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[QUOTE=tom'72;70324]That's a great idea, never thought of that.QUOTE]
I forgot to mention it would have stops, cable lengths(fine stainless steel), that would be the bottom throw. Without the stops the springs would just continue to stretch. I was thinking ABS sheet would be good as it would be able to handle the occasional beating and still be lightweight. The cables being flexible would allow for some sort of big shunt without breakage that a solid stop or your actuator would probably succumb to. Jason
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This is what i like about this site - innovation and engineering. Keep it up Guys!
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Then they would allow the scoop to drop down as air pressure forced the scoop open, then the cable stops would limit the complete travel to a predetermined drop. Jason
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Haha, no I did get the point of the springs and all that. I was approaching the problem from another angle. Your system gives you a scoop when you need it because you get up to speed. (tom's too because he hits a switch) I was thinking I need a scoop, period. But trying to figuring out how to get it out of the way when I near a speed bump. I wanted to weld one on but then thought that might be a problem. I did think about linear actuators but thought it would be over-engineering and a pain to hit that switch every time I see a speed bump. I never thought about the fact that there are moments that I don't need a scoop, accept when it might get in the way. That's why I had a 'slap on the forehead' moment because I never thought of driving around slowly with a closed scoop. Yeah, I get bedazzled by my own 'creative' solutions sometimes so I don't see the simple problems anymore. It all does sound silly if you read it like this.....
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I really love your car. I made a really nice fixed alloy scoop for my old WBX bug, didn't last long so used what was left as a base and screwed a sacrificial plastic part in its place. On the back of my radiator I copied what VW/Audi did on many water cooled cars, fitted rubber flaps on the back of the radiator. At speed, forward air pressure pushes them away for more airflow over a wider surface, when the fan came on the flaps got sucked shut and the fan only sucked cool air in from the front of the radiator. Steve
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Got a few friends together today and put the body back on the pan and the roll cage in. Rear end still needs to drop about 2 inches but will have to see how deep it will "squat" under accelleration first.
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Very nice. Slick and black. Got-a Love it.
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Amazing!!! Starting to remind me of Hugovw1976's monster!!!
Jason
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Where did you get your roll cage?
Love your car! Randy
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Very nice car! the wheels look wicked. BBS LM's right?
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Bought the roll cage from a guy that had it as a spare way back in his garage, was pretty cheap, don't know hat brand it is.
Wheels are indeed BBS Le Mans. |
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Got some more work done to it (most doesn't show in the pics)
Others news, picked up a Porsche G50 5-speed gearbox today that had already been mashined down (28MM off of the belhousing) so it's a bit shorter and easier to cram in the bug's chassis. |
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