Unique Autosports - Project Zed Race Car

New triple brake fluid reservoir set up, front and rear brakes and clutch, booster also removed as the car has in cabin brake master cylinders. A carbon fibre panel has been used to cover the hole
New set up for oil air separator and radiator header tank
We used a GTR water pump pulley, which is larger than the zed item, to slow down the water pump and prevent cavitation at high revs
Here we see the newly fitted roof safety net
Project Zed runs a twin 3 inch exhaust into 4 inch pipe work to 4inch rear muffler with 4 inch tip. Also shown battery isolation switch
Custom carbon fibre console
Currently running an UAS custom wired Apexi Power FC with twin AFM's and knock sensors, with hand controller that not only gives read outs of inlet temp and water temp etc but also logs the readings
Steering wheel quick release, which also spacers steering wheel back to a better position for racing
Here we see the relocation of the interior section of the drivers door back to clear knee and the retrimmed roll cage
Small oil cooler for power steering, mounted passenger side front. Used to stop the fluid overheating which can cause steering to lock up. A problem which has caused John some off track excursions in the past!
Johns Zed in action at a recent Skylines Australia track day at Oran Park in Sydney
New high flow TurboSmart 38mm plumb back blow off valves. Part of the TurboSmart hard pipe kit is used with custom plumb back piping. Elimintated stalling issues caused by previous atmospheric BOV's and improved throttle response. Also runs a little quieter for sneaking up on competition at the track.
Richard mapping front and rear suspension toe and camber changes through wheel travel. This will allow us to better understand how the suspension geometry changes under racing conditions. Richard found areas for improvement in both the front and rear of the car. Now that we have a base line to work from, we can adjust the suspension geometry more acurately - expect to see the UAS 300ZX lapping a lot faster soon!
Corner weighing the car with adjusting and re checking will also improve track times.
Checking run out on rotors with dial guage
Trialling brake kits on our race car at track and checking run out, and any cracks etc after wards.
New 365 Alcon two peice rotors with hard annodised ful floating hats, new hook style slotting, cryogenic treated, Porsche GT3 Cup 6pstion callipers, radial mount, mono block with Zercon Oxide piston covers, Ferodo DS3000 pads.
Greddy over sized billet alloy light weight drive belt pulleys. Slows down water pump to reduce cavitation at high rpm, slows power steering pump down to prevent getting hot and less power drain. Lighter weight to assist in less rotating mass for slight increase in power and less lag.
We are checking the suspension travel, to see how geometry and angles change, through its range of movement. This test showed, the top arm actually wants to rotate, when centre adjusting section is loosened, to let it travel unrestricted through its natural range of moment. It moves in an arc, andnot straight, as we had thought as designed from factory. So we are designing top arms to rotate in the middle as well as roll or pivot each end, whilst staying parallel to stop them wearing out bearings and adding indirect tension through it's range of movement. (click on image for 5MB movie)
Custom made ducting for FMIC which has also been moved back and now gets full forced direct air over the full face of intercooler. The mild steel factory intercooler pipes have been removed allowing a much wider radiator to be used and less bends and much lighter. Also, less heating of pipes as now well away from radiator. Aluminised reflective tape used on alloy intercooler pipes in engine bay also to prevent heat soak into pipes.
Custom Chrome Molly tube brace between radius rod brackets. Also custom modification to front radius rod bracket allowing two optional higher position of radius rod securing bolt.
Custom alloy ducts for brake and power steering cooling.