Hodgkinson-san's Britcar Racer

I always wonder how the Japanese are going to say, "Hodgkinson" when they add "-san" to the end of names. Anyway there's 2 of them so that confuses the issue more especially when translated back to mid japlish. Hodgkinson-sans??. Anyway, that's totally off track.

Welcome to Alex and David's ADHMotorsport showpiece. These projects always seem to take 2~3 years and a whole lot of cash. They have invested heavily in their project thats emerging as something great.



In their words.

"This is a car we're putting together to race in modified endurance races in the UK in a series called Britcar. All of the cars run slicks and wings with the main theme of the series being power to weight ratio - we can run at 1050kg if we don't put out more than 420bhp. Other than that it's pretty open, we can modify the car as much as we like as long as we retain most of the factory chassis.. kind of like Time Attack, so we'll be upping the boost and doing a bit of that too."

To me it sounds like a decent formula for some fun and I hope not too much door to door munching. Starting life as a 1992 Japanese import that was imported to the UK as a 6 month race car project. I think we can all appreciate how things get out of control real quickly. So the blow out to two years is coming to an end. Luckily for us, they have documented the build in images. When you look at them look carefully, because the detail is pretty special.

The monsters heart and supporting gear is as above tuning requires. Not too much, keep response: If anything, the guys may have to detune... hehe. One interesting point is the Diff ratio. 4.777 means the guys will be swapping cogs pretty often but that also means the power is always ON.
- 13B-REW
- Lightened irons
- In-house large street porting using Pineapple Racing (USA) templates
- All bearing and rotor face clearences to Mazda racing spec
- Garrett GT4088R turbo 0.96 A/R
- Radtec intercooler (modified)
- TIAL wastegate
- 4" exhaust with 2 in-line repackable silencers
- 5.5 inch 3-plate Tilton OT-type clutch fully metallic
- OEM gearbox with modified internals
- 4.777:1 diff ratio
- Bosch 044 fuel pump
- Bosch 1650cc injectors
- Siemens 750cc injectors
- Aeromotive FPR
- Radtec radiator (modified)
- Stillway oil coolers
- Solid engine mounts
- Solid diff mounts
- Gearbox and diff underbody supports
- DTA S80 Pro ECU

Chassis work is as expected. Thorough as race regulations are everyone's nightmare. 2 year builds can easily become obsolete overnight as regulations may change. So this one looks like it covers most bases. Some simple changes can see time attack or race series action. Versitility is there.

- Lightened, fully seam welded chassis

- FIA multi-point welded in cage

- In-house solid suspension bushes

- Ohlins remote-reservoir adjustable dampers

- Volk C28N 18" wheels 9.5" front, 10.5" rear

- Dunlop tyres 255 front, 285 rear (SLICK)

Stopping power and handling looks adequate. The top end ohlins suspension with remote reseviors are pretty special items. AP brakes are proven and the chosen sizes should be able to hadle much more than a one lap qualifying run. We are talking real racing here. The springs can be changed easily through the custom strut tops.

- AP Racing brakes all round.
- 362mm discs front with 6-pot calipers
- 330mm discs rear with 4-pot calipers
- AP Racing Air Jacks
- Modified top-mounts allowing for fast spring changes
- In-house manufactured ARB's front and rear
- In-house manufactured ARB mounting brackets

The body has undergone som significant improvements from the original RE-Amemiya ADGT. Wider smoother. Everything that isn't needed is gone. A full flat floor is also incorporated and almost required these days as the world goes aerodynamics crazy.  The wheel arch liners sound interesting too.

- Carbon rear wing

- Super-GT style bodywork based on modified AD-GT body kit (manufactured in-house)

- Comprehensive radiator and oil cooler ducts

- Front diffuser x2

- Flat bottom floor

- Rear diffuser

- Kevlar wheel arch liners

- ATL 75L fuel cell fitted in rear-bin location

- Option for an additional 25L fuel-cell if required

- Lexan rear screen and side windows

- Hardened lexan windscreen

Inside, its all business in the office. There's a mix of tech and mechanical engineering. Plumbing and wires.

