Engine meanagement
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Anyone know anything about engine management systems? Can they reduce lag? (Through ignition timings and fuel mixture (if injection is used) Anyone own one?

yes

yes (if your after anti lag)

yes but not me personally yet!

alex

AlexF

Yes

YES (not just through anti-lag, but by providing the optimum ignition advance for the engine load / opetating condition at that time)

Yes.

825+kg car that does sub 14 1/4 miles... Ok, there is a T2 in there aswell as a lot of thought, but there is also 100% stock rods and crank, and a head that was self ported 4 years ago...

If i was to build another turbo engine, engine management would be TOP of the list (above Block, pistons, turbo, everything! - As daft as that sounds!)

Edited by turbodave16v on 21st Jun, 2004.

Yes

YES (not just through anti-lag, but by providing the optimum ignition advance for the engine load / opetating condition at that time)

Yes.

790+kg car that does 15's 1/4 miles... Ok, there is a T2 in there aswell as a lot of thought, but there is also 100% stock rods and crank, and a head that was self ported 4 years ago...

If i was to build another turbo engine, engine management would be TOP of the list (above Block, pistons, turbo, everything! - As daft as that sounds!)

Learned everything from TurboDave

Team Racing

I think you'll be gettign times comparable with me this year Jim...

hopefully, new gearbox, and less weight (on the car anyway)

Team Racing

yeah right...
How's the Bar coming on?

not seen it for days, been working. But I pickup the arcade machine in an hour

Team Racing

lol get back in that garage

alex

AlexF

Don't worry Alex, Jim will be at Avon Park for the 2005 showdown...

going to workshop todo, fo 5 days!

Team Racing

What's at the workshop?
Spelling class?

I hav knowticed the speelling on this sight can be vrie paw.

dyslexia rules KO!

alex

AlexF

lol @ dave

I thought 2004 might be a good year to race myself, then again maybe I should aim for 2005 too!

alex

AlexF

I'll be the first to admit, that with all the best laid plans, no-one ever gets in the top rung of Class D in their first year of trying... Don't know exactly why it is; maybe the preparation, the difficulty of launching a turbo, or just building a machine to do the job on the 1/4...

But, you need to get your foot in! Get yourself up there, have a blast up the strip (ideally against similar cars so you can get a real feel for what you are competing against), a look around, chat to the guys, and then set your stall out for the next year... Then you have around 360 days to achieve your goal...

lol all this class D talk is making me jelous!!

Seriously thou, (if you were aiming that at me, you could be meaning Jim, or everyone in general!!), I'm not and never have been aiming at the top of any class. Infact I have never thought of doing drag racing untill late last year,

Alex

AlexF

fair comment - but i wa just suggesting that you have to get in there at some stage, the sooner you do, the better!

I have plans for an atack on the strip, but thats with another car I have ideas for...

The black one is a trackday car, thats all it was built for. Any drag racing this year is purly for fun... and I gotta admit its kinda taken my fancy! It looks like a good crack

alex

AlexF

Im aiming for a good effort next year but ill try my best this year, practice makes perfect and all that!!

right my 2p worth.....
1/4 mileing is a lot harder than it looks , 1st , 2nd and 3rd in the class D are prob members of this board, there is a lot of talk before the event of a mega turbo coming along and blowing us all away , never happens and won`t this year.1st timers on this board will be shocked ( pissed off) at how far they get beat by, by the top cars.
You need to practice to win , thats why a fast car with the wrong driver will never get near the cars true time , and you all know what i mean by that!!

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

is that why I was over a second slower than the 2nd place mini last year, and we had almost identical engine, power, and weight?

Team Racing

gears

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

I have not built my car for drag either, it goes around corners, sideways if i wish to showboat. It still runs negative camber etc so all the suspension settings are the same as for the track. The fact that it seems to go quite quicky up the quarter is a my product of a light and powerfull mini. On the subject of weight i weigh in a 17stone so i make up for it with being i heavy fooker!

Anyone up for a lap of Cadwell park?.."The mini track"

Jon.

How about coombe later in the year jon

alex

AlexF