Paul Whiffin

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Time Attack Newsletter Round 1 – Saturday 25th April 2009 Team Garage Whifbitz get off to a flyer with a 1-2 finish at Oulton Park, words by Peter Payne, our news very own news reporter! After a long and productive winter with many changes to both Paul Whiffin and Steve Linton’s cars, it was time […]

28/04/09 Well a bit of an update on the car, managed to get it all finished off Thursday afternoon, just in time for Time Attack. The car itself worked a treat for the full 2 days with no issues.  The AP Racing brakes are the best I’ve ever experienced, enormous stopping power time and time […]

21/04/09 Took the car for its first drive tonight, my god, I’ve forgotten how fast it is! Its so weird driving it without the wastegate scream, I can just hear a distant whine from the turbo. Gearbox/flywheel noises dominate now which aren’t the best noises! Time to get that sequential box in there me thinks.

20/04/09 Finally got my AP’s on. Had a nightmare with the supplier making them correctly, I wont go into it all as it’ll piss me off again! But anyway, they are all on and look the business.  The kit consists of AP Pro 5000+ 6 pot race calipers with 362mm floating discs on the front […]

OK, managed to get the fuel system in yesterday/today, thanks to Dazza as he did most of it! Consists of swirl pot and 2 extra pumps to feed the engine along with the 2 pumps I had in my fuel tank already. Nice pumps these Walbro externals, very quiet unlike Bosch 044’s! Shouldn’t have any […]

And I test fitted the fibreglass doors, fitted perfect, I’ll be adding these to my website ASAP. There so light compared to stock!

Finished off relocating battery & alluminium washer tank from the boot to the back seat area. Not a 5 minute job as the wiring all had to be redone, also wired in another relay for the extra fuel pumps I’ll be running when the swirl pot goes in tomorrow(hopefully) And got my APR GTC300 carbon […]

Ok, the all in one catch tank & power steering tank is now in place. The rear part of it is the breather tank, all baffled and gated inside and the front part is the power steering tank, again gated & baffled inside. Catch tank has 3 -12 breathers going into it and breathes through […]

OK, bit of an update, been working flat out trying to get my dash finished off, finally got the carbon all cut out and the Racepak, AFR gauge, boost controoler, Racelogic all wired up and fitted into the car. I’m pretty happy with the way its turned out for my first attempt at a carbon […]

02/04/09 OK, bit of an update, been working flat out trying to get my dash finished off, finally got the carbon all cut out and the Racepak, AFR gauge, boost controoler, Racelogic all wired up and fitted into the car. I’m pretty happy with the way its turned out for my first attempt at a […]

Next job which I haven’t been looking forward to is making the dash for the Racepak IQ3. I’ll be keeping the stock dash pieces in place for the moment covered in sheet carbon, takes bloody ages to cut it all out and make it look nice! I’ve done these 2 bits so far, next is […]

Got my Nitron dampers fitted on Friday. I forgot take pics of the dampers on the car, I’ll do that next time I have the wheels off. When I had the dampers made I wanted to have the canisters mounted under the bonnet and in the boot area, I know from our RX7 and Steve/Ben’s […]

New 4″ 3 box quiet exhaust, cant believe how quiet it is now, no more noise worries at any race track now, it sounds like a milk float. Seriously I reckon its about 93db on idle, haven’t tried it down the road yet. Quite a size that rear box though isn’t it! Also the wastegate […]

Tidied up all the wiring under the steering wheel from where its had 2 different alarms over the years Getting there All done Pile of wires not needed anymore

Ok, eventually got my car back from getting the roll cage fitted and the new exhaust made. So I’ve been beavering away like mad this week trying to get it all together. Its been one of those weeks where I dont really feel like I’ve got a lot done, there’s so many little bits to […]

11/03/09 Bit of news, my Nitron 3 way dampers turned up Monday, these are proper quality, best I’ve ever seen, lets hope they work as well as they look! They’ll also be available in 1 way & 2 way as well. I’ll get them on my website ASAP. I’ve had the cannisters made with enough […]

A couple of updates, wont be anymore for a couple of weeks as the car is having the roll cage made and then off to have the exhaust made a tad quieter. Anyway, I removed the ABS unit from under the engine bay, as you can see it leaves a nice big space for other […]

Ok, I’ve been doing more interior stripping the last few days:  

[singlepic id=43 w=320 h=240 float=none] We have Steve Linton’s Time Attack Supra in at the moment being honed for the coming season with some sensible mods to make the car that little bit quicker/reliable.

Fuel swirl pot arrived today, I’ve made it to fit above the diff under the floor, dont have to worry about boxing it all up in the boot area then to comply with MSA rules/regs. Hopefully my measurements were correct! Going to be running 2 Walbro’s in tank which are already there and then another […]

And the interior is now stripped ready, getting it ready for the weld in cage

Right been busy doing some ducting work. Brake ducts now moulded into the front bumper along with a hole in the centre of bumper to let a bit more air into the intercooler, this now meshed, not shown in the pics. Also, been working on ducting the oil coolers Before shot, air just following its […]

Getting cracking on sorting out the airflow in through the front bumper. Going to be ducting the oil coolers into the bumper properly so no air can escape around them, hopefully increasing there efficiency. Today I concentrated on the brake ducting, the holes are cut ready to install the brake ducts, dropped it off to […]