Sorry for the delay people, but I’ve been out and about for a while and haven’t had a chance to update these condensed outpourings. However, I have done a bit to the J15. Most importantly I’ve done some work to attach, at least initially, all of the bodywork. For evidence, here’s the car on the drive.
Hmm, yes, you’re right: as I thought it was going to, that roll cage looks absolutely awful. It might be slightly better if it matched the car’s colour. However, at the moment I have a strong temptation to remove the front hoop over the closed season and put something slightly more attractive in its place. I certainly don’t need it to be this high to clear my bonce. (Actually, it might looks slightly less bad with the rear struts in, I think.
By the way, the front of the car is at about the correct RGB ride-height, although more by luck than judgement. Something else you might see in the photo above, and in the rather manipulated one on the left, is that the rear wheels appear to be lost in the bodywork. Hopefully when I get the proper tyres, they will look a bit larger and more in keeping.
I still need to add some more clips and supports to the bodywork, although you can probably see some springs and things in the photo above.
As for the Fury, there’s another race coming up and I’ve been preparing it. This has really involved two things. First of all I’ve modified the clutch actuation so that the clevis connection to the clutch pedal is about 6mm lower than it was before. This should have the benefit of making the clutch lighter, and increasing the travel. Secondly, I’ve been repairing the reverser after it was scrunched up at the Cadwell race. I think I’ve managed to sort it, although I haven’t had time to adjust it yet and see if it really works or not.
However, for some mysterious reason I didn’t take any photos of all these things, so I can’t show you. Sorry…
Tim, I’d be interested to see the Fury next to it, to see how the proportions compare. At the moment it looks really huge, probably because my brain interprets the front bodywork the same as a Fury, which I suspect it isn’t.
It looks long in the middle, presumbly part of that is that you have stuck a few extra inches in there.
Good progress though – won’t be too long now hopefully…
I’ll see if I can oblige. The J15 is essentially tiny, the front of the car is much lower than the Fury. Although it’s obviously taller at the rear because of the engine being there, the back rest is much taller as a consequence. The car’s are about the same length and width, although the J15’s wheelbase is about 200mm longer than the Fury, mainly on account of the rear overhang being smaller.
Tim