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[Sam Walters]

oh i dident realise that.i thought it was just to hide whats underneeth, but youve cut it away and made it part of the firewall, however i cant see it saveing too much weight. i may do this but cut out strips as opposed to the whole shelf.

[LukeH]

That carbon shelf looks fantastic! what have you used to secure it into place? have you bonded it?

Luke.

[Baldspeed Racing]

the cage is work of art mate, so looknig ot seeing her in paint. defo going to keep any eye on this project.

[bloomers]

looks like a spinner mate! Do like the carbon shelf And cage is lovely!

Ian

[b.e.a.n.y]

Tis looking good Andy!
When are you hoping to have her finished by? Because there is only so much luminous Lupo I can cope with!!
Maybe see you tomorrow! xx

[andywaller]

cheers beany you know you love the lupo!

baldspeed the cage is mega, but its going to be a fair old while before i paint it, its going to be dry built first.

luke the shelf is going to be bolted and bonded into place!

fg2002, nothing on the car is just "cosmetic", FG or carbon it would have been fitted, the shelf is there for weight saving, but more importantly when sealed in it creates a fire wall in the event of crash the keep the fuel in a separte compartmant.

sorry if that sound like a rant, but im building a race car not a road car.

[Matrix]

sorry if that sound like a rant, but im building a race car not a road car.

Dead right as well Andy

Its coming along nicely...you can't rush these things!

[Sam Walters]

fg2002, nothing on the car is just "cosmetic", FG or carbon it would have been fitted, the shelf is there for weight saving, but more importantly when sealed in it creates a fire wall in the event of crash the keep the fuel in a separte compartmant.

sorry if that sound like a rant, but im building a race car not a road car.

yer i know, i was thinking of doing it but leaveing like two or three braces it a little bit more in shape if you crash however, if someone is going to hit me hard enough to do that ammount of damage that it would push that bit out of place, the car is going to be written off anyway, ill be alright because of the cage anyway.

whats your target weight just out of curiosity, im guessing sub 500kg

Edited by flyingears2002, 15 January 2008 - 08:07 PM.

[andywaller]

im guessing sub 500kg

i wish!

im expecting something like 600 considering its a CDS cage and ive got all the turbo components aswell.

[Sam Walters]

dident think of that lol

well i guess the cage is about 40kg, and the turbo manifolds ect posible about 60, to be honest.

the don is at 460 i think sub 570 then is easily achivable.


would you mind takeing a piccie of the inside of your doors please.

[andywaller]

i take it you havent seen the subframe on the don then, or the fact that near everything on the drivetrain is made from ti.

im sticking to my 600kg



anyway,

mini spares road trip tomorrow.

[miniboo]

what engine is going in this now then???????

[Sam Walters]

well im guessing your talking about a titanium sub frame, i dident think of that ooops.

[andywaller]

its going to be a k1100 turbo, but im not sure about the dislacement. probably a 1293.

[bloomers]

woopwoop, Awesome road trip today! Keep the pictures coming, see you Tuesday. Ian