Homebuilt Race Car vs Actual Race Cars! - E55 ASL at CSCS Round 5 2021

[@chiefdenis]

The fact that you built this whole thing from scratch alone is mad impressive, big up man

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Congratulations mate. It is good to see the car starting to perform closer to its real abilities. Looking forward to seeing what sort of times it can do with the extra power next time.

[@xfmotorsports]

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing the Alferrari coming together as well

[@StanleyKubick1]

yay, I love that you follow XFM

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

@@xfmotorsports Me too :D

[@abdelrahmanelsharif6226]

Both of you guys are awesome!!!

[@lordshadow7134]

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[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Congrats on your 14.3 sec lap! And a 5th overall. Wow. Thrilling to see this creation on the track beating tuned 911 GT3 RS's, GTS and Lambos. What I love about this channel is superior engineering followed by track time. And a local Ontario resident. Keep up the great content.

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

Congrats man! incredible to see

[@GhostOfDamned]

Sup deboss

[@knobcaller3277]

5th place is amazing man! The fact that you're beating m3's, gt3's etc is a major accomplishment. Well done!! Loving the progress and the content!

[@knobcaller3277]

@Ez Pz okay keyboard warrior, how many race cars have you built in your garage that are capable of beating a world class super car?

[@Michie1391]

@@knobcaller3277 going by the fact he takes mirror selfies, im guessing none lol

[@rx1laser]

Congratulations! on your Race Car E55 ASL doing so well, I have been watching since you started the project, well done. Looking forward to more Videos of you at the track with it and the F1 Project! Keep it going and thanks for sharing! Len Rulason Queen Creek, Arizona

[@lewie]

A guy with that accent complimenting your driving is the ultimate achievement

[@johnkilo3]

Congrats on the 1:14! I love the E55 ASL and I can't wait to see it in it's final, finished form. Thank you for taking the time to share all this stuff with us.

[@blipman17]

XF Motorsports - E55 ASL on the sheet right there at place 5 inbetween all kinds of cool cars. And it's a one-of-a-kind scratch build racecar! That must be the best feeling ever that you can compete with a lot of carbuilders like that and actually best a lot of em!

[@noelshuckhart7256]

Your car and your driving have gotten really well sorted, congratulations! I hope my project turns out even 1/2 as good and I’ll be happy.

[@TorqueTestChannel]

The only thing I dont like about your videos is that they end. Could binge these for days but I've watched every one of em already!

[@altink8823]

My brother you truly are the Enzo of our era. Im extremely happy to be watching your progress and very happy for much deserved success 👍🏻

[@TheSupergunman3000]

This is a seriously underrated channel. Great work man

[@tonypith811]

wow.. I remember seeing this car when you first started welding the chassis together. So awesome to see it running!

[@StephenJohnson-jb7xe]

Considering how little time you have actually spent on the track getting a chance to iron out the bugs you have made amazing progress with the car. I think also as you get more time driving it and getting used to its quirks you will drive it faster too.

[@ikocheratcr]

Congrats, your emotion is super! And the best part is that this is your DIY car. Very nice.

[@robertmoore119]

Hello from America XF Motorsports! I enjoy seeing the progress with your self made racing platform. I also think it's cool that a platform like the Honda Civic can still keep up at that level of competition. Your concepts for the completed bodywork on the ASL also look cool, they will definitely help the looks of the vehicle. Hopefully the performance too. Good Luck!

[@kafilahmad4887]

Performance of the car, and your mad skills as an engineer and driver, lifted my mood. 👏

[@JakobusVdL]

This is the first video of yours I've seen. Great work, it is fantastic that you have created such a monster car, and are having so much fun taking it to the track. Enjoy the project, thanks for sharing

[@ihm96]

Are you guys ever going to properly finish the E55 manual swap or just leave it with hacked up programming that barely works?

[@QueensGTO_Viper]

This car is awesome - I love following this build since the beginning. The only thing I can think would make this car better is an all motor setup with a single cam. You can probably get the same power out of an LS7, save weight and center the weight more (i.e. - single cam in the center of the engine instead of overhead cams). Prob also good for long term reliability too, but in no way is this a criticism of this car. The E55 TT drivetrain is sick and you've built a truly impressive car! Can't wait for next video!

[@lozl]

This such great viewing. I have enormous respect for you making such a competitive race car. All the videos are really enjoyable. It's so refreshing to see someone so capable yet so unassuming achieve such amazing things. Keep up the outstanding work

[@KayJblue]

I couldn’t imagine crashing that lol. Such an awe-inspiring project.

