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Offline tauruck

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #315 on: January 15, 2014, 07:30:17 AM »
Geoff, I had to get help because I have a project destined for Kansas I need to complete. :evil:
It's priority.
Riaan, the 70s aren't big enough, we need at least 120s. :-D
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #316 on: January 15, 2014, 09:23:18 AM »
Kansas.... are there any people that live there  :roll:
Are you making CF wings for the new Cessna Jet? 
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #317 on: January 15, 2014, 09:49:45 AM »
Nah, but by all accounts the car it's going into will be as fast.   :evil:
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #318 on: January 15, 2014, 02:21:25 PM »
Mike,
I hope you mean just as fast at half throtle. :-D
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #319 on: January 16, 2014, 07:42:57 AM »
The Kansas part id for Geo. He's a dark horse. He don't say much but he's working on something nice.

I went over to Geraldo and collected my uprights. Perfect as usual. Thanks Grappa G. :cheers:

Aj was here yesterday with his Biturbo Merc AMG. It's getting aero light in front at 180MPH. :-D

I go underneath and there's a flat plastic panel from the bumper to the cross member and then it steps down about 3 inches to another cover. Methinks that piece is the problem.

It looks like the rest of the cars  of its kind but its not.

It will get a splitter next month. Nothing outrageous though.
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #320 on: January 17, 2014, 09:51:59 AM »
I got another shipment today.


People have been good to me and here's the proof.

Premium forged pistons from UEM. Thank you Glen Schierholt. This is a really special guy. He's on the ball and so willing to help. :cheers:
ATI sent the Super Damper. Thank you Mary Sue and Ricky.
The things that are happening are actually scary.
Every day is a new adventure.

This is awesome. We're getting there.
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #321 on: January 17, 2014, 10:53:03 AM »
Always a good feeling when parts start rolling in! And your front suspension is looking good too man!  :cheers:
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #322 on: January 17, 2014, 06:40:07 PM »
Thanks Joe.

I'm feeling it now.

I can taste it.

Working on other projects right now.  :-D
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #323 on: January 18, 2014, 07:05:05 AM »
The above post is a lie. :x

I won't get anything done today.
You have to love the weather guys. I swear they measure the temp in their offices. :-D :-D :-D :-D

 44*C out there and the shop is stifling as well.
I've been in the bush in Angola in my time but haven't experienced anything like this.

I don't want to jump the wall and test the neighbour's pool,      yet. :-D
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #324 on: January 18, 2014, 03:36:03 PM »
44C is about 112F  FREUD
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #325 on: January 18, 2014, 05:22:20 PM »
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #326 on: January 20, 2014, 05:25:39 PM »
The weather broke, well sort of.

It rained here and we hope it stays cooler for a while.

I'm busy on work related projects but I managed to put some time into the long car late last night.

The tub (driver's cell) is a little complex and you need to go a step at a time.

The middle bulkhead is bonded in. It doubles as a steering boss mount and the area around where my legs go through is going to get a protector made from high density foam and covered with a piece of Connolly leather I scrounged from Dave up the road.

Riaan went out and bought the radiator we're going to use in the ice water tank. He's a huge help right now. Thanks man. :cheers:
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #327 on: January 20, 2014, 05:41:10 PM »
Riaan decided it would be a good idea to have a logo for the car/team.

This is the result. I think it turned out great. Things have changed since he got involved.
The Pro1 thing started in 1981 when my then "Race Engineer" Martin Lewis walked into my mom's garage while I was wrenching on my first race car. He said Peter Racing Organization with only one member.

Maybe we should incorporate the logo on a T shirt other than just decals and patches?.
That's something for the future.

I found a web developer called Digital Watermelon and Daniel is going to sponsor our website. Springfield Flyer.com :cheers: :cheers:
Another gear head on board.
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #328 on: January 20, 2014, 06:44:22 PM »
Amy likes the logo, Mike. We'll take at least 4 t shirts should they come to pass. The tub looks nice as well. Keep plugging away. :cheers:
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #329 on: January 20, 2014, 07:19:06 PM »
Hi Frank, thank you. We'll chat about the shirts in due time.

I'm working on those wheel discs and the dash for Geo so hopefully you'll get them when the weather warms up enough for you to get outside. :-D

Shipping from here is crazy expensive but the speed shop I use for bringing in my parts does send a container of incorrectly supplied parts back every once in a while.

Dale will put the package in the container for us. It will save a bunch of money.

The discs morphed into quite a complex deal. From what I understand the Aluminum wheel discs fit against the inside of the lip of the rim.
The ones I'm doing will be flush with the edge of the wheel, not recessed so it necessitated producing a mold to make the locator.
I used an Aero NASCAR wheel as the plug. The trick is to bond the disc to the locator so that it runs true. It's the jig used for the operation that's taking time and believe it or not smoothing the disc plug wasn't as easy as I thought. Carbon when clear coated shows even the smallest imperfection and I'm not sending anything over that isn't perfect.

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