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Have you ever wondered how small aftermarket companies are able to drastically improve on parts from OEMs and huge players like Garrett or Borg Warner that have massive R&D departments and even bigger budgets behind them? If you ask this week’s guest, Robert Young of Forced Performance and Xona Rotor, he’ll tell you: “We try harder and we’re better at it”.
Of course, the reality isn’t quite that simple… Luckily we’ve got a full two hours to dig into this topic and many others surrounding the world of performance turbocharging.
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On this episode of Tuned In, we start by looking at how Robert became the turbocharger guru he is today as the name behind Forced Performance and Xona Rotor — the latter formed in partnership with Greg Jones of Tial Sport.
This is a story that involves years spent studying physics and mechanical engineering, as well as hands-on experience at turbo shops and with his own projects that ranged from old Ford Fairlanes and fast air cooled VW drag cars, to the early DSM drag world of rapid Mitsubishi Eclipses.
Both Robert’s companies produce ultra high performance aftermarket turbochargers and turbocharger components for a range of vehicles, and as one of the main brains behind these sought-after products, Robert is an absolute goldmine of turbo knowledge.
This means that the conversation quickly dives very deep into the world of boost, discussing a huge range of topics — journal vs ball bearing, billet compressor wheels, compressor maps, turbo sizing, and so much more.
This episode is a true turbo tech info dump in the best way possible. If you have any interest in going fast, don’t sleep on this fascinating conversation with a big brain of the forced induction world.
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Time Stamps:
3:35 How did you get involved with cars?
8:52 Where did the passion for turbocharging come from?
20:15 Starting your own turbocharger business?
25:10 How hard was it to design a cast stainless steel exhaust housing?
29:06 Ball bearing vs journal bearing turbos
38:51 Forced Performance overview
43:35 Turbos for Subaru’s EJ engine
47:10 How did Xona Rotor start?
51:42 Why didn’t you copy Garrett’s bearing technology?
59:46 Why is Xona Rotor its own company?
1:01:51 How are Xona Rotor turbos so good, frustrations of copied turbos
1:11:40 Development process for the compressor wheels?
1:31:34 Evolution of turbine wheels
1:44:06 How do we find the right size turbo?
1:59:22 Final three questions -
On this weeks episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss what does and doesn't work on their YouTube Channels.
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01:16 Preamble Ramble
01:00:39 What We Painted
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Creating high-end race cars and parts for a living is a dream for many of us, but how do you turn that dream into a reality? We don’t have all the answers, but we can pick the brains of the people who’ve pulled it off, like this week’s guest, Joe Scarbo.
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Joe Scarbo of Scarbo Performance and Scarbo Vintage began his love affair with all things motorised like many of us — young and elbow-deep in a deconstructed radio control car trying to fix and improve it. This episode first covers Joe’s early days as he gained an appreciation for all things automotive through his love of both RC cars and go-karting. After a few too many crashes in the kart, Joe steered his passions towards the engineering side of the game, and began building his first car completely from scratch.
With little experience and zero computer power, Joe designed and built a four-seater 350 SBC-powered off-road sand car that’s still hitting the dunes to this day, despite it being finished before Joe was even out of his teens.
While he was still studying mechanical engineering at university, Joe found himself employed as a fabricator and machinist at a high-end race shop. From there, his career began to snowball as his design skills became more and more in demand. We dig into the design side of Joe’s career in this conversation, discussing the creation of strong and light wheels, chassis’, and everything in between.
After that, Joe talks us through different fabrication and manufacturing processes, discussing some of the pros and cons around CNC, water and laser cutting, notching, materials, and more. This chat also goes into the business side of the equation as we attempt to answer age-old questions like: how do you accurately quote your work? And when is it better to just outsource certain jobs?
The star of this episode, though, is undoubtedly Joe’s current passion project, the SV1 Rover. This monster off-roader is a marvel of engineering, and a machine that Joe has labelled the world’s first “hyper truck”. Whether he’s right or wrong about that we’ll leave up to the listener, but either way, the details we get into on this 30-inch travel go-anywhere-at-very-high-speeds beast is well worth a listen. Find out how it was designed, what powers it, what it’s capable of, and much more in this episode of Tuned In.
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Time Stamps:
3:30 How did you get interested in cars?
8:32 What did you become passionate about through your mechanical engineering degree?
14:27 Designing a car at 19, how did you figure out how strong to make all the components?
18:20 What happened after your degree?
25:31 Design work for Method Wheels
31:35 How do you balance weight, strength vs looks when designing wheels?
