Adaptronic E420c Standalone

Adaptronic e420c

you can view the details of the product at the adaptronic site.

I first saw this from Initial B of MLPH. Benjamin Go, he put this on a corolla 20v individual throttle body with turbo! The results are amazing. I would love to post the output of the car, but i have'nt asked the permission to do so, to say the least, wrx sti output is on a featherweight class. :)

Benj is the only authorized distributor of Adaptronic in the Philippines. Adaptronic has been making a headway in the Philippines mainly in the Toyota clubs. All of them a happy customer.

This is the first 4g92a SOHC that uses an adaptronic ecu (Philippines). Its relatively cheap compared to other standalone management system. [Operative word: standalone and not piggyback]

some functions i have used:
1. Traction control - i just tried it, but im not sure if it was the right setting, but its not helpful for me. (I only tried it just for the sake of trying it.)
2. Launch control - useful for me. specially on drag or grid
3. data logging - combine it with the datalog of the gps info, it becomes a powerful tool to get your lap times better.
4. AFR tuning - i don't think i need to explain this.
5. Ignition tuning - standard
6. rpm limit setting - tried raising it to 7.2K but i guess its none sense since there's no "pull" past 6K already. This is based on dynobutt! we will be tuning the car through dyno on Feb last week to prepare it for Circuit showdown.

the combinations are limitless it totally depends on how the tuner would be able to capitalize on the auxiliary input and output. (anti lag system is possible even at the entry level adapatronic)

and one more thing, (sound familiar???)
if you have a wideband AFR guage with serial output or 5V output, you can tune your car yourself by setting your own target AFR and let the ecu do the rest!

oh did i also told you that the ecu can control the boost per gear as well?... :)

Rendering at its best!

Here's my take on rendering... Hope you like it. This is my 2'04" line. This was done last december 2011 during the christmas break!.. hehehe....


Suspension:
XYZ coilover (untuned)


Brakes:
Evo 3 brakes front
disc brakes rear

Engine:
4g92a SOHC
T25 turbo
Adapatronic ECU e420c


Unfortunately, that was a shakedown. Things my friend/mechanic/sponsor would have to complete before 2012 Circuit Showdown. (initial B or Benjamin Go of MLPH).

1. Corner weighting
2. turbo maintenance (oil leaking)
3. Replace flwheel
4. dyno tune
5. alignment
6. tires -- need to buy new tires! (now accepting donations! lol)

Benjamin Go is the only authorized distributor of Adaptronics! Not only does he install adaptronic products but also designs custom manifolds for turbo's. He also has his own supply of aftermarket parts.

Exedy clutchs, suspension, brakes, etc... (basically all the aftermarket parts installed on Roxy came from Benj)

Thanks Benj!

I will be giving Adaptronic standalone management unit a review on my next post.

Out with the Red, In with the Blue

From this:To this:


Yep, you are right, ran around the track with the hood half open. lol! where do you think did the theme came from? hmmm...


lol!, not really! hahaha... its pure coincidence that i bought a slide for my son with the same theme. Its really a copy of this:


a friend from MLPH was looking for somebody to be sponsored. Originally, I was not included in the sponsorship. I was a third stringer i would say. It was originally offered to Mark Arce, but Mark can't commit that he will be completing the 2012 circuit showdown season so it was referred to Philip Velasco, Philip was also on the same predicament, only he's selling his race car Black wing.

December of 2011, getting a call from Philip that he just rejected the offer and that he and Ulysses Paredes nominated me as the filler for the last slot was a great christmas gift from them. Thanks to you guys!!! Mark Arce included!

and to share Roxy's decal with Liqui Moly.




Liqui Moly Products really performs on extreme environment, its really worth your money:
I would recommend the following:
1. Engine oil - Toptec 4100 5w-40 - i actually have a leak on my turbo, when i was using a different brand, the oil coming from the turbo was excessive after 5 laps (you could see oil dripping after a session), but when i used the Liqui moly toptec 4100, the oil leak was next to negligible (no dripping of oil).

