It was excellent to get back back on the track on Saturday.
Massive thanks to all the guys who came out to hang out at EC and help out for the day.It simply would not have happened without you. Thankyou very much and all welcome to help out with the Winton 300 later in the year. Will definitely have to organise the passenger seat to take you all out for a few laps in the near future.
Greg did some pit wall timing with a 1.49 coming up a few times. Pretty happy with that based on the track time I have had, the driving style/skill level and the state of the car. The tyres are the same tyres from Superlap from May last year with a few more tracks day on them since Saturday. Still havent harnessed the power of the brakes. More track time will help with Winton next! Looking forward to that track day.
 
I figured out a few issues from yesterday.
Im positive I had too much caster on the car. I asked the question, what would be quicker around the track? A chopper or a sports bike? Well I had the caster setting of a chopper which is OK for the long quicker corners but tends to 'push a lot in all the other corners'.
The new rose jointed links/CroMo RacerX links worked a treat. If you have a circuit car, buy em!
The standard steering rack will have to go. Its too much work. Maybe a Lotus stering rack may work. Anyone looked into this?
The 'coughing' when the car hit 5500rpm, stopping it from getting past that point on almost every occasion could be a few thing with the coils being the first on the list to be secured in to place correctly.
I had a look at the RacerX option which will work but may come up with something else similar. Will also check the TPS and calibrate.
Can someone help with the right plug/temp of plug/gap setting as this could be an issue?
Will also sort out the fuel system in the engine bay incase there is an issue there with temps. This looks like the problem Suruk is experiencing which sounds a lot like what my car was experiencing.
Mirrors are still a pain as it rear vision so also needs to be addressed.
 

Time a update since the Supertruck round last month.
It was great to drive the car again and to drive it 4 days in a row was a blast. There were plenty of ups and downs over the weekend but made new friends, almost managed having the car wiped out in the first race, big loose in qualifying, was quicker than a V8 supercar at the start of one race, only 1.5-2 seconds slower than a number of cars on slicks, quicker than a evo and skyline r33 gtst on slicks, finishing 2nd overall for the weekend. Worth all the effort.
Once I made it home the gearbox has to come out due the selector issue still there. It got worse when I decided to remove the head to fit new cams only to find out the bottom end was damaged and needed a rebuild. Such is life.
So the whole drivetrain is being rebuilt.
Also fitting KW's

More pics!
 
Want to see the gold firewall, funny you do this i was thinking about doing the heat shield (seen a few done) but thought about doing the whole wall! Pics :)
 
What foam did you use in the fuel tank? i assume the factory tank still, as you insulated the coolant pipes. Ok for e85, altho i think you said your not going to run e85 anyways.

Yes more pic's soon. Just about all the firewall and heat sheilds has been done. Time consumming and hope it was worth the effort. In fact, I hope the whole thing was worth all the effort!
Revolution race gear sell the fuel foam. After looking at the original fuel tank I decided to keep it in place and add the foam to the three baffled compartments. The best option would be relocating the filler to the front of the tank  so you have more clean air into the engine bay but maybe another day. 
Your right about not running E85 but it all helps (insulation) with heat sink on longer stints of driving. Its just the fact of 90-110 degrees of coolant in a steel pipe right next to the fuel which doesnt like heat, can do with a little tune.
Cheers

The car is now out of the workshop with start up expected tomorrow.
Here are a few pic's of the water pump, engine bay,new dash, etc.

The water pump has a water control system where a dedicated sensor sends temps to a control unit which manages flow rates to control temps so no thermostat required. This is adjustable to suit what temp you wish to use. The pump can be set up where your programmable ECU manages the temps/water pump instead of the provided control unit.
It also allowed coolant to be sent from the back of the thermostat housing to the turbo then out to the radiator return line without having to use the recycle system. I didnt see the point in super heating coolant in the turbo, then sending it straight back into the head then wonder why intake temps are difficult to manage. It may not be the sole cause but it would be part of the problem.
 
Cheers