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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/08/22 16:14:42
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Powercruise sounds good. We have one at Eastern Creek but a lot of cars and not much track time. I'm sure your car will raise some heads at your Powercruise.
Its a nice amount of power you are looking for. Should be pretty handy. Look forward to seeing it sometime.
Maybe you could fit a undertray to the trackdub? Will help with times.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/09/02 13:55:27
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hi there,
great read and great car :)
did you have a chance to fit your flares yet?
Ive just bought a set of carbon zg flares, and just hoping for some tips before getting the grinder out.
found a good how to guide online but its not for an aw11,
any advice would be grateful,
Cheers
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/09/02 15:20:03
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Unfortunately my time with the car lately has roughly been as long as it takes to wash the tree leaves off with the garden hose. I'm hoping to have a bit of a DIY guide on this in the next month or two.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/09/16 11:44:26
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A wild turbo appears 
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/24 23:56:53
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/25 10:03:29
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Certainly looks like Knightrous house! Turbo looks pretty good.
Have you thought of relocating the battery to the front? Seems like a lot of heat next to a volatile battery.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/25 14:52:11
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I've considered a shift of the battery to the front, but I'm not a fan of having to run 6ft of wire to the front and extra weight of running sufficient sized cable to prevent voltage drop during cranking. My plan is next year to shift the ECU and fuse boxes into the cabin and mount them on the firewall and I will then shift the battery into the cabin as well and mount it behind the passenger seat in a race box. This way I get most of the advantages of shifting the battery but can keep the short 0 gauge wires I already run.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/25 15:37:32
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So much has been done to this car yet I've done nothing to mine LOL
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 00:12:09
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 If Knightrous has the House of AW11 in Australia then the picture must be of the Palace of AW11 in the UK. It would be great just to wander through the place.
Tralfaz 1989 AW11 SC G-Limited; all original and staying that way. PLUS SW20 G-Limited BEAMS So much choice, so little time.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 15:51:07
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I'm not sure about leaving it for that long. The weight and cranking would be a minimal loss but after seeing what was left of the plastic in my engine bay after running a high mount turbo, there is no way I would leave the battery that close to the turbo. Very risky move.
There is a VW battery which is located under the passenger seat. It looks like a low, flat unit which would fit under the passenger seat of your car. More than likely a dry cell battery. Could be a good option.
Are you taking this car to MTC or the NA?
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 18:57:39
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Battery Relocation - One Mans Opinion.
There are two reasons for battery relocation in a competition vehicle.
a) Weight distribution. In an MR2 moving the battery forward (but still behind the front "axle" line) is a good thing.
b) Safety - or more specifically Safety Switch. aka Master Switch/Battery Switch/"Turn that off before it Blows"_Switch
If you're intending to fit said switch, you're going to be running hi-current cables from somewhere accessible to a harnessed driver, so why not mount the battery in the front, run the cable from there to the drivers position, then back to the engine?
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 19:25:06
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B24
I'm not sure about leaving it for that long. The weight and cranking would be a minimal loss but after seeing what was left of the plastic in my engine bay after running a high mount turbo, there is no way I would leave the battery that close to the turbo. Very risky move.
There is a VW battery which is located under the passenger seat. It looks like a low, flat unit which would fit under the passenger seat of your car. More than likely a dry cell battery. Could be a good option.
Are you taking this car to MTC or the NA?
I'm not turboing the car, that photo was purely taken as a gag to say that I had turbo'd it over the weekend after people saw I was buying a couple of turbos for my AW11 (They are actually going on the V6). dennis the menace
Battery Relocation - One Mans Opinion.
There are two reasons for battery relocation in a competition vehicle.
a) Weight distribution. In an MR2 moving the battery forward (but still behind the front "axle" line) is a good thing.
b) Safety - or more specifically Safety Switch. aka Master Switch/Battery Switch/"Turn that off before it Blows"_Switch
If you're intending to fit said switch, you're going to be running hi-current cables from somewhere accessible to a harnessed driver, so why not mount the battery in the front, run the cable from there to the drivers position, then back to the engine?
I can still fit a power switch beside the passenger seat (against the tunnel and firewall) within reach of my harnessed driving position with the battery mounted in the cabin. This only requires me to use a 36" power lead from battery to starter instead of the current 24" one I'm using. This is at least half the amount of requires for even the shortest front mounted battery setup.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 20:13:34
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True - my perspective is for rally spec, and I need to be able to fit an external "actuation point" at the base of the drivers A-pillar. I guess I'm stuck with the extra weight . . .
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/26 21:39:06
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dennis the menace
True - my perspective is for rally spec, and I need to be able to fit an external "actuation point" at the base of the drivers A-pillar. I guess I'm stuck with the extra weight . . .
You can still do that, you just run a pull release cable (Like a boot or bonnet cable) that turns the power off. I saw this setup on a few cars at WTAC.
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RE: Knightrous' MZW11 & AW11
2013/10/27 09:29:07
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Yeah, that will be the plan anyway. Other issue is not quite enough room behind passengers seat for a sealed battery box, once it's back far enough to allow entry with a roll cage leg running down the A-pillar . . . unless I go for one of the specialist battery's, in which case the wallet opening isn't big enough :-)
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