Woyyyla!
Long time since last update. Things have not went as i planned from the time i got the rx7 back from paint.
First drift practice 2011 next weekend! I have had to much problems with different things, like fex WB o2!
I can not say that Innovate is living up to its reputation. Bought a Uego wb and it works flawless.

Lets take a look back in time.

This is how the car is going to look in 2011! Not good pictures but they will come.

Its low and wide. front clearance is 2″.

As mentioned in the homebuilt dyno page i made a V2. It is almost done! Finnished it up with some help from the other guys @ workshop and got it ready for some dyno time!
Tuned the Rx7 with the new E85 setup.
That is:
Dual Bosch 044
840cc injectors
AN8 feed
AN6 return
Tuned it around 10PSI.
Reason why i didnt go for 14? (1bar).. Norway got winter E85, that is E70. Have to wait until summer to get E85.

Homebuilt Dyno Turbo LS1 Rx7 E85

More info later!

I`ve finally figured out what and where to start! Alot of parts has been drawn in scale 1:10 to make it fit on a piece of paper. The job now is to get the pieces together to form a aluminium honeycomb chassis!

The drawings will first be drawn on paper, then later into solidworks to make some decent work drawings.

More specs on suspension etc will be posted later this week.

Last Tuesday i arranged a meeting with Göran Hemipanter Malmberg to discuss the build process and look at some idès for the Murcielago. I landed at Arlanda airport 8 AM and spent 11 hours at Göran`s place. We started with the basics like rules, tires, engine, driveline and ended with a few suspension geometry and tube frame sketches. He has alot of experience from his experimental Pantera and the Speedlab Corvette. The information i got from the meeting helped me alot after i got “stuck” without knowing what to do.

This Sunday i went to Cheek Racing Cars in Tistedal, Norway. He showed me his monoqocue C2 race car, made out of aluminium honeycomb and CF/fiber glass body. I took some pictures that ive added below. Got a few hints and tricks on how to build a honeycomb chassis and i will without doubt go that route. His car got a wheelbase of 2.55m and weights only 750kg race ready!

To see more pictures follow the Murcielago pictures page on the page menu to the right.

The winter is here. Few hours with daylight, -10C, snow, ice and what not. Sure its fun as long as you got a RWD!

Anyway, i aint got time to fix the volvo so it still sits in the snow almost ready. Finnishing the RX7 has high priority since i want it out of the workshop so i can begin with the GT1 car. I arrange to have it widened up front and painted. I delivered it last weekend. At the same time i drove down to Larvik and picked up a new rear bumper. Everything went fine, except the last 100m. Someone, not mentioning names, forgot to tell me about the ice below the snow. Picture says it all!

Slighty bent trailer, crushed rear bumper and rear hatch. More stuff to do!

Im deep into the planning stages of the GT1 car. Ive also made progress on the suspension design. Next Tuesday im going to Stockholm to have a meeting with the guy who built the Speedlab Corvette. We are going to discuss how to move forward in different parts of the project.

The G96 Transmission has been lying to long with the LS1 adapter plate lying in a shelf above. I had to test fit it to a LS1 engine to see the length and size of the engine and tranny.

Some teaser drawings of the Lamborghini

More updates coming!!!

I got a big workshop, but its not big enough! Im using a jig for the chassis build and i wanted the opportunity to lift/lower the body on the chassis easy. Went shopping and ended up with a electric winch,  some cable, and 8 pullies and made a body lift. Ive added some pictures below of the rig. The only thing that’s missing is the frame for holding the body in its correct shape as i lift it up and down. Fiberglass has to be supported or else it will change its shape!

Here are two pictures of the cables. Now they are pulled in a V-shape and i loose a lot of height because of that. Im adding four more pullies so they will be pulled in a L shape instead.

Few updates these last months. Ive been working a lot lately so there has been little to non progress in the workshop. Well, thats not entirely true!

Since im quite good at buying to much stuff. That means especially ls1 engines! I had to make a test – bench for the engines im selling. The ide was that i could fire up the engine to show the buyer that everything works. I was at Ekeberg Grombil 2010 today with the rig on a trailer and i got  a lot of feeback from coming customers! Atleast, i hope..

Here`s a vid of what im talking about: test-rig

Ive also bought alot of stuff for the car i will compete with in the GT-series GT1.

The Rx7 has been torn in pieces allready. Had some clutch and shift problems and some suspension issues that has to be sorted and i want a new look! More info soooon!

Stay tuned!

ALot of work the last few days so there has`nt been any action at the shop. Some guys from Telemark came over with an interesting Camaro 84 LS2 swap. It has a 4l60e with shift issues and the engine isnt running like it should. It has actually a Stroked LS1 with 317 heads and 90/90 intake. Its possible that it runs in Limp mode. Time for some HPtuner magic!

The Rx7 got tested on a wet drift pracc at Gardermoen. It worked flawless! Except the dead batteri. The cooling is amazing with Flex-a-lites rad/fan pack. 60 degrees celsius at idle without fans so its actually a little cold.

We have three people working on the Skyline for some days now and its getting done quite fast! The LS1 is on its way. Have to order a ton of parts. Got a list i will upload soon.

Im updating the site with more info about my builds continously so keep on visiting!