2. Octane booster - Octane Plus - Helps increase hp and reduces knocking

3. Ceratec - ceramic coating used in WTCC. I noticed that the oil temperature takes a lot longer to heat above 130 degree celsius. My baseline is a synthetic Shell Helix which usually overheats after 10 laps in BRC but with liqui moly ceratec and engine oil, i could push more than 15 laps without overheating the oil, and the one who's overheating was me after the 15th lap. lol!

LIQUI MOLY FTW!

Philippine Endurance Cup

Some links you might want to read up:

From Kotse.com
http://www.kotse.com/home/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=517%3Aanim-na-oras-ng-pilipinas-2011&Itemid=166

From HotBits
http://www.hotbits.org/motorsport-detail.aspx?id=18

From Philippine Star
http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticle.aspx?articleid=757292&publicationsubcategoryid=69

From Remate
http://www.remate.ph/2011/12/anim-na-oras-ng-pilipinas/


Of course all the documentations were pointing to who's the winner and all, but i hope you guys were there on the event itself, to see and feel the spontaneity of the event.

Drama is a word that would be able to sum it up.

Half way through the race, driver change happened. I'm the next one after Mark Arce, I never really thought that there would be any overtaking thats going to happen. Before me there were'nt much of overtaking but things get heated up when we were trying to gain laps from the 2nd placer on FM2. During the whole time, I was on track i was able to pull a lead of 3 laps and yet our pit crew were saying im behind by 2 laps... The manager was wanting me to push another 2 more laps before i pit in and have a driver change...

I kept pushing the car, i was giving feedback from time to time on how much fuel i still have and kept on reminding the pit about the health of my tires. I keep on saying "Tires are busted" over the radio. I really dont have a way to tell how much tire i have when running non stop and full throttle. All I know is that the car is not turning well and there's a certain feeling that the tires are not gripping.

I still kept on pushing already, gained 4 laps and then boom.... i was exiting the chicane and the front left tire burst. I lost 1 front tire and lost electrical power. I had to pullover. I tried checking the battery terminals hoping it just came loose but its not. I checked the fusebox and didn't found any blown fuse. I had to let the PIT now about this, I tried the radio but apparently the frequency has been changed unknowingly and i dont know my teams frequency. i have to walk to the pits and ask for some help.

And all of a sudden all 4 laps gained was lost, everybody thought that its the end of the race for MLPH MSC FM2 team but the team pulled it off. Thanks to Raffy! (Chief Mechanic) we just need to put the power back and have the car limp to the pit for tire replacement.

In short, Raffy was able to find the problem. There was a blown fuse! I have missed it big time.
I was able to limp the car back to the pits for tire change but the car was plagued due to an open wire caused by the blown tire. it kept on bugging the driver after me. It has to be pitted in again and cover the wires. After that the car ran smooth again.

BUT we were already lagging behind by so many laps that we were only on the 3rd position for FM2.

Moral of the story:
Prepare - had it been known the tires capability before the race, we could have approximate the number of laps before it bursts. Simulation was key and most scenarios should be covered.

No procrastination - all things that can be done ahead of time should be done ahead of time.

Objective should be same for the whole team.
Some participate to be part of history. Some are trying to create history.

December 4 "D" Day

December 4 2011 was a special date. There were two special events for me. One is that its my dad's birthday and the other was the Philippine Endurance Cup. Yes, Its my first time to attend such a race, 6 hours non stop race to be specific. I'm one of the 6 drivers for the FM2 bracket but before sharing the details on the event itself, i'll share the preparation first.

Initially MLPh MSC only intend to join the event on one specific bracket - RP Class. The only limiter are the tires and anything and everything can be done on the car. "All out" bracket.

MSC looked for an ex taxi and converted it into a race car by changing the engine from a carburated 1300 cc SOHC 8 valve to an EFI 2000cc DOHC 12 valve engine. (4g13 to 4g63). The engine was the same engine Tammy has. The race car found sponsors for the paint, chassis work, suspension. The engine though was transplanted by the team. Thanks to BA Autoworks, Walter Lights and Sounds, HotBits Suspension, Jywell Autoglass and for all the people who spent their time putting the car together Jun Alavaro, Don Andaya, Lewy Manio, Patrick Sison, Jed Berones, Philip Velasco, those are the people i knew worked with the car. if i forgot somebody, message me and i will update this.

