DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

[mervhill]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Yeah, come on Dave, don't keep us all waiting!!!

[Dan]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

looks the part that colour sceme and finish are spot on

so what dit do then

[angliaant]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

just got back ... ill let dave explain

[andypipe]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Well the engine sounds awesome, started to make some very good power on the initial runs, circa 155@wheels, but then we had a small problem that hopefully we are sorting today ready to finish off the mapping in the week...

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Lots of expectant faces





We have a couple of teething problems but nothing thats gonna take too long to sort and we are still aiming for brands on the 1st Car is already booked in for the final mapping and having heard the car running I know the end result is that Graham has built an absolutely stonking engine

[DanR]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

hi Dave, car looks great but may I suggest thinking about a cross bar for harnesses to attach to and shortening those belts. They are going to add a lot of extra stretch in the case of a frontal collision which is not what you need.

From recent experience, even with them crazy tight you will be amazed at how much they stretch and you move even with containment seats, hans etc etc

[4parajon]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Looks good, was'nt sure about the black strip to be honest but it suits the car well now with the rest of the stickers on there.
Hope all goes well at the next mapping session

[M508]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

cars looking very yummy indeed. bet your itching to sort the teething problems and get it out on the track!

look forward to seeing how it does on track too

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Thanks guys, yeah I cant wait to drive it now after hearing the engine flat out on the rollers

Dan, yeah I know what you mean about the belts but atm we have tried not to add any bars to the cage apart from the door bars as we cant afford to add too much weight.
If we had made the cage then yes it would have had a belt bar and probably also a dash bar but as I say we are going for the KISS theory atm or the car will never get finished, both in terms of time and money
I think majority of the cars out there still have their belts where mine are though apart from the very modern builds or the ones with multipoint weld in cages, mine is a bolt in OMP

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As1iEjuCekwYouTube - Sierra pinto race car being mapped.

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Sorry zoom bit didn't work but you get the idea


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxCSwDdmgG4YouTube - Sierra pinto race car being mapped on rolling road.

[Graham]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

yeah its noisy! not as noisy as mine though!

[Toymex]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Sounds very nice Dave, who gets to race it first you or Andy

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Sounds very nice Dave, who gets to race it first you or Andy

If all goes to plan me, if Andy drives it first I'm sure I will never hear the end of it

Hopefully we will both get a go at racing it asap, we are so close to having it done now and I cant wait to see how it goes.

[Toymex]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Good luck in the first race Dave hopefully you might see the back of the nova at the round after that