I have a few things planned in that direction as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
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I have a few things planned in that direction as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
BTW word on the grapevine is that the mini doesn't produce as much as 180bhp ;)
What aero mods do you have in mind? Have you got ''Competition downforce'' by Simon McBeath? There is a small section in the book on a Metro hillclimb car that spent some time in the wind tunnels at MIRA, makes for interesting reading.
The owner and driver of the car told me 180bhp, if it was me I would be under-estimating the power output, rather than telling people it was more powerful than it was!Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
I've known Simon McBeath for years, and I'm sure I've got that book (and all his others) in the house somewhere.
So far I have an ex-BTCC carbon fibre front splitter and undertray which I intend to adapt to fit, but I am hesitating on fitting until I decide whether or not to wide-arch it.
I've got a rear diffuser as well.
It does seem strange that he'd over quote, I'll dig deeper for more info.
The diffuser will work best in conjuction with a flat floor, the diffuser doesn't create downforce itself, it works to reduce drag and increase the effectiveness of the underfloor to produce downforce. But if you know SB, I'd tap him up for advice, rather than listen to someone who's read his book lol
Love this car, makes me miss mine though!
love it
My source tells me that the mini had a rebuild around Feb for this season and produced 165bhp on the optimistic engine dyno. Not that it makes a jot of difference as the only number that matters is the one on the timing sheet at the end of the run!
Absolutley love this car, looking forward to seeing the titanium bits. Just made a set of titanium tie bars for mine.
Did you buy the splitter from TCS? If you decide not to use and want to sell drop me an email with a price.
Ste
EDIT. What material is the exhaust made from colin?
Hi Ste.Quote:
Originally Posted by t45_ste
The engineering firm I'm going to see this week does titanium tie bars and anti-roll bars for Minis, so I'm also going to speak to them about making some for my Nova.
How do the weights of your titanium ones compare to standard tie bars? (that's assuming they are of similar length etc.!)
Yes, Tony at TCS sorted me out with the splitter and undertray, he has loads of them on the shelf, so we just picked out the closest to Nova sized.
As far as I know the exhaust is plain old stainless steel, no doubt an Inconel one would save a bit of weight, but at enormous cost! What are you going to be using on yours?
Interesting, he's certainly slower than he was previously which does tend to suggest that he's down on power. I'm sure he'll find it again though....Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
I have yet to weigh mine but they are slightly shorter as im running them backwards so not great for comparrison purposes.
Im hoping to use titanium for my exhaust, a chap who i work with makes titanium silencers so going to tap him up for one. Titanium tubing is very expensive but may look into buying a system from another car and making it fit.
Also if you want some titanium bar to take to the engineering firm to cut the cost, i may be able to get you some ;)