2 weeks before "D" Day, MSC invited all the potential drivers for a qualifying. They chose the drivers based on repeatability. 12 drivers were vying for 6 slots. We used Philip's 2006 Lancer called Black wing as the qualifying car. i drove for 3 laps. 2'18", then 2'16", then 2'15". I was able to clock in the fastest time for Black wing for that day. Unfortunately that was not the objective of the qualifying, so I was not picked for race car. Lewy, Walter, Ivan, Edwin, Chris and Patrick were chosen for the Race class and so, that was the end of qualifying. Jun, me, Don, Mark, Philip, Richard was not cut.

Picture this, black wing raced through BRC all day so as to choose the drivers for the race car. It literally ran for almost 6 hours without any problems. We joked Philip about running black wing on the PEC (Philippine Endurance Cup), and Ipe liked the idea and said "i'll think about it". after 5 minutes of the whole team influencing Ipe, by saying some remarks that all the 6 drivers would give 5K each for BW's preparation for PEC. Finally Ipe agreed. Black Wing will run on PEC FM2 class. (below 160 hp, doors should be intact and with AC)

and that's how all the 12 drivers get to drive for MLPH.

Glimpse of 2011

Started the year projecting to be active in the amateur racing scene again... its only partly true during the initial stages.

First quarter of the year, tried finishing roxy without the stand alone engine management. Instead focused on the suspension and brakes, and trying to remove whats left in the "riceness" of the car.

First trial was on the autocross near festival mall alabang.Result was not impressive.
2'14 on a damn turbo is way too slow. Tammy back then was playing with turbo cars head to head and I'm usually less than a sec or 2 off from the fastest time. This time i believe they are running on 2'5 secs. I'm way way far behind!!! hahaha...

I know my driving was a big contributor but i'm also disappointed with the following:
1. Turbo leaking oil
2. Piggy back tuning for a turbo. (no where near the optimum tune)
3. sliding clutch
4, untuned suspension and alignment

but, i would say its baptism by fire for Roxy. Welcome to my world Roxy!


Next run was on Circuit Showdown Round 1 @ BRC. I was only running on 2'08 mins for the long track. All the issues from earlier still apparent. (lol!)

but we managed to get 2nd place for bracket E (2'08).





1st Place - Mark Arce - MLPh
2nd Place - AJ Lacambra - MLPh
3rd Place - Uly Paredes - MLPh

MLPh FTW!


after that, Roxy had her engine overhauled by Benj Go (initial_B in www.mitsulancerph.net) and installed e420c adaptronic standalone ECU.

There was no picture of the installation but definitely the car ran smoothly.

We initially thought that the sliding clutch was due to uneven surface of the flywheel. But after the built. The clutch was still sliding. so we had to change the clutch to an aftermarket one.

It was not easy finding all the quirks from the car. We also figured that Roxy had a frontal collision not sure on what but the lower cross member was twisted and had the bolts lost its threads, also the front are lower by an inch. Benj also had those corrected. (Thanks again Benj!)


Philippine Endurance Cup - this is the time in which MLPh bought an ex taxi chassis and build it as a race car. Honestly at the onset, I thought i was excluded from the team. I was not included in any of the discussion that came about the project race car.

So there I was not meddling with them on any inputs regarding the race car's progress. I just snooped around on whats the progress. This was a time in which Roxy was being overhauled, I'm busy with work, and did not gave much time on MLPh boards. Until I got Roxy completely rebuilt I did not engaged from any discussion regarding races. (thats my way of avoiding jealousy to other racers).

Anyway, when Roxy's back, was also the time that MLPH had their drivers qualifying. My time was 2'18, 2'16, 2'15. The point of the qualifying was to know who has the highest repeatability. There were 12 drivers qualifiying. If it was about the fastest time, I would be the first. (but it's not! its repeatability.)

but that turned out to be a blessing. Pilip decided to compete in FM2 (160 hp or less) with his car "black Wing" (CS2 chassis, Cedia). therefore I will be driving black wing in the endurance cup.

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I'll try to put a blow by blow account on what happened in the PEC (Philippine Endurance Cup) on one of my next posts.

