[project] The Ultimate Track 205

[calvinhorse 870]

Nice wheels, what's the idea with different size front and back?

[Cameron 16]

Rear wheel drive!

[calvinhorse 870]

Simple as that!

[welshpug 1,657]

TARTNESS!

[qwerty 9]

They're lush! 9" looks mean Have you weighed them?

Edited June 12, 2012 by qwerty

[Cameron 16]

Yeah shame I can't have just them front & rear really, they look awesome!

 

Not weighed them yet, they're too heavy for my 5kg max sissy scales so I'll have to get some that go higher. I reckon the fronts will come in at 5.7kg and the rears at 6.5kg, or something like that.

[brumster 135 1 Cars]

Niiiiice

[erwin_meijer 11 1 Cars]

Love the wheels

[kyepan 291]

You tart!

When are we going to see some welding done?

[Cameron 16]

July I reckon.. need to get the rest of the unit ready, new platform set up and my TIG welder on order, then it's go time.

[Cameron 16]

Just bought this little beauty.. quickest sale ever!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261044661656

 

I was gonna hold out for a brand new Lincoln Electric V205T but this was just a deal too good to pass up!

[Tesstuff 222]

Do you have a huge credit card limit, earn loads or have millionaire parents?

 

Just asking.

[alexcrosse 124]

all 3

[Cameron 16]

No credit cards, no debts, no rich parents, no Euro Millions wins.. I just have a reasonable job and minimal outgoings.

 

Also, I sold a lot of things recently to afford this.

[alexcrosse 124]

Like your dignity?

 

[Tesstuff 222]

Bank of Parents then :lol

[Cameron 16]

Body / dignity / drugs to children.. you name it.

 

Bank of Jealousy it sounds.. My dad retired 5 years ago and my mum is a teacher, you can rest assured I don't get a penny from them. Also, I'm 27. If you want to have expensive hobbies you need to make some sacrifices, and that I do.

[Mad Scientist 106]

Sod sacrifices! Life's too short to pass up on anything worthwhile!

 

Looking forward to when the fabrication starts on this.

 

Just for Rallyeash's benefit, and as mentioned previously, don't get your hopes up about the XU AT drysump. The price they gave me for the pan was stupid! There isn't enough demand for XU drysumps i'm afraid. You'll have to bend over a barrel and call Pace.

[rallyeash 155]

Sad face!

[Cameron 16]

Sod sacrifices! Life's too short to pass up on anything worthwhile!

 

Exactly why I'm building this car! May as well while I'm young.

[Rippthrough 98]

It's simple mechanics Ed, so I'd love to know why!

 

 

Yep, it's very simple, if it's a coilover then the spring is a squared function, so it's more than 3x as hard

And even if not, it changes where the dampers react and cavitate, even if you change the internals to help you'd still end up running less bleed and more internal working pressure, so a bit of extra force and friction there too.

 

Although, pretty irrelevant anything this side of a single seater.

Edited June 15, 2012 by Rippthrough

[SurGie 54]

Good on you Cameron, do it now while you can, it will be worth it in the end then you can enjoy driving it fast.

[Cameron 16]

Yep, it's very simple, if it's a coilover then the spring is a squared function, so it's more than 3x as hard

And even if not, it changes where the dampers react and cavitate, even if you change the internals to help you'd still end up running less bleed and more internal working pressure, so a bit of extra force and friction there too.

 

Although, pretty irrelevant anything this side of a single seater.

 

Thankyou sir.

[Gabba 0]

Wow this has been an epic read... cameron big props to what your doing!!! This will be a fantastic vehicle when your finished and carry on enjoying the build process!!

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Yep, it's very simple, if it's a coilover then the spring is a squared function, so it's more than 3x as hard

And even if not, it changes where the dampers react and cavitate, even if you change the internals to help you'd still end up running less bleed and more internal working pressure, so a bit of extra force and friction there too.

 

Although, pretty irrelevant anything this side of a single seater.

 

Pretty irrelevant that you'd gain about 1%, maybe 2% extra force/friction for something such as this?

 

Otherwise as stated by Phil himself, not working the damper particularly harder for the same wheel rate. I'd think its a given the internal shimming would change between these sorts of different bell crank ratios anyway.

 

Got an offset and centre bore size on those Caterham rims, look tasty! Look good on a 205 too, theres one a while back wearing some.