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Okay here we are just past mid season for Time Attack, and what a season it's been so far! We have finally managed to make the car competitive, with a good result at silverstone and a better result (position wise) at Outlon, despite the problems we suffered.
But where to start with the car, the last you guys saw it had done a few laps at Donington and I was suffering for severe sleep deprivation. We move on to our pre knockhill testing at Silverstone, with plenty of time to spare, or so we thought! Myself, Tim and (big) Sam worked through the night to complete the car, getting it running on a new engine for the first time, and adding a rear wing and front splitter (made in 8 hours from scratch!)
Here you can see the splitter being offered up for the first time, if you look closely you will see the while line I marked to trim to. The splitter was constructed from 4mm exterior ply with carbon/kevlar reinforcement over the top, made by myself with the assistance of Small Boy, we started in the afternoon of the previous day, I finished it about 5.30am.
Here you can see the car out in the open for the first time since Donington, still with those apertures in the rear quarters covered with gaffer tape, but a running car. All it needed was a little testing before we went to silverstone for the proper test...
Below you can see the rear wing, a Cusco aluminium jobbie, which we have mounted with fabricated frames made from 5/8" cro-mo tube. We started with nuts and bolts to attach it to the car. You may also notice something else on the wing, pre test testing was about to ensue!
Here is an engine bay shot showing the state of things as they were then, with a mix/match of pipework and the oil cooler in the TMIC position fed by a conventional scoop.
Back to silverstone and we see two of the three drivers Zen has used over the past 18 months, Tom Ferrier on the left, Phil Glew on the right.
Finally back on track!
And back off again, doh.
I transpires that machining to the block for 14mm head studs was not carried out correctly, and a head stud had pulled out causing the coolant to be pressurised, and cover the windscreen. Tom pulled over immediately without issue, but the stored heat in the turbo, and the sudden stopage led to a minor engine bay fine. Anyone with experience of this knows that to the marshalls (who were initially sure it was coolant only) there is no such thing as a minor fire, and a minute or so after the car stopped, it was smouthered in powder extinguishant, yay. We had completed one lap....
Last edited by ZEN Performance; 10 July 2008 at 09:35.
btw im the fat person who talked to you in the pit lane
