My 65 race car

[Andy Sykes]

no worries hi jack away i thought i was just one of my stupid ideas

cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

all my 930 cv bits turned up today from the states



just got to get more drive shafts now

cheers andy

[Neil Davies]

no worries hi jack away i thought i was just one of my stupid ideas

cheers andy

Sump heater was one of the things I thought about when I used to race years ago, but never got around to trying... The car always seemed to go better when the oil was warm but the heads were cool!

[richie]

Cant tell from the pic,but does the oil actually boil? it does with my heater

cheers Richie

Richie, I'm curious about this! Is it to get the oil up to temperature without having to start the car and get heat into the heads, or to boil methanol out of the oil like Mike Lawless does? I thought the old car was on E85 and presumed the new one would be too. I didn't think there would be oil contamination issues like with methanol. Also, would you fit it into a regular deep sump or is the new car dry sumped like Andy is doing? I've not seen the new car in the flesh so I'm intrigued by it. Mine won't be anywhere near as wild but it's nice to see the reasoning behind these little things!

Andy, sorry for the hijack!

neil
Yep dry sump,but I will fit one to the regular wet sump on ther old car,both cars on methanol now,I use the heater to boil out the water & fuel from the oil overnight or in the morning,then I regularly switch it on to pre heat the oil before a run.I still used to see contamination with E85,just not as quickly
Mikes car is wet sump still as well


cheers richie

[Andy Sykes]

Rear stays are in for the seats just need tugging in now







Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

Bruce is doing a top job of the prep making the aero catches fit nice







I spent a bit of time today going over the race technology kit reading how to mount etc



DL1





Video 4





One of the small hi res cameras



Just got to make it all work now lol

Cheers andy

[Fasterbrit]

Dude, the inside of your car is going to look more Apollo 13 than race car 
Just remember to keep your Gimbal pointed dead ahead and all should be fine. Unless of course you run out of battery power 

[Andy Sykes]

Dude, the inside of your car is going to look more Apollo 13 than race car 
Just remember to keep your Gimbal pointed dead ahead and all should be fine. Unless of course you run out of battery power 

  That's the plan I'm hoping apart from changing gears  the rest will sort its self out hen I can watch my cock ups over and over again until I get it right

Cheers andy

[dannyboy]

make sure you got a cameara pointing in front so i can see myself in the next lane 

[Fasterbrit]

make sure you got a cameara pointing in front so i can see myself in the next lane 

Good one! 

[Andy Sykes]

make sure you got a cameara pointing in front so i can see myself in the next lane 

Don't worry I've Got Dannycam in the back for you 

[dannyboy]

you shuld deffo put one on your face to see what face you pull when it hooks up 

[Andy Sykes]

I think the mic will tell you all 

[Andy Sykes]

paint arrived a Bruce's today



i had an idea to increase the surface area of the oil heater pockets so made 4 today







i haven't test them yet i will do that tmw

my chute equipment arrived today



looks good apart from the release handle that looks like a fork handle so i will make a nicer looking one

The Hobbit was getting busy on the last few cage bits





nets in











cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

not much done today but i made the chute release handle







justt needs tigging up now

cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

All tigged up






I like it lol

Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

so trail fitted the release handle dosent look too bad



i did a bit of testing on the heater pockets to see if the heat was less concentrated at the tip and seams to work ok took about 30 mins to warm 1L of oil to 90 deg C







bruce is cracking on with the body work as well



firewall is nearly done too







some of the last bits have arrived

turbosmart fuel reg



and on the safety side a battery isolator i was going to fit the standard type but didnt like the look of it sticking out of the car so went for this



its controled via an external/internal push button so power can be turned off instantly and is MSA approved

cheers andy

[Richyrich]

Loving this build, great ideas and fantastic workmanship, keep up that good work buddy....

[Andy Sykes]

Loving this build, great ideas and fantastic workmanship, keep up that good work buddy....

Cheers thanks

Getting to a good bit 

Cage is going this colour



And parts are getting some treatment by Bruce at WRP







So I will take the engine out later this week and take to air cooled performance and fit the quaife into the G50 while the paint is going on

Cheers andy

[Fasterbrit]

Hi Andy. Will your car make drag day? Cheers, Matt

[Andy Sykes]

Hi no I don't think it will be ready but I'm going to try started on designing the mounting plates for the bearing carriers





Cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

a bit of progress today

new tool arrived so had to have a play with that lol







this as as far as ive got with the A arms until the 6mm plate comes



cheers andy

[richie]

Andy,

can you tell me why they did the harness bar with a big arc in it,then had to make the seat supports long to reach,is there something I am failing to see that you needed the bar bent that way?it just looks like a straight bar would have saved some time and effort,and also weight?

The IRS arms interest me,is that hub alluminium? its hard to tell in that picture,how long are you making the arms?

cheers Richie

[Andy Sykes]

Hi that bar was going to be the main hoop but on one of the bends the molly cracked as we bent it a bit too tight so we used it as the seat bar I did think the seat would end up a bit further back as well , I couldn't put a straight bar in anyway as I wouldn't fit in the seat if I did, I can't get in dannyboys car as his seat bar is straight  that's the trouble being 6'4" lol the a arms will work out standard length and the bearing hubs are aluminium

Cheers andy

[dannyboy]

you do look silly when sitting in my car 
a bit like bowser in mario kart

[Andy Sykes]

you do look silly when sitting in my car  
a bit like bowser in mario kart

 

But not as stupid as I look here

[richie]

Thanks for the explanation,the 6ft4 bit would make a difference If you are keeping stock length for the arms,why not use the stock arms?

cheers Richie

[Andy Sykes]

Hi I have got some narrowed IRS arms but the car seams to sit too high with no camber, my thinking is if I make arms with 0 camber I can set the height of the front and rear without worrying about camber change as who knows how many tweaks I've got to do on the chassis to get the car right hope that make sense tell me if I'm being stupid ? Plus I like making things lol

Cheers andy

[Lids]

I still think you're too close to the steering wheel in that pic.  Ouch when your knees hit that bar!

[Andy Sykes]

Hi It's no as close as it looks my feet went on the pedals and my arse wasn't right back in the seat when we fitted the seat my knees would worse case go under the bar

Cheers andy