Scaffolding poles + old VW bits + Rotary engine....
Discussion
Should be finished next month, but then we need to strip everything back, paint it all, and put it back together with all the correct hardware/loctite, etc, etc.
Well, I say finished, but there's still a hell of a lot of other work to do even when it's running...
Well, I say finished, but there's still a hell of a lot of other work to do even when it's running...
Edited by PhillipM on Saturday 26th April 00:37
Well, bit more wiring and bonnet work today, and a depressing hour totting up the list of stuff left to do after the above comment about timescales.
Whilst the car will be ready soon, there's also lots of other more routine stuff being done as well as the big engine change/suspension, etc. All the brake calipers are being refurbed (rears are done but I need to do fronts), need to sort some new front and rear pads, all new brake flexies and hardlines need making, because we've changed master cylinders and reservoirs, new lines and plumbing for hydraulic clutch, new throttle pedal, cable and a linkage for the throttle body because it now points towards the back of the car - doh.
There's also the hydraulic lines on the front dampers to replace, the new canisters to add, some new lines for interlinking the suspension to plan and make, the front uprights need to come apart to repair some wear on the king-pins and at some point the beam is getting chopped down and another set of front arms made, the fire extinguisher needs remounting, new floor and skidpans to make, seat-belt mounts need altering because the seats have been moved to get the transaxle/airbox in, battery and PAS pump need new trays and re-mounting, the front bull-bars/nerf rails are getting cut off and remade in aluminium, ditto the side tree-bars...that's before we even start painting the thing.
Yep, take a breath, we're not done yet - new windscreen needs cutting and fitting, new polycarb will need cutting and forming for the doors because it's scratched and scuffed beyond machine polishing out, the rear mudguards have distorted from being sat outside in the sun for a year so they need fixing/replacing, the frame needs gussets welding in the side bars, a-pillar and roof cross so it meets the latest regs in case we go racing in France, and just to top it off, we've a lot of heatshields/belt guards to make around the new engine, and it really could do with a couple of pairs of new rear tyres - can you still get money trees, I need to plant a few....
And once it's actually moving all the damper and spring rates will be to hell, so it's going to be a long time retuning everything.
/depressing bd mode.
Whilst the car will be ready soon, there's also lots of other more routine stuff being done as well as the big engine change/suspension, etc. All the brake calipers are being refurbed (rears are done but I need to do fronts), need to sort some new front and rear pads, all new brake flexies and hardlines need making, because we've changed master cylinders and reservoirs, new lines and plumbing for hydraulic clutch, new throttle pedal, cable and a linkage for the throttle body because it now points towards the back of the car - doh.
There's also the hydraulic lines on the front dampers to replace, the new canisters to add, some new lines for interlinking the suspension to plan and make, the front uprights need to come apart to repair some wear on the king-pins and at some point the beam is getting chopped down and another set of front arms made, the fire extinguisher needs remounting, new floor and skidpans to make, seat-belt mounts need altering because the seats have been moved to get the transaxle/airbox in, battery and PAS pump need new trays and re-mounting, the front bull-bars/nerf rails are getting cut off and remade in aluminium, ditto the side tree-bars...that's before we even start painting the thing.
Yep, take a breath, we're not done yet - new windscreen needs cutting and fitting, new polycarb will need cutting and forming for the doors because it's scratched and scuffed beyond machine polishing out, the rear mudguards have distorted from being sat outside in the sun for a year so they need fixing/replacing, the frame needs gussets welding in the side bars, a-pillar and roof cross so it meets the latest regs in case we go racing in France, and just to top it off, we've a lot of heatshields/belt guards to make around the new engine, and it really could do with a couple of pairs of new rear tyres - can you still get money trees, I need to plant a few....
And once it's actually moving all the damper and spring rates will be to hell, so it's going to be a long time retuning everything.
/depressing bd mode.
Yeah, don't ask, I've been there and we've had that arguement, I just wanted to cover the tube in some fabric and dope
But to be honest, it's only really got used because it's easy to mock up and work with/alter as you see fit, and it's going to have a composite mould taken off that bonnet at some point anyway, so it won't be on there forever.
The bulk of the tubing underneath will be cut out and the panels thinned down when the curves and welds get blended anyway, so it's not quite as bad as it looks, most of the tube work is just something to work to.
But to be honest, it's only really got used because it's easy to mock up and work with/alter as you see fit, and it's going to have a composite mould taken off that bonnet at some point anyway, so it won't be on there forever.
The bulk of the tubing underneath will be cut out and the panels thinned down when the curves and welds get blended anyway, so it's not quite as bad as it looks, most of the tube work is just something to work to.
PhillipM said:
Yeah, don't ask, I've been there and we've had that arguement, I just wanted to cover the tube in some fabric and dope
But to be honest, it's only really got used because it's easy to mock up and work with/alter as you see fit, and it's going to have a composite mould taken off that bonnet at some point anyway, so it won't be on there forever.
The bulk of the tubing underneath will be cut out and the panels thinned down when the curves and welds get blended anyway, so it's not quite as bad as it looks, most of the tube work is just something to work to.
That'd be an excellent idea - and then painted up like a Sopwith Camel!But to be honest, it's only really got used because it's easy to mock up and work with/alter as you see fit, and it's going to have a composite mould taken off that bonnet at some point anyway, so it won't be on there forever.
The bulk of the tubing underneath will be cut out and the panels thinned down when the curves and welds get blended anyway, so it's not quite as bad as it looks, most of the tube work is just something to work to.
Not being too happy with the temporary air inlets for the manifold and supercharger, and having a spare bit of billet from another project, Ed make a small mountain of swarf today and replaced the manifold one whilst I was swearing at the cam sensor (I had to make a plug for it, because we couldn't get a connector to fit it for love nor money):
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