So, I’ve finally got round to uploading some pictures. I thought I’d upload a select few - quality rather than quantity.
First there is the new exhaust system. It’s out of the way of the cooling hoses and just about everything else (I did have to cut a hole in the bonnet for one of the manifolds though). The new silencer should stop the scrutineer who checks the noise level giving me funny looks as well.
There’s an array of intakes at the front and the side. Two for water, one for oil and a NACA dust for the carburettor. No cooling issues this year.
Talking about cooling, the water hoses have been re-routed.
There’s a new DCOE45 and a pretty cool gauze filter for it. I’ve yet to route the NACA intake to the carb.
Ooooh, the dzus fasteners on the side of the bonnet were annoying last season, so now they have been replaced with bonnet straps. Nice bit of advertising there…
The battery has moved.
Look! I’ve got a new seat.
I’ve only got one more weekend I can spend on the car before the wedding now. I’m hoping to get the car running that weekend. Fingers crossed.
Huw
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We picked up the car from Viper Exhausts in Essex this saturday. The exhaust is full stainless steel and looks great. It now exits above the chassis rails so packaging isn’t a problem, the only issue now being I’ve had to cut a hole in the bonnet as one of the headers just fouls it. How annoying!
The seat is complete and fitted.
The bodywork has been refitted and as mentioned before, various holes have been cut for the new exhaust.
A word of caution – I bought some rubber bonnet straps using ebay and no sooner had I fitted them than they snapped. Better now than on the track I suppose.
No pictures again as the camera on my Nokia X6 is about as much good as a chocolate teapot. Yes, it maybe 5 mega-pixels, but 5mp blurred images aren’t much good to me. I’ll take the proper camera with me next time – I promise.
So what’s left?
Add a duct from the NACA intake to the carb trumpet.
Mount the battery behind the passenger firewall.
Make new wing posts and attach the wing.
Modify the rear anti roll bar. It still needs to be stiffer.
Possibly replace the roll hoop.
That’s about it. It’s almost ready for the track again.
Huw
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I’m due/hope to be in the workshop on the following dates:
May 2nd
May 16th
May 22nd
I’m then planning to drop the car off at the exhaust fabricator’s workshop on May 17th. The exhaust will only take 3 days to make so I’ll have it back the following weekend. I’m planning to have the car finished and ready for the dyno by the end of May.
Huw
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I’ve made some major enhancements to the cooling side of things over the last couple of months. Firstly, I’ve moved the swirl pot to the rear of the engine and routed the inlet and outlet piping past the exhaust side of the engine. The oil cooler has returned, but this time it’s mounted infront of the engine with its own dedicated ducting and intake at the front of the car. I’m also going to have a new exhaust manifold made up which will be clear of the water pipes by at least 200mm. I’m confident this will cure the cooling problems that were the bane of my life last year. Pictures to follow…
A new seat is almost complete, based on a OMP kart seat, which will allow me to sit further rearward and lower in the car.
I’ve installed a 3.77 differential in the car so, fingers crossed race starts will be better and high revs in top gear will now be achievable.
The prop shaft has been shortened by 20mm as there was no tolerance. This was putting undue strain on the gearbox mount.
Lastly, I’ve added a NACA duct on the side of the bonnet to direct air towards the carburettor as last year there the carb did not have a dedicated air intake and I’m sure this hurt my top end power.
Sorry no pictures. I’ve been so busy, not only with the work on the car, but my wedding as well. I’m aiming to be racing again in August, though.
Huw
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Hi all,
I’ve added a 4x scale to the suspension geometry calculator for all you boys with really long wishbones 
I’m also busy with cooling updates to the car. I’ll update this site soon.
Huw
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