At Last!. I have started on my car ;-)

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For anyone interested, here is a photo of my car. As can be seen, a little more work is required to get it road legal :) But at least I have started.

Welllllll, there would be a picture here (less than 97kb as requested) if only the system would let me post it. It keeps saying that I have exceeded my quota by 67Kb! Help please Waynne
 
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gendox said:
hehe how much do those rims weigh then nothing do the tyres weigh more lol
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Wheels will be 3 piece billet so quite light. The 16s will weigh less than the 17s and the 16 inch tyres, with the same aspect ratio as the rears, will also be lighter. 1Kg of unsprung weight is worth approx 6-8kg of sprung weight when looking for handling improvements.
 
stamford said:
That will be hard to achieve a 2" drop without upsetting the geometry. The ideal way to lose that much height is to reposition the suspension to ensure the moving geometry is kept within its designed parameters.

I'll have a think on this after looking at those pictures.
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I am not preapred to reposition the mounting points at the moment, so the height will have to stay for now. Talking to Peter Bennett at MDV Specialist Engineering in Bradwell-on-Sea, he reckons I could get away with a maximum 10mm drop on the bottom wishbones. I will set them to this and see where it gets me.

Once the car is working, Graham Hatherway will be setting the car up for me, so I will discuss the issue with him. My guess is that he will confirm your and Peter's thoughts.
 
Now I'm off until Jan 5th I'll have some time to ponder this a bit more, but doubt if there will be much to report. Have a good one.
 
Update - 28th Dec 2008

Photos showing construction of air filter enclosure. It will be fibreglassed as soon as shops open :)











Hole is for ducting to turbo.

Photo below shows carbon fibre dash having its first fitting.

 
This weekend's progress:

Blending in rear bumper so that it matches the front one.




Roughed out radiator, intercooler, air and oil cooler intakes:

 
Prince said:
Looking good mate! What's next?
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Off to the Autosport Racing Car Show on Saturday to buy lots of goodies:

Air intake assembly and ducting.
Flexible brake and clutch pipe plus unions.
Heat shielding
Wheel sensors
Bonnet clips

Anyone else going?
 
You managed to get some more fibre glass then?!

I think the front end has come along rather nicely - and importantly you're working on the back end - that's what most people are supposed to see when its competing!

Mrs Twamgl3 and I would have liked to go to the show, but we're broke after Wedding, Honeymoon and Christmas in three consecutive months.

I always get my overtime money when I need it the least (there's a still a high demand for it then, though - I'm not going to give it away!), and then instead of saving it or investing it in something useful I convert it in to evenings out or similar!

I'm going to shave off a big bit off next time (after the tax man's had his bit and so has Mrs Twmgl3) and put it in a separate bank account and build that up for 'rainy days' if 'anyone' asks (another car if you ask).
 
Mini Update:

Decided on an ITG air filter - JC60/124. ordered from Merlin Motorsports along with 127mm diam ducting on Thursday and they arrived today.




As soon as radiator and intercooler are made (should be first week in February) I can sort out the ducting route. One more box ticked :)
 
Air filter update.

Filter is slightly too big for the available space, so I am having to make the space bigger. Fortunately, with it being a fibreglass car, this is relatively easy :)

I cut away front of wheel well tonight. Next task will be to replace it nearer to the tyre, making sure no rubbing can occur on full lock and bounce. Whilst poking around I noticed that the tyre touches the inner wing on full lock, so I have hacked this out as well. I will mock this up on Friday and fibreglass over the weekend. I will then check other side. However, the inner wing on the nearside is further in (typical of Lotus) so I think that no mods will be required.



 
i think you'll need to take care, if the places on which you've done the cutting, if they can stand still, or you might have vibration problems, and they might start cracking or something.
 
charger69 said:
i think you'll need to take care, if the places on which you've done the cutting, if they can stand still, or you might have vibration problems, and they might start cracking or something.
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Thanks for your concern. However, the parts cut out will be replaced so there will be no holes or reduction in strength. Also, I have been playing with this car for over 30 years now, so I know it pretty well :)

Although the body doesn't act as a principal structural member, I make sure that anything I do actually increases the structural rigidity and torsional stiffness.

Playing with fibreglass is so much easier than steel.
 
old-git said:
Thanks for your concern. However, the parts cut out will be replaced so there will be no holes or reduction in strength. Also, I have been playing with this car for over 30 years now, so I know it pretty well :)

Although the body doesn't act as a principal structural member, I make sure that anything I do actually increases the structural rigidity and torsional stiffness.

Playing with fibreglass is so much easier than steel.
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yea, sure. cool then mate.
 
Just to prove that I have got my priorities right, I have just had the badge made that will be fixed to the rear of the car, designed to confuse the uninitiated :)

 
Nice project build this. Quite impressed lol ;) only 2 things that spring to mind. I can completly agree with the idea of going for 16s as like you said, you need the clearence. Which leads me onto my next question. Is it front, rear or 4 wheel drive? If it's front then unfortunatly you'll need all the grip you can get with that power. Also if it's rear wheel, then I would be more inclind to have the front in 16s and get a pair of matching rears but have them about 1 inch wider and 1 inch bigger again to give you the extra grip. If it's 4 wheel drive then all is good and 16s all round would probably be fine.

I only ask these questions as I have a silly image in my head of you flooring it and you getting that much toque steer you can't hold onto the steering wheel, or there will be so much power goin through the rear wheels that the backend of the car will probaly cross the line before you do lol.

Would be interest in knowing your drive train etc ;)
 
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