The carbon fibre time attack/superlap MX5 NB twins blog

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:12 am

sh*t that is formula ford pace!

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:36 pm

I finally got some infusion resin friday arvo. I have had the boot and a hardtop in the moulds all laminated and bagged ready to go, but had no resin. F.G.I have still not come up with any help as to there last resin they sold me that shrunk so much the hardtops are bowed, and popped out of the moulds before i touched them, as well as not being strong. So i did the boot last night to check if the resin was o.k. And then i did a hardtop that was ordered this morning - now has been stripped, and the internal frame is on and they are sitting in the sun after being heated for 4 hours with the heater.

Pics of boot mould being made, c.f boot in the mould and corecell frame being installed.

Door getting ready for moulding.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:06 pm

I weighed the boot, it's 1.3 kg's with the frame and it still needs trimming around the edges. It is really stiff now, can hardly twist it and it doesn't bend at all. Should weigh 1.2 kg's when it is finished.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:17 pm

sweet. would love one of those boots.

rhythmstick · Postby **rhythmstick** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:19 pm

Do you know what the weight of the original boot was? It will be interesting to know the weight saving.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:35 am

The original boot was 8.1 kg's. So a saving of 6.9 kg's. Plus if you mount it on pins you can remove all the heavy hinge and spring mechanisms, plus the catch and remote cable to the console. The saving in total would be around 13 kg's.

mr2 spyder · Postby **mr2 spyder** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:55 am

I see you added corecell after vacume. I always lay peel ply over patch etc to blend in and smooth off all those edges. Just keeps the finish looking good. you dont have to vacume it.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:09 pm

That's a good idea, i didn't think of that.

SE10S · Postby **SE10S** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:53 pm

Awesome work i love the car it look very panspeed rx7 around the back of it

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:04 pm

16bit wrote:sweet. would love one of those boots.

Same here. :mrgreen:

criss · Postby **criss** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:37 pm

Mate, I would give u $20 if I can be in it=]
btw what is the new design of the hard top??? Any prototype yet??

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:17 pm

The new design will be a replica of the mx5 coupe. For now i will be modifying a normal hardtop into a fastback, just for my car.

I have almost finished the doors, they will be ready for moulding shortly. I thought it would look neater if the door had a finish on the inside like a door trim.

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:44 pm

Beautiful work as usual. Are they going to be using the OEM door lock and lever? Would be nice if it was designed with the OEM lever sitting flush.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:42 am

Mate, that's all too heavy. On the NA doors i made the oem door handles work like normal in the normal locations. But on these doors there will only be a button style door popper on the outside, and no internal door handle.