A few people have asked to see some pics of my car and it's build progress so here goes. I haven't got pics of everything as I get engrossed in what I'm doing and forget about the camera :lol:
I've done everything myself including a full engine build, gearbox rebuild, front and rear diff build, all fabrication, infact everything apart from mapping, welding in the cage and paint work.
The engine was finished last year and I carried out shakedown testing of many bespoke parts and a new suspension set-up during the summer, and then the car was taken off the road this winter for a complete stripdown for cage fitment and to lighten the car as much as possible without compromising safety.
As the many people who have done this know, it's a big project, including a full strip and rewire of the loom :blah:
I think the last pics of the car I posted on this forum were in 2002, so some more are a bit overdue.....
Hopefully you'll enjoy looking as much as I do at other builds such as RossW, Barry, Norris, Daz, etc.
I'll start with a pic of the car last year at Norris, carrying out a mapping session.
In case it helps anybody else lurking...
I am going to raise my Roll Center with extended ball joint/stud - Kikiturbo designed it.
Its 30mm long, and I am swapping TME uprights (E5 are same) to E7/8/9 uprights, for an additional 11-12mm of roll correction.
I am going to use square spring setup 8/8 kg with this, and keep on TME front and rear roll-bars: Front is Cusco 25mm and rear is 24mm bar- which I may swap over to 25mm to give me more adjustment range.
I have caster/top-mounts and I am using E6 arms with custom ball-joint bracket that pushes track out 15mm per side and forward 10mm for more caster.
This is for fast road.
Same idea applies to CT9A, which was the "subject" of my original question, going form 10/11 to 12/11 kg by Clive.
And I have 10/12 kg.
I will try 10/10 with same raised front roll-center as above, and may even try 11/11.
CT9A is for track use, so it needs to be harder sprung than road-setup TME.
Some epic work gone into this over the years , with the one common trait throughout ive noted ...
SILVER ! Everything is shiny silver , i rest my case :mhihi:
Ps , bloody attention to detail and DIY design n build is mind numbing !:coolsm:
That was the day I blew up my motor on the second timed run and ended up with a joint FTD win with Richard M getting the same time of 1:03.48 crazy day.
You don't seem to understand what FTD means. Fastest Time of the Day. Not Fastest time of practice, or fastest time of competitive laps, it's the overall fastest time of the day, amazingly! :lol:
You're joint winning time of 1:03.48 was not the fastest time of the day.
It's a shame your motor wasn't built properly, otherwise it wouldn't have blown up. Same as it's a shame my intercooler wasn't welded properly, otherwise I could easily have improved on my 1:03.2 time, which was an early practice lap, on low boost with Knoxville in the passenger seat.
you don't seem to understand what ftd means. Fastest time of the day. Not fastest time of practice, or fastest time of competitive laps, it's the overall fastest time of the day, amazingly! :lol:
You're joint winning time of 1:03.48 was not the fastest time of the day.
It's a shame your motor wasn't built properly, otherwise it wouldn't have blown up. Same as it's a shame my intercooler wasn't welded properly, otherwise i could easily have improved on my 1:03.2 time, which was an early practice lap, on low boost with knoxville in the passenger seat.
Yes it’s better to go on track days. You can get all the FTDs you want. I did wonder why you never came back. Best value for money on the track days going round and round overtaking corsa and saxo lads.
Yes it's better to go on track days. You can get all the FTDs you want. I did wonder why you never came back. Best value for money on the track days going round and round overtaking corsa and saxo lads.
What's wrong with a well set-up saxo, and who says they don't overtake me? Great, fun car. :smthumbup
You'd been developing you're car for years, I turn up with a car that I'd just finished building, 2nd sprint I'd ever done and beat you're winning time in practice with a passenger on board. :crackup:
You only came on and started to spam this thread when peeler said I got ftd. You just couldn't help yourself to tell everyone you won. Says it all. :lol:
I seem to go through this thread every 6 months or so, absolutely incredible.
I don't suppose anyone knows which brand the side skirt extensions are? Clive mentions GP Sports in the post regarding the extensions, but I'm 99% certain those were the front guards only (I've got the same GP Sports front guards). I'm after skirt extensions and Clive's appear to be exactly what I'm after.
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