Skinners Sprint Micra

[MicrAde]

Well today went well at the sprint, two slippy practice runs in the afternoon & I was marginally quicker than last year. Had a look over the in car footage for some tips, 3 runs tonight and I was 3 second quicker again! Chuffed with that pics and videos to follow over the weekend

Looking forward to video Nice one Skinner

 

[RyanEllis]

3 secs thats awesome, ive got 1st dibs on your engine if u ever decide to sell up tht thing looks like a machine

 

[Skinner_87]

Quick vid from a friend

 

[MicrAde]

Quick vid from a friend[/media]

Looks and sounds great

 

[pork]

That does sound rather good!

 

[Skinner_87]

Well after 3 days of 3 different events I now have 3 new personal best times chuffed with that!

Pics & onbord footage to follow....

 

[MicrAde]

Well after 3 days of 3 different events I now have 3 new personal best times chuffed with that!

Pics & onbord footage to follow....

Sweeeeeeeet! Facelifts rock!

 

[l_jonez]

Well after 3 days of 3 different events I now have 3 new personal best times chuffed with that!

Pics & onbord footage to follow....

How's the fueling now?

 

[Skinner_87]

How's the fueling now?

Alot better under WOT thankfully, though still a little rich but there are a few shims under the needle so removing them may help some what. The only issue seems to be going from high revs in 5th & closing the throttle the mixture them swops to very lean, even cut the engine a few times in testing! So tweaking to be done!

 

[Skinner_87]

Quick pic from last week until i get time to sort the vid's etc Alot of pics with a back wheel in the air, good advert for Yoko!

 

[Skinner_87]

Another vid from a friend:

If you turn the volume up you can hear her from a good distance that's flat 7k in 4th 80+

 

[Huggy444]

That sounds incredible!

 

[Skinner_87]

That sounds incredible!

Awesome little motor the CG! Could just do a few extra cc

 

[l_jonez]

Awesome little motor the CG! Could just do a few extra cc

Corsa pistons are a good option

 

[Skinner_87]

Fastest Run from the last day

 

[MicrAde]

Nice

 

[Skinner_87]

Fastest time from the secound day: bit chuffed with this was the fast 64ft foot time of the entire day! 2.02 secounds, beating 650bhp 4x4 driver cars! Micra's with a 5.1 final drive FTW

 

[Seb_]

You can see your car from above at 04:05 :

 

[Skinner_87]

I think im going to rename the car tripod

 

[Skinner_87]

 

[pork]

Looks great!

 

[Skinner_87]

Looks great!

Im chuffed with the chassis / suspension at the minute mate just need a bit more oomph

 

[pork]

We could all do with more power

 

[pollyp]

awsome action pics.
the last pic would be a great poster pin up.
the 2nd last pic with the back wheel propping up looks as though its trying to be a dog that's about to pee on whoever's at the apex lol

 

[Skinner_87]

awsome action pics.
the last pic would be a great poster pin up.
the 2nd last pic with the back wheel propping up looks as though its trying to be a dog that's about to pee on whoever's at the apex lol

It's as feisty as a puppy eh Paul once you all fixed I'm expecting you to get a few more laps of the TT course in!

 

[pollyp]

It's as feisty as a puppy eh Paul once you all fixed I'm expecting you to get a few more laps of the TT course in!

indeed.
first things first is see if I can fix the damaged bigends and finish the breaking-in. once up n running I may have to skip the easy running (cos I did that for 2miles till it broke) and go straight into the medium load/rev procedure in countryside, load the rings hard to seal em while I can.

worst case is that the new rings don't bed in and forever keeps leaking oil into the cylinders, then its game over engine and resort to stockk :/

 

[Skinner_87]

indeed.
first things first is see if I can fix the damaged bigends and finish the breaking-in. once up n running I may have to skip the easy running (cos I did that for 2miles till it broke) and go straight into the medium load/rev procedure in countryside, load the rings hard to seal em while I can.

worst case is that the new rings don't bed in and forever keeps leaking oil into the cylinders, then its game over engine and resort to stockk :/

Wish you the best of luck with it Paul, I don't go too softly softly bedding the engine in, medium revs seemed to have worked well *** touch wood***

 

[Noddie]

Really nice pics!

 

[Skinner_87]

Playing the how close can you get to the wall game

 

[pork]

Your car looks sweeeeeeett! Good photos too

 

[Skinner_87]

 

[Skinner_87]

Your car looks sweeeeeeett! Good photos too

Cheers mate, im loving that green you've gone for in the engine bay!

 

[MaxK11C]

That's awesome skinner, please may I use that as my iPod wallpaper? That's too awesome .

"Sent from my bed using paper planes"

 

[Skinner_87]

That's awesome skinner, please may I use that as my iPod wallpaper? That's too awesome .

"Sent from my bed using paper planes"

Of course not fella go ahead

 

[DDC]

How much is the car lowered by?

 

[Skinner_87]

How much is the car lowered by?

Edit:
its on 50mm springs but theirs a lot of weight removed from it so the same springs on a road car would look lower

 

[Skinner_87]

Last video taken from the first day, best time i've had yet, topped out in 4th on the straight

 

[DDC]

The videos are great, what is the full spec of the car?

 

[Skinner_87]

The videos are great, what is the full spec of the car?

Briefly it's a 1275, flowed head, group a cams, light flywheel with a 5.1 final drive without going into too much detail. Though its getting a new engine next month

 

[Harlen]

Your onboard footage looks amazing - the car points exactly where you want it to go. Looks so smooth on track!

 

[Skinner_87]

Your onboard footage looks amazing - the car points exactly where you want it to go. Looks so smooth on track!

Cheers Harlen, im really happy with the way it handles just need a bit more power/torque

 

[Clodo]

Looks brilliant
Love what you've done with it soo shweet!
sent via carrier pigeon

 

[Skinner_87]

Bit of progress made new engine has been sourced & will be ready in a few weeks after a bit of machining ready to go on the GC head

 

[SirChris]

Awesome, pics when you get it all

 

[SuperUno]

Yes please to the head modding pics, just paid half of the new engine which i will get in july, will be modding the head when i fit the cg10 head to a cga13 bottom end.

 

[Skinner_87]

Yes please to the head modding pics, just paid half of the new engine which i will get in july, will be modding the head when i fit the cg10 head to a cga13 bottom end.

No problem the heads modified (ported , polished) already so il just measure up to have it skimmed, hopefully just bolt it straight on!

Though the cams will need setting properly as the blocks having a slight skim as well, with the crank polished / lightened and balanced

 

[Asphalt Assasin]

what gearbox are you using in this mate?

 

[Skinner_87]

what gearbox are you using in this mate?

Facelift 1.3 box with 5.1 CWP mate

 

[Skinner_87]

CGA engine has been broken down ready to go to the machinist, really good nick considering it hasn't been cleaned yet

 

[Skinner_87]

More 3 wheel photowhoreing