new project

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:26 pm

Not sure about the turrets probably just centre tunnel to main hoop.

As for weight it was 915 kilos at snett with 1/4 tank of feul should hopefully get it just under 900 which would be nice.

Engine power as you know on the dyno was 193 bhp but don,t know how true that is

but it does go well.

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:45 pm

915/193=210bhp per tonne

Interesting............

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:46 pm

Mike, I've been meaning to ask; where did you get the material that you made the door skins out of? (Black plastic sheet) That may come in handy for mine

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:06 am

That's a full on build you're planning:thumbs:. Look forward to seeing this progress through the winter:thumbs:

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:39 am

Stuart wrote:Mike, I've been meaning to ask; where did you get the material that you made the door skins out of? (Black plastic sheet) That may come in handy for mine

Stu they are just clear perspex sprayed satin black on the back of them.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:02 pm

How did you fix them on then mate? What thickness are they too, as I am surprised the material has enough conformity to bend around the shape of the door skin.........

clever idea though

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:43 am

Stuart wrote:How did you fix them on then mate? What thickness are they too, as I am surprised the material has enough conformity to bend around the shape of the door skin.........

clever idea though

I used 4mm perspex which to be honest is a bit thick and weighty but went this thick because on the doors ive removed all the metal work and this gives them a bit of rigitity back,

As for shaping the surface is flat to fix them to and there are no real shapes in the golf to form round .

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:36 pm

Mike
Excuse my laziness as I haven't searched the thread to look for myself!

What thickness are your front and rear anti-roll bars? Many of the ones I've been looking at (Eibach and H&R etc) and they all seem to be thicker front end than rear........exactly the opposite of what the lads that run these things on track!

Thicker at the front should promote understeer I would have thought, but more to the point, how do you get on with yours?

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:05 pm

To be honest never checked on what size they are they just came straight off the race golf rolling shell i bought will find out tomorrow.

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:56 pm

Well saturday was a another busy day finishing stripping the golf and building these.

picked these up from a guy in hinxworth who advertises on ebay self build or as you have to self weld. Took about 2 1/2 hours to build

Then it was on to the car which now looks like this.

now just ready to hook up on the spit and start the hard job