Racing my Homebuilt Car Against the Fastest Time Attack Cars at CSCS Rd 2 2021 - E55 ASL

[@BadDFWDrivers]

Maybe reach out to Speed Academy? This is their home track and Dave and Pete are pretty knowledgeable of the track. Might be a good video to see lap times dropping as your skill increases. I was able to go 3 seconds faster with just more seat time at my local track.

[@AlteredCarbons]

damn i KNEW that i knew this track from somewhere.

[@tropicalparsoon]

Love to see Dave have a crack at it, I'm sure he'd love it too.

[@alexpapageorgiou5745]

From what i saw on the footage, i have the feeling that you are coasting alot before breaking and also late on the throttle, thats easy 1 second per lap there

[@tablesoup]

That and seems to spend way too much time outside the engines power band - isn't shifting nearly enough.

[@isaactrockman4417]

@@tablesoup he either needs to be a gear lower or a shorter final drive

[@janeblogs324]

Not heal toeing/ automatic not helping

[@loxeyloba5897]

He's always on 3rd gear wtf...

[@jessielivermore1826]

@@loxeyloba5897 thought the same

[@Emangia]

Thank you! Watching my name written over that beast makes me proud! Good job man!!!

[@akshatchauhan4426]

seeing this car fills me with happiness

[@douglasharley2440]

*you finally let the beast out of its cage!* i agree, your car is enough to get you the overall win, you just need more experience/comfort driving it...and better tires probably.

[@randyd9414]

i feel lke b=forbuild should just give you an open checkbook to build his one seater so it can actually be used

[@TM-jt3dd]

B for build is to cheap and cocky for thst

[@fujiwaraemiko7318]

@@TM-jt3dd i am glad that the algorythm stopped recommending me B...

[@nevoyu]

Still my favorite car build on youtube.

[@tazthedevil22]

I bet you haven't seen project Binky then

[@ajjskins]

What ever race team you start or get pulled into I will support. I don’t care who or what type!!!! Keep being freaking awesome man!!!! I have followed this car since you started KZbining it and I’m always blown away at your talent.

[@teaganwindago3132]

@22:25 I must say that it matters not what your time was. Wrap your mind around my thinking. 1) You built a car. 2) You drove the car.3) You critique your own driving and admit every mistake you made! All that my friend DEMANDS respect!!! I don't care if you come in last. You are a true winner in my book and my book doesn't have to many entres. Very well done. Oh and to let you know I am a serious critic. So to read my words makes you a super grand prize winner.

[@TsLeng]

Top level safety attire there...

[@theflyingdutchman22]

Would love to see the car with its panels all on. Been waiting quite a while for an update about that. Must be said that I also like the other projects, but asl (build) got me hooked to your channel. Keep up the great work. Love from Holland

[@TheShowt1ime]

Don't forget, the thermal cameras looking at the tires are only showing 'surface' temperature of the tire. The tire's carcass temperature is what really matters, which you need a probe-type pyrometer to test for (cost about $200-300). That is why the tire temp appears to cool right after braking: it is only the surface temp that has cooled, not the actual carcass. Additional note: you need to be running tire warmers with those P-Zero slicks. The wheel (rim) is robbing heat from the tire carcass until the rim gets hot, resulting in longer times for the carcass to warm up to operating temp. Keep rocking on, love the channel.

[@philspaghet]

I believe S1 sequential makes a sequential shifter kit for the CD009 transmission and I think it would greatly benefit you since you can simplify your electronics and pneumatics a lot! All you'd need is 2 strain gauges on the shifter to tell when you're upshifting and downshifting and you can configure the clutch and rev matching for downshifting! I'm no expert but I hope that helps!

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

Thank you for the LONG awaited video! This car is what I subscribed for, and purchased a T-shirt, too! I have not worn the shirt yet, I want to keep it nice. So glad to hear & see you are ok!

[@Slider68]

Congratulations on the build. I was following it and then lost track for a while. It is awesome to see it essentially complete. That machine is a beast! What do you think about your steering ratio? For a tight, twist track like that one I think I'd prefer a quicker ratio.

[@Conservator.]

0:56 I’m no expert but fixing the front brakes seems like a good 👍 idea to me too. 😜 Great video, Tx!

[@Cloxxki]

It must be the hard tires, as at low speeds the car just looks really sluggish, heavy, agricultural in comparison to the high speed stuff. Awesome project. A lot of time to win with gear shifts for sure.

[@DJustmusicMusic]

Good to see the car out again after such a while and thanks for showing the patrons on the car! Awesome to see my name on such an amazing project :)

[@rmn3d]

Yes!! I was wishing you'd do an f1 style car then you mentioned plans about it and boy was I ecstatic when you did!!! 😃😃

[@mantzini]

probably would be destroyed even from the slowest cars that raced there...

