The car is undergoing the winter development, and I was lucky enough to be invited to go to MIRA by Simon McBeath, for articles in RACECAR ENGINEERING later this year. Not having any CAD models of the car to simulate this was going to be very interesting, and we all hoped we would learn something, and we certainly did!
Posts Tagged ‘Bodywork’
Looking More Like A Car
Thursday, August 19th, 2010It is now all starting to come together, thankfully. Previously I have posted up pictures of the planned louvers in the bodywork to help keep the cabin etc cooler. These were of course cardboard, but they have now been made from ally sheet, and the bodywork cut to suit. The body is still in development, and we are learning as we go with some of it, so ally things will sprout up from time to time. Once it is all sorted I will alter the moulds and get new panels made, but until it is finalised (ish) there is little point in that!
New Rear Wing Mounts
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Continuing on with the rebuild, the shiny new wing supports are on. For comparison’s sake both old (black) and new (ally) are shown here. I have maintained the height of the wing, but pushed it rearwards 5 inches. This should give more efficiency for the rear wing.
Engine 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
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.
