Rally Car Hoooooo!!

Hello All,

 

Yesterday we put a big chapter in our conquest of the motorsport world.  We bought our first rally car.

 

Gus B and I will be racing this car for the rest of the season in Rally America and NASA rally events here in Colorado and one race in Arizona.  If we do well we make think to go to California for some races during the winter. 

I will be Co-driving for a while and Big Gus B will be behind the wheel.  So keep and eye on rally standings soon.

 

No on to pics!!

Nice ass

Front Shot

The first guts in a long time I dont want to hit.

 

The car is an 1991 Audi Quattro.  It is a naturally aspirated 5 cylinder.  We wont be setting any records in this car but it is a great car to learn on until next year.

 

Thanks for looking and support your local rally habit.

 

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

E-85

Is the shit.  I just converted to it about 2 days ago and it made a huge difference.  For those of you readers that have it in your area you need to go and convert.  I was able to add about 5 degrees of timing extra and I can still keep going!!

 

I am going to get a boost controller and turn the boost up as my stock solenoid is just not having it.  At 15 psi I would guess I gained about 30-40 hp.  So for those of you that can switch I really highly suggest it.  If you need any advice or guidance please feel free to ask.

 

Thanks for reading,

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

Big Boost Tuning

Hi,

My name is Mitch and I tune cars.  I think that I am an addict.

 

Not but for reals I have been tuning a good amount and have kind of fallen off of writing blogs.  This past weekend I have been working on a customers car that goes by the name of Veevik (?) I dont know how to spell his name so if I slaughtered it I apologize.

 

Anyways this car was bad.  18×9.5 time attack CE28N’s, C-west front, INGS +1 kit on the rest.  So it looked good but it also have a lot of go parts.

 

This car was built by Buscur Racing (www.buschurracing.com)  and it turned out great.  2.3l motor, built head, 272 BR cams etc etc.

 

This car was tuned using the AEM EMS and it went good.  Low boost on straight 91 was 26psi and with the alcohol turned on we set it at 33psi.  The turbo was an HTA GT35R and it built boost very very quick.  We had 26psi by around 4700rpm and 33psi at around 5000rpm!!!!  Now you also have to remember that we are a mile above sea level so this is fantastic spool time.  Most of the time at lower boost we dont see full boost until around 5500rpm so if you dont like it eat a dick.

 

boostin son!!

 

Now onto more.  On these bigger turbo cars I really am starting to like running more boost in them with less timing.  They are a lot more fun and make some kick ass power.  33psi with just alcohol is pretty big but with a built 2.3l and a big breathing system I really think there is no reason not to.  There is not much backpressure in the system so heat comes down and allows us to run more boost with less detonation.  Really fun stuff. 

 

Now I am not saying for anyone to just do this as the car needs to be built and set up right to do it but when it is set up right it is a lot of fun.

 

Thanks for reading!!

Thanks for Reading

 

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

Hello….

Hello All,

I have been tuning so keep those pants on.  I tuned an Evo 9 last week and I have a Buschur built Evo to tune this week so it should make good power. I will get some pics and keep my loyal blog readers posted.

 

Some big news here for me and Jon.  In the next month or so we will have a real office to conduct all of this out of.  This may not seem like a lot to most people but we built this company from a dream into a real thing so it is a big deal for us.  We have officially been in business for 1.5 years and we are getting bigger by the day.  So eat a dick if you are hating.

 

For those of you that want an update here it goes:

I ( Mitch M) am a student now for Mechanical Engineering and am trying t find a place to live in Denver.   I have been doing a lot of rallying and me and a friend have decided to build a car for this years Rally America and some other events including next years pikes peak hill climb. ( With some help from some sponsors and Salta lol)

 

Jon is in the Bahamas doing the dream job and enjoying life.  He will be back one day soon and it will again be full force for VE.  We have missed Jon but who can blame a guy for wanting to work in paradise for a little while.

 

Hope all is well with everyone and we will update soon.

 

Mitch Mckee

Jon H- AKA baby tasting-aka Baby Hating-Aka Fetus Tester#403

www.veengineering.com

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Pikes Peak Hill Climbing

Hello People,

This week I have been in Colorado Springs working on the some cars for the Pikes Peak Hill climb.  Pikes Peak for the unknowing is probably the biggest Hill Climb in the world.  It is also very dangerous.  It starts at 9,000 ft and ends at 14,100ft.  So it is very crucial to get a solid tune on the car and it makes it a little different to tune a car for this race.  With such a rapid change in barometric pressure getting a tune 100% really requires a lot of tweaking to make it really solid.

 

We took two cars up there and I went with Salta Performance.  Salta is a shop here in Denver that builds rally cars, and they can build one hell of a rally car.  These guys really know there shit.  I know that when I decide to build a rally car these guys will have not only a hand in it, but maybe a foot and some other parts in it.

 

Dave and his wife Allison won the Time Attack class and set a new time attack record.  Congrats to them as I know they will only get faster.

 

Anyways on to some pictures. 