[@ph1lthyvision]

Something that will help you is driving a much later apex. You have a power advantage, so keep your foot over the brake until exiting the corner. If you avoid touching the throttle mid corner, the front end will stop washing out. The car looks amazing!! And soo fast!

[@georgeau2523]

KZbin algorithm does not do this channel justice, I subscribed and still had to search to find this great content, love your work

[@eformance]

Do you have enough droop in the rear suspension? It seems to get upset very easily and I'm wondering if you don't have enough droop and the wheels are not able to cycle through enough travel. Travel sensors and datalogs would be a big help on this car.

[@johnbladen4931]

Thank You XF Motorsport, for sharing the details that you have. I am in the process of building my own project car, and this info has been a massive help to me. Also, you race car is a seriously Cool Project, so Best Wishes to you, for your future racing. Regards JB

[@hydorah]

I think you're going to set a trend for these time attack guys to have spaceframed specials. The way you were reeling them back in under braking is got to have made them take notice! Nicely done!

[@hydorah]

Those 'fenders' will help you keep heat in your fronts, I reckon

[@kannanmavila4093]

Been following your builds and side projects, right from your early "home built car" days. Kudos to you, very inspiring!

[@TorqueTestChannel]

What an update, awesome stuff!

[@ShiroArctic]

Not sure if it's really in the budget or not, but I think this car would really benefit from a sequential. That way, you could simplify the pneumatics on the shifter because it would only need to go forward and backward. Killer build, keep up the good work!

[@TheSoap1946]

What was the puffs of smoke that happ ended occasionally ?

[@Tinmar_Isation]

Oil on the exhaust manifolds...?

[@michaelvadney5803]

Oil breather from the valve covers?

[@philscott7949]

Will you be adding baffles to your oil pan to reduce the slosh?

[@muh1h1]

When is he finally going to throw out that pneumatic system? I think it is never going to work sufficiently, and it does not make sense at all to me. 1) throw a different compressor in there, 120V AC with a hugeass inverter is ridiculous on a racecar. Use a belt driven one (from the engine) or at least find a 12V one. You don't need massive amounds of pressure or flow, maybe you can use one from a air-suspension system. 2) If you want to shift pneumatically, don't actuate the shiftknob, actuate the levers directly on the transmission, that would make much more sense.

[@kasuraga]

don't most of the pneumatic guys run CO2 for their shifting system?

[@jackmagnium6115]

@@kasuraga yes and no. some promod nitrous guys use nitrous in the pneumatic shifted transmissions

[@AmirPomen]

No point of making it work while the gearbox is still stock gear with synchro that require clutch on every gear shift... What he really needs is proper sequential dog-box from hgt or similar manufacturer so shifting is much faster without the need of clutch be it in manual sequential lever shift mode or paddle shift mode... *Its because even if he able to make the actuator to shift fast, there is still delay he need to account for like: 1-clutch in and out time 2-synchro engagement time If he needs to cheap out on non sequential transmission... Atleast get a built internal gears with dog engagement type.. Or straight to full sequential like from hgt which is not that pricey... Then he can juat use mechanical lever to shift sequentially.. or full auto paddle shift using servo motor to operate the sequential shifter drum

[@sachak]

You are an absolute legend! It's great to see you back at it again with the car that made me subscribe to this channel. Looking forward to the finished product and the F1 Build!

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 So happy you get back into the project race car.Have lots of fun 😆

[@BabyRattlesBraddduls]

Seeing you lift the car in that creative way gets you a new subscriber

[@righthoekstra]

More E55 ASL content pls! Love this ultimate car and it made the channel with all his engineering :)

[@PaddyQuiggin]

Great build, as you said there's certainly some driver mods to be made which will increase the speed but that's a much longer, and ultimately more satisfying, process than upgrading the car

[@krishorst4734]

I feel like the car has way more to give! Once you are used to it and have it dialed in nicely it is going to be a beast!

[@randyd9414]

happy to see you have some fun with this thing its waayy to awesome

[@RJTracing]

I'm glad to see you and the car on the track, but there's a lot of wise advice coming from some followers in here. As a Pro-Driver for BMW I can tell you that the biggest gains right now are in your driving technique (I can elaborate via PM). As a season setup driver, your second biggest gains is the on throttle push mid corner, the car goes into a push too easy, needs more mechanical grip on the front axle.

[@sudseh]

congratulations on getting the project finished enough to take it to a track day! cheers!

[@moejasss]

Would you consider swapping to a BMW DCT instead of that complicated pneumatic system?

