TR Racing Team was founded in Thailand in 1998, and its owned and run by Thomas Raldorf. Thomas started racing at the age of 10 in go-karts and raced karts for 25 years, until he in 2005 switched to racing touring cars & GT cars instead.
Thomas grew up in Denmark, but moved to Thailand at the age of 20, where he then lived and raced for 28 years in both Karts and cars.
While living and racing in Thailand, the team won a total of 12 Thailand National Championships.
In 2022 the team moved to the Philippines and has since then been involved in circuit racing there.
In 2023 focus shifted from regular circuit racing to time attack racing and in June 2023 a new long-term project was started when acquiring a Subaru Impreza STI with a 2-year goal of racing it in the Pro/Am Class at the 2025 World Time Attack Challenge in Sydney Australia.
This channel will generally have onboard racing videos and project build videos.
Thank you, its a G30-900 with a 0.83 A/R.....still H-pattern gearbox but if all parts arrive on time we will test with a G35-1050 with a 0.95 A/R and a 6 speed sequential end of August.
Happy you enjoyed it....sorry we only got so little running.....the car has a lot more in it....but with a coil pack broken it was misfiring so we only really got this firat test lap in today
We dont know as we have not tried it....on the other dyno video we max it out in 5th gear doing 260 km/h but we still have 6th gear left.......with the sequential gears we will have a slightly different ratio......we will never reach maximum speed on the tracks where we are racing........we have geared the car to be able to reach 280 km/h on the circuit in Sydney, but I doubt we will be going over 270 km/h with all the aero the car will be fitted with......We are currently doing 237 km/h at Clark.....we should be increasing that to around 242 - 243 km/h with the flat shift sequential next month.....we are still only at a maximum of 660 WHP, but by the time we race in Sydney next year that car is estimated to have between 1050 and 1100 WHP
We are in the Philippines, and race the car in Time Attack race events here, in preparation for the 2025 World Time Attack Challenge in Australia......I assume that you mean tarmac and not pavement ?......I know that are a lot of Subaru Time Attack Cars around the world and in the US.....just yesterday I saw several Subaru's doing the Pikes Peak Hill Climb race event also......I saw there were 'Subaru STI's in an endurance circuit race in Australia earlier this year, and also last year.....so its quite common with then being raced on tarmac / circuit events.
Sir may i know your schedule dates on when you are going to practice or race at clark international speedway so i could watch you and your car? Big fan here thank you.
We are doing a photo shoot on Tuesday 25th of june and testing the car for a few laps. On 18th and 19th of July we practice during the day and on 20th we race.
Hi sir may i know what time you and your team will be there at clark? Because Me and my family will be traveling from baguio city This tuesday to watch you.
Hopefully, building Subaru engines become more common in the Philippines including the accessibility of parts and devoted tuner/builder for boxer engines.
MEK Automotive have been building Subaru engines for several years and there are many MEK 500 and MEK 500+ engines in use around the Philippines. They also currently hold the record for the most powerfull STI in the Philippines with 857 WHP....but next month with the next upgrades we will beat that and set a new WHP record for an STI in the Philippines
Yes all parts more of less come from overseas, but MEK Automotive is the local Philippine dealer for IAG and for many other products so they arrange for the parts we need in many cases, and when I order other parts from overseas they arrange for them to be shipped here and installed.
Yes, there actually already is.....if you watch the videos called Our Road to WTAC 2025 whichbis a series of Videos following the build of the 2012 GVF from scratch until its finished and is shipped to Australia for further testing and development.....in those videos you will also see hiw we keep developing the power train for the GVF while using it on a 2015 VA. We also plan to have some installation videos of the parts on the GVF as seperate videos. The idea is to be as informative as possible to give info on what we do and how it works so others can review and decide if this is something they want to do or some of it
@@TheTRRacingTeam I absolutely watch this. I also love the idea that you wanted to be as informative as possible so others can get exhaustive information about your build. I hope that this channel grows even more. I wish you good luck with your upcoming tests.
