with most of the custom parts made we could begin assembling the suspension.
building up the front suspension.
The final assembly is very satisfying, everything is clean and shiny.
front suspension done.
rear done.
Meanwhile we had a local guy repairing the bodywork.
the side pots and nose turned out good, the main body was a pain in the butt.
In previous years the body was altered, so there were a couple of big hole’s we could do without. The center piece is too big to handle by one person, so making a seperate engine cover would be ideal.
as there was not much left of the rear piece, we had to be creative.
Some alloy sheet, plastic tubing and a lot of tape was used to create some kind of form into it.
Jon made a replaceable crash box and i made some nice alloy front wing support stays
I really like machining
off the table and on to the ground 1,5 year after the crash ;(
we even put the car on a set of scales , 430 kg with fluids , without body
sorry for the lack of update’s, has been a very busy year, with lots of things happening.
But now I’m on holiday so I have some spare time.
Last post was about getting the car on its wheels with the bodywork still to fix. So I’ll just start from there.
As mentioned before, I made a deal with a customer in my town who had some experience in GRP repair. I’ve done my fair share of GRP work in the past, but the smell alone gives me the itch. I fixed his car , and he would fix my car, should be easy right ??
As there were some large parts of the engine cover missing, I used all kinds of pvc tube, alloy sheet and lots of tape to get the right shape. The guy was convinced he could take mold from it and make a new rear engine cover.
Well that didn’t go to plan, as the tape melted by the polyester resin and he couldn't get the mold of the old engine cover.
So eventually he had to grind the old body away from the mold and was left with an oversized engine cover with a rough inside and outside.
Somewhere around that time he lost interest in the project and gave everything back.
luckily he did a good job on the side pods and nose, so they are ok.
So I was left with an engine cover that didn’t fit. As you guys can see in the video, I had some work to do.
After many hours of sanding , cutting and fiberglass repairs I ended up with a good enough fit, please remember it is a race car, not a show car.
I even ended up cutting the side pods to make a better fit to the engine cover
Ready for some filler.
While working on the bodywork I designed and machined a mounting plate to mount a Formula 2 airbox Jon found on the internet.
started with two pieces of alloy strips, glued them to a bigger piece which was clamped to the bed of the mill. This way I have no clamps in the way, and can machine on 4 sides plus the topside.
the two plate clamp the weber air trumpeds , so longer or shorter trumpets can be mounted.
