BEAVIS' White Track Car

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:21 am

beavis wrote:If it's purely a street car, 15x8's are more than enough and will perfectly match some 205/50's

pepejesus wrote:15x9s with the right offset and 225/45s should fit on your SE with maybe just a flat roll. But as you say, not a lot of choice in tyres, A050s, NT01s, RS3s... not sure of much else.

I run 15x8 +20 or 25 (not 100% sure) with 225/45 NT01s on my SE and have just a flat roll at the rear, no roll at the front, I get some minor rubbing on fender liners at full bump at the front but nothing I'm worried about. I will buy 205/50s for my next set of tyres because they are significantly cheaper than 225s generally.

If you're not tracking the car, or if you're ok with not getting every last 0.1%, then 15x8s and 205s are cheaper and give you a lot more tyre options. If you want to go fastest at all costs then 15x9s and 225/50 A050s.

Looking to set my car up for some weekend track work. The 15" wheels and tyres will more than likely just be for the track, so I think I'll go with the 8" rims and the 225/45 RS3 or NT01 tyres for now. In the long run this will give me more options with the tyres as mentioned.

rossint · Postby **rossint** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:29 pm

I've just been through this and I'm glad I didn't go soft and get 8s. Still running my 205 NT01s which fit surprisingly well, only a little stretch. I'll get 225s when these tyres are dead. If it's just for the track get 9s, 6ULs fit well on my NA and any rubbing you may get will come down to tyre size and offset rather than the extra inch in the wheel.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 2:51 pm

I'm running 205/50's on 15 x 7 and still have lots more time to find!

However to go to 225's in AD08R's I need to go to 16 or 17" rims or I could get a set of 15 x 8 and see how these go.

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Postby **beavis** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:35 pm

Magpie, certainly sounds like your laptimes are being hindered due to tyre and wheel size. But, given WTAC rules, it's totally understandable.

Stupid rules.

No, onto....... Painting Doors
The doors on this car were hand me downers, very rough and I'd previously painted them with rattle cans in a mismatched white.
Since I'd gone to the effort of painting the roof, it didn't seem like much more work to get the doors painted too.
Well, that was until I got a little closer to them.

One door in particular was really battered up, dents and wrinkles and layers of paint that just made me cry. I sanded away the old flaked and poorly adhered paint and prepped them for a fresh coat.

My el-cheapo paint gun I bought for under $100. Actually worked alright for a super budget job. (and ghetto paint booth behind)

After filling the bad bits, the doors got a couple of coats of primer and the odd bit of filler again to neaten up the areas that needed more attention.... then, some paint went down.

The colour came out nicer than it did on the fastback, I think I've gotten better with the painting method and working with the settings on the paint gun.

This is a bit of a 'money shot'. I think this shot perhaps flatters my success with the paint more I deserve. But it does look nice and shiny here. Oooooohhh
You can see the beginnings of a run in the corner of the door handle.

Postby **beavis** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:50 pm

Oh I should mention, I took some video of a friends car recently. A turbo NA6 with a collection of both interesting and unusual mods.
First time I've done a more artsy video like this really... so apologies in advance for my lack of video making skill, I tried to polish a turd (the turd being my poor recording skills) by doing the best I could via post processing in Adobe Premiere.

speed · Postby **speed** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:01 pm

I liked the na6 video.

Any chance that you have some under bonnet footage and also some sound of it pulling hard?

Thanks for sharing.

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chops · Postby **chops** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:14 pm

I was next to this on the parade lap at fan fest, very cool. TE37's are timeless and always a winner

Postby **beavis** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:44 pm

speed wrote:Any chance that you have some under bonnet footage and also some sound of it pulling hard?

Sadly no I failed in that regard....

speed · Postby **speed** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:55 pm

All good. I was just looking for further inspiration to see if there was anything else I should be doing

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SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:07 pm

Good effort with the video. I like the style, but also think some engine shots and some in car footage with sound or a static video of it pulling away or a drive by would have added something to it.

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:08 pm

Good effort with the video. I like the style, but also think some engine shots and some in car footage with sound, or a static video of it pulling away or a drive by would have added something to it.

Postby **beavis** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:57 am

Soo... onto some of the other things that I had managed to finish (or in some cases, half finish) before the MX-5 Fan Fest event I mentioned a few posts ago.....

Oil Cooler
First up, the oil cooler has been moved to a better spot, plenty of airflow here - although it's clearly not yet plumbed in.
On the pondering list is, exactly what sort of lines I will run, and where/how I till run them. Need to prepare the wallet first, hose fittings aren't cheap.

Rad Duct
And with the oil cooler in place, I needed to work out the front duct work between the bumper and the radiator(s).
This is a reasonably simple aluminium box which bolts to the front of the car and is almost a perfect seal around the radiator, and also seals on the bumper opening.

This angle kinda helps to visualize the airflow.... in the front, through the heat exchangers, out the vented hood.

Brake Duct
Aluminium brake duct mockup version 1. I'm not sure if these will stay as is, and whether I will leave them as aluminium. Still pondering that one.
I guess you can liken them to home made singular motorsport items. On the to do list is to run a hose of some form to them, and make an inlet in the front ductwork.

Front bumper
Lastly, the front bumper has been cleaned up and painted... The difference between the before and after is quite satisfying.
Here it is looking very sad for itself after I separated it away from the old splitter.

It got a good share of body filler and sanding around the front.

And after a good clean, removing a lot of old glue and some fresh paint, this was the much less crap bumper. Ah and I 3Dprinted myself a new front badge.
This angle also shows how critical some front wheel spats/canards are to clear air from the front wheels.