CAR PORN ALERT !!!!!! Our trackday kit car.

CAR PORN ALERT !!!!!! Our trackday kit car.

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danwebster

503 posts

233 months

Sunday 12th April 2009
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beautiful work, look forward to seeing the finished article.

It'll almost be a shame to use it (and get it dirty)!

blackcab

1,259 posts

199 months

Wednesday 15th April 2009
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That is looking incredible Geoff - some serious effort there, love the paddle shift - can see some knickle skin coming off though initially !

Look forward to seeing more pics

911p

2,331 posts

179 months

Wednesday 15th April 2009
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Can't wait to see the finished version, looks awesome!

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Friday 21st August 2009
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Work has started again in earnest. This could be the last big push!
I have been doing the wiring whilst Eldon has knocked up the header and breather tanks pictured.
Bulkhead area is nearly finished with ECU and battery located.
Eldon is now making an instrument pod followed by various infill panels.
Fuel and water next weekend methinks.
More pics to follow....

Geoff & Eldon.
mm by Geoff Lee, on Flickr
P1010132 by Geoff Lee, on Flickr
kk by Geoff Lee, on Flickr

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dickieandjulie

1,068 posts

256 months

Tuesday 25th August 2009
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This looks fantastic guys! Post up when its gonna make its debut.

Richard

al1991

4,552 posts

179 months

Tuesday 25th August 2009
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That accelerator pedal is a work of art

Xenocide

4,286 posts

207 months

Wednesday 26th August 2009
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Looks fantastic. Where will you be taking it (and can I have a go?)

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Thursday 27th August 2009
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al1991 said:
That accelerator pedal is a work of art
The accelerator pedal was easy. The brake pedal was the tricky one.

Geoff.

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Saturday 29th August 2009
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Another day in the garage, slaving over a hot wiring loom!
Anyway, she starts and she runs. No dramas, only one minor water leak.
Eldon has nearly finished the instrument pod to house the tacho and digidash. Still a work in progress at this stage. It will be sprayed wrinkle finish black.
It mounts onto the steering column via the CNC clamp to which it will be welded.
Just the rear lights and gear position indicator to wire up now. Then airbox to fit, inner wheelarches to make...........

Geoff & Eldon.
P1010065 by Geoff Lee, on Flickr
uu by Geoff Lee, on Flickr

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theboyraymond

2 posts

180 months

Saturday 29th August 2009
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lovely

Furyous

23,500 posts

220 months

Sunday 30th August 2009
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Some very nice fabbing going on there.

Im interested in the use of R1 shocks. Do you think the damping will be valved up ok to work on the car ?

I can understand changing the springs, but even if they have adjustable damping,how do you know they will work ?

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Sunday 30th August 2009
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Furyous said:
Some very nice fabbing going on there.

Im interested in the use of R1 shocks. Do you think the damping will be valved up ok to work on the car ?

I can understand changing the springs, but even if they have adjustable damping,how do you know they will work ?
Hi there. The simple answer is that we don't know for sure. The use of R1 shocks is a little bit of a stab in the dark.
On the plus side they are light, double adjustable, have needle rollers at one end and cheap.
We have changed the springs to 250 lb/inch. This is around half the value of the original R1 spring. We removed the preload gubbins and made new ally top and bottom caps.
The car is, as yet, untested but when we (un)scientifically bounced on the rear of the car I can report that the damping felt under-damped on low setting and maybe over-damped on full setting. The difference between the two extremes of setting is vast, far more than I expected. If the rebound is set at full the car takes ages to come up to rest. Well, about two seconds. Our good friend Tim Gray, the multiple RGB champion, has performed this test on the car and according to his calibrated spidey-sense he says it feels OK in comparison to his car.
The proof of the pudding...etc. etc.
Am I right in thinking that if the standard damping controls full deflection movement on a 500lb spring that it should be more than adequate with half the springrate?
We are hoping to go on a trackday soon, just as a shakedown session initially. The car has a few.. how shall I put it..unusual features which may or may not cause problems.
The R1 shocks, the bike rear calipers, the titanium anti roll bar...
People have said in the past " why don't you just buy proven stuff off the shelf, like everyone else?" The answer lies in the second part of the question.
Well, we like to be different, despite the inevitable headaches. We make everything we can.
The end result will almost certainly be more capable as a trackday car than we are as drivers. Neither of us could drive a greasy stick up a dogs arse!
We were hoping to take the car to Stafford kit car show but Eldon is on holiday. Bah.
Thanks for your interest anyway and for raising a (hopefully) not too valid point.
Geoff & Eldon.






