BTW how did you get into racing at 14yrs old?
Did you start in KARTING?
I would like to get my lad into Msport but where's best to start. I assume even Karting is a major expense. I assume you need some serious wedge behind you to get into the sport as I know from saloon cars.
I started in a series called T-Cars, then went from there, raced Porsches and more recently Aston Martin GT cars.. No karting for me, certainly a good way to get started but I started very late, remember most start at 6 years old..
It does require some investment, but so long as you treat is at that then its good.. I have been fortunate enough to be driving professionally for the last 4 years now..
Anyways hope that helps..
Back to the S3..
So! The car is now home, been driving around today a little bit, got the first 5 miles or so on the motor then swapped out the coolant and oil, all seemed ok..
Done a further 50 miles now and it all seems great! The engine is very strong, you can feel it working from almost no revs and when you approach 3k it feels like it wants to leap out the front of the car!
The sound this thing makes is amazing, consider that I have only been upto 4k revs on about 15% throttle so really this is only a taster of how its going to be. Basically, it sounds f*cking amazing!
Got a load more miles to do now, going to drop the oil and coolant again tomorrow then we will start to dial some more boost into it and have a feel.. Should be enough to let me have a little play tomorrow anyways!
Some pics of the engine bay.. (note that this is no where near complete, lots of bits need powdercoating, and generally neatening up but you get the idea as to how it all looks..
Lower boost pipe now complete..
Almost done..
And with the fabricated DV recirc pipe and intake on (All of these bits will be crackle black powdercoat and nicely finished with heat reflecting material)
Next thing to do was to get the seats in and attack some of the first bits of weight saving!
Heres some pics of the progress throughout the day..
Rear battery box, no need for this and 3kg saved..
Each OEM front seat is 28kg / Recaro is 11kg so 34kg in total saved
Rear bench seats are 42kg
Battery box is 3kg
And a big pile of bits..
That is a very first touch on the weight saving but gives an idea how much there is to come out of these cars!
So! Im off to have a drive now, see how much I can get on tonight!
