Update:
After being effectively banned from Land Speed racing, the decision was made to move the car to Time Attack! This plays into Drew's extensive experience crewing and designing for championship teams.
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For Drew, the passion began at a young age. By 10 months, his mother had discovered the way to get him to sleep was to strap him into the car seat and drive around the block a few times. By the age of three, all of known baby pictures include a plastic wrench or pliers in his hands as anything less resulted in crying.
At age six, Drew’s face was glued to the window of his father's 1982 Dodge Colt during a long trip as they traversed the Bonneville Salt Flats. "This is where they go to race, Andrew. They build powerful cars and go as fast as they can until they run out of salt." As a child, Drew’s father worked a lot. Seeing him a couple of times per month wasn't out of the ordinary. But twice a year, they went on the Boy Scout's father-son camping trip. Two whole days in the San Gabriel Mountains, but the camping wasn't what Drew looked forward to the most, it was the 3 hour drive.
Of course, nobody really knew what the future held, where that childhood obsession or the evolution of the Mitsubishi engine from that Dodge Colt would take him. But, here he is today on a quest for a land speed record.
Talking about setting a record sounded so simplistic before: slap the car together, make a boatload of power, take it to the salt, set a record, and go home. It's been two and a half years running a race effort, and four and a half building this car. There are moments of glory and moments of bitter frustration, but to Drew, it's all been worth it. There is no experience quite like 200 miles per hour at Bonneville. There's this peace that you simply cannot understand until you have experienced it, and Drew got a taste of it once, just shy of 209 miles per hour on a motorcycle during the summer of 1998.
Drew was first introduced to Douro Oni through James. James’ school was his neighborhood and James’s friends kept seeing his car around. They finally bumped into each other on SupraForums. Drew was invited out to one of our "old school" Tapioca Express late night highway racing meets and became an instantly addition to the group.. His memory of those halcyon days are permeated by eccentric characters and crazy nights up until all hours. We would race until we ran out of gas and money to buy more. There are those who love cars, people who like to read magazines and punch it for a freeway on-ramp. But then there are those who have lived on Ramen for two years spending every dollar to build their car. Douro Oni is that kind of group and Drew felt at home there, because of the love for motor sports, a passion for knowledge, and a respect for cars of all makes and models. After trying a couple of other groups, he was looking for friends who could appreciate a fast car for what it was and didn't have too much ego wrapped up in whatever car they liked the best or whichever sport they felt was superior. A pursuit of purist knowledge and a love of sport is what Douro Oni represents to him so he felt at home here.
Drew has recently begun moving up the ranks in professional racing, as the promising freshman, we are all glued to see what the future holds for him.
Time Attack Mitsubishi Eclipse "Fastest Street FF car in the US"
2009 Super Lap Battle Limited FF champions.
Redline Time Attack track records:
M-FWD Buttonwillow Raceway, S-FWD Spring Mountain Motorsports Park, S-FWD Willow Springs International Raceway
Driver: Matt Andrews
Aero / Car design/ Data: AMB Aero / Andrew Brilliant
Mechanical / Fabrication: Competition GT
Electrical / ECU Tuning: NS FAB
Tires: NITTO Tires
Machine and Engine: TEM MACHINE
Chassis Setup: ROBISPEC///
- Weight 2880 lbs (1330kg) with full safety equipment, fuel and driver
Power Output: 687whp/660 ft/lb
Footwork/suspension
- Nitto NT01 315/30/18front 285/35/18 rear
- Custom CCW SP16R (SP16A Race version) 18x12 front 18x9.5 rear wheels
- ROBISpec custom valved KW Variant 3 dampers
- ROBISpec alignment and car setup
- Andrew Brilliant custom coaxial spring mount based on Dennis Grant original designs
- Andrew Brilliant custom spring mount design to adapt 2.5" hypercoils
- Suspension Position sensors
- SPC Adustable aluminum control arms
- Custom sway bars
Engine Block
- Magnus Motorsports 2.4 liter long rod stroker
- Engine designed to maximize response and torque. ~3500rpms of turbo lag
- 500ft/lb torque available by 4500rpms and 660ftlb/5000rpms
- more than 640whp from 5000 to 8000rpm red line
- T.E.M. Machine work
Head
- Full port job (T.E.M. Machine)
- Ultra lightweight valve train, custom. More than 1kg weight loss
- Forced Performance Camshafts
- Forced Performance valve springs
Induction
- Forced Performance 3582HTA Turbocharger
- Tubular stainless exhaust manifold Zirconia Oxide coated
- Tial 44mm waste gate
- Custom waste gate dump tube
- Tial blow off valve
- Spearco core based custom intercooler
- Venom drag intake manifold
- Q45 Throttle body
- Q45 TB to Supra TRAC TPS with CNC machined adapter
- Custom CNC throttle body spacer
- Custom 4" intake
- Custom exhaust
- K&N air filter
- 3.5" intercooler piping
Drivetrian
- John Shepherd Transmission maximum strength + REM ISF process
- Quaife Limited Slip differential
- transmission cooling system
- modified shift linkages
- Solid shifter bushings
- Fidanza Flywheel
- ACT 2900 clutch with ceramic disk
Engine Management and Monitoring
- MoTeC M4 Pro/Advanced
- Tuned by Nick Salyer, NSFab and Andrew Brilliant AMB Motorsport Engineering
- MoTeC Traction Control Multiplexer
- Spal PWM RaFan controller (adjusts fan speed to maintain specific coolant temp)
- Custom wiring harness
- MoTeC controlled boost
- Lots of gauges
- Race technology DL-1 - GPS data acquisition system
Fuel Supply/Ignition
- Bosch 1600cc injectors
- Two Bosch 044 pressure pumps
- NSFAB fuel cooler
- NSFab Surge tank
- Denso Toyota Supra pump as a lift pump
- AEM fuel rail bored to 5/8" powder coated
- Aeromotive fuel filters
- Aeromotive A1000-6 fuel pressure regulator and marren pulse damper
- Zeitronix ZT-2 wideband oxygen sensor
Aerodynamics
- Custom Andrew Brilliant designed wide body and Aero Package
Cooling
- Custom Radiator by NSFab/Angry Panda Fab with integrated oil cooler
- Ceramic coated/heat wrapped main water pipe
- -20 AN lines
- modified OEM thermostat
- 6.5 quart oil capacity
- Remote mounted oil filter
- SPAL fans
- -10 AN plumbing
Chassis
- Custom Roll Cage
- Front frame rail lateral reinforcement
Brakes
- Brembo calipers with performance friction floating rotors
- Lancer Evolution 2 piston rear Brembo calipers with powerslot rotors
Miscellaneous
- Electric-hydraulic power steering conversion
- 180 amp alternator
- -10 AN crank case ventilation
Interior
- ultra rare white face '99 turbo gauge cluster
- imported momo cut steering wheel
- custom door panels
- custom dash
- Delrin C6R shift knob from LG Motorsports
- custom center console
- Mach V triple pod in vent
- VEI dual function gauges
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