NC 20BPP Time Attack / Track Car - Build Thread

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:51 am

mx52nv wrote:Well apparently there is a tool bag up there already

by that, did you mean the lady?

see what happens when you put a woman in space? everything goes wrong.

TheMissus · Postby **TheMissus** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:57 pm

It looks like it is really starting to come together ...

(studiously ignoring the woman in space comments :lol:

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Postby **orx626** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:24 pm

TheMissus wrote:It looks like it is really starting to come together ...

...yes the crane access system has come together well Michelle!!! :mrgreen:

...oh you mean the car is really starting to come together?!? :lol:

...it will once I get a clear run at it!

Cheers,
Danny

ps. how's the new donk?

TheMissus · Postby **TheMissus** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:59 pm

orx626 wrote:how's the new donk?

Awesome. Still makes me smile everytime I drive it.

Crapweasel · Postby **Crapweasel** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:38 pm

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Crapweasel · Postby **Crapweasel** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:39 pm

orx626 wrote:
TheMissus wrote:It looks like it is really starting to come together ...

...yes the crane access system has come together well Michelle!!!

...oh you mean the car is really starting to come together?!?

...it will once I get a clear run at it!

Cheers,
Danny

ps. how's the new donk?

Ho Lee Shiat!!

I'd love to book a ride in this machine once it's finished... I'll make sure ASE05 and TheMissus let me know when the next meet up is, I'll be keeping tabs on this story for a finish date, and some stats of course!

Nice write up and pics too

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:40 am

orx626 wrote:
thunderbird2 wrote:What's the 'up close' lift on that thing? And is it just the angle of the shot or does every axle steer?

It's a Grove GMK-7450....which means that it is a 7-axle, 450 Tonne All-terrain crane. Only the 2nd one in Australia. Melrose cranes in Sydney have the first one.

Yes, every axle steers so that the crane can crab sideways if required.

Cheers,
Danny

When cranes attack...
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXvmUnLQrI

Postby **orx626** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:06 pm

The Xmas / New Year has given me some time to look at a couple of the key areas of the car that required some design work. I recently acquired a pair of radially mounted 8-piston Brembo monoblock calipers that needed to be drawn up so that a suitable bracket and brake rotor hat (need to determine required offset) could be designed. Here it is in the metal.....

Here it is in Solidworks.....couldn't be bothered drawings the spring retainer at this point.

The next step is to draw up the front upright and hub so that the adaptor bracket and brake rotor hat details can be finalised.

I continued on with the design work by working through a concept for the rollcage. The rollcage has been designed to fit inside the factory removable hardtop. All the primary cage members are the traditional continuous drawn seamless tube, whereas the secondary members are not!

These particular members have been selected because of their superior sectional properties (when compared to traditional sections) for the load cases that they might be subjected to. The cage is a fully welded in item and will attached to the chassis at additional points (to what is shown) as determined to be suitable. Here are some images of the concept.

The mainhoop and rear leg members can be manufactured from the drawings, so hopefully I should strike an arc before the end of the month.

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:07 pm

Stunning work as always, so when are you going to make us NA/NB owners top hats and a pair of brackets for RX7 brakes to fit inside stock NB wheels? :mrgreen:

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:15 pm

Okibi wrote:Stunning work as always, so when are you going to make us NA/NB owners top hats and a pair of brackets for RX7 brakes to fit inside stock NB wheels?

yeah, and could you make sure that they'll fit with 14 inch NA rims too? ta.

Postby **orx626** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:35 pm

Fatty wrote:
Okibi wrote:Stunning work as always, so when are you going to make us NA/NB owners top hats and a pair of brackets for RX7 brakes to fit inside stock NB wheels?

yeah, and could you make sure that they'll fit with 14 inch NA rims too? ta.

I believe another MX5 Brisbanite is looking into this one...will let you know how he is going. Don't know about the 14" rims though.

Cheers,
Danny

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:45 pm

well i guess i could buy a set of 15's, if i really have to :roll:

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:21 pm

IF they can build some that fit inside the stock 15s without a need for a spacer that use DBA rotors and light weight hats they'll be able to make bulk coin :mrgreen:

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:26 pm

Okibi wrote:IF they can build some that fit inside the stock 15s without a need for a spacer that use DBA rotors and light weight hats they'll be able to make bulk coin

graemebc · Postby **graemebc** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:16 pm

Just read this thread from start to finish & :shock:

"exceptional work" does not really come close!
What I like the best is the alloy welding from your other cars. Its so tricky to get it neat.

So very cool to watch this come together as its one man and his dream in a workshop not a squad of engineers.

Look forward to seeing the beast in person