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Ben Lipman
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Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car

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Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 05:57 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

Had a bit of a bingle today.

Tore the front bar up pretty good, and pushed the intercooler back about an inch. Looks like the lower aluminium mounts just bent, so hopefully the actual core isn't damaged. Time to build yet another front bar.

On the upside, I did manage to set a new PB of 1:21.6. It was trying to better this time that led to me bending the front.

There were very few cars for some reason, given that it was a nice day. It is a pity I bent the car in the third session as my little group had worked ourselves into a decent order so everyone got good track space.

The oil temp is 10 degrees lower, peaking at 120 and sitting on 115 mostly. That is with the dodgy american fan removed from the oil cooler and a new duct/shield that separates the wheel well from the back of the oil cooler and sends air from the cooler out the vent in the guard.

I have a few ideas for the new front bar too...


Phil, yep completely stock fuel system. My fuel surge starts about 1/3 of a tankful. I generally just keep it fairly full, which is the same as throwing a couple of bags of concrete in the boot. I end up carrying 30L of fuel around that I cannot use.

I am going to switch to a fuel cell (20-40L size) when I finally start on the turbo/management/fuel side of the house. It may be the next major mod, coupled with fuel pump(s), but first I need to get the front fixed.

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