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Formula Drift Round 3 – Falken Takes 1st and 2nd at New Jersey
Posted: 14th July 2010 by admin in DriftFALKEN TIRES TAKES IT
Another awesome weekend in GT racing as the Nissan GT-R team Sumo Power GT improve on their previous best results for a 2nd place finish for round for of the FIA GT World Championship’s 2010 season!
Sumo Power kicked off the round with a strong qualifying race on Saturday. Scoring a fifth place on the grid for qualifying, the #22 GT-R put in an amazing performance with each driver (Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes) setting the pace with the best laptimes. They went on to finish the qualifying race in third spot behind a Maserati MC12 and Lamborghini R-SV.
The #23 GT-R of Krumm and Dumbreck also started off with a solid grid spot (3rd place) for qualifying but elected to save their best rubber for the main race. The choice of old tires did little for their hopes of an amazing qualifying race and they ended up finishing qualifying in 9th.
The Swiss Racing Team GT-Rs were further back with a 12th and 21st place qualifying position. The #3 car in 21st due to a puncture during a hot lap while qualifying.
During Sunday’s final, the decision to save the new rubber for the #23 GT-R paid off in spades as they used the grip advantage to score an amazing 2nd place on the podium.
The #22 GT-R also raced extremely well reaching 2nd place at one point in the race. Unfortunately they were judged to go over the white line at one point of the track and suffer a drive through penalty placing them back to 18th in the pack. They fought well though and claimed a final 8th place points scoring finish as well as some epic racing moments.
Swiss Racing Team’s #3 GT-R managed to improve on their qualifying place even on their old rubber and finished overall in 15th spot. This race truly shows the importance of tire strategy especially in the hot conditions.
The SRT #4 GT-R suffered a gearbox issue which forced them to retire when 4th gear went on holidays.
Link: Race Report
Photos: (C) NISMO and (C) DPPI for FIA GT
Source: GTRBlog.com
UK based tuner GTC Racing has been making a great name for itself with GT-R tuning and original parts since launch and the latest iteration of the combined knowledge and hardware is the GTC750R GT-R. The team have put it through it’s paces on the dyno and on the track. The result is a GT-R that is hypercar quick with looks to match.
The car features a lengthy list of modifications with some of the highlights being:
- GTC 90mm Titan Exhaust with GTC Titan 90mm Y-Pipe
- GTC 80 mm Zircotech coated de-cat front pipes
- Hybid IHI/Garret GT30 ball bearing turbos
- Garret Wastegate Actuators
- 1000cc ID Injectors
- GTC 80mm MAF pipes (prototypes) – w/ HPX MAF sensors
- Twin 255 lt fuel pumps w/ upgraded fuel lines
- GTC Marston Core Intercooler w/80mm hard pipe kit (no BOVs)
- GTC Radiator
- GTC 14 plate clutch system & steel plates & shims
- Prototype gearbox cooler (water type)
- Alloy extended gearbox oil pan
- Alloy engine sump
- COBB Tuning AccessPORT w/GTC custom tune
With those mods, and a good driver, it reeled off a 10.3 @ 139 mph during it’s shake down testing. The guys report that they have cracked the GT-R’s infamous launch control systems and can now raise the ECM’s launch rev limit to wherever is most optimal. Given that, we expect to see an interesting few runs coming up soon both from GTC and from abroad.
For more information on the latest range of GTC products for the GT-R, head over to the GTC-R website, give them a call or check out their discussion thread over on the NAGTROC forums.
Link: GTC Website
Source: GTRBLOG.COM
It turns out that the GTR will be going under the knife by Nismo in an attempt to tighten up some loose “skin.” It will be getting a weight reduction in a track only model available to the Japanese. If you want more information on it click the pic and read the article for yourself. PEACE.
Well It has been a little more than a month now and she is not assembled yet, still. But for good reason. She took a little trip on down to the paint and spray. Now its time to go through the entire harness and all the other stuff for the car. I also have to go through this car. AND NOW ITS TIME TO GET STARTED ON THIS ENGINE TOO!!!
