Category: bodywork

Spoiling it

It’s getting closer and closer to the first race, although I’ve got one more test before then, but I’m thinking more and more about the race. (That is, I’m getting very nervous!)

So, I’ve just been doing a few bits and pieces really.  First up was fixing a small problem. I found at the recent Snetterton test that when I climbed into the car I tended to whack my knee on the connector on the bottom of the Palm, breaking it! So, I’ve put a little extension on the bottom of the mounting plate to hopefully support it a bit better.

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Anti-rain

When we went to Snetterton last the inside of the unprotected car got soaked. In order to stop this happening I need to make some sort of tonneau cover. I’d also like to make something that stops some of the whirlpooling of air inside the cockpit that these sorts of cars tend to make.

I made a tonneau for the Fury but it was a bit naff really. So I decided to do something a bit better this time. So, I made the thing in the photo on the right. Continue reading “Anti-rain”

Sunday afternoon drive

One thing I wanted to do was to improve the ducting on the inlet side of the radiator. I know from past experience that paying attention to this reaps huge benefit with respect to the cooling efficiency. First step was to bond some bits of Correx into the bonnet to constrain things slightly. If you’re not familiar with it, Correx is corrugated plastic sheet, most commonly seen as estate agent’s sign boards.

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Hot under the collar

Still pressing forward over here in the flatlands of East Anglia; ticking things off on the to-do list. First up this time is mirrors. I started off unsure what I was going to do, mainly because of that socking great air intake behind me. First thing though, was to fit the wing mirrors that the regs change from last year effectively now require. Here’s the driver’s side one. I must admit I don’t usually go on with these sorts of mirrors as they’re too prone to readjusting themselves. However, this time I tried to preclude this by not getting the swivel based ones so as to remove some of the degrees of freedom. My biggest worry about these at the moment is whether I can effectively see over the haunches of the rear of the car. For some reason I’m just incapable of working this out in the garage. I know that as soon as the car’s on track it’ll be dead obvious.

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In the bleak midwinter

Actually, it’s just after midwinter which is a great relief. If I were to win the lottery, which isn’t likely as I’ve never bought a ticket, then I’d avoid the September to December bit as I’ve got to really hating the general darkness. However, we’re now on the way back out of the hole again.

As to the car, I’ve managed to do a few things. The problem is, though, that I keep remembering things that I never wrote on the to-do list so it doesn’t seem to get much shorter.

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