Noble M12 heavily modified
Discussion
Due to other projects (mainly doubling the size of my house) I have not done much on the noble over the past year or so... yes the Capri project has been taking my garage time up but that was no excuse, so something had to be done.
So over xmas in readiness for the car to be on show at Autosport I decided to make a second carbon seat for the passenger side and reupholster the seats with black and red leather, nothing fancy I must point out as Im only an amateur and I didn't want it to looks pants.
Whilst at the autosport show I spent quite a bit of time thinking about my final plans to finish off the car and took the expensive decision to replace the current Motec M800 ecu with the latest Motec M150 offering, this will allow me to run everything I do now but also add DBW and monitor various other car/engine related stuff in the future.... I also bought a new DASH 2 pro dash system to replace the Stack 8110 unit i currently run for a variety of technical reasons.... For me it was a very very expensive show.
While I am changing the ecu Im going to fit some upgraded coils, ID injectors, make a new inlet plenum and change to ITB's... not looking for more power, just want to future proof the car more and give some of the components some extra safety margins.
Anyhow back to the seats and more importantly pics
seats
Bagged the seat up after clearing up the xmas dinner, even had Wifal approval
Made some new rear spoiler uprights, basically each one was 4 sheets of 4mm resin infused 650g carbon, shaped and then bonded together.... I have WAY over engineered these yet they weight under 1kg each.... undecided on the wing end plates (which are 2 thin sheets of carbon with a 4mm foam core), decided to go bigger and trim them down later if I decided they are so massive lol.
(picture from peter8171)
So over xmas in readiness for the car to be on show at Autosport I decided to make a second carbon seat for the passenger side and reupholster the seats with black and red leather, nothing fancy I must point out as Im only an amateur and I didn't want it to looks pants.
Whilst at the autosport show I spent quite a bit of time thinking about my final plans to finish off the car and took the expensive decision to replace the current Motec M800 ecu with the latest Motec M150 offering, this will allow me to run everything I do now but also add DBW and monitor various other car/engine related stuff in the future.... I also bought a new DASH 2 pro dash system to replace the Stack 8110 unit i currently run for a variety of technical reasons.... For me it was a very very expensive show.
While I am changing the ecu Im going to fit some upgraded coils, ID injectors, make a new inlet plenum and change to ITB's... not looking for more power, just want to future proof the car more and give some of the components some extra safety margins.
Anyhow back to the seats and more importantly pics
seats
Bagged the seat up after clearing up the xmas dinner, even had Wifal approval
Made some new rear spoiler uprights, basically each one was 4 sheets of 4mm resin infused 650g carbon, shaped and then bonded together.... I have WAY over engineered these yet they weight under 1kg each.... undecided on the wing end plates (which are 2 thin sheets of carbon with a 4mm foam core), decided to go bigger and trim them down later if I decided they are so massive lol.
(picture from peter8171)
Edited by andygtt on Monday 26th March 10:41
I spotted your car at Autosport. It is a major achievement to create an entire body like that in CF. You are a man after my own heart, being prepared to 'have a go' yourself.
The front clip looked very professional as did the wing and centre section. Am I correct that the rear clip was one of the earlier pieces you did as it looked less sorted?
I have to say that the end product looked better that the recreation of the Cerbera Speed 12 on one of the other stands at the show.
I am sure you spotted the Noble M600. It stopped me in my tracks and had me studying it in great detail. It looked fabulous in that deep red weave (or lacquer). You can see where some of the £300k goes.....
Keep up the good work.
Paul
PS. Good idea having a glass wall between your workshop and kitchen so you are less isolated!!!
The front clip looked very professional as did the wing and centre section. Am I correct that the rear clip was one of the earlier pieces you did as it looked less sorted?
I have to say that the end product looked better that the recreation of the Cerbera Speed 12 on one of the other stands at the show.
I am sure you spotted the Noble M600. It stopped me in my tracks and had me studying it in great detail. It looked fabulous in that deep red weave (or lacquer). You can see where some of the £300k goes.....
Keep up the good work.
Paul
PS. Good idea having a glass wall between your workshop and kitchen so you are less isolated!!!
t, oops...apologies 
yonex said:
S800VXR said:
I've seen better finishes on drug cartel submarines!
Fair play for having a go but if yr gonna do it. FFS do a decent job!
I bet it took ages to make that M6 yours, did you install the air freshener all on your own?Fair play for having a go but if yr gonna do it. FFS do a decent job!
Knob.
Just caught up on this thread and the final result is certainly pretty special. I'd really like a Noble someday but it means a lotto win, or sell my E30 M3, neither of which are likely to happen.
I'm not sure what it is about the M12 that I like so much, as I've never even sat in one, but they just seem right.
I'm not sure what it is about the M12 that I like so much, as I've never even sat in one, but they just seem right.
Storer said:
I spotted your car at Autosport. It is a major achievement to create an entire body like that in CF. You are a man after my own heart, being prepared to 'have a go' yourself.
The front clip looked very professional as did the wing and centre section. Am I correct that the rear clip was one of the earlier pieces you did as it looked less sorted?
I have to say that the end product looked better that the recreation of the Cerbera Speed 12 on one of the other stands at the show.
I am sure you spotted the Noble M600. It stopped me in my tracks and had me studying it in great detail. It looked fabulous in that deep red weave (or lacquer). You can see where some of the £300k goes.....
Keep up the good work.
Paul
PS. Good idea having a glass wall between your workshop and kitchen so you are less isolated!!!
Thanks Paul, you are correct the rear clam was essentially the first part I made in carbon, at that time it was going to be painted and I had no idea you could lay weave neatly to the finish I later achieved.... been meaning to remake the rear clam for some time now so its something I may do next winter to complete the body properly. I do have the complete moulds after all so don't have any excuse lolThe front clip looked very professional as did the wing and centre section. Am I correct that the rear clip was one of the earlier pieces you did as it looked less sorted?
I have to say that the end product looked better that the recreation of the Cerbera Speed 12 on one of the other stands at the show.
I am sure you spotted the Noble M600. It stopped me in my tracks and had me studying it in great detail. It looked fabulous in that deep red weave (or lacquer). You can see where some of the £300k goes.....
Keep up the good work.
Paul
PS. Good idea having a glass wall between your workshop and kitchen so you are less isolated!!!
My Wife does keep mentioning the coloured lacquer of the M600, I have had a go myself and its not easy to get a consistent finish they achieve. I recon I would need to be paying best part of 10k for a top top paint show to do it.
andygtt said:
Had the car on our stand at Autosport again this year... I finally decided on a colour scheme and literally painted it in my garage a few days before the show so it still needs a proper block and wet sand.
I also displayed the ITB and carbon plenum that I have been working on.
Amazing work, that Plenum is really quite nice. I also displayed the ITB and carbon plenum that I have been working on.
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