BP3D Competition did it again, 3 new podiums

[puma]

BP3D Competiton was at ICAR during the Ecko 100 Nascar Canadian Tire weekend. We had two cars for the occasion, our #24 Scion FR-S and the #16 RSX that was rented to Marie-Laurence Paquin. Four races took place during the weekend two on Saturday and two on Sunday. 29 participants were at the starting line for the second event showing some F1 style start (stopped)

Marc in the FR-S finished 3rd in the first race and Marie-Laurence in the RSX finished 6th. Not bad for a beginning but the rest would be even better showing that reliability and consistency pays off.

In the second race, Marc got stuck in traffic after an incident at the start and ended up last to climb his way back up to 4th while Marie-Laurence gets her first podium with a great 3rd place. This race will be remembered for its two big accidents, disqualifying our main opponent at the championship for the weekend.

3rd race puts both driver on the podium, Marie-Laurence in second and Marc in third due to a four wheels off penalty.

The 4th and last race proved how efficient the team is, putting again both drivers on the podium with Marc in second, making the fastest race lap of the weekend and Marie-Laurence just behind in third place. Three podiums for each driver on a 4 races schedule, not too bad!

The FR-S suffered some supercharger problem early in the weekend but was able to make it through. We are still unsure as to what happened but oil seemed to be coming out of the vent on top, spewing oil in the windshield right in the driver’s face because of our vented hood. Luckily the next event won’t be before six weeks, giving us some time to find a solution. We were just barely ahead of the championship but with this event craziness, with the multiple penalty, disqualifications and our reliability and consistency, the #24 FR-S is now leading the championship with 881 points while its closest rival is at 744 points.

We would like to thank our main sponsor Perry Performance for their support as well as Racecomp Engineering. For our next event, we will receive the help of Essex also for our front AP Racing sprint big brake kit. It is nice to see the big players in the 86 community and vendors support the racers who use their products. We hope we can make them shine and show that their products can help our team win the championship.

Here are some pictures of the weekend.

[puma]

[Lonewolf]

Nice work!

[ATL BRZ]

@Racecomp Engineering can I PLEASE get one of those banner decals!!

[philooo]

the car looks GOOOD !

- what kind of turning plate mechanism are you using on these pics ?
- what are the specs for the car ?

[puma]

Originally Posted by philooo

the car looks GOOOD !

- what kind of turning plate mechanism are you using on these pics ?
- what are the specs for the car ?

the plates are only two plates of steel with grease in between. Since we did that and made the support on the car instead of on the ground, we cut our alignment time by about half.

About the specs, what exactly do you want to know? Basically, with all the mods we we have, we need to get a power/weight ratio of 11,4, weight is weight at the end of the race with driver and power is at the wheels and a actually a formulation of power+torque/2

so we made 233whp and 217 tq which gives an average of 225, 225x11,4 = 2565lbs, we usually weight around 2615 lbs when we come out of a race so we have around 50lbs of play.

[philooo]

If you can take picture of the engine bay and interior, I'd love to check your setup

-> looks like vortech supercharger in there ? why not going with jackson racing like most west coast guys with proven track durability ?

-> what kind of control arm bushing you run ? spherical or polybushing ?

[puma]

here, that should answer pretty much all of it

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72087

about the vortech, we really wanted to go with a Rotrex unit but let say that cash was coming short at the end of the build and we thought we were going to stay NA but wasn't able to lower the weight as much as we taught. We found a used Vortech locallly for sale and saved a big amount of money on it and decided to try it.

We would still like to go Rotrex but once again, that is a lot of money on a car that already cost a lot. Also, we really need the upgradability because we are thinking about doing a couple of national events and we would need 300+whp to be at least top 5.

Still unsure of what we will do as our Vortech is starting to show that it doesn't like the heat too much even with our custom supercharger cooler. I think our pump might fail when too hot, we need to decide if we invest in a new cooler system or if we switch system completly.

If we could have a sponsorship from one of the two Rotrex kit, we would switch without a doubt.

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by puma

about the vortech, we really wanted to go with a Rotrex unit but let say that cash was coming short at the end of the build and we thought we were going to stay NA but wasn't able to lower the weight as much as we taught. We found a used Vortech locallly for sale and saved a big amount of money on it and decided to try it.

We would still like to go Rotrex but once again, that is a lot of money on a car that already cost a lot. Also, we really need the upgradability because we are thinking about doing a couple of national events and we would need 300+whp to be at least top 5.

Still unsure of what we will do as our Vortech is starting to show that it doesn't like the heat too much even with our custom supercharger cooler. I think our pump might fail when too hot, we need to decide if we invest in a new cooler system or if we switch system completly.

If we could have a sponsorship from one of the two Rotrex kit, we would switch without a doubt.

@Jackson Racing

[King Tut]

Man that looks like an awesome and fun series to run in with all the variety. I am jealous.

[puma]

there really is a whole lot of different cars, in fact, i don't think we even have two of the same model except for a couple of Minis.

[DAEMANO]

@puma

Really impressive stuff man! Love the pics.

Are those 720Form wheels? If so what are you feelings about them?

Thanks for sharing. Keep the updates coming.

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by puma

Love this picture!

Awesome job, congrats! Really cool to see you guys at the top of the standings leading the championship. The car looks awesome and it feels good to see you guys setting fastest times in such a huge field of cars. Looks like a fun series to be in.

Let us know if you need anything!

- Andy

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

@Racecomp Engineering can I PLEASE get one of those banner decals!!

PM us and we'll get you sorted.

- Andy