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the shells are actually quite cheap in the past 3 years of me working there theyve never jigged a shell the just reshell them, alot of drivers dnt want the risk of driving a weakened shell 1. because its not as safe and 2 it makes the shell not as stiff to drive depending on where the damge is.
Re: clio cup race car project!
little bit of an update in case anyone is interested, havent done much to it for ages but finally found a 2 post lift i can use indefinatly so got cracking shell is basically fully stripped now apart from engine, ancillerys and dash.
few piccys
has any one either made or had made any wings, splitters or any other aero aid for their road, trackday or race clio, i'm only asking cos im considering trying to construct a flat floor and diffuser for mine when ive finally finished it?
if you have some pics would be good.
Cheers Lee
its not bs and not marketing rubbish it works v well granted not at below about 30mph but above there it gives the engine more and colder air which then gives the engine slightly more power. if you look on nearly every single seater race car there is an air intake above the drivers head. i have...
i can't see any reason why having an air intake in the wheel arch could be more effective than facing the air flow off the fog light, i cnt think of any reason why wind turbulance would be better than a direct feed of cold air.
fred is correct in the current race cars they do not have cafs this is only because they are not allowed if they did they would be about 5 tenths lap quicker.
the best bet is in the fog light or grill a small amount of water i.e a few drops of rain water will not harm the engine if anything mitgh make it slightly better even if it floods near you the water level will have to go above the thottle body to get any substantial water in the engin.
as my billy said the engine does suck if you think about it when the piston goes down the only valve/s open is the inlet valve, so when the piston goes down it creates more space in the engine this then has to be filled with air and the only way to do this is to suck it in through the inlet...
the inlet temperature does matter to fred cos the colder the air the denser it is and this has more oxygen in it than warm air which makes for a better explosion/combustion.
this was on the clio race cars from last year where the air feed came from the head light and the pipe dropped down to near the wheel arch. also the engine does suck as it works like a compressor when the piston goes down it draws air in. i dnt mean to be big head but ive got a degree in...
you are right in a way but if the throttle body stays open for a certain amount of time the you can only get so much air in but if the air is traveling faster then more air gets in. this happened at a race meeting i worked at last year where the induction pipe was not connected to the duct in...
the fact is you can force air in, i agree with you it can only take as much in as the size of the throttle body but if the aor is travelling quicker than the engine is sucking then you will get more air in than usual i.e better combustion. the advantage to having a caf from the front grill or...
I just caught a glimps of a black 172 pulling out of the renault garage next door, from the back it looked very clean a tidy. but then it pulled away and a little bit of sick approached my mouth as i saw it had chrome wire wheels with ben hur like prongs sticking out.
BLEUUGGGHHH!!!