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flemke said:
madazrx7 said:
Easy fixed; white overalls and helmet with tinted visor a la Stig (yes I know you're not a fan)
I understand your desire for anonymity, but I guess sooner or later a PHer will run into you somewhere. (Quite likely already happened). I hope they respect your privacy.
I understand your desire for anonymity, but I guess sooner or later a PHer will run into you somewhere. (Quite likely already happened). I hope they respect your privacy.
I know or have met quite a few PHers through the years.
It's a bit different when there's a whole group of folks and they're converging on the car you're in.
I'm sure it could be arranged for you to arrive incognito....... you with someone else and the car on the back of an AA truck
ali_kat said:
flemke said:
madazrx7 said:
Easy fixed; white overalls and helmet with tinted visor a la Stig (yes I know you're not a fan)
I understand your desire for anonymity, but I guess sooner or later a PHer will run into you somewhere. (Quite likely already happened). I hope they respect your privacy.
I understand your desire for anonymity, but I guess sooner or later a PHer will run into you somewhere. (Quite likely already happened). I hope they respect your privacy.
I know or have met quite a few PHers through the years.
It's a bit different when there's a whole group of folks and they're converging on the car you're in.
I'm sure it could be arranged for you to arrive incognito....... you with someone else and the car on the back of a Beeches truck
Silent1 said:
Volume 3? Ted have you been drinking again?
Nope, although I think it should probably be more than volume 3…
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Flemke,
Those new uprights, are they CNC milled steel (which would I guess would be the only way of getting a small run made to experiment with without the cost of commissioning the die/template required for forging or casting ).
If so, were the originals forged, cast or milled and what is the effect on weight (presumably negligible and anyway more than offset by the handling improvements).
rgds
Guy
flemke said:
In case anyone is interested, some F1-related images:
with thanks to Joe911 for his continuing patience and enlightenment
That's a lovely looking wheel, the red arch looks just the right red too on my apple screen, and the brighter rim is Globs approved with thanks to Joe911 for his continuing patience and enlightenment
That seems to have a brembo caliper on a slotted disc, I'm guessing the drilled discs (floating?) are from your car? What are the original discs on the F1?
I'm guessing your 'weather of choice' is not the scene that greets us in the photo at the bottom, does your new setup help wet/damp/greasy driving at all?
GuyR said:
Flemke,
Those new uprights, are they CNC milled steel (which would I guess would be the only way of getting a small run made to experiment with without the cost of commissioning the die/template required for forging or casting ).
If so, were the originals forged, cast or milled and what is the effect on weight (presumably negligible and anyway more than offset by the handling improvements).
rgds
Guy
Guy,
In the fourth image from top is one of the original rear uprights, which I think we will be able to keep (if we're lucky with the brakes), but the wishbone is new.
The original uprights were cast.
If we do new ones they'll be CNC from billet. With modern alloys you can save weight and get the strength in the places that you need it, whilst also effecting better brake cooling.
Btw, forging costs a lot more than casting. Casting is not that expensive.
Globulator said:
flemke said:
In case anyone is interested, some F1-related images:
with thanks to Joe911 for his continuing patience and enlightenment
That's a lovely looking wheel, the red arch looks just the right red too on my apple screen, and the brighter rim is Globs approved with thanks to Joe911 for his continuing patience and enlightenment
That seems to have a brembo caliper on a slotted disc, I'm guessing the drilled discs (floating?) are from your car? What are the original discs on the F1?
I'm guessing your 'weather of choice' is not the scene that greets us in the photo at the bottom, does your new setup help wet/damp/greasy driving at all?
The actual colour of the car in that image is shocking pink. It's the original paint on one of the "Lark" GTRs - the same car as in the bottom image.
The discs on all the F1s were floating. The race cars had 18" wheels, whilst the road cars had 17". Road cars came with drilled discs.
The new setup, which is still a work-in-progress, is a lot more stable and more pleasurable to drive, although the ultimate grip is not higher. Elevating that is part of what we'll be doing in June/July, with some changes to dampers/springs/ARB.
flemke said:
Guy,
In the fourth image from top is one of the original rear uprights, which I think we will be able to keep (if we're lucky with the brakes), but the wishbone is new.
The original uprights were cast.
If we do new ones they'll be CNC from billet. With modern alloys you can save weight and get the strength in the places that you need it, whilst also effecting better brake cooling.
Btw, forging costs a lot more than casting. Casting is not that expensive.
I must have been having brain fade when I typed as I could see the uprights had the original F1 logos on them, must have just confued uprights with wishbones when typing....
ilovevolvo said:
Thanks flemke what a site two F1's together if i had been driving past i think i would of crashed.
Lovely to see some dirt on your suspension shows your enjoying it as always.
Russ
Lovely to see some dirt on your suspension shows your enjoying it as always.
Russ
As I'm sure you know, if you don't drive a car, it slowly but surely becomes less usable, as things dry out and oil and grease are displaced.
I'd much rather get a car that's been used a lot but used properly than get a garage queen that's sat idle and got ossified and stale.
GuyR said:
flemke said:
Guy,
In the fourth image from top is one of the original rear uprights, which I think we will be able to keep (if we're lucky with the brakes), but the wishbone is new.
The original uprights were cast.
If we do new ones they'll be CNC from billet. With modern alloys you can save weight and get the strength in the places that you need it, whilst also effecting better brake cooling.
Btw, forging costs a lot more than casting. Casting is not that expensive.
I must have been having brain fade when I typed as I could see the uprights had the original F1 logos on them, must have just confued uprights with wishbones when typing....
IIRC, the main parts of the car that are castings are the uprights, the front rockers (in image 3), the front bulkhead/steering rack, the block and the transaxle case. I suppose the cam covers are cast, as would be other bits such as water and oil pump housings. Not sure about the oil tank.
The original wishbones were all CNC'd. The alloy was the best available at the time, although there is a new alloy which we're using which I'm told has a slightly higher S-W ratio and is more resistant to internal corrosion.
Image 5 is a corner of one of the front subframes, which were also CNC'd. Their function was to attach to the front of the tub via the special assymmetrical nylon/rubber/steel bushes which gave compliance whilst fixing the trail position, and to provide attachment points for the rockers and the lower wishbones (the latter off a pivot rod which can be seen in the LRH corner of the image).
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