RF GT40

Ricky · 2nd March 2005, 11:50 PM

I thought now that the car has been completed for nearly 2 years that it is about time I posted a few "completed" pictures. I say completed due to finally getting the cross over exhaust I always wanted installed.

Enjoy.
RV

James · 3rd March 2005, 01:21 AM

WOAH!!!, thats awesome, love the colours!!!

Simon · 3rd March 2005, 04:54 AM

Rick, very nice. What colours are they?

Murray Cowley · 3rd March 2005, 04:19 PM

That is very nice, you must be really proud. Thanks for the photos.
Regards
Murray

Ricky · 3rd March 2005, 06:08 PM

Color is silver (Pure aluminium flake to be exact) with black stripes. I put a tiny tiny bit of the flake in the clearcoat also which is only noticable on the black.

All paint is Sikkens - Expensive but great to work with.

DENIS · 3rd March 2005, 06:17 PM

very nice !!!

Mark Charlton · 3rd March 2005, 07:30 PM

Beautiful job, Rick. Those exhaust pipes are going to look awesome when you get them nice & hot and they take on a bit of colour.

I hope you post more pics of your amazing car!

Ricky · 3rd March 2005, 11:11 PM

Hopefully the pipes don't take on any colour as they are ceramic coated mild steel. I seriously considered doing stainless but couldn't bear thinking about how much heat they give off. My original set of 4 into 2's went a dull grey but that was from the tuning sessions on the dyno.

Tip to all - Get your headers coated after initial dyno tuning and ECU setting up as this usually kills ceramic coatings.
Cheers,
RV

Ian K · 7th March 2005, 07:08 PM

Rick - are those 16 inch or 17 inch wheels. RF's come with
16s, but yours look like 17s ...

Ian

Ricky · 7th March 2005, 11:29 PM

Hi Ian,

Yes the wheels are 17" halibrand replica's supplied by RF. Tyres are 225/45 x 17 and 255/45 x 17.

regards,
RV

Ron McCall · 7th March 2005, 11:58 PM

It looks great! Do you have any full side and rear view pics of the car?
Thanks,
Ron

Kalun D · 8th March 2005, 05:13 PM

""I seriously considered doing stainless but couldn't bear thinking about how much heat they give off""

That's a popular myth but the opposite is true. Between mild steel and stainless the stainless transfers heat about 1/3 as much as mild steel.

You will get a reduction in heat transfer with coated mild steel but I'm not sure if it's as much as 1/3 of uncoated.

Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity BTU/ft-hr-F( 70 F )

Aluminum 6061-T6----- 96.50

Mild Steel 1010 CREW----- 26.98

304 Stainless Annealed ASTM A269----- 9.40

TECH ARTICLE

Ricky · 8th March 2005, 11:13 PM

Kalun D,
You are the guru when it comes to tech stuff. Had I known this earlier I would have had the exhaust made in st/steel then had it glass bead blasted and electropolished. This gives a really nice easy to care for look.

Ron,
More photos as requested.

Cheers,
RV

Ron McCall · 9th March 2005, 12:09 AM

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Ron,
More photos as requested.

Cheers,
RV

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Thanks! It looks amazing!'

Ron Earp · 9th March 2005, 07:57 AM

Rick, question - is there enough adjustment to sit the rear body lower to the rear tire? Just wondering if it is maxxed out or you like it higher.

Ron

Iron Sheik · 9th March 2005, 10:52 AM

Rick, Very nice color combo. I specially like the reverse light idea in the back (I think that's what I see). Looks Great [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Mitch D · 9th March 2005, 01:56 PM

Kalun D,

First, let me say your GT looks fantastic. Kudos on a well built car.

I have to reply vis-a-vis your discussion about the "science" of the different metals. I think you're mixing up conduction and convection. Whether your headers are stainless or mild-steel, they will both get hot from the exhaust gases flowing through them. The "heat they give off" is the heat you feel from "convection". If you have stainless headers at 1000 Deg F and mild-steel headers at 1000 Deg F, and you hold your hand 1 ft away from each - guess what - you feel the heat from both as the same since it's the convective properties of the heat through the air. The differences in the metals are significant from the standpoint of corrosion, strength, etc. Now as for coatings - this brings up a different set of issues - is the coating reflecting any heat energy back? does it have any insulating properties? etc?

Anyway, just my two cents. Again - great looking GT.

Mitch

Mitch D · 9th March 2005, 03:31 PM

Hmm, after reading my own response and re-reading the tech article, I thought I better clarify a bit.

The tech article mentions the thermal conductivity difference, but what he fails to mention is that after running your engine for any length of time, the stainless or mild-steel exhaust (assume both uncoated, un-insulated) will both hit about the same terminal temperature since it's the temp of the exhaust gases that is the heat source in the first place. Thermal conductivity only indicates how quickly the heat is conducted throught the metal itself in this example. Imagine you're holding a piece of metal rod 3 ft long with 1-inch dia cross section. Hold one end in your hand and put the other in a stream of 1000 def F exhaust gas. With the stainless - it'll take longer for you to feel the heat since it's thermal conductivity is lower. However, after some amount of time you'll feel about the same temp in your hand.

OK - enough debating with myself on this one.

Mitch

Chris Kouba · 9th March 2005, 03:47 PM

Mitch,

I think the property Kalun was referring to had something to do with the radiative properties of the different alloys. I agree that a surface at 1000°F will convect just about the same amount of heat no matter what the surface is made of (as long as the air's ability to remove heat doesn't exceed that of the metal's to acquire more energy through conductance).

I am not a metallurgist, but I assume there is a difference is the manner or properties of how they transmit in an emissive manner through IR radiation.

Someone (preferably knowledgeable) please chime in before I talk myself into a hole.

Chris

Ricky · 9th March 2005, 06:18 PM

Hi Guys,
I'll leave the debate on the exhaust to those that know. I just had the exhaust made and coated to limit heat radiance as much as possible based on all the advertising blurb from HPC, jet hot etc, to look as good as possible for as long as possible and to resist corrosion.

Ron,
I just installed 450lb rear springs (up from 350lb) but ordered the wrong length and this is as low as it can go - no preload in the spring. I will replace these along with installing stiffer front springs soon.
Cheers,
RV