My project supercar
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Ferg said:
andygtt said:
Ferg said:
Is that all you've done?
of cause not... Ive also tidied the garage!I was near you today, I should have called in, but I was on a mission!!
I will do soon to appreciate the full majesty of your hinge-work!
progress has been slow for the last few years, what with work and going out on the lash every night now Im a free man lol
Not loads of progress Im afraid as have been fiddling with my Nob (noble M12 for those that wonder lol).
I have made the front wishbones though and made the door hinges so now both doors open... now the other side is hung I can start to make the other side of the body... also been looking into different materials to make the buck from so that the possibility to make it in pre preg carbon fibre
I have made the front wishbones though and made the door hinges so now both doors open... now the other side is hung I can start to make the other side of the body... also been looking into different materials to make the buck from so that the possibility to make it in pre preg carbon fibre
Im doing some serious body mods and some serious engine mods, converting it to a single turbo, the previous engine was running 480bhp on low boost (0.9bar high boost was 1.7bar) but I messed up and blew it up (my fault) and so Im going a little bit mental with it now.... around 7k of bits for my GTT are being 'stolen' and fitted to the Noble.
Its going to be a monster
Its going to be a monster
no proper thread for the Noble... the chassis is not a match for the Ultima in quality but dynamically is way ahead... with same power to weight a properly set up noble will run rings round a properly set up Ultima IMO
Of cause the GTT is a step on from the Noble but i have to actually finish it to test the theory and prove it lol
Pick of the new exhaust I had done for the Noble
dual wastegates hence the 2 extra exhausts
Of cause the GTT is a step on from the Noble but i have to actually finish it to test the theory and prove it lol
Pick of the new exhaust I had done for the Noble
dual wastegates hence the 2 extra exhausts
Right, its been over 3 years since I worked on the GTT as I've been busy reworking the Noble... so its time to get back in the game.
So I need a game plan.
Get the body finished
Make moulds
Move buck to old scrap chassis
fit new engine
Modify chassis for new engine
Get engine running
make full carbon body
So I need an engine as I've decided that the BMW V12 wouldn't cut it anymore as its a lazy rev'er (6000rpm as stock) and I want something to a min of 7500rpm.... around 2 years ago I bought an E60 M5, with the V10 engine that revs to 8250rpm and has 500bhp as std, the engine is awsome best of any car i have driven... I had found my donor engine! and with a couple of turbos it should be easy to get my huge HP target.
Im going to break the M5 and stealing the engine for the GTT.... it will entail chassis changes but nothing too difficult and seeing as I made it from scratch anyhow i'm not that worried
I want to get the buck onto another chassis as soon as I can so that I can put it into storage and start some meaningful work on the actual chassis (thats hidden under the buck and unworkable atm).
Currently Im focusing on making some of my own design of carbon seats as they will be going in both the GTT and the noble, so once these are made I will start trying to get some meaningful progress on the bodywork.... Im quite excited to be dusting off the old girl
So I need a game plan.
Get the body finished
Make moulds
Move buck to old scrap chassis
fit new engine
Modify chassis for new engine
Get engine running
make full carbon body
So I need an engine as I've decided that the BMW V12 wouldn't cut it anymore as its a lazy rev'er (6000rpm as stock) and I want something to a min of 7500rpm.... around 2 years ago I bought an E60 M5, with the V10 engine that revs to 8250rpm and has 500bhp as std, the engine is awsome best of any car i have driven... I had found my donor engine! and with a couple of turbos it should be easy to get my huge HP target.
Im going to break the M5 and stealing the engine for the GTT.... it will entail chassis changes but nothing too difficult and seeing as I made it from scratch anyhow i'm not that worried
I want to get the buck onto another chassis as soon as I can so that I can put it into storage and start some meaningful work on the actual chassis (thats hidden under the buck and unworkable atm).
Currently Im focusing on making some of my own design of carbon seats as they will be going in both the GTT and the noble, so once these are made I will start trying to get some meaningful progress on the bodywork.... Im quite excited to be dusting off the old girl
Storer said:
So Andy.
What transaxle are you going to use?
The M5 V10 is a very complex engine so what will you do to manage the fuel and spark. The OE ECU would be a bugger to crack and need lots of sensor feeds that you probably won't use.
An alternative to the Porsche box with some form of automated shifting for cars like yours and the Ultima is now overdue. A company that can offer a DSG style box inverted (if 911 based) or not if from a mid-engine car, will have customers knocking at their door (if not priced in silly numbers).
We may all like a manual gear change, but there is no doubt that the modern automated gearboxes offer faster changes.
