Citroen 2cv V8 Racer

[grumpy52]

After much deliberation and trying at least 3 other steering wheels Peter finally bit the bullet and bought this one from Italy . It's from a racing Fiat 500 . It needs a good polish and it might get a nice leather pad for the centre, like the 70s Lotus race cars . The car is in the spirit of the 70s Super Saloons and Peter is trying to get the look of a 70s built car .

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The other wing built and mounted .
Looking the part !

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The interior looks the part .
All manual and analogue!

[civicduty]

If you have to take the rear wing off for some series how will that effect the aerodynamic balance of the car?

Will you have to modify anything else?

[B'stard Child]

civicduty said:

If you have to take the rear wing off for some series how will that effect the aerodynamic balance of the car?

Will you have to modify anything else?

I'm struggling with the concept of aero balance being applied to a 2CV

[grumpy52]

civicduty said:

If you have to take the rear wing off for some series how will that effect the aerodynamic balance of the car?

Will you have to modify anything else?

Until we test it we haven't got a clue on the aerodynamics !
The other mod will be road legal tyres as race slicks are also banned .
The main thing is to have fun and entertain.

[grumpy52]

dibbers006 said:

Can you scrub road legal tyres?

With 400+ bhp and 650kg +the way Peter likes to drive ( sideways) the tyres will very quickly be scrubbed !

[civicduty]

B'stard Child said:

I'm struggling with the concept of aero balance being applied to a 2CV

I’m struggling with the concept of still calling the car on this post a 2CV (in a good way)

[grumpy52]

Finally we have the 4th door .
One Ebay seller messed about and failed to fulfil several promises.
This person delivered the goods plus door catches and door plates .

[fttm]

Looking forward to seeing this finished and on track , utterly bonkers and awesome .

[grumpy52]

The last of the panels have been made and fitted . Soon to be removed for final filling and shaping and into the paint shop .
Soon be time to pull the engine and get it into the engine shop for its rebuild to race spec .

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Stripped of doors and boot which a local guy is going to paint because Peter hasn't got the space or time in the paint shop . While it's like this the clutch and brake lines will be fitted .

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The bonnet needs some final shaping and sanding then painting.

[marine boy]

Love this build, thought of it when I saw these on FB

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/55074649...

You'll need spares if your rubbin when racing

[grumpy52]

marine boy said:

Love this build, thought of it when I saw these on FB

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/55074649...

You'll need spares if your rubbin when racing

Hopefully they will never catch it .
The plan is to take moulds of the wings so replacement should not be a problem.

[grumpy52]

Out in the sunlight !
It's wide ! It's also pretty small being basically a Caterham with a body .
Hopefully fully painted and liveried by the end of this month and race ready by the end of March .

[grumpy52]

Fitting window rubbers and windows .
The front windows will be a bit more involved as it's getting one piece front windows . So front rubbers will have to be custom cut and templates made for the windows.
For those that are not familiar with 2CVs they normally have windows that have a hinged top section.

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Due to the workshop being so busy not much has been done to the 2CV8 .
Work has now started on preparing all the ancillary components for the race engine.
This is the oil pump pulley being machined .
Having raced one of these engines for many years and achieved good power and amazing reliability, Peter knows most of the tricks to make them work .
Being able to do so much in house certainly keeps the costs down and the quality up .

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Out of sequence post.

Edited by grumpy52 on Monday 7th March 20:20

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