lunes, 4 de mayo de 2009
viernes, 6 de marzo de 2009
FENSPORT AWD CELICA
What could a Toyota month be without the Fensport AWD Celica? This car has seen drag strips, circuits and has even been to Tsukuba to show the Japanese how it's done in the UK. Fensport became immortal after making a 2.1l turbo 3s-gte powered Corolla that had AWD and was pushing 650bhp. But what do you make after that? Fensport wanted to make another all round car that was capable of winning quarter mile runs and hold its own during Time Attack battles.
They came up with this AWD Celica with another 3s-gte engine but this time it had 576bhp at the hubs. The base car was a generation 7 TRD M-sport Celica that was lighter and stronger. It is a special edition made from the factory that was specifically build for motorsport, it's even lighter than the older GT4 Celica models. So you could think it was light enough, but knowing Fensport it wasn't the case.
The car was stripped and all the sound deadening had to be removed. For even more stiffness a tig welded rollcage went in and the rear cross members were modified to house the st205 rear differential, this was all done to make the car 4wd. The rear spare wheel well has been removed to make room for the exhaust tunnel and the propshaft that runs alongside each other.
The rear hubs have replaced by Corolla items because they didn't wanted reinvent the wheel. Everything worked perfectly in their first Corolla so they decided to use a lot of items from that car and mount into this Celica, like the entire rear subframe.
Wheels are TE37 in 17"x7,5 with an ET35 for circuit use, tires are Toyo R888 in 215/45. When Fensport wants to take the car to the dragstrip they use the same tires but then 225 wide. For enough stopping power Fensport opted for 10pot calipers and 340mm discs in front and 6pot calipers with 280mm discs in the rear, both made by Tarox.
Exterior wise nothing major has been changed except for the VARIS carbon fiber bonnet with a scoop for better turbo clearance and a GT front bumper that has been reworked for better airflow to the HKS Supra intercooler. The GT spoiler is also fabricated by VARIS.
The engine is the real reason why this car exists and why I wanted to show you guys this car. The base engine is a 3s-gte that is used in the MR2 turbo and the Celica GT4, but it doesn't stop there. Fensport has increased its capacity to 2.1 liter. Other items that found its way into this engine are Crower steel connecting rods with custom JE Forged Pistons, ARP Bolts, metal head gasket and Lightweight alloy pulleys.
Fensport also ported and flowed the cylinder head and replaced the valves and springs. The inlet manifold has been custom made to fit the Celica and has a short runner design with internal ram pipes and a 75mm throttle body. Because this is a Spotlight I can't show you all the details, but I encourage you to take a look at the build page on Fensports site.
This car can do the quarter mile in 10.27 seconds and race Tsukuba in 1:04 (consider it was their first time and they ran into some mechanical problems). I'm looking forward to what they have in store this year during the Time Attack season and occasional drag sessions.
-Jeroen Willemsen
lunes, 8 de diciembre de 2008
Aqui les dejamos los mejores tiempos realizados en el fin de semana del campeonato MOBIL 1:
- Gustavo Turul (Camaro El General Lee) 8.331 pegando 1.26 en los 60 pies.
- Edwin Burgos "lokito Killer" (RX7 "La mayonesa 2") 8.707 pegando 1.40 en los 60 pies.
- Johan Badia (Toyota Corolla SR5 "Badia Gas") 9.573 pegando 1.43 en los 60 pies.
- Marcos Cepeda (RX7 FC de Santiago "KILLER") 10.157 pegando 1.60 en los 60 pies.
- Isidoro de los Santos (Toyota Trueno MOBIL 1 "MECAFAST") 10.300 pegando 1.56 en los 60 pies.
- Francisco Abreu (RX7 FB 20B "TECH-R") 10.423 pegando 1.51 en los 60 pies.
- Cristian Sanchez (Acura Integra "Shang Hai Motorsports") 10.726 pegando 1.66 en los 60 pies.
- Alex NG (Civic EK turbo SH2 "Shang Hai Motorspotrs") 11.032 pegando 1.65 en los 60 pies.
- Julio NG (Honda CRX SH1 "Shang Hai Motorsports") 11.135 pegando 1.53 en los 60 pies.
- Gregory Martinez (Civic EG "ureña & Ramos") 11.244 pegando 1.51 en los 60 pies.
- Carlitos Irizarry (RX7 FD de Bonao) 11.305 pegando 1.75en los 60 pies.
- Carlos Caputo (Supra Blanca "CRP/AKAN Wheels") 11.340 pegando 1.84 en los 60 pies.
- Edwin Burgos "lokito Killer" (Datsun Rotativo de Alex Hdez) 11.355 pegando 1.42 en los 60.
- Bujia (Toyota Corolla SR5 Morado) 11.388 pegando 1.58 en los 60 pies.
- Shasky Taveras (HB EK azul "Team PELUCA") 11.497 pegando 1.88 en los 60 pies.
- Franklin Morillo (Toyota Starlet FWD "Team Mecafast") 11.583 pegando 1.77 en los 60 pies.
- Rafael Aaron (Honda CRX "Aaron Performance") 11.661 pegando 1.68 en los 60 pies.
- Cristian Maluf (Audi TT Gris SR_TechNick) 11.838 pegando 1.87en los 60 pies.
- Che Paewosky (Starlet Rotativa 13B) 11.914 pegando 1.49 en los 60 pies.
- Jose Ml. Castro (EVO V "SK Performance/C-Works) 11.973 pegando 1.80 en los 60 pies.
- Melvin Beras (Toyota MR2 Blanco “Mecafast”) 12.071 pegando 1.77 en los 60 pies
- Rommer Castillo (RX7 FB "Turbina Motorsports") 12.103 pegando 2.28 en los 60 pies.
- Waldo Perez (CRX Sakura/Fast Track) 12.190 pegando 1.71 en los 60 pies.
- Huascarito (BMW M6 Blanco) 12.351 pegando 2.01 en los 60 pies.
- Elin Vasquez (Toyota .8 Rotativo "El Taxista") 12.864pegando 1.81 en los 60 pies.
- Angel Infante (Nuevo Lexus IS-F Blanco 2009) 12.944 pegando 2.02 en los 60 pies.
- Michel Arbaje (RX7 FD Rojo) 12.945 pegando 2.00 en los 60 pies.
- David Valerio (RX7 FD Negro) 12.950 pegando 2.04 en los 60 pies.
- Dimas Soto (Toyota Altezza "SR_Technick") 13.030 pegando 2.27 en los 60 pies.
- (Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R) 13.263 pegando 1.82 en los 60 pies.
- Huan Sang (Datsun Azul SR20DET) 13.315 pegando 2.11en los 60 pies.
- Jan Fernandez (RX7 FD Blanco) 13.387 pegando 2.00 en los 60 pies.
- Fidel Cuevas (WRX JDM "La Fresita") 13.404 pegando 1.73 en los 60 pies.
- Aramis Mella (RX7 FD Blanco) 13.518 pegando 2.19 en los 60 pies.
- Pedro Perez (Nisan Silvia S14 de Moca) 13.520 pegando 2.15 en los 60 pies.
- Ivan Herrera (Galant VR4 "VP racing") 13.593 pegando 1.88 en los 60 pies.
- Wilson Tavarez "Kuquitin" (Civic Verde "Reguero Racing") 13.768 pegando 2.30 en los 60 pies.
- Darwin Batista (CRX Roja "ATI") 13.978 pegando 2.12 en los 60 pies.