Paul
Will be fitting a motec m800... I had already bought one for the GTT many years back but I robbed it recently to put on the noble, I will be getting another as it will run the M5 engine :-)What transaxle are you going to use?
The M5 V10 is a very complex engine so what will you do to manage the fuel and spark. The OE ECU would be a bugger to crack and need lots of sensor feeds that you probably won't use.
An alternative to the Porsche box with some form of automated shifting for cars like yours and the Ultima is now overdue. A company that can offer a DSG style box inverted (if 911 based) or not if from a mid-engine car, will have customers knocking at their door (if not priced in silly numbers).
We may all like a manual gear change, but there is no doubt that the modern automated gearboxes offer faster changes.
Paul
Not adverse to changing to a dsg, if one can be found that could take 700ftlb that I plan.
Update.
Well over the weekend I built myself what is effectively a very large crate in the garden and moved the GTT into this new home... the reason is simple, having practically redesigned and remade my noble to a full carbon body and 700bhp spec I know that the GTT is going to cost me 100k to get to the spec of what I want.
During this GTT project I have divorced, and then remarried last year... My new Wife was not interested in cars one little bit before meeting me so has had an absolute baptism of fire being with me while I / we worked on the noble... and she still married me
Anyhow we often watch these 'Fast and loud' and 'Overhauling' programs and Mrs GTT told me she wanted to do a 'fast and loud' project... take an old classic, strip it to nothing, slap a large engine in, big wheels, nice interior, make it handle with brand new suspension etc etc... we both independently had been hankering over a car of our youth so I guessing you will see were this is going...
Anyhow the GTT is not dead, just officially on hold, here is her new home for the immediate future
new project involves the 2 cars in this picture
with This
going in this
will probably start a new thread when I'm past the planning stage.
Well over the weekend I built myself what is effectively a very large crate in the garden and moved the GTT into this new home... the reason is simple, having practically redesigned and remade my noble to a full carbon body and 700bhp spec I know that the GTT is going to cost me 100k to get to the spec of what I want.
During this GTT project I have divorced, and then remarried last year... My new Wife was not interested in cars one little bit before meeting me so has had an absolute baptism of fire being with me while I / we worked on the noble... and she still married me
Anyhow we often watch these 'Fast and loud' and 'Overhauling' programs and Mrs GTT told me she wanted to do a 'fast and loud' project... take an old classic, strip it to nothing, slap a large engine in, big wheels, nice interior, make it handle with brand new suspension etc etc... we both independently had been hankering over a car of our youth so I guessing you will see were this is going...
Anyhow the GTT is not dead, just officially on hold, here is her new home for the immediate future
new project involves the 2 cars in this picture
with This
going in this
will probably start a new thread when I'm past the planning stage.
The M5 suffered a transmission fault just under 2 years ago, i had it towed to a specialist who diagnosed an SMG pump failure and said it would need a whole new smg system and pump and quoted £4.5k... I couldn't justify that at the time and told them to deliver it to my home which they did while I was still overseas.
I didn't touch the car for 3 months as i was fed up, then when i did go to the car the battery was flat and it was 6inches full of water inside, I was very happy.. transpires they left the fuse box cover off (30 second fitment) under the bonnet and failed to mention this and charged me close to £400 for the privalidge of this incompetence... 4 of the computers were ruined (including engine and gearbox), the engine loom etc.
Anyhow I recently had a different garage change the entire SMG system and got all the electronics sorted, replaced the computers and loom etc... only for the original fault to be present, they had misdiagnosed, turns out it was the gearbox cooler pump that failed at a cost of £500 fitted lol
Regardless if I got it running its a flood damaged car and the car is known for its electronic gremlins (but has bullit proof mechanicals), Im not going to use any of the electronics from the car as am going to use a well proven stand alone ecu... using the original would have been 3 times the money of a stand alone anyhow due to the complexity of the system.
I didn't touch the car for 3 months as i was fed up, then when i did go to the car the battery was flat and it was 6inches full of water inside, I was very happy.. transpires they left the fuse box cover off (30 second fitment) under the bonnet and failed to mention this and charged me close to £400 for the privalidge of this incompetence... 4 of the computers were ruined (including engine and gearbox), the engine loom etc.
Anyhow I recently had a different garage change the entire SMG system and got all the electronics sorted, replaced the computers and loom etc... only for the original fault to be present, they had misdiagnosed, turns out it was the gearbox cooler pump that failed at a cost of £500 fitted lol
Regardless if I got it running its a flood damaged car and the car is known for its electronic gremlins (but has bullit proof mechanicals), Im not going to use any of the electronics from the car as am going to use a well proven stand alone ecu... using the original would have been 3 times the money of a stand alone anyhow due to the complexity of the system.
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