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Apr 15, 2016 10:08:36 GMT
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As a little aside, have you lot seen the yank company running running cars with compressed air? Not like a compressed air motor, a normal engine with normal fuelling, but instead of drawing in atmosphere, they feed air in from scuba tanks - show me the blower or turbo that can put that amount of air in right through the Rev band! Obviously there are massive limitations, but they reckon if the internals and block are strong enough, then your power is only limited by the airflow and injector size (I know, that sounds slightly obvious). For a sprint car it sounds pretty interesting! Tangent over, as you were Oh ffs .... Don't give him any more ideas ......... We'll be waiting even longer for this epic beast to awaken ......... |
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Apr 19, 2016 18:48:34 GMT
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Wing brackets nearly done.  |
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Apr 20, 2016 10:10:44 GMT
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Nutty as squirrel poo, i love it
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So, as I have an air system on board the car now, I' was able to solve another one of my issues, the rear engine clutch will now be air opperated.  |
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Apr 21, 2016 17:11:21 GMT
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ToolsnTrack
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So, as I have an air system on board the car now, I' was able to solve another one of my issues, the rear engine clutch will now be air opperated. Wait, what? Isnt that a bit "digital" for a clutch? |
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froggy
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Apr 22, 2016 17:33:55 GMT
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My thoughts too , surely there's a way of hydraulically linking the two together
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Darkspeed
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My thoughts too , surely there's a way of hydraulically linking the two together Which would be the same as a braking system - use a tandem cylinder or a bias set up - but space appears to be at a premium to connect it up. To find space the way to go would be to use the standard single master and a slave to push on a second tandem cylinder mounted in a area with more space that then ran to the front and rear slaves. They would also both remain self adjusting - I think. Too early for thinking and no doubt with as long as this has been going on Claymore has already thought of every other hydraulic option. If not I a a dual master (from a Fiesta I think) here if he want to try one. |
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froggy
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Apr 24, 2016 12:49:31 GMT
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Clutch slave with the capacity to shift enough fluid to operate two slaves would be a good start . Something around 1" bore with 1/4 outlet into a tee then on to the slaves as your not building pressure just transferring fluid against some resistance from the diaphragm , they really need to be balanced as I had all major of grief with my twin bike engine setup that used cables
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Apr 24, 2016 12:54:10 GMT
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time to play around with the new livery.(just cut with a pair of scissors to get a feel for the look)  |
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gazz81
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Cannot wait to see the road test!
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just threw some paint on the door and refitted the trim, makes quite a difference.  |
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gazz81
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May 10, 2016 11:57:04 GMT
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How progressive is the air clutch? I have a picture in my head of it being like a gas ram you see on robot wars!!
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May 10, 2016 14:33:36 GMT
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It goes on like a switch but releases nice and gently as I have an adjustable restrictor on the exhaust port.
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May 14, 2016 12:51:28 GMT
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Well, this is the final design of the clutch, I've had a quick test with an airline trailing back into the workshop and it seems to work, I would say it feels a bit like a paddle clutch.  |
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Last Edit: May 14, 2016 13:04:23 GMT by claymore
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May 15, 2016 11:23:26 GMT
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Tank in and air pipework tidied up a bit.    And just turned the car around with both engines running, which obviously involved forward and reverse gears, and I suppose I would have to call it a success, as I couldn't tell that the car was in awd |
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May 15, 2016 11:38:50 GMT
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All I can picture is you engaging one end in 1st and the other end in reverse and doing very very tight donuts like a tank.  |
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May 15, 2016 11:49:36 GMT
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All I can picture is you engaging one end in 1st and the other end in reverse and doing very very tight donuts like a tank. You mean like the video further up this page  |
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May 15, 2016 11:58:16 GMT
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Yeah, but much more tyre smoke. |
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