S.O. Life: Testing times

On Wednesday we took the Uni's global light race car testing at Mallory park as part of our data logging module. The Aim was to try out the rebuilt car, now running on FI instead of carbs and gain some data in order to write a technical report on all aspects of data logging and data analysis. The global light is an awesome little car, running lap times of around 48 sec it is easy to upset bigger and better cars, and with our fearless driver who loves nothing more than showing up a bigger car it gets driven hard.

The cockpit of the beasty, very spartan but has the essentials: a rev counter, sequential shifter, brake bias valve and temp gauge.

Powered by a Yamaha R1 engine, modified to run on throttle bodies and megasquirt rather than carbs, the car is a really light and powerful package. With high end brakes and Ktech tuned Ohlins suspension, which cost around £500 a corner before modification, the car has awesome handling and awesome stopping power and that's before you factor in the real aero devices on the car.

Sadly the car only made it out for two sessions. The driver complained of "excess camber" on one rear wheel. On inspection it turned out the split pin which holds stops the hub nut from coming loose had sheered, allowing the hub assembly to become loose and allow the wheel to move around. After a speedy repair the car went back out but after the next session a drive shaft UJ was found to be unserviceable and the car was put retired.

All in all a mixed day but the car ran well and put in decent lap times and we were able to gather enough data for the report. Win, win!

S.O. Approved: Clash Productions..

..doing good things for drifting.

Clash have been making awesome motorsport promo videos for some time now. Their latest work is some of their best yet. The music and editing in this are right on the money.



Their videos do what they are supposed to. How bad do wanna be there, sucking tyre smoke and bits of burnt rubber up yer nose!!?

Clash's production style really does offer something fresh and exciting. Great music choices, gorgeous photography and appropriate editing keep them head and shoulders above the sea of crap motorsport videos that are out there. Keep up the good work guys!

Here's a best-of selection of their work. Enjoy!












http://www.vimeo.com/clashprod/videos

Minty Fresh!

Why does J-tin always look tasty in white?

This be my old Chaser..

The Boi's old sil80..

and our friend Rob's KP30 over at Racer86..

..currently having a minty re-fresh.

Yum!

S.O. Approved: Gunni's E30 update

Gunni's turbo E30 has been run in and mapped now and the results are awesome!

The dyno graph below is with full boost, 1.1bar, on the base map.



The graph below is after map tuning with 1.1bar boost.



400.8 bhp and 466 lbs/ft torque.

Proper.

S.O. Life: Stoke street park

Went to Stoke street park today with Topi and Moose, thought it was about time I broke out the BMX as its nice and sunny at last!

Mine and Moose's aim for the day was to get back to the level we were at the last time we rode, at adrenaline ally with Jord back in November I think! So its simple 180's, dropping into the bowl and various peg stalls.

Mission accomplished!! Good day all in all, good to be back on the bike and hanging out with friends.

Nice pic of some graff, taken by Stace.

Touge Heros. Got yours?