I would like to ask @Watermelon3878 to read the big, bold rule about cloning trims.
Sadly, your car will not be appearing in the round’s judgement.
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Juice it Up 1 - Car Ratings
( Car 1 of 5 )
After a while of waiting, the four trucks were lined up on the parking lot, each bearing logo of their tuning company, on their beds, hidden under sheets were the four exemplary cars.
It was time to lift the sheets, and pop the hoods.
The first car was breath-taking already by its visuals, the just-enough flaked blue came well together with carbon parts installed on the vehicle.
Under the hood was the original inline four, albeit very tuned.
On Dyno, the curves proved to be a bit early, losing lots of torque when going full-out.
However, the car felt powerful when driven correctly.
(Which was kinda expected with that 78Nm gain)
On the track, the car was 5 seconds faster than the limit, which was good news. The acceleration and shifting felt good as well, however, it proved to have hard time exiting sharp corners due to absolute loss of grip on first gear when going fast.
As of the engine changes, the first notable change were the new Forged pistons, and upon start, the new, much sharper cams were easily notable. The car ran nicely and smoothly - for few minutes.
Until unpleasant sounds started to echo within the engine and the room was soon filled with smoke.
Low-Quality parts have taken their toll on car’s reliability, sadly.
(A little digging also revealed that the car would be very costly to maintain. But after the smoke incident, we decided to not inform the team about this anyway)
Does not pass
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You see, now I have this nightmare vision of my engine doing this…
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I usually get this right… ugh, that’s a shame, I put in a decent effort on that build
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No worries, happens.
Just remember it next time. 
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Well unreliable engines. I will be taking notes. I didn’t want to have high ETs and costs so I tried being reasonable.
I wonder if it was the compression or maybe the rev limiter was too high for the cast parts.
Still learning this game but having fun
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Continuing the discussion from Juice It Up! [ Round 1 ]:
Juice it Up 1 - Car Ratings.
( Car 2 of 5 )
It was time to unveil the second car, hopes were high, as this was done by company specialising on Anhultz cars. as the sheet was slowly lifted, it revealed the car of stunning red color.
Oh how could we not love this, just look at it.
Agressive red color, yellow foglights, and side-exit shotgun exhaust, with all of this sitting on those menacing black-and-red spoke wheels.
It was time to look under hood of this beauty.
What we found underneath was something that we will never forget at this academy.
The engine was similar to what was there in stock, however, now it was straight-piped, and when saying piped, we mean it, the new exhausts were all but small. (And they felt very well made)
The Injection was completely re-done. Instead of single unit, it now had per-cylinder injection and performance intake, Providing the car major boost to power and throtlle response.
The Rev limit was also raised to 8000, which gave the engine a lot of space to to put down its power in.
Whole new forged internals were also on the list, making the engine lighter and more durable.
The Dyno did not disappoint us either, the engine had strong band from 3300 on, perfect for racing this thing, and the gain wasn’t the smallest either, 93Nm, and 97Kw.
But another thing came up to light on the dyno, the car somehow managed to keep very decent fuel economy.
It was time to move the car to the track.
(Though i swear the guys wanted to stay on dyno and listen to the sound).
While the agressive inline four kept revving around the airfield track, the car kept setting a very good time over and over. Nine seconds over the track average (the limit).
And even with the fast acceleration and high amounts of torque, the students did not find it too difficult to handle.
Passes into the final selection.
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first off:
good writeup!
second:
WOOOOOHOOOOO
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I want to apologize for the postpone in submitting the results.
My net has finally been fixed, so i can continue.
Cars will be reviewed until evening of this day (Central Euro Time)
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Juice it Up 1 - Car Ratings.
( Car 3 of 5 )
It was time for the third car, this one looked ready to race before even being started, but the plain blu-ish paint was a bit of turnoff. Hopefully some nice livery would fix that.
Compared to the previous car, the visuals of this one were not that grasping.
The color felt like if it belonged on some cheaper car, not a racecar. However, the number tag up front was a very nice idea, along with some other helpful stickers.
Time for the engine.
The engine, much like the one of the earlier car, was very well tuned, however, the components felt cheaper many times. While this meant lower costs required for building the car, it also meant more troubles about its reliability and upkeep.
As for the power bands, they were ideal for racing.
Yet, of figures themselves, the increase was not so great, still, nice 45Nm and and 85Kw.
On the track, the car was very fast, setting time 8s faster than expected time (1:35), however, during one of the laps, car suddenly started making unpleasant noises.
The crew was expecting explosion like with the first car, but the pisotns and conrods just gave up instead, along with the cheap per-cylinder injection soiling the engine.
That was sad news for the team. The car looked like it could serve well, but in the end, cheap parts caused downfall of this brilliantly tuned car.
