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Colin, you said a few pages back you will use 2mm perspex. I thought there was a requirement that perspex windows must be no less than 6mm.
I may be wrong or working to differant regs which is hy i ask.
I know people who use 4mm and its pretty bendy, specialy on the boot. 2mm is hell of a thin.
Edit: I noticed polycarbonate, is that much stronger than perspex, thus, why you can use 2mm?
Didn't think you were aloud to use perspex, we aren't in rallying as it shatters into big sharp shards. Its plexiglass that they use a flexable plastic.
Perspex is a generic term, and not really relevant these days. My windows are Lexan (polycarbonate).Quote:
Originally Posted by therealnovaboy
For rallying I believe you need to use 4mm polycarbonate as a minimum, but for hillclimbs and sprints there are no such stipulations, so I can use as thin a material as I want.
cling film???lol
Small update only, as I'm still waiting for the new turbo to be fitted over at BTEC Racing.
I've found nearly a 2kg weight saving from the starter motor which will be replaced when I get the car back.
Old starter motor;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/002-33.jpg
'New' starter motor;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/003-36.jpg
I now have another wide arch kit, which is more suited to my plans than the hugely wide Hot Rod kit that I acquired recently;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/004-30.jpg
And I also have a CO2 intercooler spray kit which I plan to experiment with to reduce intake temperatures;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/006-26.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/007-20.jpg
If it works, the tank will have to be replaced with something small and lightweight, as this is a huge 10lb tank, which is totally wrong for this car!
The straight cut gearbox I got hold of has finally been inspected by my gearbox man, who tells me that the baulk rings are knackered, and the CWP isn't too clever either. It's running a ZF plate LSD.
So I am now raiding the clusters out of some spare F10's I have,from which we will salvage the best baulk rings (mo longer available new apparently). And I will just change the complete cluster over, so I end up with a set of straight cut gears in there, and will retain my existing 4.5 CWP and the Quaife ATB LSD.
wow, quite crazy with the raiding old f10 'boxes lol
Looks good Colin. I didnt think there was much difference in weight in the starters lol
Would you not be better running the ZF plate LSD ?
I'm familiar with the ATB one, and it works well for what I'm doing. It would be nice to do some back to back testing at some stage though.Quote:
Originally Posted by fearless
intercooler kit looks heavy :eek: lol can you not just wind the boost up a tad for that bit more power? :p