Clive's 3 Rotor 700BHP Monster Thunder Saloon Project

[Casey]

Oh dear, Christine strikes again 

So sorry your weekend was ruined, especially as the car was looking great during testing at Brands.

I hope you can get it sorted for the next race.

[clive]

Next race is now cancelled so with nothing in place yet as regards a gearbox,

Now "aiming" for Brands in four weeks time.

[boosted]

What torque is the Glebe rated for and how close to the limit are you?
I know some of the bmw auto boxes are highly rated 8speeds.
I believe the diesel 335 box is good for 700ft/lb.


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[clive]

Sorry Jon, I missed this one. The owner at Gleeb rung me to say that the box was on the limit at 495lbs !! My answer was, had I known that I would not have spent stupid money having the box rebuilt knowing it was not fit for purpose in August last year, just three events ago.

Looked at the cheap auto boxes a while back that will take the power but they weigh in at like two tons and the ratios are all wrong.

Talking to Quaife ATM 

[boosted]

Quaife not got the best customer service.....
8 speed ZF ? I know heavy but strong?

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[clive]

Quaife not got the best customer service.....

Ahh, but I can go and bang on their door as they are only around three miles from where I keep the race car 

Had I wanted to wait months I could have got a Jericho box from America and adapted it in somehow, with the Quaife box they do an RX-7 adaptor kit so apart from modding the prop, it will go straight in.

Plus they have one already in a 1000 brake RX-7 and its been been proven at over 1,200 whp!

 

https://youtu.be/kIdGm6FT1o4

[boosted]

Great news.

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[clive]

Great news.

Not for the now broken piggy bank 

[clive]

The never ending story continues, I mean development 

With not much to do on the race car while waiting for the new Quaife box to be built I have revised the rear suspension.

With the complete revised front suspension and wider 11" wide wheels with only the two warm up laps the car was oversteering like mad !

So we need a much softer rear end which hopefully will mean more grip overall.

Today I did away with the double rear anti roll bars, so now down to one "normal" Racing Beat bar fitted, also I have fitted 20Kilo lighter springs on the back.

Fingers crossed my thoughts and changes work, we shall see           

[clive]

Big step nearer to getting Christine back Racing today. I finally have my new gearbox and Quaife even supplied a beautifully made  adaptor plate so it bolts straight onto the back of my engine, or any RX-7 FD or RX-8 with a 5 Speed Bellhousing. Just waiting for a couple more parts then we can get it into the car 😁

[clive]

All set for Speed Fest @ Brands tomorrow, racing with another two RX-8's.

Using this odd race for me to get used to a new sequential gear box and suspension set up, so effectively a test session. 

I will be "Racing"😉 in with the SpeedFest Silhouettes WDRC (Welsh club)
Saturday 7th
11:10 – 11:22 SpeedFest Silhouettes Qualifying 12mins
15:30 – 15:45 SpeedFest Silhouettes Race 5 15 mins
Sunday 8th
11:25 – 11:40 SpeedFest Silhouettes Race 12 15 mins

[Eccentric shaft]

Go get them! 
Can't find any streaming from the WDRC ("Welsh Drag Racing Club"?  ) online, but will be cheering offline!

[Eccentric shaft]

 

[clive]

Good day Bad Day 🙄 Gear box is amazing and the rear suspension changes worked with the car much easier to drive and we got pole into the 51's 😀 with what felt like more to come,

Because there was so much flame
https://www.tiktok.com/@racingb.../video/7513230131435982102
we decided to put a different map in, WRONG we lost 2 seconds a lap with the car !! 10 minutes in the car developed a bad misfire on boost, so limped home in second place. Back in the pits we found a big oil leak which will mean the engine has to be pulled out to be repaired,

[Casey]

Awesome pictures! Fun commentary on the video too 

Nice to catch up this morning on the phone to find out what had happened....