- OEM dash, modified

- Ventilation fans

- Race Technology DASH2 display

- Race Technology DL1 GPS data logger

- Bride low-max seat

- Lowered and modified seat rails

- AP Racing floor-mounted pedal box

- Fully adjustable Electronic Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) column

- Option to replace with standard steering column for weight saving (for Time Attack)

So get out your calculator and start crunching the numbers, then tripple it and you'll get close to these guys. Then add time and your passion. (something I'm looking forward too)

As these pedals wait to get the pressure. These guys have thought about a LOT. Take the inspiration for your own projects. I will too. We look forward to seeing the car with some colour and debut. We can watch their progress here for more inspiration.

Good job! Keep us posted Alex & David Hodgkinson. The Racing Hodgkinson-sans'ses

Russ.

Super Pursuit Mode.

This is the Knight Industries K.I.F.D. 2010.

Popadom Papadom Popadom.    Popadom Papadom Popadom.

The music for Knight Rider reminds me of an indian delicasy.

The last incarnation had the extentions that popped out of the fenders to feed air for the rocket power rear. The front pops out for downforce. and some winglets on the side.
AND
The lights up front.
Popadom Papadom Popadom. Popadom Papadom Popadom.  Do some youtube for the real deal.

Russ

The Yeti

Up in the mountains of Alaska, there lives a mythical beast. The Yeti! This car is a similar creature. Rarely seen by the masses, yet very dangerous.

 Around the same time as I built my Greddy 9 inspired machine, Kai was building his white touge munching machine along the lines of the Hot Version cars.

He managed to resist the temptation for a widebody and chose a full complement of RE-Amemiya equipment you can read about below. The result is a demo car style Ama-san would be proud of.

 

New wheels have been specifically chosen after a previous set of Enkeis. These are Kinesis K58 3 piece rims. Very pricey!

They suit the contrast of the white and carbon perfectly. The chrome lip adding that little extra.

But it didn't just stop at the extrerior. Rotary Extreme and HKS components were added to make a reliable and very fast machine. The finish is also of show quality.

Inside there are High end Recaro SP-A seats to provide a solid platform for steering this cage stiffened beast.

It really does live up to it's sinful 7 number plate..

Can you catch the YETI?


Spec list is emense.The car is for sale minus the wheels and seats.
Interior:
. Recaro Profil Carbon Kevlar SPA Seats
. Bride Rails
. The Raceshop Roll Bar Race Edition
. Sparco D Shape Suaede Steering Wheel
. Momo Hub
. Techedge Wideband Sensor with Gauge
. Old School system with Alpine Cassete, 6 disc Changer
. To fosgate amps and a 12 inch Kicker Sub
. 5 point G-force Harness
. Custom pedal set including dead pedal
. 99 Padded Ash Tray
. RE Amemiya Shift knob
. RE Amemiya Steering column Gauge pod
. RE Amemiya Quick Shifter
. Feed CF Look Shift and E-brake Boot
. Custom RE Amemiya Floor mats
. Carbon Fiber Door Sills

Exterior:
. RE Amemiya AD9 Bumper, only one in the U.S.
. RE Amemiya AD Sideskirts
. RE Amemiya Pro Diffuser with Generators
. RE Amemiya CF Fender Mirrors
. RE Amemiya CF Fender Vents
. VIS 99 Spec Wing With Odula CF Insert and Covers
. 99 Spec Tail Lights
. Rotary Extreme Sleek HID Headlight Kit with RE Amemiya Covers
. Rotary Extreme AD Hood
. Sparco hood pins and Locking Hood pins
. FEED Tow hooks front and back

Suspension:
. Buddy Club Spec Coilovers
. Stoptech BBK Front
. 99 Brakes with custom 2 piece floating rotors Rear
. Greddy Strut tower Bar
. The Raceshop Rear Strut Tower Bar
. Rotary Extreme Engine Brace
. Rotary Extreme Toe Links and Trailing Arms
. Kinesis K58 3 piece 18/10 and 18/9

