Joints)
-Bump Steer Correction with relocated Rose Jointed Steering Arms
Working towards getting the car more track orientated as it doesn't get driven that often on the road anymore. Here's some pics i took along the way.
Time for another update with whats new:-
-Mintex M1155 Racing Front Brake Pads installed
-DOT 5.1 Brake Fluid
-Corbeau Bucket Seats
-JWT Stage 3 Pressure Plate and B15 Friction Disc
SR16VE Flywheel (Lighter than SR20DE Flywheel)
-Mfactory Helical LSD (to go with my 5.1FD)
-Hardrace Roll Centre Correction Kit (Extended Front Ball Joints)
-Bump Steer Correction with relocated Rose Jointed Steering Arms
Working towards getting the car more track orientated as it doesn't get driven that often on the road anymore. Here's some pics i took along the way.
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Wow, been away from this site for a while, now seeing how far you have taken this.
Amazing, have pm'd you.
Amazing, have pm'd you.
Long overdue updates!
A few more recent pictures of the cars progress:
I have a couple of wheel/tyre options at the moment, but here it is sitting on 17" CE28 Reps with Federal RSR 215/40's all round.
300mm Front Disc Conversion using custom made caliper brackets, and also a simple brake ducting install, welded to cut away dust shields.
This setup is awesome, so much more braking power by just upgrading the disc size.
Flocked Dash and Suede OMP wheel
Did a day at Donington earlier this year, that was fun. Looking forward to doing a few more and getting more confident with the car.
I'm sure there's more stuff i've missed, so i'll add them as i remember and locate images.
A few more recent pictures of the cars progress:
I have a couple of wheel/tyre options at the moment, but here it is sitting on 17" CE28 Reps with Federal RSR 215/40's all round.
300mm Front Disc Conversion using custom made caliper brackets, and also a simple brake ducting install, welded to cut away dust shields.
This setup is awesome, so much more braking power by just upgrading the disc size.
Flocked Dash and Suede OMP wheel
Did a day at Donington earlier this year, that was fun. Looking forward to doing a few more and getting more confident with the car.
I'm sure there's more stuff i've missed, so i'll add them as i remember and locate images.
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