The 2020 Trafikjournalen 24h clunker run (Final results at last.)

[HighOctaneLove]

1994 Camicasi Caspian - Clunker Concept

Demographic Design Challenge #1

So I was bored one day so, after reading this;

@Knugcab

The two trim idea was good in theory but completely pointless and just a lot of extra work for me in the end, because nothing said that the stock trim wasn’t optimized for the race after all. Also, with only a price regulation the starting field contained too many sports cars and pocket rockets. No, I don’t complain about that people did build what the rules allowed for, it was just that in the end it didn’t really look like what it was supposed to be, an endurance race for cheap used cars on their last leg, the starting field would have been much too expensive IRL compared to what it was supposed to be.

I looked at my entrant in that competition and this was the feedback I had for my entry…

@Knugcab

The BOGLIQ was into some minor crashes, had some handling problems and to top that out, it was probably a fair bit too slow too, that lead to a 12th place at 547 laps.

2008 Bogliq Kitten Gi

It was a spiritual replica of a Toyota Yaris 1.3 (?) w/ a 6 speed manual gearbox. I’m not disputing the results BTW, I just want to point out that my NA Yarliq was hosed by all the power builds and was way off the pace; despite it being new, light and reliable! (Knugcab may be able to remember more about my car, lol)

So I decided to modify a car I made for another competition, since it would easily qualify as a clunker race donor in 2020…

The Camicasi Caspian has never looked so good, lol

I tried my best to modify it like I was a backyard enthusiast.

The engine is unchanged except for the adding of a turbo, pod filter, 3" exhaust and cannon muffler. The fuel mixture and timing were optimised to eke out every erg of energy and it has around 7psi of boost.

The gearbox is a 5 speed manual, whereas the competition car was submitted with an automatic, but the car would have been sold as a manual (if it were IRL) so this is still stock. The front rotors were changed from solid to vented discs, easily achieved via the aftermarket, and the brake pad compound was increased from 40 to 70. The rear drums are still present. The wheels were increased from 13" to 15" and are now alloys. The tyre has been widened to 185mm but is still a hard, long-life compound. The springs and dampeners were re-tuned for sportiness and the car was lowered.

No weight was removed via sliders and no settings were changed that, IMO, weren’t viable so the car still has hydraulic steering, five seats and a basic stereo fitted! (Factory fitted, NOT a modded part, lmao)

The results:

• Power increases from 55Kw to 78Kw
• Zero to 100Km/h drops from 15.7 sec to 10.4 sec
• Top speed is unchanged at 190Km/h
• Automation lap time drops from 3:01.88 to 2:43.8

Conclusion

Look everyone! Check out the awesome car I made! I'm especially proud of how much quicker and cooler it is compared to the original car, lol.

I have no really useful input into making the second edition of the clunker run anything other than a min-max festival of speed. My 2c would be to vet each entrant individually, weigh up whether their car qualifies within the structure of the rules, then do a second check assessing whether it clashes with the spirit of the competition. The IRL clunker races usually penalise dodgy entrants with fines (that then get donated to charity) to encourage fairness, but clearly this won’t work for a forum competition, lol.

But I had lots of fun making this modded Caspian and I wanted to share it with everyone since I’m really happy with how it turned out and I want to inspire others to share their creations while we wait for the rules to be finalised, lol