When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
These Alcon billet monobloc calipers truly are a work of art, and there super light as well. I haven’t got all of the braking components yet, still waiting on the mounting hardware to turn up.
I’ve got some carbon fibre ducts coming from the uk which mount on top of the caliper for cooling, I should see them in a couple of weeks or so.
Got a couple of Hankook F200 slicks fitted to 2 wheels to decide which size I would go for. The sizes were 250/640/18 and 260/660/18.
Straight away I wasn’t liking the 250/640 on the rim, it wasn’t stretched but it was small enough that if you laid the rim down, the rim would get scratched as the tyre didn’t go past the rim. Upon looking at the dimensions, this tire only measured 260mm across which was exactly the same as my 255/40/17 ao50 i had on my 9.0 rim.
The plan was to go with the 260/660 but being a fair bit wider at 280mm and taller I needed to check it on the car.
Took the springs out of both front and rear shocks and then installed them back on the car so I could see how much room I had. In a straight line under full compression the tyre moved freely which was good. Next I did full lock and full compression and the tyre was rubbing, but again this is full lock with full compression which is never going to happen. I jacked the suspension to full compression and turned the steering wheel to half a full turn which is more than I use on track and the wheel was spinning freely so that’s good enough for me. I also jacked the suspension to ride height and did full lock and it rubbed ever so slightly, which again I’m fine with as these are my track wheels.
I did the rear to full compression and I was surprised it didn’t rub, it was very close to the arch lip but it’s not rubbing so I’m happy with that. Decision was made and told my tyre guy to go ahead with the bigger sizes slicks.
Got all 4 new slicks fitted, they are Hankook F200 Medium Compound in size 260/660/18 and fitted to 18x9.5 rims. Also got a free hat, always good getting something for free.
I’ll take then down to my workshop and leave them in a dark room covered up which is what hankook told me to do.
Finally fitted some proper solid tow hooks, I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. I got some fia spec tow hooks from my local Motorsport shop.
The rear was easier than the front, there was already some holes in my chassis rail so I just slid the tow hook in there and then double bolted it with high tensile bolts.
Front was a bit more tricky, I drilled 2 holes into the chassis rail. Then welded 2x nut inserts into that. Then double bolted it with high tensile bolts.
I made some little carbon fibre surrounds to go over the holes that I had cut out of the bumpers, I’m really happy with how they look.
Got my pads and rotors back from getting them pre bedded in. Now there ready for straight up abuse on the track. I also put some ap racing temperature paint on the rotors so I can keep an eye on the temps.
Hopefully all the mounting hardware for the brakes turns up next week and then I can get on with fitting them.
My road tyres also got delivered up so I got them fitted to the wheels, 265/35/18 nankang cr-s.
So this is something I’ve been doing for the past few weeks. I’ve made myself a front splitter which should give me a bit more downforce on the front. I’ve mounted it to the chassis and I can stand on it which tells me it’s strong enough.
Started off with a sheet of 9mm marine grade plywood. Cut a basic template out using my oem from bumper with the lip removed. I made the template with a 110mm lip which should create a good amount of downforce, I also used some 60mm wide 3mm thick aluminium flat bar for the skirt that goes between the bumper and the splitter.
To mount the splitter to the car I didn’t want to use the normal splitter rods. So for the front I made some brackets out of 3mm thick steel flat bar, bent to 90° then cut some triangles out of 3mm steel again and welded them in the 90° brackets to give them strength. I put some rivnut inserts into the chassis for which the brackets bolted to, and then some rivnut inserts into the brackets themselves so I could bolt the actual splitter from underneath.
For the 2x side mounts I got some 8mm thick steel round bar and welded that to a 3mm steel square plate either end, one end bolted to the chassis and the other end had a rivnut insert in it to allow me to bolt the splitter to it from underneath.
Once I was happy with it all I painted the splitter, skirt & all the brackets satin black.
To finish it off I made some end plates out of some 4mm thick carbon I had laying around and put my company logo on it which adds a nice finishing touch.
All in all im super happy with how it looks and is supported, as said above I can stand on the splitter so I no it’s not going to come off when I’m going quick. I’ll test it at the track so see if it works how I want it to or I need to reduce the lip etc..
All the pics are below
Benny
Last edited by benntrevv; Jul 4, 2024 at 01:04 AM.
So today I decided to bite the bullet on something I’ve been thinking of ever since I got my evo. I’ve ordered the full genuine voltex circuit wide body kit which consists of:
Circuit front bumper with carbon splitter & undertray
Carbon dual canard set
Carbon end plates
Bumper mesh set
Circuit side skirts
Front wide fenders
Front over fenders
Rear wide fenders
Rear over fenders
GT bonnet
I was given a 8-12 month delivery time which I was expecting so I’m likely to see it earliest being February 2025
I haven’t decided on the wing I’m going to go with yet but I think I’ll get one made from one of the aero shops over here in Aus. Anyways the count down begins now.
Few pics below of gr8grip’s evo fitted with the same kit I’ve ordered.
Benny
Last edited by benntrevv; Jul 5, 2024 at 04:24 AM.
Been very busy with work recently so I’ve been slacking with the posts lol.
A lot has happened since the last post.
So I got the brakes on the car, sorted out the new ducting and got all of that sorted.
Had a practise day with the new brakes, splitter and the 18” setup with the slicks. Whilst the car was phenomenal, the slicks took too long to warm up, especially for a 3 lap sprint race. So I decided to sell them and replace them with some 265/35/18 Yokohama ao50’s.
Brake temps on the caliper didn’t even go above 140°c which I’m stoked about
I also took both my Sparco seats & harnesses out and just put one bride zeta iv seat with a takata harness in, I’m loving the old school jdm look
Car is currently at the shop getting a half cage made. I’m planning on doing WTAC in Sydney next year and regulations state I need minimum a half cage. Once it’s done I’ll paint it silver and then put it in the car. It will be similar to the picture below.
I’ve also made a very big suspension upgrade, I’ll be running full ohlins. TTX46MT through rod dampers in the front along with TTX36IL twin tube dampers in the rear.
These are full custom, you buy the individual base dampers, then get them built, valved & made to fit the specific car.
I’ve ordered the dampers, I will send them along with a front and rear of my current nitrons so they can use them to reverse engineer the mounting hardware etc.. a pic below is what they’ll look like once built up.
My Nitrons will be up for sale in a month, so if anybody is looking for a set, feel free to message me.
Benny
Last edited by benntrevv; Aug 21, 2024 at 06:00 PM.