Shes assembled!!!
Posted: 27th May 2010 by Richard in Drag, Drift, GripTags: ae86, corolla, Drift, richard
Well, its been a few weeks now and she is finally assembled… And disassembled. After nearing full completion, a friend of mine told me about a paint shop that he is going to be taking his car to. So now my car is fully disassembled and ready to be prepped and sprayed. The next corolla heading over there will be my track car. Stay tuned.
UpRev Presents Dyno Day EXTRAVAGANZA 05.25.10 BE THERE!!! Your grandma will
Posted: 26th May 2010 by Bardabe in Non Car related, Product Development
June 5th Dyno Day Event! 05.25.10
Uprev Summer Kick-off Dyno Day event Saturday June 5th. 10a-6p
Uprev
9906 Gray Blvd Ste. K
Austin, TX 78758
Come hangout, check out the vendors, show cars, race cars. Enjoy free food from Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, free drinks from Vitamin Water, and enter our FREE RAFFLE! If you came to our event last year you know it was awesome, this time it’s bigger and better. Headline event sponsors:
Stillen
http://www.stillen.com/
Wahoos Fish Tacos
http://www.wahoos.com/
Vitamin Water
http://www.facebook.com/vitaminwater
Nico Club
http://www.nicoclub.com
Mr. Detail
http://www.mrdetail.net
Torco Oils
http://www.torcousa.com
Sideways Autosalon
http://www.sidewaysautosalon.com
Special Price Dyno
Join us and watch cars beat up the dyno. We’ll be posting a list of Dyno slots available at the bottom of this post. 3 pulls with AFR is $25 for this one day only. Additional tuning appointments will be sold during the event at discount rates and you’ll have to be at the event to pre-pay for your appointment.
FREE RAFFLE
Our FREE Raffle event last year we gave away almost $2000 worth of product. This year we’re pushing higher. We’ll be adding to this list as the we get closer to the event date. Our list of FREE Raffle items includes:
- Torco SR-1 5w30 Oil Change. Complete with Oil Filter and labor.
- Torco UL Accelerator. 1 bottle of Torco Octane booster. The real octane booster, not the junk from the auto parts store.
- Stillen $50 gift cards. (5 sets available!)
- Sideways Autosalon is offering a speaker set.
- Uprev Osiris Flash with dyno tune.
- Uprev Osiris Tuner system.
- Uprev Cipher cable.
We’ll be introducing our newest addition to the shop staff Chris Johnson. He’s the man behind the most powerful and record setting Supras, and now he’s focusing on the Nissan vehicles. Talk shop, ask questions, check out the cars he’s built.
FREE FOOD
The food was awesome last year, this time Wahoos is pulling out all the stops and bringing a wider selection of choices. They’ll also be serving food for a longer period of time and hopefully they won’t run out like they did last year. Everyone that showed up last year had seconds and sometimes thirds… They’re going to prepare for it this time so bring your hunger and sample everything they have served fresh!
Dyno Appointments:
To purchase a slot contact me rich@uprev.com.
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00-1:30 – Lunch!
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00 – Dinner!
5:00-5:30
5:30-6:00
6:00 Open Pulls depending on how late we’re running.
Went out for a burger and ended up at the track!!!
Posted: 5th May 2010 by Richard in Drift, GripTags: 350z, Adams, Drift, Nissansource, Time Attack
Being a bachelor and all I went out on a Tuesday night to grab some food at In n Out and out of the corner of my eye I noticed the race helmet was inside the car still. I had forgotten to take it out when I put the car into storage for some good rest. And all local track rats know Adams is open for Time Attack Tuesdays, so I decided to screw the food and get some more track time in the newly setup 350z. I had a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This run is my second and well not to shabby for not being on a track for some time.
As you can faintly see, I got a slight build on my hands. A rather recent turn of events along with a bit of news and here we go with my babys rebuild. Although this is not a Nissan it still is somewhat relevant seeing as how the engine in the car on the left will be replaced with a Nissan blood pumper. STAY TUNED!!!!