At the start of 2022 DK Engineering delivered the Epsilon Euskadi ee1 to Pursuit Racing to start the recommissioning process and bring this amazing Spanish car back to life. When the car arrived at Pursuit it hadn’t turned a wheel since its last competitive event. We stripped the car back to a tub and set about piecing it back together with a range of enhancements.
December 8, 2022
The Epsilon Euskadi ee1’s race début was at the 2008 1000km of Catalunya. Epsilon Euskadi entered only one car: the #20 car driven by Ángel Burgueno and Miguel Ángel de Castro. They finished their home race but only achieved 32nd place, third from last after completing just 167 laps. Epsilon Euskadi only picked up two points in the five-round season. These points came after they finished 11th overall and 7th in class over 133 laps the 2008 1000km of Spa.
At the start of 2022 DK Engineering delivered the Epsilon Euskadi ee1 to Pursuit Racing to start the recommissioning process and bring this amazing Spanish car back to life. When the car arrived at Pursuit it hadn’t turned a wheel since its last competitive event. We stripped the car back to a tub and set about piecing it back together with a range of enhancements:
- We sourced a brand-new Judd GV5 V10 and had the bespoke 6-speed Ricardo gearbox fully rebuilt, giving the running gear and powertrain a completely fresh start
- We made new wiring looms to run the car on more reliable MOTEC and Geartronics, which will also futureproof the car
- The complete suspension system was stripped crack checked and rebuilt
- The paintwork was taken back to raw carbon, keeping the car as light as possible, and then repainted in the period gloss black
Throughout the build we had our challenges, having to make many components from scratch: oil tank, light lenses, side windows, plumbing, wheels, fuel tank, heat exchangers, air filters and more. The benefit of this intricate process being that we now have the drawings, CAD files and period pictures for every element of the car.
In period, the car suffered with massive reliability issues relating to the starter motor. It would overheat and not mesh correctly causing it to fail. It has a complicated drop gear which runs on an intermediate shaft though the gearbox casing then on to the ring gear. To overcome these problems, we incorporated a more current starter motor and developed a stronger and more direct drive system losing one of the intermediate drop gears.
We would like to thank DK Engineering and all our suppliers for being involved in such a special project.
The car is now complete and is the only Epsilon that’s running and ready to race!
To view the finished car and find out more, head to DK Engineering’s website here.
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