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Well, that went quick! It’s been over two years, but I haven’t had my feet up!
The car hasn’t moved on, but, I managed to build the workshop with the shiny floor, put a driveway to it, and close my plot off with a great big wall.
The Caterham now lives at home, with two and a half motorcycles for company.
Yep, the shed’s full already! 😆
The car hasn’t moved on, but, I managed to build the workshop with the shiny floor, put a driveway to it, and close my plot off with a great big wall.
The Caterham now lives at home, with two and a half motorcycles for company.
Yep, the shed’s full already! 😆
When I started this project, all those years back, I had my heart set on the Hartley H1.
Unfortunately, it’s no longer available.
I’ve been considering what to use instead, just lately.
My heart has been flicking from one to the other.
Sometimes, I think tiny jewel like Hartley Bolt 4 at 60 odd Kg, then I think about the easy option, and think just stick a Duratec in it, then I imagine the wonderful bark of a BDG with alloy block, and electronic injection.
What will it be?
Well, I need to top up my sock drawer before I go any further, so we shall have to see which way the wind is blowing, when I have enough beer tokens stashed in said sock drawer.
Unfortunately, it’s no longer available.
I’ve been considering what to use instead, just lately.
My heart has been flicking from one to the other.
Sometimes, I think tiny jewel like Hartley Bolt 4 at 60 odd Kg, then I think about the easy option, and think just stick a Duratec in it, then I imagine the wonderful bark of a BDG with alloy block, and electronic injection.
What will it be?
Well, I need to top up my sock drawer before I go any further, so we shall have to see which way the wind is blowing, when I have enough beer tokens stashed in said sock drawer.
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 23 July 13:15
The H1 V8 isn't available now Harry. Although I wouldn't call it outdated.
The rights were sold to a race team.t
John Hartley builds another V8 now, but it's too wide.
I figured the Bolt 4, which is just an inline 4, which can be Naturaly aspirated, or Turbo'd, would get the car down to 400kg ish, in naturally aspirated form, and be quite lively with over 200hp.
If I go the car engine route, I would probably go for electronic injection, over mechanical, but I haven't really looked that far ahead to weigh up the pro's and con's.
The rights were sold to a race team.t
John Hartley builds another V8 now, but it's too wide.
I figured the Bolt 4, which is just an inline 4, which can be Naturaly aspirated, or Turbo'd, would get the car down to 400kg ish, in naturally aspirated form, and be quite lively with over 200hp.
If I go the car engine route, I would probably go for electronic injection, over mechanical, but I haven't really looked that far ahead to weigh up the pro's and con's.
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 18th September 21:54
mickrick said:
The H1 V8 isn't available now Bert. Although I wouldn't call it outdated.
The rights were sold to a race team.
John Hartley builds another V8 now, but it's too wide.
I figured the Bolt 4, which is just an inline 4, which can be Naturaly aspirated, or Turbo'd, would get the car down to 400kg ish, in naturally aspirated form, and be quite lively with over 200hp.
If I go the car engine route, I would probably go for electronic injection, over mechanical, but I haven't really looked that far ahead to weigh up the pro's and con's.
Sorry about that, I had some other old Hart engine in mind which was on a Lucas or Kugelfisher as far as I remember. The rights were sold to a race team.
John Hartley builds another V8 now, but it's too wide.
I figured the Bolt 4, which is just an inline 4, which can be Naturaly aspirated, or Turbo'd, would get the car down to 400kg ish, in naturally aspirated form, and be quite lively with over 200hp.
If I go the car engine route, I would probably go for electronic injection, over mechanical, but I haven't really looked that far ahead to weigh up the pro's and con's.
Cons of mechanical is that you probably will have difficulties to register it due to the emissions.
Edited by harry b on Tuesday 18th September 21:35
Hi Mickrick,
Your car looks amazing! I have a bare aluminium bodied car and I’m thinking of having a go at polishing it up like yours. I have a rotary polisher with a wool bonnet and a cheaper version of a cyclo and I’m using a fleece cloth with it. So far, I’ve just had a little go with Nuvite IIF7 using my rotary, and then IIS with my twin orbital. I’ve spent about 2 hours just doing a 12” square piece and it has come up with a mirror finish, but there are lots of fine scratches that don’t seem to come out. I just wondered if you could give me any tips? Do I just need to persevere with it? Thanks.
Your car looks amazing! I have a bare aluminium bodied car and I’m thinking of having a go at polishing it up like yours. I have a rotary polisher with a wool bonnet and a cheaper version of a cyclo and I’m using a fleece cloth with it. So far, I’ve just had a little go with Nuvite IIF7 using my rotary, and then IIS with my twin orbital. I’ve spent about 2 hours just doing a 12” square piece and it has come up with a mirror finish, but there are lots of fine scratches that don’t seem to come out. I just wondered if you could give me any tips? Do I just need to persevere with it? Thanks.
Hi, are they scratches, or swirl marks from the polisher?
If the scratches were there before you polished, you need to take them out first, otherwise the polishing will highlight them.
I use 3M superfine, and microfine foam pads to take out any imperfections before polishing.
If it's swirlmarks it could be the type of cloth that's scratching the surface. I use a polar fleece.
It's been a while since I've used the Nuvite, so I can't remember the grades I used, (I use 3 grades) but I'll be back home in just over a week. I can dig it out and have a look.
out of interest, what's the car?
If the scratches were there before you polished, you need to take them out first, otherwise the polishing will highlight them.
I use 3M superfine, and microfine foam pads to take out any imperfections before polishing.
If it's swirlmarks it could be the type of cloth that's scratching the surface. I use a polar fleece.
It's been a while since I've used the Nuvite, so I can't remember the grades I used, (I use 3 grades) but I'll be back home in just over a week. I can dig it out and have a look.
out of interest, what's the car?
I had previously sanded the panel due to stone chips, so it’s the fine scratches from sanding. I had ordered some 3M microfine pads as I saw that you had used these. They hadn’t arrived when I first had a go yesterday, but they actually arrived today, so I had a go at rubbing the panel down with these and then polished it again. They have definitely helped! A little more time rubbing down with those and then polishing again and I think it will be ok. It’s a bare aluminium Caterham. It has the grained finish at the moment. I have a carbon nose and wings so I think that would look nice with the polished bodywork!
Well done! It's going to look fantastic!
Post some pictures when it's done
One final tip, if you have any deep scratches that the 3M pads won't take out, you can use some 220 grade aluminum oxide paper, before working with the 3M pads.
It's just like painting, the hard work is in the preparation
Post some pictures when it's done
One final tip, if you have any deep scratches that the 3M pads won't take out, you can use some 220 grade aluminum oxide paper, before working with the 3M pads.
It's just like painting, the hard work is in the preparation
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