As we have seen the popularity of time attack racing explode in recent years and with our World Time Attack event giving competitors and their sponsors the opportunity to flaunt their talents on a world stage we have seen vehicles built in unprecedented numbers but there a still quite a few who have been quietly developing the same car and come back year after year with several improvements from the previous year and try to put their name at the top of the scoresheet come Saturday afternoon.
Jason Wright is one of these competitors. He ran the first Superlap event at Oran Park in the Clubsprint class and can be famously seen sliding around the last corner on several of the youtube videos of the era as he struggled to harness the horsepower on street tyres.
In 2010 Jason returned in the Autotech/Process West STi to World Time Attack at Eastern Creek and managed a time of 1.40.10, a time good enough to put him in 5th place outright against some highly fancied opposition.
This was achieved despite the fact that the vehicle was still running in restricted format to comply with the CAMS Super sprint rules for the SVD class that the car normally competes in. The team is currently second in class in this series despite only using a 2 litre engine.
For WTAC 2011 this team has much bigger plans. You see in the background with the help of Sydney based performance tuning shop Autotech, this team have slowly been developing a “weapon” 2.6 litre engine designed from the ground up to push this team onto the podium for 2011.
Without a doubt this team is confident they will now have the horsepower needed to win but the big question will be can they improve their chassis performance sufficient to properly use all the performance of the Autotech 2.6L Time Attack Engine and challenge for the win in Open Class 2011? As the great Barry Sheen would say! Answers on a post card please?
The engine is built and tuned by Autotech Engineering consists of;
Autotech prepared block 2.5L taken to 2.6L
Autotech spec crankshaft to suit 2.6L
Autotech spec rods and pistons to suit 2.6L.
Autotech spec CNC ported heads.
Autotech Spec cams
Imported equal length, 2.5L exhaust manifold – Hi-Octane Ceramic coated.
Custom Autotech single scroll up pipe – Hi-Octane Ceramic coated.
TSR70 turbo modified with inclusion of Inconel single scroll exhaust housing.
Tuned length prototype inlet manifold.
Autotech custom built exhaust system.
CDI ignition and expensive spark plugsJ
Ross Tuff Bond harmonic balancer and accessory drive pulley kit.
Expect to be somewhere near 400kwatw prior to WTAC
Autotech engineering
18-20 George Street,Granville NSW 2142 AustraliaPhone 02 9897 1378 www.autotechengineering.com.au
The Process West Cooling system
All those ponies developed by the Autotech engine create some serious heat and that heat is extremely well controlled by the complete suite of ProcessWest cooling products, including;
ProcessWest Time Attack Series, V-mount radiator and intercooler system.
ProcessWest custom piping kit.
ProcessWest Time Attack Series, mini race alternator install and relocation kit.
ProcessWest, Engine and Transmission coolers.
ProcessWest custom power steering reservoir relocation.
ProcessWest 800hp+ capable fuel system and surge tank.
www.processwest.com.au
Also assisting to keep under bonnet temperatures under control, is liberal usage of Hi-Octane Performance Coatings, including black ceramic on all under bonnet exhaust and turbo piping arrangements
www.performancecoating.com.au
