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Golf GTD Mk7
Saab 93 Aero Wagon
It's nice to see you are taking inspiration (copying) Nick's race car.
I suppose it's a bit like everyone trying to catch up with the Redbull's
Im assuming you are the Mark Webber in your driver pairing then?
....not that Im gracing Nick with Vettel status...:rasp:To be honest we would have been foolish not to follow Nicks BROTHERs path of removing as much as we could from the front bumper.....its amazing how much weight can be saved. We won't be going quite as extreme with the rear bumper though. Nick has removed some of the main bumper fixings......and we all know what happens when a bit of 'rubbing' occurs in the Touring cars. Their minimal fixings break and the things fall off!
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182cup & 172 racecar
Might fail scrutineering if you have removed the honeycomb stuff behind the bumper(comes under safety)
Looking good Tom. These things always take longer than you think!
What brakes are you running on the front?
What brakes are you running on the front?
Saab 93 Aero Wagon
Standard calipers, Brembo HC discs with CL RC6 pads with fully braided lines throughout.
Now running with 172 Cup set up as well so sacked off the ABS.
BMW Z4
Im assuming you are the Mark Webber in your driver pairing then?
To be honest we would have been foolish not to follow Nicks BROTHERs path of removing as much as we could from the front bumper.....its amazing how much weight can be saved. We won't be going quite as extreme with the rear bumper though. Nick has removed some of the main bumper fixings......and we all know what happens when a bit of 'rubbing' occurs in the Touring cars. Their minimal fixings break and the things fall off!
I have a dilemma in this area. I want to run TDT and TT next year and so want to be as light as possible but for the Dubai 24 hour series the min weight is 980kg for my class so would then have to add back on a large amount of ballast.
Question:
Can ballast be strategically placed to enhance handling? Like 100kg over the rear axle or front suspension towers say?
Saab 93 Aero Wagon
If you have to gain weight then you want it somewhere thats going to be beneficial (not that weight is ever beneficial but you know what i mean!) and as Sam rightly says, putting some on the passenger side will help balance out you and the fuel which is predominantly over the drivers side.
The rest you want spread as evenly as possible over the rest of the car and ideally as low as possible to keep the centre of gravity down.
BMW Z4
Yes I get you. Just another thing for me to think about.
Hi Pete, how's things?
25/05/11
Managed a few bits and bobs over the last weeks evenings...
Especially for J&T a bit of powdercoating :rasp:
Colour matches the pending colourscheme. Had it stripped and tidied up for the stiffening work, seemed rude not to colour it!
Stiffened wishbones, with an offset bolt in the rear bush for an extra slog of castor:
Carried out the final fit on the brake lines and pressure tested the system:
Laid out the loom complete & after chatting to Matt gather remaining sensors I need.
Set to work on finishing the seating position:
Jumped on the windows fail machine and designed a seat frame.
Cardboard comes into its own for checking the design off the screen; scaled print off the .prt file and mock it up in the position required:
Ordered the manufacture from a Ali grade that can be laser cut & folded to the angle needed.
Gearbox all ready to go.
'Captain slow' started work on the interior loom and controls:
Cardboard & tin used to mock up the controls mounting frame.
'Billy' lightened the bumpers.
Took the head apart for valve seat work, springs and a few other bits and bobs:
25/05/11
Managed a few bits and bobs over the last weeks evenings...
Especially for J&T a bit of powdercoating :rasp:
Colour matches the pending colourscheme. Had it stripped and tidied up for the stiffening work, seemed rude not to colour it!
Stiffened wishbones, with an offset bolt in the rear bush for an extra slog of castor:
Carried out the final fit on the brake lines and pressure tested the system:
Laid out the loom complete & after chatting to Matt gather remaining sensors I need.
Set to work on finishing the seating position:
Jumped on the windows fail machine and designed a seat frame.
Cardboard comes into its own for checking the design off the screen; scaled print off the .prt file and mock it up in the position required:
Ordered the manufacture from a Ali grade that can be laser cut & folded to the angle needed.
Gearbox all ready to go.
'Captain slow' started work on the interior loom and controls:
Cardboard & tin used to mock up the controls mounting frame.
'Billy' lightened the bumpers.
Took the head apart for valve seat work, springs and a few other bits and bobs:
The Boosh!
ClioSport Admin
Elise, Duster
I can see sex bomb in the back ground.
http://jmstuning.co.uk/Forum Images/182 Images/151.jpg
Dreamy.
On a seperate note nice work with the car Tom. I'm liking the subframe subframe design looks hard!
http://jmstuning.co.uk/Forum Images/182 Images/151.jpg
Dreamy.
On a seperate note nice work with the car Tom. I'm liking the subframe
subframe design looks hard!Lol "Billy" isnt going to be too pleased when he's what youve been calling him on here!
Looking good though Tom, not long left!
Looking good though Tom, not long left!
Evo 5 RS
very nice
Ollie's Silver Cup
Fantastic progress. :approve:
I was really impressed with the work that's gone into the rollcage, the pictures don't do it justice.
182cup & 172 racecar
Don't think it will work on a race car Dave,thats why we didn't do it,one little tap at t he front and you fubared the pins etc.
Evo 5 RS
aye would take nowt to bugger em, when the clips are knackered sticker flex is good enough tbh
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Looking great as ever!!
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
brilliant update,
its going to look like a properer racer car
its going to look like a properer racer car
Saab 93 Aero Wagon
Lol @ 'Billy'. Shows what happens when 'Junior' goes and works with a proper race team, gets called 'Billy' and told to make tea and clean wheels.....he then thinks he's qualified to use the term. :rasp:
Anyway, whilst Junior and The Mad Professor have been madly 'engineering' and 'fabricating' I've been doing the dog work......lightening panels and fitting polycarb windows.
Anyway, whilst Junior and The Mad Professor have been madly 'engineering' and 'fabricating' I've been doing the dog work......lightening panels and fitting polycarb windows.
Saab 93 Aero Wagon
Yup. Rose jointed bushes.
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