Steve Lintons Supra Race Car Build Blog

Turbo/air filter pipe back on the car with Batmowheel turbo install all complete. While I was out mapping the car it picked up a misfire so in went a set of Superspark coil packs and the problem dissapeared instantly.

We had the cars geometry redone today at Wheels In Motion and the Superpro offset bushes I had made worked a treat. We’ve now got an easy 3 deg negative camber on the front and 4 deg of caster with plenty more camber if needed. So for anyone running slicks this is a really cheap […]

The custom made Superpro bushes arrived this week as well. These are for the front lower arms and as you can see from the pictures they use an offset sleeve which should allow us to get more camber and castor which is essential to get the slick tyres working correctly.

And we’ve gone for a new windmill to. We thought we would try out one of the new Bullseye Power S366 Batmowheel billet T4 0.91 divided turbo. I’ve been hearing great things about these turbos from Bullseye themselves and from the other side of the pond plus the results that Lee Batemans got with S362 […]

And we found the problem with the spongy brake pedal. The caliper piston seals were melted! They’ve done pretty well though as the calipers haven’t had a rebuild since new and they’ve had about 6 years of track abuse. While we were at it we thought it would be a good idea to upgrade the […]

Steve didn’t quite like the Cobra Sebring Pro’s so we fitted a pair of Cobra Evolution Pro seats instead, pics below. These are much nicer fit, lower down and not as wide either.

DEi T4 titanium turbo blanket installed, lovely bit of kit these are.

Ryan and I took the car to TDi’s fantastic dyno last week, unfortunately we had a problem with fuel pressure on the day (which ended up being the fuel filter) so couldn’t turn the boost up to go for a nice figure. Still made 560bhp at the hubs so about 650bhp approx.This car isn’t about […]

After the 1st session at Silverstone last weekend we noticed a dirty big crack in one of the rear brake discs, a new pair was duely fitted.

Cobra seats arrived towards the end of last week and we set about getting them mounted in the car, these are fixed in place to save some more weight. New catch tank fitted neatly into the corner. Heatshield made and fitted to protect the brake and clutch master cylinders from heat.

We fitted an Accusump to Steves car in preparation for running slicks which will hopefully insure there isn’t any oil starvation in the twisty bits. It fitted under the inlet manifold just about, perfect fit. Lets hope it works, should do, Touring Car teams use them.

We test fitted the Rota Boost alloys today, look better than I thought they would in white, unfortunately it was the only colour they had in stock. Also test fitted the Michelin slick tyres, these are straight off a Porsche Cup car.

I think this could be a first for a Supra. Our very own side exit exhaust, there are a few reasons why we’ve done it: 1. Move the weight within the wheelbase of the car for better weight distribution. 2. Leaves a nice clean underside for a future rear diffuser 3. To be different, which […]

2 sets of Rota Boost 9×18 and 10×18 wheels landed yesterday, thanks to Rota wheels for giving us such a good deal on them. I’ll get some pics up when they are fitted on the car.

[singlepic id=75 w=320 h=240 float=none] The car has been fitted with one of Garage Whifbitz’s proven twin wastegate manifolds to further improve spool up over our single wastegate version. This time we will be using 2 Turbosmart Compgate 40mm wastegates, these are the new smaller version and as you can see from the pics below they are […]

With the season drawing to a close, the team made there way back to Snetterton race circuit. With a slim opportunity to clinch the title from his main competitor, Steve Linton was looking to capitlaise on the the long straights the course had to offer. Previous outings had proven the Supra a front runner through […]

Paul took my car back to TDI after fitting the new cams… This is his report : “We had Steve’s car on the TDi Rotortest dyno yesterday, it made an extra 29bhp at the hubs with the Whifbitz 280 9.9mm lift cams replacing the HKS 280 cams, thats around 33bhp at the flywheel approx. So […]

Paul took my car down to TDI today for a dyno run so he could do a pre/post test of his new cams. Heres what he had to say… “I took Steves car down to TDI today to use there Rotortest which is very impressive and highly recommended.

The fourth and penultimate round of Time Attack saw the team setting out on a number of firsts. It was our first visit to the infamous Cadwell Park, something in itself quite daunting given it’s affectionate nickname of ‘mini Nurburgring’, but even more challenging was the prospect of joining the elite in the Club Pro […]

Unlike the previous rounds, the team chose not to do a trackday the day before Brands Hatch as this is our local circuit, and the one on the calendar we are most familiar with having done lots of testing and trackdays in the past. Paul Whiffin’s car had to undergo quite substantial surgery following the […]

Another part we changed this year was the exhaust manifold. The car was previously running an HKS twin scroll manifold so we decided to prove what Garage Whifbitz’s new twin scroll version can do and you can see from the dyno sheets below its pretty conclusive. Remember all we changed here was the manifold and wastegate.

Paul thought it was about time we showed some pics of the car with its new Ridox kit on, seeing as we didn’t have time to take any before the first round at Oulton Park…. This is a before : [singlepic id=69 w=320 h=240 float=none]

The second round of Time Attack saw the team making their annual pilgrimage to Knockhill in Scotland. By far the most remote and distant circuit on the calendar, Knockhill really needs to be seen to be appreciated. The circuit itself is set in the picturesque hills of Fife, and is around 10 miles North of […]