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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
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How?Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Could you hook up water jets like the racing trucks use? You can see the steam coming off these:
http://www.truckracing.de/inhalt/sai...os/rt/3/b9.jpg
some rally boys do use them too,just wired in to the brake light wires or however.never really looked into it much.:tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Dan
Ducting would be far easier lol
He's not running a bumper iron. I suggested ducting too, but I think there is an issue with running it close to the brakes due to the new lower arm set up???
The aim of the exercise is not to go lower, but to run much more negative camber. Winding the TCA out resulted in a degree of binding up (could possibly be solved by using a setup such as Jonlem's) but also caused the outside of the tyre to catch the arch (we do not want to run wide arches). Using camber bolts on the strut forces the tyre to rub on the coilover at the top and the wheel is already spaced away. The only way to get much more negative camber as far as we could see was to move the strut tops in and the eccentric top mounts do not give enough. Moving the turrets in was a fairly quick and simple job and the problem is solved.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
I would however be keen to hear your suggestion.
And I will not throw insults, but would just like to highlight that I am frustrated by the fact that you cannot seem to post without:
a) believing you are superior to everyone
b) sounding condescending
c) keeping your cards close to your chest
THIS ISN'T A COMPETITION!
I dare say you are very knowledgeable, but you lack a little in social skills. In the ten or so years I have been using this and other forums, it is the first time I have personally insulted anyone. Feel privileged! :D
P.S. The "S**t eating C**k Muncher" comment did give us all a few laughs!
I suspect it can be done, the real issue is drilling through a snowplough!!!!:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim
It's just a bit of plastic, a holesaw should go through it no worries ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MC
Bingo :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Dan
Go in from the front of the engine bay(lower front pannel), above the tie bars under the chassis leg pointing stright to the rear of the disc/calipar. Seen it on race cars and bmw have a set up abit like that bar it comes from the bumper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim
:wtf: Sorry I really don't follow a lot of what you say mate? Some parts of your sentences start to make sense and then it all gets a bit garbled. WTF is an offset screwing spacer and where did you get the idea that I'm just trying to get the car as low as possible? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Anyway you seen my car and for what ist worth I've shared my ideas for better or worse with you.
Its time you posted up your car and whatever it is that you are doing to it:thumb:
Any progress on this yet ,cant wait to hear those tb,s
awsome work so far mate
Bit of an update. I managed to drop a large piece of steel box on the front wing sometime ago which was a bit dispiriting but a mate stepped into the breach and swapped a new wing on and re-painted it for me so all is good. I'll get some pics of it and post them up. Its getting warm enough in the workshop for us to start back on with a bit of tinkering in the evenings so more posts on the way;)
Deffo on the pics.
yaay the doctor is back
And when are you proposing to start this tinkering...when we have a quiet period? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by CP
It will be good to see some more of your progress!
Bookmarked this thread and going to read it all tomorrow morning. I also hope to see some kind of update soon :)
You dont have the clutch plate that didnt fit do you? Could have a use for that, or can you measure it for me?
Thought I'd post some proof that CP has actually been working on the car...
As some of you may have guessed, he's been having clearance issues now that he's running silly geometry ;) So unable to find a pair of 5 door front arches (still looking if anyone has any) he decided to tackle the current wings himself...
Before the massacre:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/...85165852_z.jpg
Lubing up:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5109/...a72deeb2_z.jpg
And away he goes:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5189/...aaf49a4a_z.jpg
Unfortunately the vibrations caused by the saw made things difficult, so CP decided to try an alternative method:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/...a0b51d4f_z.jpg
And after:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/...c18989a0_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5109/...8c1704eb_z.jpg
Some minor touching up to do, but it should allow him to get the car outside and on a track in the near future (providing MC and I keep nagging him ;)
Jim.
Nice, but snowplough & mk2 lights :tard:
cracking car mate,missed this thread,just a quick one,ive got that dd2 digi dash,are you runing the original tank,as i cant get my fuel level to work just keeps saying 0% all the time
He is using an original tank, but it's been cut to half the size. Will ask CP to post with details.
Mazz, the snowplough is more function over form.
I think its more to do with how its wired up. I cant remember now but i recall we had similar issues. I'll check with someone whose got a better memory than melolQuote:
Originally Posted by tony k
My old plough! I had it for sales for ages for £80, no-one wanted it so here it is on cps car :)
Looks well weaponised :cool:
when was the last time this thing actually moved under its own steam?
Looks awesome!! Be good to see it finally move and get out on track lol!
I've wired it up to the original loom,there is a pink wire on the dd2 dash,don't know if it needs a earth aswell tho,as thought it would earth it's self,off the car loom,might be wrong there tho,driving me crazy lolQuote:
Originally Posted by CP
Update coming soon people!
After a lengthy lay off due to lack of time and finances (had pay for 2 weddings in 2 years!) I, with the help of Jim and Mark, have finally got the car to a state where I felt confident enough to book into a trackday at Rockingham tomorrow.
One of the main issues was a massive problem with the front brakes heating up so much that the brake pads enlarged to the point where they were rubbing on the hub and the wheel bolts kept coming loose as they got so hot. The problem also cooked the hub bearings and foobarred them so it was time for a re-think. After a lot of headscratching and general indecision we finally came up with this:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/cpnova/149.jpg
First I stripped the brakes out and cut off the tab that you can screw the stad protective tine brake guard on to.
Next i made up this weird looking contraption:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/cpnova/150.jpg
Which was attached thus:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/cpnova/152.jpg
I then bodged this arrangement using the old lights and airfeed funnels bought fromTweeks:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...nova/172-1.jpg
Which ended up looking like this:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...nova/175-1.jpg
And feeding cool air through the engine bay to the brakes thus:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...nova/176-1.jpg
Awesome idea, executed brilliantly imo. Would love to see this weapon on a track one day ..
loving the thread and some great work, i will be looking back over it a few times for some ideas im sure.
Ducting looks mega purposeful in the bay! lol Will the steering arms not catch the ducting going through there?
The arms will go up from that position presuming the springs do compress a bit, Would be fine unless you managed to get the hub to go lower than it does with no weight on it.
It does look awesome though, Just hope it works lol
Very very good way of going it. Can you run something from the front so it points at the back of the calipar as well? To help keep that cool?
Love the bumper on it, front end looks great.
Couple more pics of the car after a quick clean and polish:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/...2379ca7e_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/...12a8b6b1_z.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/...658a10a4_z.jpg
Another thing we did was reposition the standard spoiler. CP was looking at after market rear wings, but after much deliberation (nothing to do with the fact we were running out of time) we opted to use the GSi spoiler. The spoiler is almost a solid lump of foam rubber, so to help reduce weight we shaved as much excess weight from it as we dare without making it too flimsy.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/...47955b90_z.jpg
What about making one like lee303 did? Spoiler wise.