36:27 Starting your own company
52:18 Overview of Scarbo Performance
1:08:48 SV Rover — what was the initial concept?
1:18:13 How much did RC cars influence your design?
1:46:43 Engine configuration in the SV Rover and an EV option?
1:50:01 Did the SV Rover work out of the box or were there teething issues?
1:57:28 Where is the SV Rover at? Are you going to be offering this to customers?
1:58:59 Final three questions -
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:35 Topic #1: Judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit over Tesla's FSD
3:36 Examples of disclaimers, Tesla's lawyers, corporate puffery
7:05 MotherFrunker, puffery examples, LTT, WAN
20:04 Luke mentions LTT's thumbnails
26:38 Riley appears to mention his week on Floatplane
29:54 Topic #2: Meta's smart glasses can be used to Doxx randoms
33:46 Linus on Riley's perfect puffery example
34:08 They discussed this before, profiling, "this is scary"
42:58 "Linus is an example for why laws are myopic"
45:16 Merch Messages - Did iFixit contact LTT over the screwdriver?
49:21 LTTStore's new polo long sleeve shirt
51:02 Great sale of office attire, cargo pants in-seam update
52:10 Voluntary modeling, showing shirt standing up
54:24 Modmat newsletter, Ghost Keyboards' apology
56:18 What earbuds would Linus recommend? ft Linus's iPhone 16
59:14 Topic #3: Linus's CompTIA certificate, possibly revoked
1:01:55 Topic #4: Ring Alarm users' plan changes, doubles the pay
1:03:44 Puffery, Luke's refund scenario, contracts & protections
1:09:41 Sponsor - Manscaped
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1:11:57 Sponsor - 1Password
1:13:04 Merch Messages - Apple dominates HEDT as others were late?
1:18:45 Was there a point you questioned keeping a promise?
1:26:26 Thoughts on continuous returns?
1:31:29 Topic #5: California's law tries to anonymize Neuralink data
1:34:27 CGP Grey's Rules for Rulers, "cult town"
1:37:05 "Eat the rich" line, Linus's net wealth, inverted pyramid
1:42:44 Where's the line? Trolley problem, Gates VS Bezos
1:46:37 "Living outside of your means," landscapes, farm fields
1:51:48 Is the line power? Langley's house, "being nice"
1:55:53 Dan asks where Linus's power is, buying politicians
1:56:56 Sales listing of an abandoned commercial building
1:59:41 "EAT THE RICH" shirt, Linus on cost of renovations
2:04:28 "Rent the parking spots," value, Yvonne's $2M idea
2:06:16 Building tour video, Luke calls Linus out on ad piracy
2:08:02 Can fit LMG, Luke's LinusBucks idea, problems & taxes
2:11:58 Topic #6: Nintendo strikes YT channel over showing emulation
2:13:41 Merch Messages - Did Luke consider Flutter for FP?
2:14:22 Does Linus have any pictures of his Suzuki?
2:15:34 Thoughts on Star Citizens charging $40 for the Atlas?
2:18:12 Has Luke played ZERO Sievert? ft Broken Superchats
2:19:20 Would Luke get an AMD tech upgrade if Linus chooses parts?
2:21:32 Topic #7: Reddit takes down the ability to protest
2:21:48 Topic #8: Extraction Shooter's devs start a Kickstarter
2:22:48 Topic #9: Cutting Zuck's $400 gray shirt for a fabric sample
2:33:14 Merch Messages #4
2:33:25 Question you'd ask Jensen & Lucy? ft Zuck's fashion
2:39:44 Would AMD not doing high-end GPUs affect AIBs? ft Jensen's kitchen
2:47:18 What's Linus's driving force to work at NCIX?
2:48:04 Did Linus experience the mura effect on Bigscreen Beyond?
2:49:35 Has Linus seen increase to general hysteria due to tech?
2:50:13 Outro
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On this episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon answer more of your saucy questions!
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04:58 Preamble Ramble
28:40 What We Painted
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On this weeks episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss each hobby brand and give them their harsh tendie ratings.
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00:55 Preamble Ramble
46:54 What We Painted
01:05:56 Topic DiscussionSupport the show
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Imagine if Formula 1 got rid of most of its rules and regulations — how fast could they go? The freedom to design and build whatever will result in the fastest time is a dream for many in the higher levels of motorsport, but for British hillclimb champion Alex Summers, it’s a reality.
