Adrifto
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Sunday, June 26, 2022 12:10 AM
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Hey all, Long time no see. Hope everyone has been well and enjoying their MR2s to the fullest.I have not much to report on the banana car. Have been to 3 trackdays since I last posted and just yesterday got my PB down to a 1:11.6 at Wakefield Park. That was a 1.5s drop for the day and was a huge achievement for me. I made to sure to get roughly the same lap time at least 3 or 4 times to make sure it wasn't a fluke ;) The car is set up exactly how it was when my PB was 1:16.1, so its super rewarding to look back on the time I've dropped through seat time and refining my driving. On that note, I have a few small mods coming up but nothing huge will change for the time being, at least until I hit a wall for lap times and get the itch for something more in the way of brakes or tyres. I'll leave you with some recent pictures, hope whoever is out there still reading forum posts enjoys them!
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Monday, June 27, 2022 5:57 AM
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Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.
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Adrifto
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Monday, June 27, 2022 12:57 AM
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Fast Eddie
Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for the kind words! Sounds good, keep me in the loop :)
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:09 AM
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Fast Eddie
Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.
Hey Eddie, If the date worked for me, I'd be in for spectating / passenger laps if allowed. 
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:39 AM
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My beast is still broken though I could be tempted to bring the Trueno to teach the MR2s a lesson on handling and RPM 😎😜
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Thursday, July 14, 2022 7:57 AM
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Shaz
Fast Eddie
Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.
Hey Eddie,
If the date worked for me, I'd be in for spectating / passenger laps if allowed.
Hi Shaz That wouldn't be a problem at all, once I have a better idea on numbers and dates ill let you know.
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Adrifto
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Friday, July 15, 2022 1:39 AM
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Doesn't look like anyone will be organising anything at Wakefield Park any time soon. Terrible news yesterday 
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Adrifto
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Re: Adrifto's 1990 Gen3 Banana
Friday, September 23, 2022 12:36 AM
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Another small update, with a couple of changes to the car as well! Following the disappointing news of Wakefield Park being restricted to 4 operating days a month, I was overjoyed when I got the chance to book a Trackschool day for the 21st of August. As the date neared however, it became clear that this would be the last Trackschool and public track day for the foreseeable future, as the track was set to close its doors from the 1st of September. It is truly a shame to see this happen. I have my fingers crossed that they will be able to work out a solution, and I hope that we can all get back there very soon. As some of you may have seen, I took down an old camcorder to capture the final trackday in a unique way, I have included a link below to my Instagram post where you can view it. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmBY1ElIEb/?hl=en About a month earlier I had also attended Aus Time Attack 2022. It was great to take any opportunity to be out at Wakefield, as well as see some of these incredible builds up close. With no booked track day, I took the down time to make some changes I had been sitting on for a while. I had purchased a catted downpipe from Brooks Racing Development in the UK earlier this year, but had a few things to tick off before installing it. The BRD pipe is handmade by Lou and he prides himself on focusing on the wastegate housing, as many cheap downpipes often restrict the wastegate from opening fully, leading to boost creep and over boosting. Lou was trialing his new welded heat shielding on this item, which he is now including on all his downpipes.
 Even with the heat shielding, and retaining the stock heatshield, I knew that a stainless pipe would be producing a lot more heat under the engine lid, and so I decided to go a step further and have it ceramic coated. I got it done at Hi-Octane Performance Coating in Rydalmere. Marcus' pricing was very reasonable, and I think it is money well spent to keep engine bay temps in check, and avoid frying the air-con compressor that is right next to it.  I couldn't stay away from the track for long however, as just last Thursday I was entered into the most recent round of the NSW Interclub super sprints. This round was at SMSP South Circuit, which has been on my bucket list for a while as it is not run for the public as often as the GP layout, and it looked like a perfect tight circuit to throw the MR2 around on. As this round was run by NSW WRX Club, I was the only MR2, and only MR layout car there, but it was a very fun night indeed. 
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