No pics here, just an update on the engine itself. The engine has been installed on the dyno, and th ECU re calibrated for the change in crank wheel etc. It has now been fired up and run continuously for a reasonable amount of time, admittedly not under real load, but it was stopping before when idling! It will be put under load on Monday just to check, but at least at the moment it is starting and running correctly!
Archive for June, 2010
Engine Update
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Engine Bay Cooling
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Carrying on from cockpit cooling, I thought that it might be a good idea to try to get more heat out of the engine bay. The plan being this would mean less would come into the cockpit! To do this I am in the process of adding some louvers to the rear panel. What I intend to do is glue/rivet ally pieces to make the louvers to experiment. Once its all sorted I will then update the mould for panel and make a new one, as with its of ally all over the place it will look a bit ratty!
Cockpit Cooling Continued
Sunday, June 20th, 2010With a bit more time this weekend I thought I would get back to cockpit cooling. I previously cut some slots in front of the window, which should be a high pressure area, but I needed to make some exits to allow the air to flow through the cockpit. I wanted to make some louvers for the windows, such that the air passing over them would help to draw the air out. I pondered quite a few options for this, but decided I would try to bend the window itself to make the louver shape. The first issue was to make sure that our heat gun would heat up the lexan sufficiently to put a set into it. Which, as you can see it did!
Cockpit Cooling
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010an issue that became apparent at Brands was that I had totally overlooked cooling of the driver! I have in fact done my best to cook him, with an almost perfectly sealed cockpit. This was a bit of an oversight but nothing that cant be fixed. So the idea is to take in some air from in front of the bubble, where it is high pressure, and exit it somewhere where there is low pressure, as shown (ish) below.
Engine Out Again :(
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010As I previously mentioned, to fix the electrical issue, I actually think the fix is a part swap. However to do this I have had to take the engine out. while the engine was out, I did give it a quick once over, tappets etc, but all was found to be fine so at least that is good news!!! You can also see that the car is running once again on the super stiff dampers… Only however until the revalved dampers return from Penski. Its a shame that the engine has had to come out again, but its actually not so bad to do, but I do have a few things I would like to change over the winter…