[@perwestermark8920]

Might it have been clutch fluid on the floor of the car and not oil from - since you noted the oil level looked good?

[@xfmotorsports]

Yeh, possibly a bit of both

[@yashswimehta2286]

I've been watching this built right from the starting and now watching this going on track makes it all worth it

[@andersonruysam7315]

Man, that was insane!! And that was running with low power and the track is really bad compared to other ones... lol.... Congrats!!! Looking forward to the next iterations!! :) Btw, you got my car in the shop already?? Lol...

[@dury10]

Congrats!👏 I have been watching your videos before your even start this monster project and looking now how far it evolved hat off to you! And thanks for all the knowledge shared with us! 🙏

[@warmup1705]

The engine sound of this car is music to my ears, one of the best sounding in that competition imo. Congratulations on your 1"14 time!

[@THESLlCK]

they way you effortlessly passed the competition in the intro is golden

[@robertmoore119]

Just stopping by after concentrating on viewing other content. Very good progress from XF Motorsports. The E55 ASL appears to be doing very well on track with a few tuning issues and mishaps. Probably just another day at the office for what appears to be a young race team, considering the new F1 car concept. I also watched a slightly older video XF posted where you show your custom pistons. I was thinking, as I am interested in also engineering some of my own components using CAD/CAM. The programs appear to have pre determined values for many of the calculations that must be done for these components. You made a point in bringing up simulated piston weight vs actual weight. Considering the density was incorrect for the weight, I was not sure if the density value was going to affect the expansion of the material, though it seems it would. I am not a mechanical engineer, but I have an extensive background in the brand you specialize in. Not relevant to the statement that I have been teaching myself how to use FreeCAD. I have not gotten to the point that I need to use either pre provided, or downloaded values that are a part of Autodesk that I presume you use. Unfortunately If I am correct, it should mean that your clearances for piston crown are not correct. Whether that means they are too tight or too loose us up for you to determine. That is research that I have yet to perform. Though that type of information will be important for my knowledge later.

[@dakotafire24]

Can you turn up the sound of your voice overs for future videos, the engine noise is much louder so im constantly having to increase and decrease the volume. Also, car looks awesome, I feel like you could pick up some time by picking up the throttle earlier but increasing the amount slower to not get wheel spin. The car seems to want to oversteer into corners which is probably the fastest entry behavior but it doesnt seem to plant and drive out of the corner but might be hard to tell since the pitch and roll looks pretty small. You just seem to be fighting it and waiting on it in the mid corner and exit

[@xfmotorsports]

Yes. The suspension wasn't setup for these tires yet. Will make a few changes before heading out next time!

[@benistingray6097]

I`ve commented multiple times already and said something with the suspension is off. The car bounces around and hes fighting it all the time. There is no mechanical grip, a car this light with such wide and sticky tyres should have much much more mechanical grip.

[@freezee7547]

That's one hell of the modified m113k ASL ever! Respect 🫡

[@blanchae]

I really enjoy your coverage of the events and your car. Keeping it honest. Good luck with the future projects, I will be following for sure.

[@TheGoldsSkullsClan]

Sent here by Adriel 🤩

[@pvanb291]

I've loved seeing this car come together , so its great to see it on the track! Having done some racing myself, I was a bit concerned that you only had gloves on the first session and also concerned the track marshalls let you compete without them!

[@spinmoto180]

Absolutely Awesome! Love the Car! Love your DriveTrain!!! THE Only Way This Car Could be better is Mid-Engine, Baby-Zonda!!!

[@BrianCrofoot]

I love that you keep pushing this M113 platform! Keep up the great work! Patiently awaiting my CD00A swap kit!

[@aracerslife2699]

great run! as for the allignment stuff, buy yourself a set of toe plates and a digital camber caster guage. Longacre makes some good stuff. Its not an allignment rack but being a racer myself, the ability to quickly check those things at the track are great.

[@djsonicc]

Congratulations! That thing is insane. You should probably start looking into improving that cage/roll bar design. Right now you don't really have much protection in case a another car ends up on top of you. Second, if you're not using HANS/HNR or similar neck restraint, you should - I couldn't see anchor points on the helmet.