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There have been a lot of great families in motorsport over the years — the Earnhardts, the McRaes, the Andrettis — but when it comes to the prestigious world of British hillclimbing, one surname is better recognised than most — the Summers. This week’s guest, Alex Summers, comes from legendary hillclimbing stock, with his grandfather, father, and mother all committed participants of the sport at the highest levels. That Alex is a British hillclimb champion and three-time runner-up isn’t much of a surprise with that kind of family history.
In this episode, we first cover Alex’s early days in racing, as well as his schooling and engineering education. Starting out working for McLaren during a university placement, Alex then moved to Aston Martin, where he’s been for the last decade. During all that time, he’s never stopped racing.
This leads us to his current weapon of choice, the ‘P4t’. This absolute rocketship was designed, engineered, and built by Alex himself. It weighs 500kg and runs a 700hp, 16,000rpm Cosworth IndyCar V8, resulting in one of the fastest cars on the generally very short venues that make up the British hillclimb championship season. Unlike many overseas competitions, Britain doesn’t have much in the way of elevation, meaning runs generally last well under a minute.
This form of very short and sharp racing is described as “drag racing with corners” by Alex, and this, along with very few regulations, makes for some very unique requirements when building a competitive car. We dig deep into the P4t build, asking the big questions about the engine, chassis, and suspension setup.
Alex is also known for his involvement with the McMurtry Spéirling development team, and was one of the first drivers to test the insanely fast 1000hp fan car. We find out what a car as fast and unique as the Spéirling and its 2000kg of downforce is actually like to drive and what it takes to get record-setting runs out of it.
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Timestamps:
3:47 How did you develop an interest in cars?
6:27 How much time do you need to spend in a kart to be really good?
11:57 Seriousness of the British Hill Climb Championship
18:42 What’s your formal education?
26:39 Opportunities in the UK for high-end motorsport
31:29 Australian V8 Supercars and British touring cars
34:34 What happened after you finished your degree?
40:20 How do you mentally switch on for a hill climb run?
47:55 How do you improve at hill climb when track and car time is limited?
59:44 What are these hill climb cars based off?
1:02:28 Would a British hill climb car be competitive at Pikes Peak?
1:05:36 Pros and cons of turbocharging in these cars, different engine combinations
1:12:57 How do you set up suspension with your aero package for hill climb?
1:18:13 What is a heave spring and how does it work?
1:21:05 How and why the carbon monocoque?
1:35:10 How did you get involved with the McMurtry team?
1:41:08 How do you guess as a driver the level of grip available from -
Zack & Spurg have the best mods to get the most out of your motorcycle… whether you’re heading across town, across the country, down the track or off the beaten path.
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On this weeks episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon answer some questions from our audience about the hobby!
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40:14 What We Painted
01:03:25 Topic DiscussionSupport the show
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0:00 Chapters
1:50 Topic #1 - AI friend necklace
8:36 Topic #2 - James Pumphrey leaves Donut Media
17:43 Topic #3 - Activition's MW3 study on skill-based matchmaking
27:40 "What if I wanted to relax?" TF2 & team stacking
37:20 Dan's invoice to be done NOW or the show won't proceed
41:02 Linus points out the wrong time, "I'm quitting freelancing!"
43:20 LTTStore's new Chroma T-shirt
43:55 MA Oxford shirt, Maria's proud of the shoots, sizes
46:45 Merch Messages: any features that'd make you switch to ZOTAC's handheld?
48:45 Thoughts on Raspberry Pi going public?
52:29 Thoughts on getting change in a niche duopoly?
54:22 Topic #4 - StopKillingGames starts an online petition for the EU
56:46 Backpack carabiner update
58:50 Topic #5 - Intel's warranty for 13th & 14th gen
1:01:20 Intel's 15,000 layoffs, stock drops to an all time low
1:03:22 Techquickie's Intel video drama, bad faith comments
1:07:57 Topic #6 - Popular dating apps stalking vulnerability
1:11:52 Bad faith comment examples
1:16:36 Topic #7 - YouTube battles ad blocker using black screens
1:20:44 Scrapyard Wars 9 part 2 uploaded on Floatplane
1:25:38 Jawa giveaways, more people to join ECC squad
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1:29:44 Sponsor - Moosend ft. Legless horses, "dressage"
1:33:42 Merch Messages: How does Linus find fulfillment ft. YT's broken search
1:48:05 Did Linus consider water level sensors for the loops?
1:52:32 Convince higher ups avoiding YT is bad for the company?