Edited by spyder dryver on Tuesday 3rd November 19:36

dickieandjulie

1,068 posts

256 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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How you getting on guys? You gonna get out this year?

Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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That is properly sexy. Properly.

hehe

Seriously though, weapon is the word. I foresee this particular device as a regular wilter of well-heeled egos and a plunderer of braking zones, apices and hill climbs. Awesome tool / toy smile

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Saturday 3rd October 2009
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Busy day today, Eldon has fabbed and fitted the inner rear wheelarches whilst I have finished the wiring and fitted the seats and harnesses amongst other things. The instrument pods are fitted and looking good. The STACK temp gauge is a nice piece of kit.
The car is nearly ready for it's baptism. We are looking for a suitable trackday venue to perform a shakedown test.
Only a few more jobs to sort, we are leaving the front and rear diffusers until winter time.
Pics are not up to usual standard. They were taken in a hurry.
We'll wheel the car outside next week and take some better pics.
If Steve is reading this, Hi Steve!!

Geoff.
S4010023 by Geoff Lee, on Flickr
S4010024 by Geoff Lee, on Flickr
S4010020 by Geoff Lee, on Flickr

Edited by spyder dryver on Saturday 15th February 20:15

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Sunday 4th October 2009
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Just a couple of observations (and please don't take them too harshly as I think you've both done a great job).

I have to say that dash looks awful, really it would have looked so much better with a single carbon sheet and a combined digidash. It really makes the car look cheap, which is a shame given the stunning machinig and welding that has gone into it.

The other thing is the paddles seem to be the wrong way round - the convention is for an up-shift paddle to be on the right and the downshift on the left. Having driven cars with both systems, the layout you seem to have is very counter-intuitive - Just my opinion though.

dickieandjulie

1,068 posts

256 months

Sunday 18th October 2009
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How you getting on guys?!

AlexVTR

286 posts

173 months

Tuesday 20th October 2009
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Love your Pedal Set ! smile

Will you have Bias Brake control on the dash/switch panel ?

spyder dryver

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1,329 posts

215 months

Wednesday 21st October 2009
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AlexVTR said:
Love your Pedal Set ! smile

Will you have Bias Brake control on the dash/switch panel ?
Hi Alex. The bias control is near the drivers right knee. It can be seen three pictures up.
I love the pedal set too! One of my better creations!
Both seats are now fitted and roll cage padding added. The car needs a basic alignment check, mirrors fitting, bonnet catches, a few other small jobs... nothing major. We are leaving some jobs till winter and hoping to get a trackday in soon. Probably Teeside.
I'll post some more pics tomorrow.
Geoff.

AlexVTR

286 posts

173 months

Thursday 22nd October 2009
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spyder dryver said:
AlexVTR said:
Love your Pedal Set ! smile

Will you have Bias Brake control on the dash/switch panel ?
Hi Alex. The bias control is near the drivers right knee. It can be seen three pictures up.
I love the pedal set too! One of my better creations!
Both seats are now fitted and roll cage padding added. The car needs a basic alignment check, mirrors fitting, bonnet catches, a few other small jobs... nothing major. We are leaving some jobs till winter and hoping to get a trackday in soon. Probably Teeside.
I'll post some more pics tomorrow.
Geoff.
Awesome ! thats one thing i want to invest in my kit car. Make sure you get some decent bonnet catches, im not sure how well the bonnet stays on with these but ive seen many 'Seven' kit car bonnets fly off !

Also love the orange chassis against the carbon fibre, its just pure porn !