Another week has gone by and lots of things came together......
Since we have a new and much lighter set of wheels sponsored by Pro Wheel, we chose to make them interchangeable with our current Kymco wheels - now the new wheel have the Michelin High Mileage tires mounted to run in the Shell Eco-marathon; the Pirellis we will use to run everywhere else including World of Speed later this year again.
The new and also lighter brake discs were designed by the students in SolidWorks with the help of Bob Quarterman our engineer volunteer. then they were laser cut from stainless at one of our Tool and Die Maker volunteer Ed's industry partners by his son.
Students machined new rear alu hubs; the whole rear axle, freewheel and differential were overhauled (it had salt damage) and freshly installed. Because we now run a fully enclosed engine compartment, a fresh air intake for engine made from dryer vent tubing and a cooling air duct made from scratch by using insulation foam for the mold and fiberglass for the part are now in place and ready to be tested.
The Kamm-modified rear body is ready for fiberglass work, putty, sand and paint.
Parallel the ShopGirls car had the drive train "beefed" up to prevent movement that led in the past to dropping the chain! And best of all we still have one and a half weeks to test and revise ...... yeah but still overtime!
We also had a nice article and photo gallery in our local newspaper -
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120308/NEWS01/703089906 M