Engine:
. Rotary Extreme Dual 25 row Oil Coolers
. Rotary Extreme Garret TO4R single turbo kit
. Rotary Extreme Mini battery Kit
. Rotary Extreme Monster V-mount
. HKS Manifold
. HKS Twin Power
. HKS Figh Flow Air Filter
. RE Amemiya Dolphin Tail Exhaust
. Coils Relocated
. Power Steering and A/C Delete
. SR Motorsports Underdrive pulley set
. 1300cc Secondary with 550cc Primary Injectors
. Blitz SBC ID Boost Controller
. Apexi Power FC with Commander
. Greddy Elbow
. Polished UIM, TB, Alternator, WP, WP Housing and T-stat Housing


An awseome build with dedication and lots of time. Previous version was actually a bit more agressive.
 
Russ.

Enkei RP-F1

GT Wing.

Prior Prior  RP01

Almost Original.

7's Day Preview

It's only April, but time will pass quickly. This shot on the way home from 7's Day last year was taken by Daniel out the window of my car. The tamonster as I call it cuts a nice image on the street. 

7's day this year was mentioned to be back at Tsukuba in full force. So get your stuff ready for 7 July. Still promises to be massive!

Russ.

FD Love Bug

I don't think Ama-san had "Herbie" in mind when he designed the AC '98 7 body kit.  But he should have!

We all know how close the Porsche and VW heritage runs. So with just a few subtle changes you can have something awesome that would certainly turn a head or two. Debadged most people would be none the wiser for a new beetle.

I think the round rear would work well too, but I fattened the standard rear with some Ab-flug style rear fender work. The Nascar rims work well too with massive sidewall stretch fitting the bill for the track.

However for some cruising, these "Herbie" decal added, deep dish 19"x11" steel wheels with super stretched 235 tyres get some cred. while the chrome centres, give a more authentic feel to little 'ol 53.

I wonder if it car run upside-down in a tunnel??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEZI9ujyx4

RE-Xtreme TA Concept

OK. World Time Attack is approaching and some wicked cars will be heading to prove their best times.

While most of us can never attempt to get the best time. I would like to hit up something like this. In fact the exterior modifications will only run up limited expense and costs could be kept to a minimum.  Carrying on from the LM concept. BN Sports DEFEND Wide body kit is among the cheapest around and depending on the level you finish at could become something fun in the TA / Weekend race realm.

These days the new TE37 SL has been shaved and thickened, refined and made current. And if there is ever an ultimate JDM wheel this is it. So this concept will have a set of these. The Defend kit can certainly accomodate 18x11 +18 and maybe even needs some spacers.

The red version is actually pretty stock. With the addition of a front splitter 2000mm rear wing.

Both cars wear Craft Square mirrors, a fave of mine. The Yellow version adds Uras style canards, ducted side skirts, better intercooler super GT style ducting and bonnet venting although the BN version is not bad. There is an unseen flat undertray and rear difusser for downforce heaven. I didn't bother about lights. Just remove the internals for a weight reduction.

Red version is stock. There has to be a million stock FD engines in the world for spares and they should be cheap. There were 800,000 fd3s made. Run at reliable low boost these will still be fun in a car lightened to 1050kg or so. Yellow is high tune 700+hp 13b single turbo if you get the urge and finances to go further.

For me, something like the red car will satisfy my racetrack desires. I definately realise that there are many more costs involved than just body, wheels and engine but these are an inspiration point. You will note some traqmate sponsorship to improve my driving more than the car too. So I think I've set a goal for myself. It may take some years and some hard work but there is a target.

Is this RE-Xtreme Version III? Maybe.

Russ.

Pushing the concept a little further led to Border-Racing Type III light covers and RX8 headlight parts. (I guess I need lights) Carbon side skirt exensions

I considered this concept for a one make race series like A1GP. each country represented. Could be cool!

Australia.

Japan

United Kingdom

United States

New Zealand

etc

General FD

If there is ever a legend car, it's the General Lee. Imagine if those Duke boys got into this FD. It would definately be through the window!

As a kid I must have watched every episode 20 times, but I don't really remember too much except Rosco P Coltrane..."You got your ears on Flash...?"

