Author: Mark Lowth

CSCA Supersprint

Round 4

Sunday the 14th of June was round 4 of the CSCA Supersprint series held at One Raceway. We took the BRZ and the Excel.

The first three sessions were held on the clockwise Wakefield Circuit, and the last three sessions were held on the anti-clockwise Shelly Circuit.

Unfortunately, the excel developed a nasty oil leak from the gearbox aera so we parked it after only 2 sessions.

The BRZ was a Jet again and I am really enjoying the grip and balance of the car at the moment. The new fuel system, gauges and low-pressure warning lights worked well and it was very interesting to see the pumps loose and gain pressure as the fuel moved from one side of the tank to the other as the turning forces were applied to the car.

The secondary fuel pump did leak from the top as the fuel sloshed up the side of the tank but I know the cause and I have the required seal available to fix it.

Even with the issue with the excel, it was still a good day.

Driveline Play

The next bit!

The next part to receive attention in the fight against play in the driveline and associated bits is the transmission mount.

I have been running a Whiteline Transmission Mount Insert for a number of years and have been really happy with it, but it’s time to go further and just forgo any rubber and make a solid mount.

In the video below is the result, now fair warning, if you get distreesed by the sight of really BAD WELDS, do not watch!

Hill Climb Sunday (Again)

Jake and I went out to Ringwood Park for the MG Car Club Newcastle hill climb the other day and had a ball as always. I took the BRZ and Jacob gave his H6 Liberty a squirt.

I left the traction control on like an idiot which is why the car died at the start, and if you listen closely, you can hear it pulling power from me on corner exit, and as i round the right hander heading for the penultimate corner, you can see the car bauk as the traction control pulls on some rear brake. Rookie error. Full second slower when I was aiming to go faster.

Good still. Going to the next one for sure.

Brakes !

Service Time

The brakes on the BRZ are fantastic. I run the factory Brembo`s with DBA T3 4000 rotors and Project Mu Club Racer pads, but like everything, from time to time you need to carry out maintenance or repair, and the brakes are no different.

So with that in mind, I stripped everything down, cleaned it, put a kit through the calipers, fitted new pads and then replaced all the brake fluid.

All good for now for the rest of the season, will need Rotors next time though.