Whifbitz Supra Build Blog

Had a top notch afternoon at Brands Hatch today, absolutely love this circuit, would highly recommend it to anyone. The car itself started off with bags of understeer through the slower corners and oversteer in the high speed corners so not good! To get the balance sorted out we started by raising the rear wing […]

The 295/30 rear tyres worked a treat, no rubbing at all so thats what I’m sticking with from now on. On another note I cooked my power steering fluid at Snetterton which in turn knackered my power steering pump. So fitted a 13 row cooler to the power steering system today, should cure that problem hopefully. […]

After the dream start to the season at Oulton Park, and the continuing success at least in part at Knockhill, Round three at Silverstone was a chance for both drivers to score further championship points. Thanks to the swift provision of a new turbo for Paul Whiffin’s stealth bomber from AET turbos and frantic spannering […]

Darren and I did a bit of work on getting some cool air to the air filter area today. Basically took an air feed from the bumper around the intercooler area which feeds underneath the headlight using the stock air filter duct. Also cut a hole into the bonnet and fitted a naca duct, its […]

Just finished off installing the GT4094 hyrbid turbo, AET Turbos welded on a 4″ exhaust outlet flange in the right position so the downpipe would bolt straight on, so apart from the intercooler pipe connection which I had to remake it was a straight forward fit. Looks a bit lost in the engine bay after […]

Picked up another sponsor since the last event, AET Turbos. We swapped over to using them about 6 months ago after numerous problems with our previous supplier. It was a good decision as they are far better to deal with and are giving us track side support to. From the next Time Attack round onwards […]

My new turbo arrived today, thought I would weigh it compared to the old unit. GT42RS 17kg, the GT4094hybrid 10kg, so thats another 7kg off the weight! I’m now wondering if I can go down to a 3″ or 3.5″ exhaust system to save some more weight. My current 4″ system is very heavy but […]

Thought I’d better say a thanks to all of the sponsors I’ve had this year so far: Motul Oils, the best on the market Triple T Services, if you need any cars transported around the world, he is the man Porterfield Brakes, been using there pads for years now and love them, high recommended Nitron […]

Ok, update time. Had a problem with the turbo at Knockhill last weekend. The turbo decided to bend its shaft, no idea why it did it at the moment to be honest, only removed it just before I left tonight, I’ll get it sent off to my turbo chaps at AET Turbos for them to […]

After the highs of a 1-2 finish in the first round of the Time Attack 2009 season, the team where looking forward to the second round. The only drawback, the track was up in Scotland! Although the team have visited the famous Knockhill circuit twice before, no one was looking forward to the journey which […]

Just got back from Snetterton, had a good blast around, quite hard to get a clean lap in so didn’t really have a chance to set a decent lap time. For the first time this year we spent a bit of time trying some different setups to change the balance of the car. The car […]

Just got back from Nitron Racing Shocks [url]http://www.nitron.co.uk/[/url] We spent about 5 hours on the setup of the suspension in total. Started with the wheel alignment which turned out to be miles off as I was messing around with ride heights at Oulton Park, I now know its spot on. We then moved on to […]

11/05/09 After the 1st round of Time Attack at Oulton Park I’ve decided to install a smaller rear housing on the GT42 turbo I’m currently using. Oulton being a bit more technical than some of the other circuits showed up some lag on a couple of the corners. I’ve changed it from a 1.15 to […]

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 […]