Archive for March, 2010

I’m not sure if it’s really true, but I feel as if I’m getting into the endgame of this build. I think that means that there’s loads of bits and pieces to do, although there’s a couple of large things that I don’t know how to do yet, notably the gearchange and the exhaust.

Here’s a small bit of progress in that I’ve got the new fuel tank. As usual, I drew it out and ordered it from Bryn Jones at Allyfab who did his usual superb job. At the top is the tank sitting in the chassis. That was a bit of a relief as I’d tried to get the tank as big as I could, but was worried that it’d come out just a little bit too big.

Continue reading ‘Fluids’ »

Some progress again at the weekend, although whether this is enough is anyone’s guess.

First up, as I promised, are some turnbuckles to adjust the tension in the chain. Here’s one of them, although admittedly it’s hiding behind a bit of chassis. Essentially it’s a right hand threaded rod end, a left hand one, and a length of hex bar with a right hand threaded hole in one end and a left hand threaded hole in the other. You can just twiddle this around to change the distance between the two rod ends, thereby moving the diff carrier and tensioning the chain. There’s another one of these, exactly like this, on the other side of the diff. Continue reading ‘White stripes’ »

Still flushed with success from the weekend, it was back to the J15. What’s more, I’ve managed to actually do a couple of small things which is a relief. In particular I decided to finish off a couple of things at the back of the car.

Continue reading ‘Chained up backwards’ »

A quick post to link to a video of the race at the weekend. This is some “highlights” from my race at the weekend although it could hardly be called exciting. Mind you, its looks fascinating compared to the GP at the weekend.

Continue reading ‘A lonely race’ »

I knew it was a bad idea. I got home on Sunday from just about the most successful race weekend ever. Now I’m in a bit of a quandary as it’s going to be tough to get the J15 up to the performance of the Fury, at least in the short term.

Continue reading ‘Two hats Tim’ »