1:56:40 Topic #8 - Eshtek collaborates with TrueNAS for HexOS
2:08:05 Topic #9 - Meta under investigations over drug dealer ads
2:09:32 Topic #10 - Google's Gemini AI ad from Olympics causes commotion
2:14:08 Linus's Qualcomm laptop challenge, battery lifetime
2:19:06 Topic #11 - RTINGS tests 100 TVs for longevity
2:21:42 Topic #12 - CPSC finds 60% of Amazon sales include unsafe products
2:27:40 Merch Messages #4 ft. WAN Show After Dark,
2:28:02 Standards the world would be better off without?
2:32:10 Favorite Beat Saber levels, settings & tips to improve?
2:34:20 Most important things you lost while biking or traveling? ft. "Big nose"
2:39:32 Would Linus do an interview with Hank Green?
2:39:59 Mean commentor's apology to James, does this induce toxicity?
2:42:38 Thoughts on home theater setups for PCs?
2:46:00 Outro I
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Legendary tuner Shane Tecklenburg returns to talk about turning LMP3 race cars into hill climb monsters, calibrating V12 air race planes, the realities of compound turbo setups, and much more.
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Shane Tecklenburg, or “Shane T” as he’s more commonly known, is one of the biggest names in the tuning industry, and for good reason. This long-time friend of High Performance Academy has been in the EFI tuning game for many years now, and has a reputation as the ultimate problem solver who can rectify all manner of difficult tuning issues that others have given up on.
After appearing in episode #1 back in 2021, Shane now returns for episode #120, allowing us to catch up on his latest projects, starting with an in-depth look at what it takes to transform an LMP3 circuit racer into a hill climb weapon with a sub-10 minute Pikes Peak ascent in its sights.
This leads us into a fascinating conversation around anti-lag, IMAP vs EMAP, and retaining as much power as possible as a car gains altitude.
Next, we get an interesting insight into the world of air racing, as Shane details his tuning adventures with V12-powered Thunder Mustang race planes and the unique challenges that come with calibrating these unique machines and their dual ECUs.
Back in 2021, we talked to Shane about one of the most interesting projects he’s been involved with — the Mazworx SR20VE-powered triple-compound turbo drag car. This machine is fairly well-known online thanks to its incredible aesthetics and unique turbo setup, so the update on this project from Shane is a very welcome one as the team strives for that magical 3000hp goal. The conversation then falls down the very deep compound turbo rabbit hole as Shane gets into the finer details of this forced induction arrangement.
As mentioned, you can listen to episode 60 featuring JT Oliver of JTO Power here.
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On this weeks episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss their dislikes of Games Workshop and their business practices.
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00:48 Preamble Ramble
36:12 What We Painted
48:54 Topic DiscussionSupport the show
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What does it take to build, tune, and drive a monster Mitsubishi Evolution VIII with a 4.1-litre VR38DETT putting down 1065 hp to all four treads — on pump gas, no less? On this episode of Tuned In, we talk to the Armchair Tuner to find out.
Why ditch the 4G63?Why the VR38DETT?How is it still 4WD?What was the hardest part of the build and how was it dealt with? Has it changed how the car drives?Why even build something as unique as this car in the first place?
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Conrad Bradley has been building fast cars and bikes for a long time, although he currently works outside of the automotive industry in the nuclear field. Conrad couldn’t tell us much about his current work projects for obvious reasons, but when it comes to his many interesting automotive projects, he’s an open book.
Over the years, Conrad’s built many fast cars — from rapid Subarus, to even faster Evos, to an immaculate Beams-powered AE86 — we discuss all those builds in this conversation, but it’s his one-of-a-kind Evolution VIII that we’re most interested in.
We dive deep into this build with Conrad, digging into the big questions, like:This is a fascinating look into a very serious build that presented a lot of problems, requiring unique solutions.
Further into the conversation, we also discuss the challenges of owning and operating a tuning shop, reflashing challenges, Evo strengths and weaknesses, and much more. This is a great listen for anyone interested in thinking outside the box when it comes to building cars and going fast.
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4:25 How did you form an interest in cars?
14:01 How did you end up owning a tuning shop?
20:43 Pros and cons of owning a tuning shop.
27:50 Transition from motorbikes to cars.
29:23 Why JDM vehicles?
34:05 Reflashing JDM vehicles.
39:29 Was it Subaru's reliability issues that drove you to the Mitsubishi platform?
43:04 Toyota AE86.
58:03 Back into the Mitsubishi world? Evo X.
1:04:17 Manufacturers making it difficult for us to tune modern engines.
1:09:34 What came after the Evo X?
1:11:31 Building an Evo for drag racing.
1:24:36 How did the Evo GT-R come about?
1:27:36 What was involved in fitting the VR38?
1:34:49 What is the transmission?