Is anyone going to start making upsized old school rims...like these hurricanes?? It seems inevitable, but no one has done it yet. Maybe thats a business oportunity! Donor car from SP engineering receives, wheels, bull bar and general lee markings. I also incorpoated the cool revolving lights from the RT charger and vents on the sides.

I thought about big CIBIE lights on the car all over... but maybe thats another story...

Where is that river xing. Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaaa!

Hunk o junk post - http://re-xtreme-junk.blogspot.com/2009/07/dukes-of-hazzard.html

Russ.

R-Magic Pink 4 TA 2010

The R-Magic Pink 4 TA SPL in 2010 in AMAZING!

While talking to Allen from Tomei and Dino recently, both are heading to Australia to help set up and cover the Super Lap Battle. This is a great for you guys because it means there will be some insane photography and good inside info from the event. They were both at Fuji recently testing and Dino grabbed these snaps for speed hunters.

The car has been almost completely changed outside and under the hood. New body items include front splitter, front fenders, rear fenders. The result is absolutely perfect.

 New Engine looks as good as before. It's tuned for Sonoco race fuel and offers big HP gains over the previous setup. We can expect this car to run some seious times. Based on looks I think it has the goods to topple the Pan Speed guys. But time shall tell about the performance.

Wheels are 18"x11.0"J "TE37 SL"  What is "SL"? It is a special version especially for Super Lap. This version is specially produced and they are 400g lighter for a similar sized wheel. This was before paint and the raw finish shaves weight and increases style! Are these the ultimate wheels? I think so! Special Rays stickers finish them off. They are now a darker colour after smoke and clear coat.

Kinoshita has his work cut out to learn eastern creek circuit, but as a pro, I'm sure he will be on the pace in no time at all. 

Tsukuba is a much tighter track and the tyre compounds will be an issue for these cars. 55.947 in 2006 on a 2klm circuit is no measure. http://www.eastern-creek-raceway.com/ 3.93klm and 2010 is a complete change. The cars are testing at fuji for a reason. Longer circuit and similar times around the 1.40 ish mark are to be expected.

Dino's full post on speed hunters is here.

Russ.

RE-Xtreme Renewal

Recently, followers of my site will have noticed some changes to layout and content.

I tried to make the site content rich, but basically it became very slow with polls and ratings for posts. So I have relocated all the pretty stuff and I am currently still making some changes to the final designs. One big change is the TAB Menu at the top, It's not complete yet but I'm slowly including the style of static content things I want at the top.

If anyone has anything to add to my posts, please do so by comments. I enjoy reading them.

Now available in the Directory is the RE-Xtreme Map of Japanese Rotary Tuners! You can use the previous link, but its permanent home will be in the directory tab. It took a long time for what purpose? I already have all the links on my site. If anything, it gives you an idea of how spread out the tuners are. With Google's Street View sometimes you can get a look at the shops and an idea for the size of them also.

It's pretty slow due to soo many place markers, but have fun looking around Japan. I made another of driving roads, but it didn't work so well. Google's products have issues sometimes.

What are the plans for RE-Xtreme since I don't have one these days? I'm not sure. While I am thinking about purchasing, it won't be in the next few months. But there maybe some things in the works.

I'll still be covering a few things so stay tuned.

Russ.

FD MAX Interceptor

"Two days ago, I saw a vehicle that would haul that tanker. You want to get out of here? You talk to me."

The original Mad Max film has always been a favourite. To recreate the Mad Max interceptor on an FD base you'd need some wide wide wide fenders to even come close to an XA,B,C series falcon coupe.

So I'd start with a BN, D-MAX or Sexy Style wide body to get the XB Coupe rear fender line, Add a roof spoiler, Modified Border Type III front bar quad exhausts on each side and of course a 351 Cleveland V8 with Supercharger surrounded by the XB bonnet scoops. Don't forget the steel wheels and BF Goodrich T/A tyres and a stipped interior with a shot gun or two.

You could also use a couple of tanks to hijak some gas from the port For this I'd modify the Shojicom small window rear frp hatch and include some elements from the XB rear for authentucity. Check the cool original coupe gallery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawspa5EVzs

Russ.