As the title suggests the chassis is now ready for paint.
Archive for May, 2009
Ready For Paint
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Chain Guard
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009The rules for some championships state that I need to have a chain guard. Not really sure why as no-one can reach round and put their fingers in it when your driving along, and the chain wont really break through the cage I have around it and then through the body, but rules are rules! However what it will do is catch all the crud from the chain and stop it making a mess, so for that reason alone I think its worthwhile!
As normal, out with the cardboard and guess what I thought looked suitable. The rules say it has to go down at least as far as the axle centre line, but, as you can see, for my design, it makes more sense to go down a little further.
Rear Anti Roll Bar
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009After tacking on the rear anti roll bar mounts I decided that it needed beefing up!
Head padding
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009I am not sure if you strictly HAVE to have a head pad, in fact I am pretty sure you dont, but I think its a pretty good idea! What I have decided to do is to start with a simple one, and if it needs modding it wont have cost anything so it wont really matter! Luckily my mother is into her craft and had some upholstery foam lying around which I managed to convince her she didnt really want anymore!
Rear Diffuser
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Dont get too excited expecting to see some glorious piece of carbon! However the diffuser has been designed, and in fact should be made hopefully next week. But so that I could get the chassis off to paint I needed to weld on some tags to mount the diffuser.
I had to set everything at the correct angle and used an old plenum base as a suitable piece of plate. This I set at the right angle and clamped into place. I then just cut up some remaining pieces from the original splitter and welded them on. I had though about making all this quickly removable, but seeing as hopefully it wont have to come off very often, I decided to put a couple of hardpoints into the diffuser and just bolt it on. That said 4-5 bolts is not exactly going to take too long to remove!
