Tag Archives: Side Pods

Finally Getting ready for Brands

Posted on June 13, 2010 by AdrianM

Well, in the last three weeks we’ve achieved a fair bit of small but critical works, in the run up to the cars first outing at Brands next weekend. First up I created, an actuation mechanism for the reverse system, … Continue reading →

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Blimey. Never done that before!

Posted on May 22, 2010 by AdrianM

Ok there’s been a fair bit of progress since the last post, following the succesful test of the cooling system last time round I decided that I probably no longer need a manual fan override, and that I  should just … Continue reading →

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WhoHoo! She Rolls and Runs :-)

Posted on May 2, 2010 by AdrianM

I’ve made great progress today. First up was the lefthand, side pod duct.  this was still only roughly trimmed to remove the rough edges from the moulding process, so it needed trimming to fit around the radiators at the back, … Continue reading →

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Ok Lets Get back in the Game

Posted on April 14, 2010 by AdrianM

Right,  Firstly I seem to have fixed (or at least circumvented) the image loading issues with WordPress, so I can get back in the game of updating this blog apologies for the interrupted service of late. Secondly and more importantly … Continue reading →

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Fitting up the new floors

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

With both floors and side channels now made, it is time to fit them to the car.  So we postioned the car on the stands, and started fitting things together. At the rear this involved reworking the radiator mounts, as … Continue reading →

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Progress Continues

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

Well progress on mouldings for the new side pods continues.   Since my last post we’ve laid up the complete right hand floor , buck, mould and moulding. So the usual process applied, which was.  Make the buck out of … Continue reading →

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More Side Pod Progress

Posted on January 9, 2010 by AdrianM

Sorry for no recent updates,  but actually that’s been because I’ve got nothing done since the last update in mid December,  we’ve been away on holiday over Christmas you see and now I can say I’ve learned to snowboard   … Continue reading →

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And finally, we get to make a moulding.

Posted on December 7, 2009 by AdrianM

Most of this weekend seems to have been spent apply mould release wax to the side pod channel mould, and then buffing it off again.  On new moulds, particularly large ones, its is good practice to apply a fair few … Continue reading →

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