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Are the fibreglass door skins much lighter than the original steel skins?
Posted on: 2016/3/22 7:11
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The fibreglass door skins are very light, my guess would be less than half that of the steel door.
The drivers door is now very flexible and will twist if grabbed in the wrong spot.
I told the fiberglass guy the bits were going onto a race car so he made them thin.
The door skins are made from what looks like woven cloth, where the boot skin looks like normal glass matt.
So now it all fits (or so I thought) it's of to the paint shop again.
Posted on: 2016/3/22 10:17
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Time to bolt on the panels.
The doors were fitted, but removed again to improve access for in cabin fit out. Also fitted the strut tower brace. More of MADDAT's stuff, and the Grill and Aluminium "head lights".
Posted on: 2016/3/25 6:29
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looks so nice
Posted on: 2016/3/25 6:43
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Thanks David.
Has any one picked where I copied the colour from ?
It's road car name is Rebel Blue.
Any guesses as to the other name and who the manufacturer is ???
Posted on: 2016/3/25 12:41
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Rebel blue...
A Volvo S60 colour perhaps?
Posted on: 2016/3/25 23:59
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well done. . . . .
The colour I wanted is on the V8supercar Volvos.
It's called Polstar blue which is there corporate racing blue.
I contacted the V8supercar team and they told me that Polstar blue is not available to anyone as it does not actually exist.
They gave me the VIN number of a S60 Volvo painted in the corporate colour.
When on a race car it's Polstar Blue. When on a road car it's Rebel Blue.
The British have "British Racing Green"
It turns out Rebel Blue is actually "French Racing Blue"
Wonder if the Swedish flags blue is Polstar, Rebel or French Racing Blue?
So what next?
Motor/gear box is back in.
Tail shaft. . . . . .
The gearbox output is flanged (no movement there).
The Diff input is flanged and the diff center is fixed to the body. (no movement there)
No movement means universal joints are unsuitable on at least one end of the tail shaft.
So why have any?
CV joints at both ends of the tail shaft is the way to go as they are a lot stronger than Universal joints.
Strange thing is that the tail shaft "floats". I can move it about 10mm forward/backward between the flanges.
Cheers
Geoff
Posted on: 2016/3/29 9:11
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I can't remember the exact order of the next couple of things fitted to the "blue bastard". . . .
So lets just say it was the exhaust.
I bought a length of straight pipe, a couple of 90 degree bends and a resonator. All in 2.5" diameter.
I then hand made a flange from 10mm plate to go onto the extractors.
The three main things as I saw them were:
1 - to route the exhaust without going under the drivers seat as its going to be hot enough in there as it is.
2 - to try and keep the exhaust as straight as possible.
3 - I wanted to go out the back of the car to help with the noise side of things and as it's normally aspirated get a little bit of back pressure happening.
So armed with a hacksaw and a welder I made this. . . .
Posted on: 2016/3/31 6:31
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Seat in next . . . . . .
The seat was one of the first things that was positioned in the car and the cage and trans tunnel were built around it.
The mounting points for the seat mounting brackets are part of the floor and are fixed.
The gear lever, pedal box and steering wheel are all installed around the seat position.
I made every thing suit my sitting position, so the fit is perfect for me.
Pity anyone else who tries to drive Blue Bastard.
Posted on: 2016/4/6 13:13
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CV joints on the tail shaft - inovative and strong- I like
Posted on: 2016/4/7 5:59
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