[@muhammadhabibie6620]

In 15:04 , was it intentional to start from 2nd gear or it was a mistake? But on my bike (its really smol engine and power, 124cc honda with probably 10-ish hp 😂 ) it was intentional because the stock 1st gear ratio with stock final gear and stuff were sooo high that its really faster when launch the bike straight from 2nd hahahah but Its need a little bit of "half-clutch" from dead stop to get higher rpm so the engine won't stalled and then full clutch release once the bike is moving. Is it the same on your car?

[@hebe1792]

Very cool. Can’t wait to see the xf1. You may want to start looking for tire sponsors.

[@bishamsingh4023]

I really enjoyed this video. The pneumatic shifter is amazing.

[@StanleyKubick1]

considering that you really haven't had extensive opportunities to get some seat time in the car, 5th is incredibly well done. I'd just remind you have a line planned for each corner, depending on where you're entering from and what traffic around you is like, and sticking to it. But you'll figure out how to be a sick race car driver, just like you figured out how to be a sick race car builder.

[@uberpaht]

I might be completely wrong, but it sounds like you're coasting before a lot of the corners? And also the car always seems to be one gear to high? Might be way off though.

[@jimcrackery8321]

Will you increase the volume on the voice overs? I'm having to turn the volume up to hear then the engine noise comes back on and blasts me. lol I just found your channel and I'm completely hooked. I love the 'no nonsense' style. Your intelligence and abilities are truly amazing!

[@class_shift]

subscribed!! learnt a lot about cars and it was really fun to watch!

[@jackets64]

Love the channel man. I also have an interesting suggestion for your XF1 project. If you would like a very different sounding exhaust, look up either 180 crossover headers and check out the 5.3 LS powered E36 or check out 8 to 1 headers. I’m interested to hear what it would sound like on the Mercedes V8 because of it’s unique kind of really beefy sound. Edit: Just realized those header setups might be hard to implement with a twin turbo setup.

[@reginaldmorton2162]

What aftermarket ecu will be used for m275 mercedes v12? Will the stock coil packs be substituted ? Will the firing order be seqencial?

[@hectorherbert6585]

great track tool..for sure a more rigid thought out front wing will add better front down force..

[@slfrules1]

Freaking amazing project! Nit picky and low priority af, but won't the charge coolers hurt for air flow so close to wheel wake? At the same time I really can't see a better spot for them. A V-mount would be awfully crowded in the front nose

[@TheHoosierDrifter]

any noticeable pressure or heat differences due to the alignment being off?

[@gavinmcclenaghan7787]

Congratulations! Amazing so far and more to come.

[@Yasin5791-d7u]

Hey why don’t you give the e55 asl abs, traction control and active suspension like the fw15c and freevalve.

[@robertfontaine3650]

Congratulations. Next time you will have more car and be a better driver. Very exciting and looking forward to your next run. Such an exciting project.

[@WireWeHere]

Has anyone tried an air pump to pull a partial vacuum in the crankcase and send the volume teed to the valve covers? It can help the oil return from pooling under the valve covers. The airflow trick worked great in a strange industrial application but we had planned it from the engine build stage so it was easy to visualize what would happen, probably hopefully, and make changes to the oil return paths. I suppose it was little more than a reverse direction PCV system.

[@jordanhanash]

I think it would be a good idea to replace the shifter assembly with a rotary actuator. Could save a bunch of room, weight and maybe improve the response .

[@wheelus928]

Great video! Can't wait to see you race it with the extra power. Should be a real handful.

[@bernardwarr4187]

Really great video and an honest account of a race day, it’s very difficult and hard work. I wonder if your times would be better with a automatic. Not sure the auto changer is doing you any favours? Well done mate

[@ericmasson7462]

wow! what an incredible result. At same power level, I think you can do low 1:12 with higher RPM (in the power band + peak torque) as you enter a curve, so that you can explode at the apex (assuming traction). I am impress dude

[@AmirPomen]

U really should stop pushing the synchromesh gear set and go for proper dogbox so u wont need clutch during any gear shifting at all.. apart from moving from stand still and coming to a stop... That way u can keep your automated h pattern system... Or contact hgt gearbox for full proper sequential gearbox (and use your own automated shifting mechanism again) The m4 and 911 were faster on the straights not only because of the power.. also because of how fast their gearshift is even in stock factory setting

[@Tims13ful]

Springs seem a bit firm, Shock settings and roll bars look ok. Softer spring rates probably worth at least a second on that track.

