I forgot last week that we had the Britcar Production race in the Lotus on Saturday, hence not too much done this week apart from cleaning up! I did however get a bit of time to look at the front ‘chopper’ wheel assembly.
Archive for March, 2009
Axle Mods For ‘Chopper’ Wheels
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Radiator Ducting
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Continuing on from last week, this week was the turn of the radiator duct. I made this in the same fashion as the oil cooler duct, cardboard tmplates transposed to ally. Unfortunatly this side, due to the extra width, is a little more complicated and had to be made in a few more parts.
Clutch Slave Cylinder Mounts
Monday, March 23rd, 2009To mount the clutch slave cylinder I needed to make up some pillars and a boss for the three mounting holes. I decided to make the pillars first and then, once mounted worry about the boss. I decided to helicoil some ally tube we had and then glue in a stud one end of the pillar and tap the other end for a bolt.
‘Chopper’ Wheels
Monday, March 23rd, 2009I have designed and had made, due to time constraints, some chopper wheels. These will allow me to monitor all the wheel speeds independently. The fronts will bolt, via a spacer which is to be made, directly to the front axles, whereas the rear are tacked to the CV’s
Clutch Slave Cylinder
Sunday, March 15th, 2009I have been thinking about the clutch for a while. Having machined off one of the mounting pillars to mount my gear pot, the original slave cylinder arrangement was looking a little weak! I had planned on fabricating a plate from the dry sump pump to mount the cylinder, but Paul Dobb brought a slave cylinder for me to have a look at. I had seen them on the Internet before, but didn’t want to shell out more cash not really knowing if it was going to fit, so Paul bringing one around was really good! Anyway, it all seemed to fit, even if I need to make a custom mounting kit to miss the pump, so here it is. It came from SBD and mounts to their dry sump pump also, but lots of places seem to sell similar things!