Roxy on a diet

Last December, when people were preparing for Christmas, I was preparing too...

to remove all the things i dont need for Roxy. :)

1. Sound System
2. Extra USB and cigarette port
3. Turbo Timer
4. Pillar guages
5. Alarm
6. back seat
7. Passenger seat (just to save an orig recaro seat :))
8. Radio
9. Extra non standard bottle holder
10. Daddy tires
11. Spoiler

Review of 2010

It has been a year since my wife gave birth to a strong and intelligent son "Alonso Marcus" - in which by the way he's actually my replica.. take a look




Autocross and Slalom for Kookie Ramirez:
Back then Kookie was trying to fight his cancer and was trying to help Kookie raise some money for the therapy.






and my rusting driving ability showing off... hahaha...



it was just a minor scratch, no effect on the underbody. (lucky!).. and now the timed lap! (tada!!!)



Decommissioning
1. SIR dubbed as "The Last Lap"
Attendance are as usual



Could'nt find any videos from this escapade.. sorry!...
but in a nut shell, there was
night slalom - most of the track were pitch black, and it ended 2 am. :)
wheel to wheel race with your buddies on wet track! I've spun Tammy more than twice! hehehe...
RWYB - Nothing unusual happened. Its race as usual.

2. Tammy

Yep... It's time... I felt its the right time to decommission Tammy from racing. She has been unreliable on track, but on daily drives she doesn't even have any issues. No blown engine yet as we speak... hehehe.. but she will stay within my arms reach... Tammy has a new master (Jimbo, my brother)... see you around Tammy! Thanks for all the good times! I still love you even if i think about the bad situations you've given me.. :))


Tipidracing has a new face - Roxy


Thats it for now... next blog will be about Roxy's steps on how to become race ready.
Meet Roxy before the change:





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Start the 2010 right!

Jan 6, 2010 - baby boy - Alonso Marcus came out to rock our world... Proud father to an almost replica of mine... hehehe...



Jan 27, 2010 3rd MLPH Trackday headed by MotorSport Crew
It was a GEB filled with surprises thanks to our sponsors!


Katinko, Castrol


and the attendance...


and the line... not racing line... but the line to get a taste of SIR track... hehehe


New car, New shoes, New addition to Motorsport Crew!!! - owned by Mark Arce (kiamoy)

and the first revelation of the Black Top Quad Throttle Turbo charged corolla...


I was not able to update the blog much, was putting my time and effort to my wife and marcus... anyways, will try to keep the blog updated. cheers!

New Record! 58.22 sec for a 1300 cc car!

Its an RWYB race weekend again, this time i left without tammy... Tammy's restoration is still a work in progress...



So Almay and I hitched with Philip and KR, drove black wing from QC to Subic, the 4g18's response is nice. its just lacking torque, its probably because its carrying 4 adults with some tools and equipment inside the trunk. Was trying to make a top speed again but all the passengers where ranting not to. (Killjoy!)

We left Manila by 7:30 pm Saturday and arrived at Subic by 10:30ish, Met up with MSC, (Pat, Jun who drove to Subic earlier that day), Prepped Warcar (patrick's 94 Mitsubishi Lancer EL) at BnJ autogarage
We stayed overnight to secure a covered parking, so the intention is to go to SIR 6 in the morning to park the car, and THEY did that. hehehe... Im not a morning person anymore, Ihate waking up in the morning, so while i was asleep, the guys walk around the track...


at around 8 we were already at the track, and the new addition to the crew...
1.KR (c/o Pilip)
2.Mark (fortis)
3.Uly (fortis)
4.PeeGee
5. Carlo

Im looking for a pic in which you guys were all there ( can't find one).

Here's some highlights:

Voter's application?... Nope. RWYB round 4 registration.
Shout out to Patrick Sison who let me drive potpot (94' Mitsubishi Lancer EL 1300 cc).
Bracketing for potpot
F: 1'03" -Benj Go
E: 1'00" -Patrick Sison
D: 58" -AJ Lacambra ( got my qualifying at 58.92 and 58.73)

yes, you are right. Potpot drove 3 classes that day, which means 3 qualifying sessions, 3 runs for heat 1, 3 runs for heat 2. for every run Potpot has a hot lap, 2 timed laps, and a cooldown. count how many times did potpot ran that day... (sigh.. lost count, hehehe...)

of course thanks also to Benj who let us use his ad07 for track day! cheers to you and patrick!