 

 

Also you will see in the pictures the famous Suzuki Escudo.   It is called the XL7 or something like this but it is still the Escudo.  This is one of the baddest cars I have ever seen in my life, and that is saying a lot cause I have seen a lot.  This car is so fucking fast it is stupid.  Power is somewhere in the 1000hp-1300hp range is what I am told.  Really an amazing car.  The antilag hit me in the chest and it took the breath right out of me.  Bad ass is an understatement.

 

On one last note while we were there on Race Day the Connellys got in a bad accident when they went off and split a tree.  They both broke there backs but I hear are doing ok.  My prayers go to them and hope they recover safely.

 

That is all enjoy the pics.

 

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Hello All,

I am working on a car for the pikes peak hill climb this next weekend.  I will be in the springs for the week and it is a grueling schedule.  3am we are on the mountain and we are done by 10am everyday. 

 

Anyway keep an eye out when I get a little downtime I will post up some pics and such of this weeks chronicle.

 

Thanks,

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

Colorado is the Shit.

Hello All,

Yesterday me and my business partner Jon aka Pigeon Hold them Hoes aka Johnny Two Toes aka Ginger Snap you in half went on a little trip.  We were supposed to go to Denver to tune a rally car for the pikes peak hill climb ( I will save this for another post) but due to time constraints they could not get the car done in time so we had some time to kill.  We made a stop in Boulder and went to a CD store called Barts.  Barts is the shit as it has just about any underground hip hop CD I would ever need and for those that know me well know I am obsessed with hip hop.  I picked up a thes one CD ( People under the stairs) for 5 dollars!!  Rock on!!

After that we then went ate at a little hot dog place that is famous in Colorado for also being the shit.  Mustards last stand is in Denver and the one in Boulder.  If you ever come to Colorado look them up they are awesome.

 

it was a super nice day yesterday and took some shots while we were driving around in the WRX.

 

 

The first picture is my favorite.  When we got to Denver and then decided to turn around and come back we saw these guys on I-25.  These guys had to weigh 300 lbs each and both of them were on this one motorcycle.  It was something out of Broke Back Mountain meets midlife crisis.  Who knows but it was funny none the less.

 

Thanks for reading.  Stay tuned for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb car and info.  VE Engineering is doing track support for one of the teams this year and it is going to be a blast.

 

Thanks,

Mitch Mckee

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

Aquamist Install

Hello All,

I went over to a friends house and tuned a car and also got a sneak peak at a water injection install that was done by my friend Pat.  Pat has been building high performance cars for years and he really knows his shit.  He builds race motors on the side for people, so if anyone needs a motor he is the guy to go to.

 

Anyways on to some pics.  Kit looked good the filler is ingenious.

Really came out great.  I will be tuning the car tomorrow and I will post up with the dyno sheet as soon as I have it.

 

Thanks for looking,

Mitch Mckee

Mexico City Round #2

Hello All,

Well as some of you may or may not know yours truely was just in Mexico City tuning.  This is the second time I have been there and I must say that I love the city very much.  I heard a lot of bad things before I went and I really dont believe a word anybody says.  Granted there probably is lots of violence but that is to be expected in the second largest city in the world.

 

Now on to the good stuff.  I got a new camera and tested it out hard so I have lots of pics.  Some I will explain and some I dont have to.  Enjoy.

 

This event happened at the F1 track in the middle of Mexico City.  Really a cool track and it is a fast track.  Back straights we were touching around 140mph so no joke stuff that is for sure.

There are a lot of pictures and there were some nasty cars there.  Our car was really starting to come together and then on turn 1 of out second hot lap out the transfer case broke and send me and the driver whriling out into the grass.  Luckily neither of us was hurt.  Had it happened the night before when we were doing 130mph through the streets of Mexico City at 3am I think I would be dead or close to it.  I guess someone out there doesn’t want ol’ Mitch B to die this early in the game.  Thanks to whoever that is.

 

That is all I got for now.  Please feel free to comment.

 

Mitch Bone

VE Engineering

www.veengineering.com

 

New Setup in the Works

Hello All,

For the past week or so I have been in negotiations with a company that goes by the name of full race.  The discussion is concerning a new turbo for the VE WRX.  Now I want to put this out there so that everyone remembers and hears me loud.  I HATE I HATE the VF34 with a front mount at this elevation.  I would never suggest this to someone unless I wanted to date there girlfriend.

The bigger part of this whole upgrade has to do with just on word I just mentioned.  Altitude.  As some of you know I am now in Colorado where the elevation is around 5500ft and up where I am typing this I am at 9,000ft.  No joke shit here.  Air density is non exsistent and being an engineering student I want to see the overall benefits ( if any) of running a giant turbo at this altitude.  I think I will also couple it with E-85 and we will really see what it will do.

As some may or may not know a 4 cylinder engine really only produces and exhaust pulse to get the turbine moving every 180 degrees of crank rotation.  So mix that on a big turbo and this elevation this should be a recipe for disaster.  But with the twin scroll setup I should get a considerable increase in spool time, and mix that with the E-85 and those engine pulses become potent as the ethanol contains a lot more exhaust energy when ignited, so a lot more power sooner.

 

So please stay tuned.  The kit should be ready to go by the end of this month and as always I will post all data that I find. 

Mitch B

VE Engineering

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