Thank you, we currently only use our youtube channel to share our build and progress. We have a facebook page called TR Racing Team which will be use towards the end of the year and moving forward but for now its not being updated. We will likely start an instegram page early 2025 also. We plan to offer our youtube subscribers a live feed from the car when we test and race starting in Q2 2025
There are many factors that will have a role to play in that. The engine is a fully built IAG 1150 longblock which will be able to boost to 50 PSI and above for a single timed lap and the head studs are 14 mm ARP studs ensuring the head does not lift....the cylinders and fire rings to control hear and boost etc....the conrods are I-beam rids with special bearings and a billet crank.... None of that will stand up to a tune which is lean or a drop in oil pressure or other things unhealthy for the engine. If a driver overrevs the engine or overheats the water or oil and keep going etc..... Basically no matter how much you do to the engine there are many factors that can brake it. On the flipside even if you have a standard engine with a simple tune with no other modifications it can be very reliable if the tune is done as a good safe tune. This will likely piss off some tuners but some a good and others take too much risk to see a high number to make a customer happy.....these engine have a tendency to be more fragile because the tune is not a good tune. My advise would be as follows: 1) If you want anything over 300 WHP consider a built engine with bearings, rods and pistons and an upgraded Intercooler and upgraded radiator with upgraded fans and a fan shroud and use a tuner who knows and trust the engine builder so they can agree together on what the engine is capable of.....far too many times when something goes wrong the tuner blames the engine builder and the engine builder blames the tuner. Also look at yourself. Are you keeping and eye on the gauges with the pressures and temps or are you just winging it. You are even more likely to be the cause of and engine failure than the engine tuner or the engine builder if you dont react when the car have issues.
That is correct there is both a Supra S90 and a Porsche GT2RS which have done 1.41's. Our record is for any type, model and year of a Subaru and 4 door vehicle. Its furthermore the fastest laptime with a standard H-pattern gear shift.
In attempts to try and spread info, please don’t think I’m trying to instruct yall on track set ups with someone else’s RU-vid Video. @Teamoneilrally has a great video on suspension adjustments. Setting up the car for a grippy/slick track or a smooth/rough track going from hardest to change first- to simplest. Track side how to adjust for more or less under/oversteer going from easiest to hardest (unless you like changing springs at the track 😂) Anyway it’s a rally school but a lot of the info I really enjoy and it includes up to 4 way shocks and brake bias adjustments.
Very good point and I therefore had to read both sets of regulations as they differ slightly from each other.....I then contacted CAMS and asked them if they would accept an FIA certificate since car is not built in Australia but shipped in for the WTAC event. They reverted and said if the roll cage has an FIA certificate they would accept it for the WTAC event......Since we later might race in Tsukuba and Pikes Peak I went for an FIA certified roll cage instead of a CAMS cage as the othe places will likely insist on an FIA certificate for it.
Wait until the full video comes out....then the full extend will be more clear as it ended up much bigger but was put out in time for any major issues.
Its a 2015 STI VA with an EJ25 IAG1150 long block with stage 5 heads.....we had some limitations such as clutch and gears so we limited boost and the torque to ensure we had around 520 ft/lb torque max for safety which then gave us the whp numbers possible in that range BUT with a full race clutch in and our sequential we could go about 100 ft/lb more and about 100 whp more with that setup.....we will soon upgrade again and with the correct parts in we are aiming at around 700 ft/lb of torque and 800 to 850 WHP
There are many factors to consider and if you ask 10 people you will likely get 10 different answers.....500 WHP is easy to make reliably......its reliability and driveability thats the issue......FMIC with ducted controlled air with some powerfull SPAL fans in a shroud.....good oil cooling with air ducting for the engine.....stage 2 IAG oil pump.....Competition IAG or Killerbee oil pan incl. Oil pick up....forged internals.....killerbee equal length headers with up pipe and downpipe.....Combined with a good tune.
@TheTRRacingTeam Can't wait to see the new modifications coming From you guys crazy STI you have there. Can't wait to see more! Very much appreciate the information. It's true Reliability is key. Everyone has an opinion, but not always is it the right one lol 😆 You guys are the best Thanks again!
I dont drive it on the street anymore due to a lot of other parts installed by now but when the video was made and with the setup it had it would be no issue on the street
No issues yet, but for reliability we will be upgrading with a dry sump soon as we know it will become an issue....we plan to use the RCM stage 4 drysump kit
Its not yet been installed....It was purchased for my GVF which will be the final race car....the VA is only being used to develop and testing until the GVF is ready.....most parts fit both models BUT the driveshaft for the GVF is 5 cm shorter than the driveshaft fir the VA which we did not know so we were not able to install it yet.
Unless you are referring to the GVF having the Fuelcell installed behind the driver in the passenger seat....the Fuelcell is a safety type FIA appro ed fuelcell which is stored inside an aluminium crash case which is stored inside a cash frame welded to the chassie and between the driver and the fuel cell there will be a seperation referred to as a firewall....so its as safe as it can be made and better protected from fires or impacts than the original one under that car.