Now, anybody will think its like raping a car that day... which i think what Potpot had felt. during the first heat, Potpot has its carb piston stuck on FULL THROTTLE during my session!... it was scary... entering the sweeping left (turn 2) with full throttle going to chicane! imagine that ;P

I got a hold of the situation using left foot braking.... and while i was doing the braking.. was slamming the accelerator (was thinking the accel cable was stuck not the piston, hoping slamming the accel pedal will release the stuck up, which it did!)

so i came in the pit and let my knight in shining armor, repair it. (its Jun.) I told the guys what i encountered, being a carb engine really not sure what happened... Jun checked the engine and says "its just the carb piston stucked... we just need carb cleaner" --- tadaaaa! its done...


Many thanks to Jun Alavaro! the driver of the year for 2009 RWYB! :D

Come lunchtime, thanks to Xtremely Xpresso for the pizza!

As you can see in the pic the size of their pizza is that big! it almost cover the whole of the hood of Jun's car but its not the only asset the Xtremely Xpresso has on their pizza. Its also yummy! Two whole pizza's were enough to make 16 hungry stomachs go "Burp"... hehehe...

After the siesta...
people were looking for places to sleep! hehehe.. .the food was that good!

before going to heat 2, was able to check how my first heat was..
Heat 1
Timed lap 1 58.30
Timed lap 2 58.29

pretty consistent... and taught of using the same lines still...
Heat 2
Timed lap 1 58.22 --- my new record for a 1300 car with trim
Timed lap 58.28

and now the results:
Its our first timer on 2nd place on bracket G 1'06". KR (the female wearing Toyota shirt)

Fresh from US, Benj Go, who let us use his Neova AD07. 1st Place on Bracket F 1'03".


On bracket E 1'00" on 2nd place PeeGee!(wearing brown) and on 1st place Pilip! (wearing red)


I'm on bracket D 58'22", took 2nd place .

Sir Edwin on bracket B 54'00"


Thank you guys!

4g18 SOHC Top speed

Chester let me drive his car, was really enjoying the sound and styling. it was nice, but it was just an icing on the cake. Was able to drive the cedia to its top speed. It made my day! hehehe...

Cheers!

Done in SLEX going to Alabang from Santa Rosa

Realizations... and Rants.. just bear it... hehehe...

It just struck me, there's ceiling a "tipid racer" will bump into. regardless of the skill he has, a car will move not go beyond its limits, so what a driver can do is always be at the limit of the car to achieve the best possible time

But a daily driven lancer with 120 BHP, r1 coilover, (dead damper) and evo brakes, 15's 195/55/15 neova's will only run 51.XX sec on track. and to achieve it my balls are literally at my neck and that im "in the game". been hitting 53.XX s lately...

I have found that to be able to achieve 4X.XX secs, i would need to strip my car of AC, power steering, trim, and probably fiberglass all removable panels, then purchase intermediate tires.
2nd option is to go turbo and lightening, etc...

but it would defeat "tipidracing's ideal", which is to be competitive yet affordable.

Call it sour graping or whatever, its really injustice to fight with superlightened b16, d16T, b18 Honda's, Subaru's with 200 whp with all the intermediate tires they use. I think time bracketing losses the realization of who has the skills.

people may say, its about being precise on the bracket, but really, please tell me, how can you become faster if you're not aiming for a faster time, and what you are aiming for is just a repeat of what you've done the last time?

its not easy to kickass without burning money in Class A or fastest time... i should have just stayed in Class B on my 1.6 SOHC 90 whp with 54.XX sec lap time and go with the flow about being precise...



"A good driver knows how to take a line, a skilled driver knows what line to take..." -AJ

My 3rd 4g63 Engine... Darn!

After opening Tammy's engine, this is what welcomed us... plus signs of hot spotting on cylinder 3, the piston and head have this rough and almost pimple like of dents on piston. Plus the block itself needs some rebuilding itself. So We ordered another engine for tammy



I grew tired of not having a reliable engine, and what tammy looks, honestly she has so many scratches, dents, dents, etc... can't bear what she looks right now...



so she's in for a paint upgrade... still thinking if i should stay on Anzhal triple 888 or totally change her color. what do you think?

