Monday, December 28, 2009

Random Thoughts :)

With the New Year coming up on us in a hurry we have been busy at the shop! Yes there is no more racing going on for the most part so spending time at the track has slowed down for a little while until the season opens back up. With the lack of track days however there are plenty of people planning out the new season.  It’s a great time to do rebuilds, maintenance, upgrades or just get a jump on the other drivers so you will be ready when the flag does drop again!
We have Noble motor build-ups going on, some crazy restoration work, just added a new line of our silicone hoses and at the same time the boys in the shop have been busy redesigning the M400 fuel and oil system to allow the Noble’s to scoot around the track quicker without any troubles. From our experience the power upgrades such as our single turbo conversion coupled with improved suspension and topped off with sticky race tires have been testing the limits on both the OE Noble fuel cell and oil pan while on the track. The possibility of oil and fuel starvation has made us re-think the factory setup and create both a dry sump oiling system and a properly designed fuel cell with strategic baffling. We also came up with a fuel surge tank setup that can be added on which is great for our customers who can’t get the whole fuel tank to us for a complete work up. Nothing like overkill to provide a driver a little less to worry about when railing those high G corners!




 Also we just got back from the PRI show (Performance Racing Industry) in Florida. We are trying to keep or track while digesting all the cool new products that are coming to market and thinking up ways to use them or at least just justify a way to pick some up to play with! One device that we had to add to the ever expanding lineup at TurboHoses was the Race Technology line of data loggers ( DL1, DL2, AX22) and display gauges (DASH1, DASH2, DASH3)! If you have ever been interested in setting up some sort of data logger these are the way to go! It is always amazing how fast technology grows to meet the needs of the people who use them and Race Technology is doing just that! Our track orientated customers are going to love these!