[@yayayayya4731]

Pirelli's might blow up on you lol Damn, once I wrote this comment you talked about Max's blowout hehe

[@PPekka]

Nice! Only 1sec off of 3rd place and couple of second from the top! You get the first second straight off with new tyres and the other second with seat time 👍👍

[@frankschwartz7405]

Congratulations on a great build and racing results. To those Euro-car pros, he fact that a rookie driver, racing your untested, self-build car and keeping up with them.....must really hurt their feelings. Keep up the great work!

[@LQhristian]

Car looks and performs awesome!! The F1 project looks top notch!! Looking forward to it!

[@WireWeHere]

You may find an industrial din rail set screw style terminal strip to be... wire easier. If anyone is interested heat shrink thermal printers and linear wire markers no longer require surrendering body parts for individuals to own.

[@Emacspirate]

Great series, and I love that you cut the audio when the announcer started talking about masks. I always go to racing events to hear about ongoing medial information personally... /sarcasm off. Great race! Car is running amazing!

[@foxxyytofficial]

Its been a while since i saw this build on the channel again

[@azargelin]

Looks great and sounds great, can't wait till it's finished

[@gjamesrowe]

This project is freaking awesome. I'm wondering if you could go over how you set the car up and if/what changes you make throughout a race weekend. Designing the car is cool, but with so many adjustments and variables interconnected I'm interested how you approach it. If you're struggling so much with low tire temps there are definitely things you can change to get them higher (more compression, toe, etc.) I'd be really interested to see how you weigh those tradeoffs

[@driver46]

Amazing project, glad that you finally got to enjoy it on the track properly. Great video 👍

[@Baribrotzer]

It's like a modernized version of Max Balchowsky's Old Yaller - a homebuilt road-racing "special" with rough-looking bodywork and an unlikely engine. You use a Mercedes/AMG lump because that's an engine you're an expert upon; Max used a Buick "nailhead" because it was a good performer if you knew some tricks, and was dead-reliable. He also really played up a hayseed image: He'd drive Old Yaller to the track, change the tires, race it, change them back, and drive home, and his pit crew was his wife, Ina. But he had a bit more going on than it might initially have seemed - with training in mechanical engineering, he knew how to make a car handle.

[@killroy2993]

Maybe change the ring and pinion? Help stay in the power band coming-out of corners? Engine brake deeper?

[@markhausknecht6061]

Talented AND humble...winning combination!

[@alexeym80ify]

Well done! Glad to see this car in action.

[@time_on_target]

Put radial tires on the trailer and you won't have to worry about blowouts as much. Those flimsy bias ply tires suck. What kind of rack is in the car? What ratio is it? The smoke from the driver side bank, is that from the PCV or catch can?

[@DukeOfCurling]

For me wasn't the tire temperature the problem. In order to achieve probably 2 full secs I would have probably augmented the camber at the front and lower the pressure by 0.2 bar and adjusted also the brake bias maybe a little more in the rear like 60-50 seeing by the lockups you made. Awesome car btw

[@Omeshan]

Really nice to see you, your shop and this project coming together from watching you in your old place release videos every so often. Thought, its a little bit of a "meme" but possibility of implementing rolling antilag for help with turbo spool out slow corners?

[@MisFakapek]

Mate, for bolting floor -> just get get circular plate of couple of inch diameter and weld bolt to it from the other side, that would keep the surface completely flat and it wont shear off easily.

[@williamholmes9129]

Will the enclosed front wheel wings help to retain the tyre temperature mid corner once off the brakes??

[@blipman17]

I was thinking you could really do woth a proper tyre temperature sensor. It could help you dail in tyre pressure and heat when on a new track or with new tyres/tyre pressures. A quick google showed that you can pick up a kit for about thesame price as a set of tyres.

[@testapc9516]

Nice project man! If i was you, i'd focus on making myself faster than building a faster car for now. I'm a fan of your channel and i want to see better content arriving with each notification. ;)

[@waynebullock9717]

Looking at the heat map on the tires, looks like you need a bit more camber?

[@wesleyturner6424]

Good on you mate you've got a blisteringly fast car, just need to drive it to the limit, if i had any advice it would be keep your rpm higher in the corner but keep it smooth otherwise it will become very unstable, this will help you learn got corner exit throttle control ✌ Best of luck, go hard

[@endeavour2127]

Great seeing you enjoying the fruits of your labour!!👍

[@randallmason9687]

Great job on the car! I hope that You get more track time this year!!

[@oeliku3033]

Can I ask how the threats for the vertical screws in the rear wing are hold in place? I work on a somewhat similar project and this way of mounting the wings has always interested me.

[@Platypus_Warrior]

Seems like the gear ratio is long, torque is immense on this engine and it must be hard to not to spin the rear. Lot of time to gain on the braking zones. Lot of potential, the setup seem better for a bigger track and maybe too much down force on the rear. Well done, amazing project.

