Had my first run in my excel race car on Wednesday at Queensland Raceway, very consistent day with all of my flying laps within a second of each other with a best time of 1:07.98 around the clubman circuit.
very good time considering the age of the tyres and no real idea about what the setup was like on the car, started the day off with a trip to the dyno to extract as much power out of it as possible. it went from 73hp and about 120nm of torque to 80.8HP with 173nm of torque.
sorry about the quality my dad recorded it on his phone and not mine.
I was jumping on the brakes just as the pit entry merged to the track at about 175km/h and taking turn 1 on apex at 150km/h, fighting the back end from sliding out remembering to keep on the power aimed up for turn 2 which is taken at about 140, shifting down to 2nd for the "dipper" throw it in and use the downward slope to gain as much speed for the flat out turns 4 and 5.
as i go through 4 and 5 at 120k the left front wheel is bouncing off the ground causing it to hit the rev limiter a few times, but I keep it planted coming out of 5 reach speeds of 165 again before jumping on the brakes 20m before the short cut from turn 3, shift down to 3rd turn, throw it in from 100km/h and try to get as smooth as run as possible back onto the front straight.
although this car doesn't have much power it is able to give a few car like Toyota 86's and Commodore SS Utes a run for there money.
early next year i will be running in the Track Attack Keema Cup Excel series which runs around Queensland Raceway and Lakeside raceway, but will will be making a few modifications to this car to make it CAMS certified and hopefully participate in events Australia wide which may include at the Bathurst 6 Hour in 2019.
will be working on a few new things such as new tyres, new clutch and some other stuff before the next run.
also will be stripping the sticker kit it has now and running something different.
here is an idea i had from our iRacing Supercars
Last edited: Aug 11, 2017