new build a Porsche LMP - Page 4

John · 07-20-08, 02:39 AM

Jac, mate your a ledgend, ive been searching for hrs for a source for some decent joints and had come up blank. i owe you one.
yeh shes starting to look like something,finaly cheeky sh#t and i know what you mean, but hey isnt that what us Kiwis are famous for."makeing strawbery jam out of pig sh#t".
just as well i still got a litre or so of chassis paint left over too, as a few touch ups are in order
cheers Mate
John

Ps. hows the Daytona overhaul going?.

John · 09-06-08, 05:53 PM

progress has been a bit slow due to an extreemly cold and wet winter, and i'm an old sook so not much time been spent in the shed for a while.
but the sun finaly decided to pay a breif visit last weekend so i wheeld her out side for a couple of pics,

exuse the ole bloke in the last pic , i'm not sure who he is.
cheers Kaspa

Chris_K · 09-07-08, 04:16 PM

Looking very nice John. Seems like we're both waiting for the weather to break.

Jon Marshall · 09-10-08, 06:16 PM

Looking really sharp John! Hope to have something to post myself in the very near future.

Regards,

Jon

Chip Smith · 09-10-08, 08:31 PM

John, so what was the decision on the body?. Are you going to continue on your own with that scaled version. Cant wait to see more.

John · 09-11-08, 12:19 AM

hi Guys , yes Chip I'm going to stick with the orig design, we have a gent at work who has done a few alloy bodies and has volunteered to help me out there.
had to pass up the offer from Fran as freight killed it rather quickly pity.
had some good news tonight though i just weighd the car as it sits in those last pics , engine, box, Steel wheels, and what a supprise, 492 kg so my aim of under 600kg completed is a very real posibility, ye hah
a very happy chappy
Cheers John

John · 09-11-08, 04:13 AM

whoops just noticed typo error weight should read 456kg, with a ratio of 266kg over the rear and 190 over the front
with approx 100 kg to finnish with plumbing , radiators, battery, and body etc i will still come in well under my 600kg expectations, especialy if i ditch those NASCAR Car steel rims and get some nice lite 3 piece alloys, thats worth around 25 kg alone.
cheers john

John · 09-20-08, 01:09 AM

Had a we bit of a win , i had a small dilema that i had put on the back burner for the time being, and that was the inlet manifold , there was no way the body would fit over it like it was, i had started to get some material together to make my own one day when a smart rs mate of mine was around the other day and sugested , why not just turn it around? at first i thought it wouldnt work, but 10 mins later, whoopy do, all we had to do was remove most of the emmision plumbing from underneath it and remove the alternator, and now after overlaying a pic over the body line it will fit like the preverbial Glove. i have since got hold of a smaller dia alternator which will fit in the orig position with a custom mount.

getting there slowly
cheers John

Russ Noble · 09-20-08, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kaspa

i will still come in well under my 600kg expectations, especialy if i ditch those NASCAR Car steel rims and get some nice lite 3 piece alloys, thats worth around 25 kg alone.
cheers john

Great progress John and looking good! That 25 Kg is unsprung weight. Double bonus!!

Jac Mac · 09-20-08, 01:52 AM

Im sorry John, saw that pic when you posted it last week & meant to tell you that was possible. Just as well you have some ' smart asse's ' up your way to help you out

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You also asked about the coupe- have worked out what I have to do in a manner that shouldnt destroy its 'historical' integrity, now just have to get brave & start cutting

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John · 09-20-08, 03:47 AM

Hi jac and Russ, guys you no the story, sometmes you just cant see the forrest for the trees, i must have sat looking at it a hundred times but it never occured to me. i naturualy assumed it wouldnt work

poped over to Mr Thornycroft at TSV in palmy this morn and picked up a grands worth of rose joints and carried them out in one hand, then got home and swapped all the old ones out in a couple of hrs, 3 weeks saving for 2hrs work and you cant see any difference, bugger.

Russ, Gavin Bateman quoted me $550 each for some nice 3 piece rims at around 6kg which is a helluva lot less than those great steel lumps of Nasca rims thats on it now so i will definitly be getting some made later, and as you pointed out a huge unsprung reduction.

Jac whats this about CUTTING into the coupe, god is it that bad? rather you than me.

thanks for the positives guys, appreciate it
cheers John