[@BabyRattlesBraddduls]

Gotta get the gear ratio fixed or downshift when at 3k you’ll gain a little time by itself. And the breaks look like they can handle a little more, easier said then done but you have potential. And your marking a f1 inspired car! Wow that’s insane

[@khawajadotd]

Don't tires warm up faster at pace than they do on a parade lap with constant swerving?

[@janeblogs324]

Of course, you only swerve when the pacecar is in the way

[@FixItRyan]

What was the smoke coming off the engine? I would guess typical M113 valve cover leak, but I’ve seen all the hard work you put into the engine in the older videos

[@nv1493]

Brilliant build, really impressive.

[@pvanb291]

Great to see the car on the track! You probably should be a bit busier on the gear shift though, with the pneumatic system or not. I was in a friends 125cc shifter kart a while back on a short sprint track. 28 gear changes for a 34 second lap, so I think you only had 2 per lap there. Also just wondering how race control lets you compete without gloves?! Especially in an open cockpit. Even racing my Suzuki RM 250 grass kart, we had to have a full race suit, helmet, gloves and neck brace before we even got on the track! Very keen to see the new project come together too! ;)

[@Exodus1337]

You are going to do a homemade F1 car? Holy.. nice! I had this ultra-downforce (non-F1 rules) selfmade car idea in my head for weeks now and it's not going away. I wish I had the time and resources right now to work on it

[@Hamza-or7jm]

How much camber are you running I. The front and back also what angle do you have your wing set to?

[@inmyopinion6836]

Super glad to see you again .

[@p0lyglot]

Is that Euler's equations for fluid dynamics on your friend's arm?

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

*Congratulations, Dude!* 🥇🏆🎆🛸

[@frankalarcon635]

Awesome car with big potential! Watching the footage it seemed like there was a bit of smoke at times perhaps from blow by?

[@mitchy1990s]

seems like all the fumes from the engine are going straight into his face

[@Lindholmer5k]

If you struggle to get heat into the tyres with 11psi, i would try a smaller tyre to build heat and confidence quicker. Would be cool to see the thermals of the back tyres :) do you have any idea of the temps other than redder is hotter?

[@msgofast]

Looking at it you got a lot of understeer? Aero balance?

[@gman3725]

What is the smoke coming out of the drivers side of the motor? Leaky valve cover?

[@janeblogs324]

Lack of catch can?

[@TheMiloking]

Seems it needs some more work... It understeers a lot and when pushed seems to oversteer. Maybe bit more camber at front and, sway bar at rear?

[@zenjamin6262]

So excited to see the 560sec progress !!

[@samharmon5196]

It looked like your tungsten was smoking after you welded your TIG bead. I would suggest setting your gas post flow to maybe 10 seconds to protect your hot tungsten. I had the same issue setting up my machine.

[@samharmon5196]

I forgot to add keep up the good work!

[@tomnovak6649]

Great to see some fresh content. You should think about building a simple simulator and run iRacing to improve your driving.

[@DChrls]

Where is the oil smoke coming from? Is it a leak, breather or exhaust?

[@wdowa94]

What was that smoke in engine bay?

[@tbonelittlet]

what was the smoke coming out during the session following the gt3???

[@brianrichards782]

Great job man sounds so good in the powerband

[@whitehornet90]

What's that blue smoke visible when you are chasing that GT3?

[@juanordonezgalban2278]

What kind of diff did this car have? I have followed it since episode 10 or so but I can't remember!

[@djsonicc]

that thing sounds bruuuuuuuuuuutal!

[@justinscottparry8476]

How come you don't work the gearbox more and why does it smoke on throttle? Great car great vids well done 🏆 and thanks for sharing 👍

[@bobg4654]

Hey man I think what you're doing is really awesome it been a dream of mine forever. Also do you think the air going past the turbo intake is too turbulent and there having trouble getting sucking in air? Seem like by directing "Clean" air at them they would be more efficient. Was it running lean and that was part of the overheating?

[@ebenmeyburgh7684]

How I wish I could build a car to stand next to you on the podium 🤣🤣 (in 1st place obviously 😅) love the videos!

[@wanderingoakwoodworking]

What modeling/analysis software do you use to design the suspension?

[@richardwallinger1683]

in the 70,s i used to race F3 my cold tyre pressures were 12 lb ".. around 21/23 hot .

[@joat9105]

how much rpm are you running 7500? are you planning to raise it anf use dry sump system this season?

[@markscully2342]

looks really 'pushy' like it understeers a lot and like it's worse when you get on the throttle coming out of a corner? It will be easy to drive setup like that but not as fast as it would be if it was a bit more balanced?

[@kubhak]

Dude this car sound amazing and look batmobile style i totaly love it