Sadly, does not make it into the final selection
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One of three judged has passed so far, I like my odds for a 1v1 face off.
*Suddenly thinks of The Simpsons *
I know your ISP was down, but the suspense is killing me.
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Yeah, sorry about that.
It will not be today, but i had some looks on the cars already. So it will be very quick tommorow.
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No, I get completely it, my (ISP supplied) router just drops out randomly. Quick reboot and it 100% for a few hours/days. Getting it replaced Tuesday. Technical difficulties are what they are, and at the end of the day this is a video game contest for fun. But I’m seeking validation from strangers on the internet 
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Sorry for the long wait.
But hey, here are the cars, the decision will come tommorow.
I also decided to try shorter versions of ratings.
Juice it Up 1- ( Car 4 & 5 )
Green and Mean, with a mean V6 Up front. The wheels were a nice option, causing many instructors to recall their days with Manga. This car was overall a very strong contender, getting into the minimal reliability by a hair. The engine swap was interesting option, and provided the car with new attributes. High speed, lots of torque, slightly increased fuel consumption, and heavier nose.
Likely due to that, it did not excel that much over other cars, setting the time 9s over expected.
A big plus, however, was the low price of the modifications.
The curves were sure well done on the engine, allowing the racers to bring the engine’s full potential on the track.
Passes into the finals
We all surely already heard of “Stopping when the red goes bright”.
But what if the red starts to go candy-like. What then?
Well, the answer is simple, open the hood and hope for good engine.
Yet, we were left disappointed on that. While the engine was particularly well built compared to some others, the tune was not what we would want on a race car, shifty torque with big drops, and only decent power gain compared to other cars.
At the track it did not perform any miracles either, scoring nice 1:28.
This car was sadly to be checked off the list, simply because it did not excel in any of the needed values, while some other cars did.
Does not pass into final decision
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Letter from Keika performance officials
Dear [insert name of Academy owner],
we would like to provide a few arguments to convince you to choose our modified Anhultz engine over the swapped one.
Based on the information we formally recieved through the reviews of the respective vehicles, we became aware of the relatively high purchase price of our package compared to the engine swap. While not advantageous, we did not spare any effort in engineering and adapting well-crafted quality parts to the original engine block to ensure safe and reliable operation in every situation it might encounter. We also discovered natural aspiration to be benifitial to driveability through a more predictable engine response, yet we still decided to keep the turbo installed for two reasons.
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Efficiency: Having the turbocharger installed increases thermal efficiency of the engine and thus reduces running costs through reduced use of fuel.
Paired with the superior reliability, our package certainly will be less expensive in the long run. -
Technology: Engine technology is getting more and more advanced at a quicker and quicker pace. The forced induction allows your academy to have a headstart in progress. While major racing series’ are still using naturally aspirated engines, it is not certain for how long they will stay.
Whichever package you might choose in the end, we (as the team of engineers having worked on this project) would appreciate the use of our package. But even if you decide to use the competitor one, it still was a valuable time of learning and team-building.
P.S: It deffo was more fun than making boring-ass family cars for years 
Best Regards,
Antonio Chase
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Aww, all that to find out I made the power band too narrow. Tried to keep the power down (as in going to the wheels) in the middle gears for the short track circuit. At least my engine didn’t explode. Oh well. Congratulations to Kyuu77 and Elizipeazie, time for the swapped vs modded faceoff.
Do we have times for the five cars (the original post said four trucks, so I assumed four cars, and part 5 was the finals).
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Dear [insert name of Academy owner],
We would like to thank you for taking our submission in to further consideration, and also hope to ensure you this gratitude is sincere.
We would like to inform you that due to 100% engine part commonality with one of our premium production vehicles, we offer full service and inspection at any of our dealerships. We are commited to ensuring our product remains reliable long in to the future with our first foray in to post-production engineering.
With full commitment to the platform, we will continue to strive to finesse every adaptation to ensure future kits offer ever greater reliability to meet our OEM standard.
Yours dutifully,
The KGB Engineering Team
So you are offering warranty on a prototype engine.
Bold move
The kit is a prototype, the engine is exactly as standard from an '04 car.
Dear [insert name of Academy owner],
We at PMC appreciate the trials invitation for the 2007 Anhultz. Your feedback on the vehicles performance has been given to engineering. We at PMC have always prioritized the dependability of our engines and realize the compromises made to attain this resulted in an underwhelming performance. We would like to send you an example of the Anhultz platform fitted with our all new, near production, engine for the MY2008. As this is a production engine, it will carry the full PMC warranty for power train components. Installation of a demo unit will be at no additional charge in exchange for performance feedback to be used in future power train development.
Regards,
PMC public relations
*I am offering the car, but mostly jumping on the reply letter bandwagon.
Is the final just a hot lap thing, or is the criteria being expanded to a CSR style judging?
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