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[hairy]

 

boost is a daft way to think about power 

 

 

The effects of temperature and air density are most observable on an ordinary turbo charged car when you take it out out for an early morning run on a cold day.  You can really feel the difference in power.

 

 

and less traffic around ... double whammy!

[Nev]

996 HP now... https://www.facebook...eater 

Edited by Nev, 13 January 2019 - 07:18 PM.

[Duncan VXR]

Nev I was going to update as you had posted the other day but beat me to it

Knock knock 1000bhp stopped due to boost hose coming off so more to come

[siztenboots]

Nev I was going to update as you had posted the other day but beat me to it

Knock knock 1000bhp stopped due to boost hose coming off so more to come

 

what type of clamp did they use?

[Nev]

Jeeze, I'm so lazy, Sunday morning with nothing to do and I can't even be arsed to drive it, let alone swap the gearbox over. I think middle aged apathy has set in at the Nev household.

Edited by Nev, 20 January 2019 - 11:46 AM.

[ditonics]

Get on with it old man 😂

[Nev]

Been a bit busy with the welder, building a wood burning camping stove/heater. It's a little project I've been meaning to build for a while now for my car based tours out to Spain and whatnot.

 

You just shove small branches in the diagonal and the air siphons in nicely to create quite some heat up the chimney. Will take a video of it's inauguration burn soon. Once I've seen how high the pans need to be raised above the chimney top I will make a bracket to slot onto the chimney top.

 

 

 

Edited by Nev, 01 February 2019 - 05:29 PM.

[siztenboots]

interesting , I have a similar weird Irish Kelly kettle , it is incredibly thermal efficient 

[Nev]

When lighting it on Sunday it was bothersome, so I need to add a vent at the bottom for more oxygen for the first minute or two. Once it gets going though, there is no stopping it, you can hear the syphon "roar" as the speedy hot gases suck in the fresh air.

 

Edited by Nev, 04 February 2019 - 04:41 PM.

[Nev]

I've put together a load of old pics from the last 10 years or so if anyone is interested: https://photos.googl...FJNSjBCWEM5VGlR

 

 

Edited by Nev, 17 February 2019 - 06:59 PM.

[mbes2]

I've put together a load of old pics from the last 10 years or so if anyone is interested: https://photos.googl...FJNSjBCWEM5VGlR

 

 

All look like they were taken on the same road trip  

[Nev]

Been in touch with Josh, and he sent me this beaut, that is one elegant and unique car. I couldn't help but post the pic up!

 

Edited by Nev, 12 March 2019 - 07:09 PM.

[ditonics]

That roof line is nice. Has he extended the roof or is it in the paint?

[Nev]

That roof line is nice. Has he extended the roof or is it in the paint?

 

Extended. Very unique car, got mods on it most people can't even conceive of, like under seat cross bracing, steering boss support to reduce vibrations (a la S.American VX220s) etc etc, Z20LEH + M32 cranking out 350 HP, aluminium roll cage, rear bumper oil cooler, extra front rads, DIY modified wishbones (0 degree castor a la 80s Lancias)... The list is endless, all engineered by him (he's an aerospace engineer).

Edited by Nev, 12 March 2019 - 07:23 PM.

[Nev]

One of my aims is to get rid of my air filter in the boot, so I can go driving with him across France + Spain with him for a few months and store camping equipment in my boot. A 5000 mile road trip with plenty of climbing, hill walking and wild camping for a few months is just what I need after a hard 9 months working!! He is also semi (fully?) retired at 45!

Edited by Nev, 12 March 2019 - 07:28 PM.

[joshua]

Thanks for including my car once again in your thread Nev :-)
I’ve been meaning to start my own project thread for an age now.

A quick word on a couple of the mods you mentioned.
Front geo I set out to reverse neg camber loss on turn in and reduce corner loading steer centering.
After 3 sets of different dimension wishbones and various stages of hub machining I settled on 5° kpi (11.5° standard) and 3° castor (3.5° standard). At this setting 30° steering input increases neg camber almost 1°. Static settings 0.2° camber 0 mm toe. I also added 2” larger dia steering wheel which proved unecessary. I love the results the car now has a huge amount of front end bite and is always eager to turn.
The steering column rubber support got immediately binned as had no benefit.

Get that Nipper ready Nev. This year will be my 6th road trip in the VX to Andalusia, it gets better each time.

[Acidpopstar]

Thanks for including my car once again in your thread Nev :-)

I’ve been meaning to start my own project thread for an age now.


A quick word on a couple of the mods you mentioned.

Front geo I set out to reverse neg camber loss on turn in and reduce corner loading steer centering.

After 3 sets of different dimension wishbones and various stages of hub machining I settled on 5° kpi (11.5° standard) and 3° castor (3.5° standard). At this setting 30° steering input increases neg camber almost 1°. Static settings 0.2° camber 0 mm toe. I also added 2” larger dia steering wheel which proved unecessary. I love the results the car now has a huge amount of front end bite and is always eager to turn.

Wow some serious engineering going on there. Although I admit a lot of it may as well be in Chinese What I do understand and totally appreciate is the end result. Have you considered making more and selling them to other owners?


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[siztenboots]

Get that Nipper ready Nev. This year will be my 6th road trip in the VX to Andalusia, it gets better each time.

 

are you driving down via France , or taking Ferry?

[Exmantaa]

A quick word on a couple of the mods you mentioned.

Front geo I set out to reverse neg camber loss on turn in and reduce corner loading steer centering.
After 3 sets of different dimension wishbones and various stages of hub machining I settled on 5° kpi (11.5° standard) and 3° castor (3.5° standard). At this setting 30° steering input increases neg camber almost 1°. Static settings 0.2° camber 0 mm toe. I also added 2” larger dia steering wheel which proved unecessary. I love the results the car now has a huge amount of front end bite and is always eager to turn.
The steering column rubber support got immediately binned as had no benefit.

 

 

Interesting engineering here and deserves a project thread!!

 

Have to dive deeper into this, but alway thought our cars added extra front negative camber on steering lock? You say it does the reverse, reduce camber on steering lock??

You also altered the bearing height with the machined hubs? (wishbone angle/roll centre?)

Edit; KPI angle is related to the top & bottom bearing positions, so the wishbone lengths. You changed both upper and lowers?

 

Anything special done on the rear?

 

Edited by Exmantaa, 19 March 2019 - 02:38 PM.

[Exmantaa]

PS; would be interesting to know your wheel/tire size + ET to see what scrub radius you now have with 5°KPI.

(The Elise 111S originally had 12°KPI with +10.5mm scrub radius on the 185-55-15 wheels ET 14mm offset...)