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

I did a write up about the dual element I designed for APR a little while back. It is slated to be produced pretty soon. I thought it might be of interest.

case studies | Motorsport Aerodynamic Development
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The prototype of this will be going on my car for physical testing.

This car was finally unveiled check it out! These guys brought me in to do the design on the aerodynamics package.

http://www.worldtimeattack.com/index...gehks-r35-gtr/

the engine is coming together. We are getting the whole car rewired as we speak additional data acquisition and power management goodies!

Hello everyone. As you can see I updated my sponsors for the 2011 campaign that is now under way.

There will be some upcoming announcements as I get all the new goodies from the sponsors onto the car in the next few months. Most notably we added Magnus Motorsports. We had reached the end of the performance of the car because we could not keep oil at the pickup. We had been using...

Here is a sneak peak of the magnus motorsports dry sump kit. These pieces are absolutely beautiful. The pan and the front cover are unbelievably nice. Custom bracket to use a 5 stage barnes pump. I dont think I can go back ever again the dry sump really makes the 4g63 engine. We have so many problems with crankcase and lubrication. This should be a huge step for engine reliability, popping out...

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I posted last. First, I got some messages and I wanted to let people know that I was not in Japan when the quake hit, I had just come back to the US for work. I got word today that my apartment is intact and no serious damages except my bottle of nice scotch. If you can afford to help out please donate something, even $10 for the Red Cross. There are tens...

huge news! We won! Super lap battle final 2010! Back to back champions!!

Set the track record as well! more to come! For now here are some pics of the car




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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,...

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...

checkout the shots from the helicopter at 0:41 and 0:50 freaking awesome!!!!

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/R...-Ra_710123.htm

Man, we were really moving out there we had a strong shot at street overall before the rock went through the timing belt.. ahhh racing

I'm sorry to have to deliver bad news but a foreign object went through the timing belt and the engine has been destroyed. I do not have the money for another engine. I'm sorry but we will not be competing in RTA for the duration of the season at least. I need to find a job.

I am back in the US! We are getting ready for the race at Spring Mountain in Pahrump. I never expected the car to be ready to even shakedown but thanks to Nick Salyer at NSFab working tirelessly for two weeks, we will be there for some shake down, test & tune. We're not expecting to win because we're going easy on everything with the car (unless a miracle happens) but we're going to make a showing...

This document was actually written some months ago but recently modified for public release as we're trying to promote our team for next season we're looking for sponsors and/or cars to drive.

http://www.douro-oni.com/pub/FEC_ECL...ERO_PUBLIC.pdf

hehe some pics you guys might like of the race queens, sorry I dont get much time to take pics at races





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Bandoh Project pit stop, swapping in Orido as the driver
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/B...top_700877.htm

Did I ever post this video? I cant remember? It's onboard from my friend Yossy's RX7 @ Fuji speedway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIIZw-VUWwA

Thank you to David at Angry Panda Fab for putting this document together. It shows the step by step construction of the aero bits: