Recent content by dewismotorsport

Treated the car to a 3rd generation BTCC lattice rear beam, kit included billet alloy knuckles that accept a standard hub, also comes with various mounts which effect dive under braking, I just need to get some mounting adapters made and I'll attempt to fit this, I will need different rear...

Boxed up and weighed all the metal work, abs pump, wiring and handbrake cables, amazing how much weight it adds up to, I'm yet to weigh the car again to see if I've offset what I've put in Did some service jobs, fitted new rear discs and fitted a Bosch 200 pump to replace the old 044...

Got the new engine in the car and started making new breather lines and modified the catch tank to add the gearbox its own tank. Had to grind down the bracket for the crank sensor as its very tight to the chassis leg, next time the engine is out I will recess the chassis leg to give it a...

Started making new brake lines and plumbing in the new hydraulic handbrake which will be handy for race starts. Made a foot plate and covered it in skateboard grip tape The handbrake had a bit of play in it which I wasn't happy about, you can see in the first picture the pin is loose...

Made a start tidying the bay up and repainting bits, removed all the old brake and clutch lines. Finished off tidying the bay loom up, loads of wires were shortened and others lengthened to make it look as neat as possible. Blanked off all the holes in the bulk head and in the brake...

Smoke tested the rocker cover so that I could work out where the crank breathed from and where the head breathed, blanked off the standard breather tube and welded two AN12 fittings. Made some blanks for the original turbo oil return feed and supercharger map sensor. Decided to add...

Engine all built up

Started up by measuring all the rods, pistons, pin's and matching them to closest weight before fine tuning them reducing weight until they all matched within 0.01g.

Over the past few years I've been stock piling engine parts for the new 2.0 litre engine build. I'll be using a Z20NET/B207R block, sump, crank and head. New diamond pistons, eagle rods, race bearings, balanced crank and flywheel, new oil squirters, gaskets, ARP head studs, a ATI super damper...

Post Brands hatch maintenance, when removing the wheels and inner arch liner I found about 1kg of rubber hiding inside. Ordered a CAE shifter as I'm sick of having issues with cables or gearstick. Went for the black anodised with white knob as it suits the interior better than the silver...

Brands hatch indy circuit was up next, qualified P2 1st in class, had a terrible start and ended up finishing 4th in race 1 then race 2 similar to race 1 but ended up not being able to shift gears and stuck in 3rd gear, which meant me bouncing it off the limiter for main straight. Race 1 Race 2

Next race was at Croft qualifying wasn't as good as I hoped as after Silverstone I was losing 3rd gear synchro but didn't have time to build up a new box with the other mods I had to do. Tried driving around it but that circuit is mostly 3rd or 4th gear so it was only going to last so long...

Whilst the supercharger was off getting the alternator fitted I noticed the inlet internal divide had sheared now at this point I did some research about superchargers and throttle body locations, turns out when the throttle body shuts the boosted air that isn't consumed by the engine has...

First race of the 2022 season was at Snetterton 300 and I qualified P2 and 1st in class for both races. Some race photos Second race was at Silverstone national and again I qualified P2 for both races, Took the overall win for race 1 after getting lucky with a safety car situation so...

While the engine was out I put some heat management on the bulkhead to help try and keep the cabin cooler. Plumbed the new extinguisher in, now has 3 nozzles in the engine bay, pointed 1 either side of the fuel rail and one at the exhaust manifold as the exhaust wrap can often be a source of...