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Photo hosting sites realllllyyyy hate you recently :lol:
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Now? Like it's only recently you started that :lol:... let me go burn the MFUK top i'm currently wearing :lol::lol:Not as much as I hate you now Mandy.
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Hahahaha :lol::lol::lol:
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I really don't understand why Photbucket still keep my pics live??
When I upload, I click on email links and then copy and paste into the forum page?
When I upload, I click on email links and then copy and paste into the forum page?
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OK, some progress of sorts... One of the things that has been holding us up, has been deciding which company to work with on the shocks. As one of the key components in the handling of the car, it has been important for us to get this right. So it is with great excitement, that we can announce new sponsors to the Hellraiser project – Nitron.
http://nitron.co.uk/index.php
Nitron have been by far the most helpful, flexible and enthusiastic out of all the companies we've spoken to about our project . They have a really good range of products and have been very keen so far getting us to something we're convinced is going to work. We're currently looking at some 3 way adjustable shocks with remote reservoirs which will give us the range of adjustability we need for street and track use, as well as making refinements a doddle. Nitron are a UK company too which means speaking to them is easy.
So in line with the new sponsors, comes a new livery for Hellraiser:
http://nitron.co.uk/index.php
Nitron have been by far the most helpful, flexible and enthusiastic out of all the companies we've spoken to about our project . They have a really good range of products and have been very keen so far getting us to something we're convinced is going to work. We're currently looking at some 3 way adjustable shocks with remote reservoirs which will give us the range of adjustability we need for street and track use, as well as making refinements a doddle. Nitron are a UK company too which means speaking to them is easy.
So in line with the new sponsors, comes a new livery for Hellraiser:
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Badhand
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Been bloody ages since I updated this here. So here goes the last few month's worth of news:
Bit of progress...
New front half of floor and firewall in place...
Planning what happens up the back end...
Inner fender aprons in. Waiting on news from the Spanner Monkey re front suspension...
Right. Competition time. Any suggestions as to why the Hell the previous owner cut chunks out of the lower cowl panel? Don't think it's rust.
Some work done over Christmas - making sure that back end is going to be stiff and strong...
Bit of progress...
New front half of floor and firewall in place...
Planning what happens up the back end...
Inner fender aprons in. Waiting on news from the Spanner Monkey re front suspension...
Right. Competition time. Any suggestions as to why the Hell the previous owner cut chunks out of the lower cowl panel? Don't think it's rust.
Some work done over Christmas - making sure that back end is going to be stiff and strong...
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Badhand
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And while that pesky Spanner Monkey sorts out his shit, I've been researching more stuff.
I've mentioned way back that one of my/our problems is the gearbox. We have the spanking new Tremec, but whilst that's fine for Nic, I have a disability which makes manual changes a bit of a pain.
We've toyed with swapping our Tremec for the new 10 speed. We've thought about utilising a Quaiffe sequential. We've even looked at some basic disabled gear stick mounted hand clutches or developing our own servo assisted wheel mounted clutch. Nothing has felt quite right until this:
I've mentioned way back that one of my/our problems is the gearbox. We have the spanking new Tremec, but whilst that's fine for Nic, I have a disability which makes manual changes a bit of a pain.
We've toyed with swapping our Tremec for the new 10 speed. We've thought about utilising a Quaiffe sequential. We've even looked at some basic disabled gear stick mounted hand clutches or developing our own servo assisted wheel mounted clutch. Nothing has felt quite right until this:
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Badhand
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Some news at last from Spanner Monkey Island!
Looks like the idle beast has got off his big blue arse and started fiddling with metal instead of his balls... It's 3mm mild steel with an anti-corrosion coating apparently.
Anyway, the 4 shapes on this chunk are the front mounts for top and bottom wishbones. These will sit around the chassis box and be welded to it. Top mount is level with the outside of the chassis box, bottom mount level with the inside.
Monkey boy reckons he's been a bit radical with the anti-dive so the bottom wishbone front mount is 100mm down from the underside of the chassis.This apparently angles the lower wishbone down at the front so that under heavy braking the 'bone is not acting parallel to the chassis, thereby reducing the load that the suspension receives. This could also be done by angling the top wishbone backwards, but my hairy friend never felt that was very efficient.
The other shapes are the balljoint mount plates. these will have reinforcement gussets around them. The lower mounts will be tied in to the coil-over bottom mount.
Looks like the idle beast has got off his big blue arse and started fiddling with metal instead of his balls... It's 3mm mild steel with an anti-corrosion coating apparently.
Anyway, the 4 shapes on this chunk are the front mounts for top and bottom wishbones. These will sit around the chassis box and be welded to it. Top mount is level with the outside of the chassis box, bottom mount level with the inside.
Monkey boy reckons he's been a bit radical with the anti-dive so the bottom wishbone front mount is 100mm down from the underside of the chassis.This apparently angles the lower wishbone down at the front so that under heavy braking the 'bone is not acting parallel to the chassis, thereby reducing the load that the suspension receives. This could also be done by angling the top wishbone backwards, but my hairy friend never felt that was very efficient.
The other shapes are the balljoint mount plates. these will have reinforcement gussets around them. The lower mounts will be tied in to the coil-over bottom mount.
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Badhand
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Some progress on Hellraiser. Mocking up the mounts for the front suspension. CAD modelling suggests this should work pretty well. It'll give us: 1.5 to 2 degrees camber at ride height. 3 degrees on bump. 3 degrees caster. With 40,000th of an inch over 4 inches of bump steer. The incursion into the engine bay is stressing us though. The Coyote's a big engine for this space and we've been trying to find a foam or plastic dummy to mock it all up. There doesn't seem to be one made. Thinking of fabbing it ourselves now. Unless anyone here knows of one...
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Can't beleive I've never seen this thread before. What a build, thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait to see the finished result, any thoughts on when you'll be done by?