Time Attack Build Blog :: 1997 Eclipse GST Spyder :: Andrew Brilliant

Hello I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be finishing out the season in IndyCar series with Conquest team! Please root for us, thank you! Sonoma is this weekend!

Please check the drivers Bertrand Baguette and Francesco Dracone will be in for the race.

Here is the team info:
http://www.conquestracing.com/

Car #34 and #36...

Continuing the topic from the last DSM handling tips installment, we talked about some advantages of the split lower control arm setup and how to make the most of it. Next we used a combination of bearings and bushings to create a desirable dynamic effect on the suspension geometry.

First we lay down some simple facts, a drag race suspension setting is not a good road course suspension...

2pm EST is the start of the Grand AM race on SPEED channel. Please root for us, Car #28 LG Motorsports black and yellow corvette. Eric Lux and Kelly Collins driving in GT class. We qualified 3rd! Gotta run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9--JUt5GR4

This is a comedic take into the development for the 2010 FXMD NSX.

My name mention in the video for credits on the aero package. Look forward to big things in the future and my appearance in future videos

As many of you may have noticed, our cars have a split front lower control arm rather than a traditional "double wishbone". Some of you may have wondered why.

There are two big advantages of this system

1) Packaging, there was simply not enough space to fit the engine and a full double wishbone suspension in our cars without widening the whole thing. There is no question...

Hi everyone, I want to keep this blog going and posting tech. I'd like to keep sharing technical details, but I have almost no free time, so I have to rush through writing. With that said, I cant write it all up from square one to explain all the concepts. So if it's alright with all of you, Id like to try giving you food for thought and get you started on your own research to understand it. That...

I got a couple PMs asking whats going on with the car so i thought I'd post up. I've been busy here in Japan with races but I talked again with Mike, the owner of the new sponsor shop, Competition GT in Costa Mesa, CA. Things are moving forward and we’re planning a little rebirth for the car. It is going to be taken off the racing scene and developed to come back hard. We realized with two consecutive...

here are the photos from RTA Round #1 at Buttonwillow




http://gallery.me.com/andrewbrillian...lack&view=grid

check out my post here:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hang...#post152172496

It is possible that production could begin soon if there is enough interest. I know a few of you have PMd me about this in the past so please let me know if you all are in a position to really follow through on it. Hit me up by PM! Thanks!...

Hello everyone.

We came out to Round 1 Buttonwillow of Redline Time Attack. Unfortunately the spare transmission we were using couldn't take the power for more than the practice day and although we were not able to compete in the race our practice session time was 1.8 seconds faster than the Mod-FWD track record!

Had we repeated that time in the race, we would have...

Today I would like to announce some changes in our car sponsors for 2010. It is both with a heavy heart and excitement that I announce the replacement of my long time sponsor and friend, KBR Performance. Karlo at KBR has supported the car from the land speed days when nobody believed in it and has been such a huge part of it’s achievements. I have to express sincere gratitude for those years....

Been a little while since I had time to post but I thought this was really cool.



This is a paint scheme and a tune for Mitsubishi eclipse. This is what the designer said:
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There's going to be 50 free ones and an unlimited amount of ones that are 10,000 CR each, the car's tune will be free,...

Until now I've been keeping secrets, secrets that I'm sure many people will disagree with because it goes against the grain of "common sense", but then again what else about my car would make sense to those people? So I'll leave them to scratch their heads track-side at exactly how in the hell we manage to go as fast as we do with what seemingly should be a handicapped platform. Open wheel cars...

Well, I didnt think it would come down to this but it has. I feel that since coming to DSMTuners I've grown close to this community and I feel like there's a lot of support from this group. I hope that we have given you something to aspire to and faith for the love we all have for these cars. Its really rewarding for us when we get feedback about people who are inspired by the car or learned to...

Hello everyone,

I uploaded some new images to the gallery, if you have free time, please rank them so I know which ones you guys like the best!

Link to gallery:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/bro...mageuser=84613

Thank you!

We got some very cool coverage in Import Tuner for the eclipse. This is the April edition that just came out. Please support the magazine for supporting us and pick it up at the newstand, its a piece of DSM history!

My 2009 season review video: Click Here!!!

This is a must see

sorry the embedded mode ruins the clip so take that link and replace the [dot] with a period and thats the link

hi res downloadable:
http://gallery.me.com/andrewbrilliant1#100829

My friend Boris took some really great photos of the eclipse before it starts getting torn apart. Hope you guys enjoy!

http://borhor.wordpress.com/2009/11/...ubishi-eclipse

These pics will be helping a lot. I'm working out a promo/marketing package for potential sponsors for next season. If anyone has some suggestions or leads for sponsors for the car,...

We won with the eclipse at Super Lap Battle finals!

Detailed writeup next week, video, all coming soon! But the quick version is we blew up a gearbox, Sam and Robert at RRE came through with one for us to use, Karlo and Nick busted ass to get it swapped in over night. We limped at minimum power and an open diff and still won by 3 seconds!

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So knowing that we would have to do some serious street miles for this engine break-in and with how crappy the factory headlights are I commissioned a friend of mine install projectors into the factory casing. I had a huge gripe with most of the projector retrofits on 2g DSMs. I feel like the stock reflector is really good looking and that when people replaced the reflector altogether it never...

A quick update from KBR shop

NSFAB Nick rejoicing haha





The head is basically stock with a nice valve job but trust me we'll still make power

Rich @ TEM Machine worked late every night to get this thing together in time for this weekend...

TEM machine working into the night and trying to get as much of the long block assembled as possible. If we cant get a motor by friday we're scrapping the race. This is cutting it real close guys. Wish us luck. Nick (NSFab) flying in tomorrow morning. KBR is standing by, we just need the motor in our hands and we're rolling.

check it out!



full video link

http://www.douro-oni.com/media/meOnSpeedTV.mp4

wooohoo 1.8 seconds of fame! Just realy rare for an engineer to get TV time you know. Its usually drivers i guess adjusting...

My sponsor and friend KBR Performance Vallejo, CA pulled the engine out of the car last week. They stripped the long block down and my now full sponsor machine shop TEM Performance Napa, CA is on the case.

I was really happy that TEM came through to sponsor us on the labor for the engine because I have NEVER found another machine shop that I trusted at this level I was really paining...

So since my newly found free time with my lost job and my car being down with the blown motor, I have been opened up for some good things!

I'll be arriving at Laguna Seca this Wednesday to work again with LG Motorsports in American Le Mans series. As you may know they qualified second at Petit Le Mans just a week ago so I have big dreams with this one. The Corvette has been reborn...