[@olivier883]

I think it's time to put professional driver in that thing - I will tell you: 1. how quick it is 2. What is missing in it (proper set up, further development points ?) 3. Setting a benchmark for you to aspire.

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

I'm really happy for you, I was smiling as you got out of the car

[@ScottRods]

Really great video, and well done on your lap time and 5th place! I need to come down to Cayuga and see this thing up close.

[@Mototardpaul]

Awesome man glad to see the car coming together !

[@stefan0ro]

Does it feel like the shifting action is a bit slow or am I imagining things?

[@GeoffInfield]

Congrats!! Impressive as hell, especially being down on power :)

[@SuperBackhere]

There is a lot of things to say but i'm gonna say one thing: That engine sound is unbelieveable.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 your first thought should be warm tire's ,and you drive like vesttapen total commitment.

[@42Hertzer]

This definitely is worth more views!!

[@bilaltariq7819]

How much ackermann are you running on this track? Please can you make more videos on the suspension design? I would love to see the data you're recording and how it influences the suspension choices, maybe you can do an evaluation video on how the car is performing compared to pre design expectations? From the video is looks like its sliding a little bit but I don't know, itd be great to get your thoughts

[@MrAndrius12]

So awesome to see a creation finally doing what it was designed to do :D I genuinely would be interested in more engineering videos

[@vicsstang89]

Pink mark your bolts so you can just look and see if there a problem. This should help you tremendously when at the track and not having much time between runs.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

getting gloves?

[@endeavour2127]

Great video!! Looking forward to seeing the car on track with 700whp!!! What's happening to the red Mercedes SL??

[@martinbeaumier7172]

Are you going to make more videos?

[@firas0awar]

Why you don’t consider using the bmw dct transmission faster and precise

[@sharrukhahmed]

8:38 music?

[@faafo2]

Awesome project! You need panic-handles for the passenger though 😅

[@themanthelegend7048]

So I know on motorcycles and probably cars but when they do shifting like this, up shift they don't use the the clutch and the kill ignition. Down shifting needs a clutch. Since you program all this, have you considered doing something like this? It would increase you up shifts dramatically. Not down shift, it would be the same.

[@zamrirahim]

I saw you still have the R class, any video on that car yet?

[@bendoherty7721]

Do you have a compressor on board for the pheumatics or a reservoir tank?

[@jonnoMoto]

Looks like there is a compressor right at the bank with a blue tank just ahead of it.

[@bendoherty7721]

@@jonnoMoto I’m thinking about turning my rear spoiler into an air brake and not sure weather to have a separate hydraulic line connected to the brake pedal or a sensor wired in to a 12dc system and have it on air. My car is already overweight

[@funkmastertraf]

Great car, congratulations ! Quick question, why are you doing all that complicated gearshift mecanism with compressor and stuff when you could just get a BMW DCT for exemple and run it with a standalone TCU ? You might even gain weight.

[@OM-jt9nk]

Even though you said you didn't have any plans to actually make these into production. I will still order one in the coming years ;)

[@jrstudio07]

I don't see anti-roll bars?

[@jcpatrick4824]

👍 *EXTRAORDINARY* video Thank you!🕊️🙏🙏

[@nicolasortiz2555]

Would you ever play with the om648

[@Goxilla]

How long have u been building the car?

[@sinkorswim-westernaustralia]

That engine noise 😍

[@InsertCleverUsername]

What's up with that 2002? Is it yours or a customer car? What's the plan for it?

[@shaunybonny688]

Living the dream 🙌🏻🔥👊🏻

[@hydorah]

It's all coming together! With more power... My goodness what a weapon you've created. Damn that M4 was annoying me. Can you fab up some cannons maybe?

[@MrRobertFarr]

Ah perfect for my Suspension , Steering ... boring titles playlist . This should spark the interest of the Dave Farr UK racing team competing next in June at Dijon apparently !

[@pingoMan1498]

Nice car, very nice event, but I don't understand the reason of the automated manual?! It shifts slower than normal shifting! Congrats on the build though! Really cool! :)

[@kalikiller1771]

How much did this build cost?

[@mhd786jna3]

Really cant wait for XF1

[@tmsburrows]

Well Done! amazing to see what can be done!!

[@shanelablache8824]

can t wait for the F1 project

[@azmkhanofficial6091]

bro you made us [proud. india, bangladesh where ever you from , i pray for you,.

[@hebrews11vs5]

That looks like so much fun. How do you think the quality of the experience differs between racing your own creation versus a car you bought?