Daydreaming.....race series

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Raikkonen penalty was a bit of an odd one, seems that at the time no one knew quite what he should have been doing, but after the race Masi realised Kimi / A.R. hadn't got it right and there was a mandatory penalty to be applied....

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Half a second per lap for 63 laps, that is as much as he was slower than Lando . . . be fucked if mere mortals can keep up with that shit.

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These days I'm most likely to wipe things clean with a rag then wash them with spray degreaser, sometimes I'll wash that off with water otherwise I'll just blow it off with compressed air.

I suspect that these days I don't stress over getting...

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You've already got one...Mini Moke...

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N.A. C63

Lotus Elise

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Hmmm the liners look like the same Massey Ferguson liners I've used in my Cosworth.

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Amazeballs, these turned up today.

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I've had little to do with DMF but that is pretty much what one can expect....

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The rear uprights, as fitted to my open wheeler....



The black upright is formed of pieces of 1.2 mm mild steel sheetmetal carefully TIG welded together and onto a turned ring that the bearings fit into. The bearings are in...

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Once again I completely agree, and the owner admitted they had done exactly that. "NASCAR" spec ball joints, how huge is that? Nascar minimum weight 1450 kg + fuel +driver...

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When people start talking about safety in motorsport I look at things like this and remember that it wasn't always like that, drivers of old put their big balls on the line.

Apparently this thing was good for 250 mph!


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I was thinking more along the lines of a field of open wheelers with this drivetrain in the back of it.



As can be seen the transmission already has mounting pads for suspension wishbones. Imagine a field of 650 hp 12 000 rpm...

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I hadn't given that any thought, but now I do, it will be as good as it can be with that configuration but would be better if configured as the rear end of my car is.



Which kinda highlights my whole point, the car owner had...

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My thinking was to build single seaters using the same components, so there is no value in hoarding them, they have a different chassis and are not registerable, thus people are encouraged to use them. That's why run a race series for them, get a pissing...

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I would have been more understanding if the fronts were the same, but they are not. Apparently the rears are ambidextrous as are the fronts. If I were to look harder I'd wonder why the chassis isn't narrower and the suspension arms longer but probably...

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It started with an acquaintance banging on about CAD designing a V12 based on a Suzuki Hayabusa engine. My thought was, it's already been done, it's the engine in the GMA T50. That got me to thinking would Cosworth/GMA sell you one? Surely it would make...

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Why did I channel my inner Daryl Eastlake on reading huuge....

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Speaking of my father, he swung past this afternoon to let me know he had sold his current abode and will be moving into the straw bale house he has been building for the last few years ( a fair effort for an 80yo). Because of reasons this reduces my...

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I'm sure they all tried in their own ways, who was to know that begging and borrowing from a rugby player was to be one of those ways?

There is no public way of supporting young drivers on the quest, I'm thinking like Justin Wilson. We don't...

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Yeah, I'm not a very diplomatic person. Much better as a mechanic. The point still stands, Has Sot done that before? because it looks amateurish. Every time I create a car, by the time it's 'complete' I know how I'd improve it next time....
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