lol cheers, yeah the size was one thing i was wondering about, i'll messure it, and see what i think will be best. Cheers:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dar
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lol cheers, yeah the size was one thing i was wondering about, i'll messure it, and see what i think will be best. Cheers:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dar
The Nova gets turfed out in to the cold again.
Another drift car has some work done.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...30_800x600.jpg
and the Nova comes back in from the cold
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Finally sorted out the brakes and they feel mucho better now :D
good stuff dar nova looks awesome
what's the front cut out for in your lower panel dar?
Thats what I am going to use as the main mounting point for the front splitter. I plan on having some brackets on the splitter that slide over the square bar. The reason I am changing it is because with the splitter on it's a bugger to get on and off of the trailer. So I am making it eaiser to fit and remove.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
good idea.
I have next week off of work and I have also deciede what to do with the new engine. So I thought it was time to get the spare engine off of the engine stand and put the new one on.
Old engine on stand
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Old engine off of stand. Having the ramp makes this an easy job
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Out with the old and in with the new
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One ap racing pressure plate and paddle clutch (hopefully going to a new home).
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The new engine on the stand ready to get ripped apart next week.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...83_800x600.jpg
I will (If all goes to plan) be updating this thread in the week showing whats happening to the engine :)
The billy bonus of the day was finding out that the flywheel is a lightweight steel one. Bonus!
Good stuff,will be interesting to watch you on track once you get that nice, new XE in!!!
It should be fun. It was rapid when I went out as a passenger when Chris owned the engine and I plan to make it faster.
Yep, it went fooking well when Lee took me out at Combe, and that was in standing water spinning the wheels in pretty much every gear! lol
Finally found some time to put in the steel rods :) I have had these things for years. Just been waiting for a proper engine build.
Start
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New rods :cool:
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For those of you who are obsessed with weight. A direct compare with a standard (Shot peeded) rod.
Standard
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Steel
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The difference being about 3 packets of large parma violets
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...95_800x600.jpg
Anyway. standard rod out
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A quick swap
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Repeat four times and job done :thumb:
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Next job is to replace the sintered oil gear with a steel one.
Got some done at last lol.
Oo they are a bit sexy, are they cast? Or machine made?
Do you not use arps? Or are they them?
Good work.
they are arps by the look of it to me.
Awsome Dude!
Glad your not going to risk that engine going pop!
I woud love to have some H section rods, but at the mo there not nercesaty *sp
Scott
yuk! Parma violets!
Oh they look fitted to mine when i had them, only reason i asked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
Benn, they are ARP 2000 rod bolts (they came with the rods). I couldn't tell you much about the rods off of the top of my head. Except they are the dog doodas H-Section strong as feck ones :D
Nice :D :thumb: I dont like parma violets much though lol
Nice work.Love the parma violets lol
All that weight saving has given me a ROD on lollollol
Ah ok cool, what does h-section mean then?
the cross section through the rods is an H shape, it gives the rods a greater moment of inertia for a given mass to reduce the deflection without increasing weight. Or in this case to reduce the weight and I'm sure increase strength/stiffness!Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Works the same way an RSJ does.
I take it needs 400cc less to go all the way lolQuote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
Nice little bit of weight saving, good to see your still tinkering with the car!
And when its back on the road is it any chance i can pay you to make a copy of your rear diffuser. pretty please :):D
Wha?:tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
so its H shaped for strench, right i get that bit.
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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
lol lol lol
If you have a plastic ruler its easy to bend when it's flat, but impossible when it is rotated 90deg along its axis (balancing on its edge). The ruler still weighs the same but the mass is further away from the centre. So by using a H section instead of a narrower solid square section, you move the mass away from the centre and make it stiffer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Thats kinda how i took it, cheers for the info tho :)
No worries :)
All this sex talk is giving me the rod with a H section please carry on Oli and finish me off lolQuote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
Another boring update :D
Steel oil gear installed today.
Oil pump off-ski
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The cover that needs to come off
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Off-ski
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New gear in
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Back together
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and on the engine
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I took the opportunity to clean up the mating surfaces etc whilst I was there. I am getting more new bolts tomorrow to put it on properly. Onwards and upwards!
What is the gear normaly made of? LOoked steel to me when i had mine off,
Whys it good to fit steel stuff?
The standard ones are sintered steel and if you run a solid pulley they can shatter. Since I will be running a solid engine pulley I decided to get one. A friend of mine had it happen to him on his rally car, ££ of engine knackered!
Ah right, thank you.
Coming along well there Dar :thumb:
No updates just a little tribute to the person who taught me all I know about track driving :thumb:
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Originally Posted by Dar
Lmfao, after seeing you on a go-kart i can beleive that aswell just you dont miss those banana skinslol
Remember the high speed spin only you witnessed?........Pesky bannana skins!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
It would have been cracking fun if we could have thrown fruit at each other when karting. However I had to settle with squeezing Lee off the track as much as possible.
I still cant beleive that i was the only one to see you do it, twice lol
Lmao @ the idea of throwing fruit, theres a suggestion for this year:thumb:
can it be wrotten ?