[misc_work] Still Nothing To Do With 205's...

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Yes, I know, the mudguard is miles out and the wheels are about as round as a 50 pence piece - don't worry, making new ones, gotta move the mudguard as we're making new damper mounting towers too, improve the motion ratio and change the progression curve. Gives you an idea of how much travel there is though, that's not quite full compression - it's got another half an inch or so.

 

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Right, Ed's finished welding the jigs up tonight so should be able to knock the proper T45 tubular arms out in the next couple of days, got a few bits of chopping and tweaking on the chassis we weren't expecting just to add a little clearance around the tie-rods, and possibly move the rack a little more, but it's almost there, just waiting on some spacers/fitting for the new steering arms.

 

In other news, engine should be back together just in time for christmas, it's had a bit of light port work to boot as well, see what Santa brings when you've been good... wink

 

Hopefully should get chance for a run around the yard and lane after christmas just to give it a quick check over (I'll get some video this time, I promise! hehe), then it's back to ordering yet more springs, damper oil and valve springs as the whole lot needs re-valving and re-springing again, doh.

And another 6 wheel rims to make and weld up too, bit more offset now the track is wider.

 

Once that little lot is sorted, we'll start on the rear suspension!

[Cameron 16]

Looks good! You must spend a fortune on springs & dampers though!

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Nah, I get springs for a lot less that in those shiny DT catalogues

Revalve the dampers myself so no real cost there bar the oil, and I get that at cost anyway.

 

All the swearing is free too.

 

Currently modifying one of the old Bilstiens to see if I can make a hydraulic inerter out of it though. The maths is proving fun though...

 

's getting a bit silly to be honest, if all goes to plan it'll have 9 dampers on the car shortly

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Right, no takers for the 8" Foxes so needs must, on they go, proper arms nearly finished:

 

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New upper mounts in progress for the damper, didn't really want to put a kink in the arms (need to be as stiff as possible) but couldn't clear the damper when it's fully compressed without, good enough anyway, another tie-rod to go down the chassis toward the rear mudguard mount too - may as well - but it's stiff enough without tbh:

 

 

Don't worry, it's not getting heavier, it's all thin-wall T45 tube, lighter than it looks!

Certainly lighter than the plate tower that was there before anyway.

[Cameron 16]

Love this build and how it's evolving! When does your next season start?

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First one is right at the end of March, 31st/1st June.

 

[welshpug 1,621]

how much wheel travel now?

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how much wheel travel now?

 

Same as the back now

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Ed's cracked on today and got one side finished:

 

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Weekend in pics:

 

Finished these at last, car on the floor again!

 

And picked this up, along with some interesting news I'll put up later....

 

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Right, engine's not together yet, still waiting on joints and parts for the front, the car is still a frame and needs repainting, ripped all the wiring out to remake the entire loom with better connectors and to plumb in a few new extras, and just had a phone call to say the gears will be ready in 2 weeks, so need to strip down the gearbox, buy new bearings and seals, and rebuild that with the new gears.

 

Did I mention the first race is next month?

 

Fun, fun, fun....

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Engine together, sat looking very shiny, had some mild port work too...

 

Front arms painted, along with tie rods, front bodywork all altered to fit new front end, had to rebuild the steering and dream up a way of shimming the play out of it, which was a ballache.

 

And we now have dates for Motors TV, Special Stage program:

 

8pm Wed 23rd May (Round 1&2) 1 hr program

8pm Wed 18th July (Round 3&4) 1 hr program

8pm Wed 19th Sep (Round 5&6) 1 hr program

8pm Wed 21st Nov (Round 7&8) 1 hr program

8pm Wed 12th Dec (Championship yearly review) 1 hr program

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Edited March 24, 2012 by Rippthrough

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New prefilters + secondary airbox:

 

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[GeorgeXS 32]

Well, thats a sizeable power increase. Videos are most definitely required!

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It's not bedded in yet, more to come up top

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Well, weekend went fairly well. Bar doing 3 miles on 3 wheels, and the next run with no brakes....

 

Writeup later!

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[Cameron 16]

Awesome pic!

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