Yes, it is me, I still haven't manage to find any footage of my car in action.Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
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Yes, it is me, I still haven't manage to find any footage of my car in action.Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
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Originally Posted by novarally
In car camera
Maybe Colin?
/\ weight.....
colin has lightened the whole car, sometimes by grams..
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Originally Posted by mowgli
Found this
http://www.spytechs.com/spy_cameras/fly-cam.htm
Ultra light weight 30grams! Used on rc helicopters
too heavy.... he even has to go for a slash before each run just to make sure....
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Originally Posted by mowgli
Small update, as there are lots of ongoing jobs on the car at the moment, and not a lot of them are finished.
Over the last few days I got around to sorting out the rocker cover. Ever since I got this Nova, the rocker cover gasket has leaked, and has been replaced several times.
It's the old cork type gasket as used with the metal smallblock rocker covers, which are clearly just terrible at sealing. I have to tighten the bolts down after every race (less than 40 seconds sometimes), as they just come loose.
So I've now changed to the later style plastic rocker cover which has the rubber 'O' ring style gasket;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...cort/001-7.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/003-43.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/002-40.jpg
You can see where I've modified it to fit the breather unions in to the top, and where some bits of plastic have been welded onto the inside of the cover to act as splashguards to stop oil going directly out of the breathers.
The eagle eyed may spot that the splash guards have been cut out of an Ecotec engine cover..........
With a splash of paint and a bit of carbon fibre cut for it, it looks quite presentable;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/004-36.jpg
Hopefully this will solve my leakage problem..........and the plastic rocker cover is over 200g lighter than the aluminium one, so it's all good.
And I've also fitted one of those 'Aero' wipers, which was all of 40g lighter than the previous wiper blade;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/005-30.jpg
Every little helps I suppose!
I'm currently relocating the battery to the passenger footwell, and upgrading the battery cables at the same time as they were a bit weedy in my view (and the view of others too).
I'm also taking the opportunity to wire in an Anderson plug so I can start the car each time off a slave battery, and save discharging my ultra lightweight and very small race battery.
I am not happy about the weight being added, but it has to be done to aid reliability.
The revised front brakes should be with me next week, the other major job which is in progress is (again!) fitting the wide rear arches.
I'm also waiting on some different 15" wheels for the front, as I sold the Compomotive MO's which I was using. The plan long term is to have a set of 15" split rims made to my requirements, assuming that I am happy with the gearing after the change to a 4.18 final drive.
looking great colin, are you allowed to ditch the wiper all together and just run rain-x or at least remove the arm for dry runs?