To the moon and back on a trailer truck

So we know that Tammy broke down when im on my way to subic, hence i need to leave him behind going back to Santa Rosa...

I asked favor from Pilip (Child Of Owner of Philem Enterprise Inc. in Subic, hehehe) to park Tammy for a while in their compound, while i look for a tow truck

I was able to source out a tow truck and have Tammy delivered to Las Pinas...

Yellow brick road to SIR (RWYB 3rd round 09)

I stayed up late Saturday evening, was really trying hard to sleep early but unfortunately was able to sleep past 2 in the morning.

I wake up around 6 in the morning, (which is late if we thinking of going to subic and by 7:30 reg starts) still contemplating if i should race or not.. did'nt really think of it much, just drove to subic and tried to catch the registration.

I drove 180 kph from Santa Rosa to Edsa, mellowed a bit and then 180 again once in NLEX, then SCTEX, my engine has a speed limit, once you touch the 180 kph, it cuts the fuel... so i let it like that for the duration of SLEX, NLEX, SCTEX. which has a bad combination of low octane gas on a high comp engine...

I heard a early detonation (knocking) on my engine but didnt actually bothered to lower down the speed, which i think broke my engine. so after that NLEX, SCTEX pedal to the metal when i was approaching around 5 to 7 kms before the Subic toll, i heard knocknig again, this time with sudden loss of power... know i now im in trouble. so I limp my car on 60 kph thru the toll and stopped after the toll, and try to fix tammy, looked on the spark plugs, 2 cylinders are not creating power... oh my, was thinking did i made my head gasket blown again???!!! apparently not yet...

Called up some friends, Jun, Jeff, Pilip, Pat to help out... Guided me to a shop and tried solve the problem, but to no avail. So we came back to SIR to finish the RWYB 3rd round. Phat lent me his car.

Fortunately enough, I won third place for the 1.00 class... hehehe... thanks war car!



anyways its done deal for me for the day but a very very long one for tammy!

RWYB Weekend

Despite the heavy rain and crazy traffic (we were literally on the road for 8 hours!), we went to Subic last July 17 to 18 for the 2nd round of RWYB.

The initial plan was for us to do our DIY's first (reason why we decided to go the night before the race) when we get there and then discuss our sponsorship contracts. However, because we were all tired and the weather wasn't at all cooperating, we just ended up having dinner at Xtremely Xpresso (our newest sponsor, by the way).

L-R from Top: Cye, Patrick, Philip, AJ, Jun, Jeff

We were up as early as 5:30 the next morning for preps and to get the best parking slots. Here's what we found outside Philip's house (where we stayed for the night):

Pearl, White Hawk, and Tammy - drenched!

Imagine how wet the road was at the raceway! Because the track was slippery and visibility was so poor, we were required to do one orientation run before we actually did the timed laps. Bracket times were also deferred 2-3 secs due to the weather conditions (translate: water puddles on the track) so most of the players decided to join Bracket G.

p L i p @ Black Wing

Nano with his box type

phat_tricks' warcar

Me and Tammy

dmott with his pearl

edwin and his 93 turbo

According to the organizers, Sir Kookie and Ms Menchie, this was the worst weather RWYB has ever seen. That didn't stop us though, because the Motorports Crew still managed to bag several podium finishes:

Bracket G: 3rd place - Patrick Sison (phat_tricks)
Bracket F: 2nd place - Philip Velasco (p L i p)
Bracket D: 2nd place - Edwin Rodriguez (edwin)

Unfortunately, White hawk got into an accident...


Get well soon, MLPH MSC supports you.

While Tammy and I ended up having a breakout with 56 low & 57 high sec for Bracket C, which is supposed to be 58+ secs. Darn! I should've stopped for 1 sec a meter or two before the finish line.. lol.

We were all tired at the end of the day but it was all worth it. My take away ----
"Real Racers drive on wet track, posers dont" -- kookie R.


PS
Almay drove back home, I ask her to push tammy a bit. She did make 160 kph along SCTEX, wet condition, too bad wasnt able to document it...