bomber and Gray are probably getting a bit fed-up of my texts, i have been on another downer this week about the car, not sure why really, i spose it might be seeing it going further and further away from being a complete car, that and the fact that i know my bill at the end is getting larger and larger... to a point where i am unsure i am comfortable... The thing is i don't want to do things by half measures, i have this one chance to do things properly, so its either properly or not at all.... the thing is properly costs and I am by no means living easily anyways... let alone with trying to build this....
I just keep thinking at this point its the easiest point to possibly call it a day, split the car and get rid of it all....
...but i would only end up buying something else fun at some point... ( a DCi only would just kill me),
The other thing that worries me is if once i build it, will i use it to its full capability, ultimately one day i want to be competing in it, maybe sprints and hillclimbs, but i just can't see past the £££ side of things at the moment.... I know projects are all about ups and downs but this is by far my darkest thought on the car yet.... sunday evening i had pretty much decided to sell the car, now i am unsure again and have other plans for it....ffs
on that note, find below the past few days thoughts...
Just when I thought no more weight could be removed from the car...!!
see below
fibreglass doors and boot to save some more weight , companie on ebay sell them , they claim they are 5kg each and are moulded to the renault doors and boot so say they are a good fit , that could save over 100kg
good times mate. those ebay doors are flimsy as fook, massive gap at speed between door and frame, the ones ive seen anyway. and the finish on them is gobs**te, the amount of filler you'd need would double the weight lol
Bomber got there before i did, i have heard stories about the fibreglass doors / tailgates, thats what put me off, in the tailgate its the glass that weighs the majority anyways, of which i already have the PVC rear screen for, tailgate and door wise i will be cutting more out when these panels get removed from the shell anyways.... get every last bit out of them, aslong as i can still mount the interior carbon panels to them, its cool.... i will be taking alot of inspiration from Kenny (also got a project thread), he seems to be doing alot of good stuff, see below...
another thing that again i spotted in Kennys thread was the use of seat rails, its nothing new i know, but its something i have thought about for a while, i was picking Foxy's brains on it a while back when i spotted them in his E30, but seeing it done here again just reminded me of it...
as i mentioned at the top i am wanting to do things properly and after seeing these pics and re-thinking my subframes i am wondering about this now, although there is nothing really wrong with my subframes, after all they do the job and will be super-low in that respect however i can't feel a little bit pikey about them for 2 reasons...
With the nature of where the existing mounts are these frames mount to those and then aim towards the back of the car, this meant the seats where mounted back a fair bit, this isn't a problem with regards to the frames as they are nice and solid but with the seats so far back it could cause flex, so we welded on a stanchion on the outer corner to solve it....again this does the job... the second reason was the Hockey-puck spacer, again with the nature of the existing mount points one is higher than the other, i then come up with the idea about using an ice hockey puck (galvanized rubber) trimmed down to act as the spacer, again it does the job but again i can't help but feel a little bit pikey for it....
am i just over-thinking things? or thinking beyond my means?
at the end of the day i don't have any fab skills so everything costs (as i said at the top)
who knows if i will complete it.... or sell....hmmm
if anyone has any experience with making seat - rails t would be good to hear your opinions..
i know you can also purchase them from demon tweeks and the like... anybody had any experience with these?