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Clayton, That would be very close, need a brake dynamometer to get exact torque and of course that is not practical. However the main aim is calculating the physical size of components and bias etc as a good starting point. You have put a lot of work into your chart, well done

Russ, a pad that works at a lower temp will do it, There is some very neat material around these days that are not that soft that they wear away in a short time and will work at lower temps. it will depend on how much % change one turn makes as to the effect. I use a set of pressure...

Russ, size your tyres for cornering/handling is the norm, wheel lockup is just one of the limits of the vehicle. Most cars are overbraked to some degree, demonstrated by the fact that you CAN lock the wheels. Being overbraked is better than being underbraked, however if your brakes are too...

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The width of the tyre has no bearing on calculations of braking. Friction is an emperical value with no units and is independant of contact area. If you look at the charts that Clayton lodged you will see that the deceleration is stated at 0.8 g .This is based on the co-efficient of friction...

check the date when "prepare to win" was written a lot of things have changed since then , and in particular, the construction and the knowledge of tyres

near enough to 20º

You can make that yourself, the cable you can get from industrial supplies or a marine hardware , commonly known as "morse" cables For The levers try some of the drag racing suppliers or you could get cut from aluminium

customs have not yet made a determination , they have said "we believe" , they have also by inference suggested that it is a complete car - 'kit in knocked down condition" it is up to you to mount a succesful argument whether or not customs ultimately deterrmine it to be a motor vehicle or a...

Kevin, Customs have got it wrong, as a collection of parts it does not constitute a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is a vehicle that can be driven under its own motive power. Not being a motor vehicle it is not subject to the motor vehicle standards act and hence no import approval is...

Using Catia or Pro E in a true parametric model you can push, pull, stretch the surface into any shape you desire. I doubt that the solidworks surface would migrate into Catia or Pro E correctly. You could slice the model both longitudinally and transversely and form a series of sections...

Not familiar with longacre gauge, however, would not the graduations be 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 etc which would make the readings 0.04,0.12,0.35,0.53 ?? (bump) If this is corrrect I would suggest toe out in bump is excessive. Any static toe out would be added to these figures. Try also moving rack...

like this Jim you can see the coating in beige

Jim , you have a lot of good information there. I understand your chassis started life as a DB unit. It should have a series of internal ribs in the sponsons as the original units. The bag tanks were formed to go around the ribs giving max volume. With an aluminium tank you are limited by...

two posts at the one time, must be one for each tank

Jim, stainless would not be my material of choice, stainless work hardens and unless totally isolated from any torsional loading there may be an issue with work hardening leading to failure. There is nothing wrong with aluminium. It is very forgiving and I might suggest is more crashworthy...

Jim, stainless would not be my material of choice, stainless work hardens and unless totally isolated from any torsional loading there may be an issue with work hardening leading to failure. There is nothing wrong with aluminium. It is very forgiving and I might suggest is more crashworthy...

1030 was in Australia for a period, now resides in USA. When in Oz it was painted red. I seem to recall it featured in the ads for the "modern" Ford GT.

It already is a "one make series", the origin of the engine being the only real difference The rumour I hear is that 888 changed under pressure sweetened by a few dollars as they are the GM " factory" team with vauxhalls in the UK.