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Apr 26, 2024 10:57:06 GMT
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Old thread I know, but I am a victim of the rule change. Looking to buy a covered trailer and prices have shot up since 1922 as every one and his dog wants one :-( Good second hand ones aren't a lot less (albeit with a few accessories added by the owner) than a new one less the VAT. Even tatty Brain James covered trailers cost £6.5k for a 6m bed!
Still looking.
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Apr 25, 2024 22:36:11 GMT
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Fair enough. However, getting the most out of a car isn't easy, especially one like mine which isn't the accepted way to go. Brute force doesn't require a lot of experience or skill to go fast, as you say, just balls, but mine will in order to squeeze the maximum performance out of it. Also, having not raced since the mid 80s I am very rusty and the car is very new so practice is vital as far as I am concerned.
The track will not be concrete but the start line will be. Not having to spend hours driving to the Pod in the hope of getting a few runs in or taking a chance booking a spot with Scott on one of his private test days will help to pay for the track. Prepping is no ball ache for me, I am retired so plenty of time on my hands :-)
I won't be on my own. Having my own teat track also allows me to build up gradually and not having to run the full 1/4 mile each time I do a launch test. To me this is a no brainer but, fortunately, we are all different :-)
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Apr 25, 2024 15:37:32 GMT
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Sorry to be a negative nelly but it seems like a lot of effort for something that doesn't seem like it'd be of much benefit from a racing standpoint. Drag racing is literally the easiest Motorsport in the world, by an absolute mile, from a "racing from point A to point B" drivers perspective. Slowly roll up till top yellow lights, creep till 2nd yellow lights, wait for green, go. Reaction time doesn't affect ET so you can just go when you want. " Drag racing is literally the easiest Motorsport in the world" I take from this that you have done very little, if any, drag racing? :-) " Reaction time doesn't affect ET so you can just go when you want" For a start (no pun intended) if you are racing (which is what it is all about) waiting for the green means that you will lose. Reaction time is far more important than you seem to think, it can mean the difference between winning and losing as ET times do not win you races, getting to the finish line first does. The first 60 feet of a drag race are the MOST important feet, this is where races are won and lost. Therefore, getting it right is vital and is very much of benefit. Learning how to drive a new car on the strip is not as simple as " Slowly roll up till top yellow lights, creep till 2nd yellow lights, wait for green, go"
I would not be spending this amount of money if there was no benefit. Being able to practice burn outs, reading the lights and experimenting with launch RPMs, launch control, modifying available power to the wheels off the line, adjusting corner weights for a straight launch, Playing with damper bounce and re-bounce settings to achieve optimum squat on launch' adjusting clutch release techniques and fluid return flow rate to name just a few, will be really beneficial. Doing this at the Pod would take many visits with no guarantee of good weather or how many runs can be done in a day whereas at home I can wait for a dry day and do dozens of starts a day with all the comforts and conveniences of home and workshop. What's not to love? -)
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Last Edit: Apr 25, 2024 17:35:16 GMT by nalesutol
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Apr 24, 2024 15:06:10 GMT
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That's the point :-) And I have experienced the shoe issue first foot :-) However, I need it to be as realistic as possible otherwise there will be no point. Is said driveway frequented by couriers or other delivery folk? Could make an amusing spectacle. Fortunately not, it is access to field and garage. Needs to be surfaced and trees trimmed. Start line will be at gates in foreground.
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Last Edit: Apr 24, 2024 15:06:54 GMT by nalesutol
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Apr 24, 2024 13:52:54 GMT
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That's the point :-) And I have experienced the shoe issue first foot :-)
However, I need it to be as realistic as possible otherwise there will be no point.
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Apparently it is PJ1 Trackbite. Now to find where to buy it.
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Although I will be looking into what Santa Pod uses on the start line.
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Apr 22, 2024 21:54:36 GMT
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Yes, I don't think that it will have the traction that is available at the Pod :-) However, the main use will be for practice for both me and the Missus. It has been a long time and the last time was with only 190bhp.
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Last Edit: Apr 22, 2024 21:55:03 GMT by nalesutol
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Apr 22, 2024 21:42:02 GMT
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I haven't been on a drag strip since 1985 so will be a tad rusty :-)
To that end I need to get some practice in reading the Christmas tree and learning how to pull away with 500+bhp :-)
So, I have decided to build a practice start line up to 60ft plus slow down. I have a section of driveway in the garden that is only used to access the garage and paddock that is made from hard packed road planings. I plan to get this surfaced with a bitumen wearing course.
I have started on making the Christmas tree and bought 3 sets of sensors for the pre-stage, staged and 60ft lines. Friend Andy is working on the control software and display. It needs to be as close to real life as possible to make it relevant and useful.
Christmas tree main section. Working lights manually just to check that I had wired them up correctly.
Andy's proof of concept board and display.
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Last Edit: Apr 22, 2024 21:42:44 GMT by nalesutol
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Apr 21, 2024 13:34:05 GMT
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First attempt at video editing :-) 👍 My only suggestion would be film in landscape Yeah, I considered that but I thought that the subject matter fitted portrait better. However, I will endeavour to do that when possible in the future.
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Apr 21, 2024 12:12:01 GMT
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First attempt at video editing :-)
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Apr 14, 2024 21:09:40 GMT
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Apr 13, 2024 18:34:10 GMT
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Attempted my first proper welding job with my TIG welder, which I have had for around 10 years! I have been a bit daunted by the scare stories around welding aluminium but my tame welder keeps asking why I don't weld stuff instead of bringing it to him :-) I needed 2.4mm filler rod for the 6mm aluminium I was planning to stick together but only had 1.6mm (2.4mm ordered) so I decided to offset the joints slightly and melt them together. This worked pretty well and I consider the result a qualified success. Now, what else can I weld? :-)
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Apr 10, 2024 21:33:46 GMT
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Started on the corner weight access ramps. Main parts made. Tomorrow I am going to have a go at TIG welding them together. I will probably then take them to my tame welder to be done properly :-)
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Last Edit: Apr 10, 2024 21:34:30 GMT by nalesutol
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Apr 10, 2024 21:03:21 GMT
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I think that I need to make my rear wing/tea tray a bit bigger. Paul Ricard? Were you over for the GT (?) race this weekend? No :-) Just saw this photo and realised that my rear wing need to be bigger :-)
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Corner weight levelling pads made and one painted. Next task is to make the ramps.
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I think that I need to make my rear wing/tea tray a bit bigger.
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Getting there slowly but surely. I've been using a thick glossy magazine for mixing filler on. Works a treat but you need to be a bit careful with the pages tearing. So your onion board looks to be ideal. As you say, slowly but surely. Magazines work, if you have them which we don't. Also, they don't come with the convenient thumb hole :-) I will report back after I have used it.
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2024 8:48:25 GMT by nalesutol
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I have been using the likes of P38 and P40 for over 50 years and am constantly looking for things to mix the stuff on - pieces of cardboard, scrap metal, plastic lids etc etc. Last week a friend who works on the classic car repair business suggested I use an onion board. An onion board, what is one of those? Well, it is a pad of 100 sheets of paper, treated so as not to soak up the oils from the filler. When a sheet is full you simply tear it off and you have a nice clean surface again. Even came with a pack of spreaders. Brilliantly simple, why have I not heard of them until now? Never going back to my old ways.
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Mar 30, 2024 22:29:01 GMT
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Taping is a pain in the nether regions :-)
AND adds weight :-)
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2024 11:25:24 GMT by nalesutol
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