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Thought I would get a thread started about 2010 prep - to motivate me as much as anything given the very cold weather and current total lack of enthusiasm to get in the garage.
Moved house last year so didn't enter the 2009 Liverpool and Chester Speed Championship, but managed to get out a couple of times and finished the year off well with a class win at Aintree, in very changeable conditions.
Since then have stripped the front of the car down and rebuilt with kevlar-reinforced front wings. It was the first time I had really worked with kevlar and have to say it was easier than I expected once I had worked out how to cut it - cured kevlar (embedded in epoxy for eg) can be cut with a saw made for cutting stainless steel. Uncured kevlar cloth is a total b*tch to cut - brand new razor blades needed, and they blunt very quickly. Wetting it with epoxy is ok, despite what I had read; he trick is to put epoxy down first, then the cloth, they more epoxy and stipple it in with a stiff brush.
Wings are now done and refitted and front bumper mods have started - this is a genuine ibiza F2 bumper in carbon and kevlar - will be fitted with an engine undertray/front diffuser that I am making at the moment. Are going to mould some proper brake ducts into it while I am messing about, and make it a bit more streamlined.
Front bumper:
Underfloor will need some kind of support like this (but less heavy duty):
And will be something like this:
Have stripped and repainted both sills and they look miles better now - satin black to match the look when it had the sill covers - nearside had some gravel-rash collected over the years. Took the opportunity to remove the 'pips' on the sills as my car doesn't have sill covers any more.
Have also refitted the rear bumper with some mods to allow it to clear my exhaust. This needs painting so will get this painted when the front bumper is done.
Engine wise - are going to try some 48mm DTH bodies as think I will get some more poke with them over the 45's - these will be the first of their kind from Badger-5. Dyno tests with similar spec engines and DCOE-type bodies have suggested 10-16hp gain. Are also going to try some injectors with a more modern design than the cossie items I have been running for he last few years. 48mm billet ram pipes arrived this morning:
These have come off a very serious race Duratec so should be up to the job on my motor.
More pics as the weather gets warmer
Ave it
Rob
Thought I would get a thread started about 2010 prep - to motivate me as much as anything given the very cold weather and current total lack of enthusiasm to get in the garage.
Moved house last year so didn't enter the 2009 Liverpool and Chester Speed Championship, but managed to get out a couple of times and finished the year off well with a class win at Aintree, in very changeable conditions.
Since then have stripped the front of the car down and rebuilt with kevlar-reinforced front wings. It was the first time I had really worked with kevlar and have to say it was easier than I expected once I had worked out how to cut it - cured kevlar (embedded in epoxy for eg) can be cut with a saw made for cutting stainless steel. Uncured kevlar cloth is a total b*tch to cut - brand new razor blades needed, and they blunt very quickly. Wetting it with epoxy is ok, despite what I had read; he trick is to put epoxy down first, then the cloth, they more epoxy and stipple it in with a stiff brush.
Wings are now done and refitted and front bumper mods have started - this is a genuine ibiza F2 bumper in carbon and kevlar - will be fitted with an engine undertray/front diffuser that I am making at the moment. Are going to mould some proper brake ducts into it while I am messing about, and make it a bit more streamlined.
Front bumper:
Underfloor will need some kind of support like this (but less heavy duty):
And will be something like this:
Have stripped and repainted both sills and they look miles better now - satin black to match the look when it had the sill covers - nearside had some gravel-rash collected over the years. Took the opportunity to remove the 'pips' on the sills as my car doesn't have sill covers any more.
Have also refitted the rear bumper with some mods to allow it to clear my exhaust. This needs painting so will get this painted when the front bumper is done.
Engine wise - are going to try some 48mm DTH bodies as think I will get some more poke with them over the 45's - these will be the first of their kind from Badger-5. Dyno tests with similar spec engines and DCOE-type bodies have suggested 10-16hp gain. Are also going to try some injectors with a more modern design than the cossie items I have been running for he last few years. 48mm billet ram pipes arrived this morning:
These have come off a very serious race Duratec so should be up to the job on my motor.
More pics as the weather gets warmer
Ave it
Rob
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