Will do. Any idea roughly how much he charges? I'm gonna need 30 odd of them in stock. Mainly to replace those already handed out that seem liable to peeling off!
Will do. Any idea roughly how much he charges? I'm gonna need 30 odd of them in stock. Mainly to replace those already handed out that seem liable to peeling off!
All wets now on the car, much more trailer and storage friendly than the slicks. Cheers again to Ray at Prep tech for the paint
...and a suprisingly almost orange-free pic
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there's a little bit on the sill dave lol...
you really shouldn't nick wheels from rally cars dave! you might get in trouble!!
but painting them black is a good way of disguising them i s'pose!
Anyway, its a good point about not having to change the ride height! but wouldn't you have to soften the car for the wet?
The wheels look much better in that pick dave.
Have you got a speedo fitted to yours?
speedo? why? its a race car! no time to look at one of those
Dave will have plenty of time as he's only a novice!!
No offence Dave!
Hey David heres one im sure you already know hopefully oneday i will get to see your beautiful car run
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Done a fair bit of work this week, not on the car, but to the same ends.
The garage was seriously messy and dusty so I completely emptied it and spent a few days this week coating all the walls with a few layers of mongolia emulsion.
The result is that its a hell of a lot brighter and tidier out there and there's lots more space for working on the car.
Got the last coat on today so even gave the racecar a good wash being as its been sunny for a change
Just need to repaint the floor next time the car's out for a bit.
Should be a few updates on the car now over the next couple of weeks...
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Where's my logos?!
I have some more now if you want some replacements.
JB
Nice Car!
You have PM
That looks awesome.
When will be it's first race?
good to see you're getting there Dave...
Any more progress???
Whe have been so busy making sure my one is up to scratch that we havent had time. Poeople think that me and Dave are in the motor trade and work on cars for a living. This could not be further from the truth. There will be a massive push on this over the closed season as Dave has now collected a lot of parts to finnish.
He will be out next year
A few little bits of progress over the last week or so, for starters Mr Pipe has made a bespoke ecu/engine loom which will be finished once we've purchased some shiny new plugs to go to the injectors, sensors etc..
I'll get some pics of it up once its finished but I must say its looking brilliant, even if I have seen smaller looms in Boing 747's
I've repositioned, well positioned for the first time, the coil pack which may look like its in a rather odd place stuck up on the plenum but trust me the bonnet clears, it has a bit of airflow up there and I didn't want to tuck it right out of sight as I want all the components of the car easily accessible (sp) for the last minute paddock frenzies
I also made a bracket up for the 3bar map sensor using the same logic so as to keep the engine bay fairly neat
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I also got the airfilters mocked into place on the car today.
The samcos go through existing holes in the front panel and join up with some nice 63mm ducting pipe that I got from rally design.
I'm well pleased with this setup as I've not had to cut big holes in the inner wings, which may sound a bit odd being as how modified the car is, but the logic is that if I do ever fit a different type of engine I've not got large redundant holes everywhere round the engine bay, especially if its N/A (only if I could get an LS on throttle bodies )
The filters will get air from the outer headlight apertures (no more tinted light covers ) and I've got them so they line up perfectly. Luckily the filters are the perfect size and virtually the same width as the headlight hole so all I have to do now is make up some brackets to replace the temporary tie wraps and some dirt shields to stop rubber and crap flying up there from the tyres
Just to check the front end cleared ok I stuck me phone in there with the flash on to see. Looks well clear to me
Last edited by david_white; 02-10-2007 at 21:14.
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its looking mentalcant wait to see this following Al and Andy round the racetrack
Nice work Dave
tommy 2000
Cheers Tom, hopefully it will keep up with the others, on the straights at least
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Looks like its getting there dave..
Loving the Elephant Trunks
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i do like this lots, should be bloody fantastic when its up and running
more updates and pics please popcorn:
looks great
Cheers guys, I have got a few more pieces of the puzzle now so a bit more work will get done this week provided the six, twelve hour days I'm doing aren't too heavy.
What fittings and pipe do you guys use for the turbo oil returns? I keep forgetting to check the fittings on the sump when I go round there
Also do the turbos oil feed lines have to have filters in line (like burtons sell for Yb's) or can I just make them from aeroquip as we did with the brake lines?
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i would only ever recomend using a filter in the turbo oil feed, loads of turbos have crapped out simply due to containinates from and engine rebuild whilst the engine itself has been just fine.
as far as the oil return goes, i'd bolt a YB return pipe to the turbo which can easily be bent/cut/rewelded if needed, once you get beyond the turbo it doesnt really matter what the return is made from a decent bit of rubber hose such as oil cooler pipe will do, just make sure the return is at least 10mm bore and returns to the sump or block as high as possible, strickly speaking the return is supposed to return the oil to the sump above the level of the oil in it, but mine doesnt and it hasnt given me any problems, incidently the oil return to my sump is actually a cut yb turbo drain pipe
because my sump is fairly thin alloy i just bolted the pipe to it, using some nice big washers on the inside lock nuts and some JB weld as a just incase sealant/ adhesive, that sunp has been used with 3 different turbo configerations so i have moved the return at some point hense the extra holes and nut/bolt sticking through the sump
Last edited by Graham; 07-10-2007 at 19:04.
Thanks for the quick reply Graham, my returns look like this with a proper boss tigged onto each side of the sump and push on type fittings.
Where do I buy/pinch those drain fittings for the turbos?
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Thanks for the quick reply Graham, my returns look like this with a proper boss tigged onto each side of the sump and push on type fittings.
as for where to get them ............ebay?
i've bought several via ebay for pennys,
another time i paid £10 for brand new BDT one which came from GGR
Last edited by Graham; 07-10-2007 at 20:32.
David,
Have been admiring your car to the point that I am building similar type nosepiece to my car for next season (Zakspeed style MK1 Opentracker). Could you describe the attachment system you use - I see four pins on the horizontal surface of the hood, is there anything else, on sides for example? You dont seem to have hinges so anytime you need to open the bonnet at least 2 persons are required, right?
Thanks,
Avo
Thanks Avo, the whole front end uses four bonnet pins and it also slots over a large disc on each side behind the front wheels. The weight is also supported across the front by the splitter/undertray that goes back to the crossmember, although this isn't fitted at the moment to give more access to the engine.
Oh and yes it is a 2 man job to lift it off, I was thinking of cutting the nosecone into a separate piece that stays on the car (quick release) allowing the rest to hinge up like a normal bonnet but for now it's staying as it is I think to save time
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OK I see the disc on some pictures. Separate undertray seems like a good idea. But I think I need a system to be able to open the nose by myself, might have to develop a sliding hinge system to pull it forward and tilt.
If you leave the section behind the wheels attached to the car there should be space for it all to hinge upwards, although like I say I'd rather have the nosecone as a separate piece like an RS as this is where most of the weight is. The nose can still be quick release to aid access but would be a one man job with no more than 4 fixings or pins.
This is what i'm doing to mine once I can bring myself to put an airsaw near the paint again
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never mind air saws just get the thing running
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Look no tie wraps
The airfilters are all mounted now and I've fitted some nice colour coded shields to stop some of the crap getting in them off of the tyres
Could have fitted my new actuators too but I have the wrong brackets for them, I think mine must be cossie and I need rs turbo ones, or vice versa I need the very offset ones and not the central mounting ones like I have
Last edited by david_white; 31-10-2007 at 22:36.
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Thats one of those plastic mini dustbins cut in half isnt it
Good idea
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