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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:09 am

Looks excellent: what colour then? ;)

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:44 am

Rob Bell wrote:Looks excellent: what colour then? ;)
Kawasaki zx green :D

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:16 pm

Of course :D :cool:

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:59 pm

Stage 1 of the bonnet respray done. Just waiting on the lqw turning up.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:00 pm

I like!

Reminding me a lot of the TF 500 concept:

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:09 pm

That's the inspiration :D

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:55 pm

First stage of bumper painting done, also trimmed the slats off the upper intake.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:39 pm

That is looking good! I guess you don't need wheel arch extensions, but it would go with the "look" :)

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:23 pm

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by big angus » Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:38 pm

Looking good

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Mikeadman » Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:50 pm

Superb :thumbsu: :thumbsu: :thumbsu:

Cheers

Mike 8-)

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:16 pm

Wow - quite something :thumbsu:

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:22 pm

After more hours than I care to think about I have redone the oil cooler pipe work in 13mm O/D aluminium tube.

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I've also fitted a lip spoiler to the boot lid, part painted in LQW, then when I do the green on the boot lid/bumper the middle will match.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:39 pm

An now my inevitable question: where did that lip spoiler come from? It looks like one of the universal spoilers on eBay? Looks good to me, and should do the job. Although, as you have the same racing hard top as I do, I don't know what the airflow down to the boot lid surface is like. I've been meaning to undertake some ticker-tape experiments to find out... :)

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:24 pm

I got the spoiler off amazon, but yes it's a generic pu one. Just trying to change where the air breaks away from the boot.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Mon May 29, 2017 6:55 pm

Some more progress this weekend. Finished welding the spare wheel well bracing and added an additional tube where the remainder of the front section of the wheel well was. Painted the inside of the rad ducting, ran brake cooling ducting in, just need to buy 2 90 degree elbows to get the air from the intake area to the ducting.

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At the backend made the new mounting for the header tank move to the boot.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Mon Jun 19, 2017 6:54 am

Why does everything take so long, 4 hrs work has got the rear hardtop fixings and mounting point fabricated and fitted - still need to be painted and the exhaust tail pipe fabricated from 90 and 45 degree tube cut and welded together.

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Need to trim the bumper a little bit more, then get the hangers made and welded/fitted.

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:37 pm

I know - the little things always take 5-10x longer than you think...

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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by flyingbanana » Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:45 pm

Well, race car has had a break, but I'm back at it again. I've now plumbed in the mechanical oil pressure gauge, and filled the engine with oil. I'm now back into the wiring loom and have realised the wiring diagrams i have aren't right as the fuse box used is different from mine :(.

I've also done the side scoops using paul jakobi's ones.
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Re: TF Race Car Build

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:56 pm

Funnily enough, I've just bought a cheap electrical oil pressure gauge. It's some Chinese eBay cheapie, but it isn't really the actual value I'm interested in - more whether the oil pressure is "good" or "bad". It might just as well have a smiley face and a sad face painted on it.

Yours a mechanical with oil capillary line (rather a nightmare to plumb in on an F/TF) or an electrical sender type?

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