May 6, 2009

First Video - in car of speedo only.

It's not a race video, but we aren't racing anyone.  It's a video I took to show the accel of the new twin-screw SC Intercooler kit.  Exactly as it is below...and it is a PERFECTLY flat stretch of road (closed course of course).   0-60 mph is about 5 seconds (remember this is FWD too...that's fast) and 0-100 is about 10 seconds (similar to a Viper GTS-R).  That means this is a mid-12 sec 1/4 mile car on street tires.

Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2v8AcWZO0k

April 26, 2009

Dyno Testing the new manifold

The first dyno results are in.  Test data below is worth a look.  The 2 pics above show the car on the dyno and the KPro datalog for those who want to see it.

Made 305 whp at 7700.  220 lb*ft torque.  SAE corrected on an 88 deg F day.
Pulls were on a Mustang Dyno in 4th gear.

2002 RSX-S (stock header, DC Sports exhaust, AEM intake).

RedShift SC Intercooler setup running 10 psi at the manifold.

Manifold intake air temp 124 deg F (88 ambient)

April 19, 2009

Initial Testing shows HUGE improvements!

The graph above shows incredible improvements in AIT and accel of the new RedShift Intercooler SC setup.  Using identical weather (55 deg F and clear) 3000-8700 rpm sweeps on the same section of road, the new RedShift Intercooler SC system (using FMIC and KPro on a stock 2002 RSX-S) running 10 psi (14 psi pre-intercooler) outperformed the Comptech setup with their standard Eaton Roots blower running 12 psi by a HUGE margin.  The 3000-8700 pull in 3rd gear took an astounding 2.8 seconds less time with the RedShift Intercooled SC setup.  Also please note the stunning decrease in AIT from 240 F to 83 F.  "Base" in the above chart is the RedShift setup and "Comparo" is the Comptech setup.  This is EXACTLY the same KPro setup on EXACTLY the same car, using EXACTLY the same intake (AEM), header (stock), and exhaust (DC Sports 2.25").  Only the SC setup has changed!  Please note that speed is indicated in KPH and not MPH.  Also noteworthy is tuning has required us to max out 650cc injectors on this setup, A/F is 12.1 at 8700 rpm, timing is a conservative 21 BTDC at 10 psi (don't want to hurt the pistons yet).  Running 8700 rpm and 12.1:1 AF with 650cc injectors at 100% duty indicates crank HP over 400 hp.   HP numbers coming shortly.  Production soon to follow.

Dec 18

We will have testing of our new manifold up very soon.

With some fairly involved repairs to what turned out to be a bad casting, fancy machining, custom fixtures, and so many hours, we are finally ready to test.  Stay tuned!

July 1

RedShift Motorsports has received it's working intercooler supercharger manifold prototype.

We have received our aluminum prototype as a raw casting.  We will be machining the raw casting and then installing it to our RSX test vehicle. 

This prototype was created by Austin Design Group (who also does work for Saleen, Edelbrock, and others) using the lost foam casting process.  The design was carried out in-house using Pro-Engineer, with optimization using Pro-Engineer for strength and Insight for flow analysis.

April 12

RedShift will again fly the Bridgestone flag by running exclusively it's Potenza RE-01R in SCCA Solo2's Street Touring class.  A little spin on the old game is that instead of running STS with Cy Lee's 1989 Honda Civic, we will be running STX instead.  We are changing the car to be full-prep STX, including Quaife LSD, header and cat changes, new brake hardware (lightened), and even a foray into E85 Ethanol, now legal in ST classes.  Look for our first SCCA National race efforts in Georgia May 24-25 and Massachusetts June 7-8.

Feb 23

RedShift Rear Swaybar Support Brackets for 2006+ Honda Civic (all) are AVAILABLE NOW!!  Please contact Excelerate Performance to order yours today.

Nov 27

RedShift Motorsports, Inc. has partnered with HyTech Exhaust, arguably the best performance header/exhaust system company in the world, to develop a line of RedShift Turbo Systems for Honda/Acura vehicles. <more>