1:41:22 Motec M1 custom package for 4wd setup
1:47:10 How much does it weigh with the VR38?
1:48:06 What was the goal for the VR38?
1:56:07 Are you running PDMs?
1:58:50 Are you using the data from all your sensors for anything in particular?
2:00:02 Is the Evo GT-R finished?
2:06:09 Final 3 questions. -
Do I need electronic wastegate control? What about CO2? And how do I know what size wastegate is needed for my build? These questions and a whole lot more are answered thanks to this week’s guest, Matt Wright from Turbosmart.
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Matt has a unique understanding of the industry, having worked for two of Australia's biggest aftermarket performance brands — two decades at Haltech and a more recent move to Turbosmart.
We start this episode by delving into the path that Matt took to get where he is today, covering the early days of Haltech that saw him dealing with some fairly rudimentary electronics and software as a support tech. Matt grew with the company and would go on to head up Haltech’s expansion into the United States. There are some great discussions here about VE-based tuning, the future of standalone ECUs, and what Matt thinks is missing from the current crop of standalone offerings.
After 20 years of service, Matt decided to move across the road to Turbosmart, where he’s helped push the development of new products — especially its new range of turbochargers. Matt discusses these new turbos before diving deep into the world of boost control, getting way into the weeds on all things external wastegate.
Sure, the idea behind a wastegate is simple enough, but things get a little more demanding and complex when a vehicle’s performance starts to get pushed to its limits.
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Don’t forget, you can use “MATT25” to get $25 OFF HPA’s Boost Control course: https://hpcdmy.co/boostbTimestamps:
4:39:20 How did you gain an interest in cars?
16:54 Did you move into Haltech tech support with almost no tuning experience
24:28 What was your role at Haltech?
27:10 The difference between American and Australian car scenes
32:15 Haltech’s growth into the US market
39:45 Key changes in ECU tech over the years
47:30 What do you think is missing from aftermarket ECUs?
54:43 How does an ECU company balance technical features while keeping it user-friendly?
1:03:55 How did the opportunity at Turbosmart come up?
1:08:38 Overview of Turbosmart
1:13:10 Turbosmart’s external wastegate, Why is it so good?
1:17:54 Pros and cons of electronic wastegate?
1:34:08 What is a StraightGate?
1:42:52 How do we pick the right size wastegate?
1:47:30 Bringing Turbosmart turbochargers to market
2:05:35 Final 3 questions -
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On this week's episode of Trapped Under Plastic, Scott and Jon discuss the Seven Deadly Sins of the hobby.
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01:19 Preamble Ramble
36:26 What We Painted
55:53 Topic DiscussionSupport the show
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Quad Rotor vs V8, Procharger vs Natural Aspiration and more.
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It's hard to nail form and function, but Carl Thompson has it down to a fine art when it comes to drift builds between his old 1300HP 26B 4-rotor Aristo/GS300 build and this high compression 'small block' @Mast Motorsports 454ci (7.4L) LSX based V8 Nissan S15 Silva one that is another work of art. Even if you are a solid rotary fan it's hard not to appreciate the same level of detail and perfection that has gone into this LS-based S15 build.
We'll discuss why Carl moved away from his 4 rotors (one of which now powers Rob Dahms AWD RX7 build) and towards the MoTeC M130-controlled LS V8 platform as he has gotten more serious about competing and doing full-season campaigns along with why he chose a naturally aspirated setup despite having a procharger bolted on at some point in time.
The difference in power levels required for D1NZ and US series also pops up as well as the performance increases gained from his Dailey Engineering dry sump system and what the main driver displays and warnings he pays attention to during a competition run and interestingly why he went with a cast-iron LSX based block over the aluminium LS(x) blocks that are also able to handle sizeable power figures.
00:00 Intro
00:25 Rotary Vs LSX
01:31 Engine Specs
02:10 Iron Vs Alloy Decision
03:35 Procharger Vs N/A
05:06 Procharger Powerband
06:08 Dry Sump Setup
07:02 30HP+ From Good Vacuum
08:49 @MoTeCAustralia ECU, Indiindividual cylinder fuel delivery
10:55 Dash Display Settings
12:21 Drivetrain
14:00 Diff, Suspension
To get power to the ground the car runs a Holinger Engineering RD6 sequential, Tilton bell housing, flywheel and triple-plate carbon clutch leading to the Winters 25cm IRS quick-change and 35-spline stub axles.
A MoTeC M130, PDM30 and C125 logger/dash display and EMtron ETC4’s (for individual cylinder monitoring) round up the electronics side of things and giving Carl the ability to clutchless shift off the line. - Show more
