Last weekend was the second round of the Javelon Sprints.
Without doubt, the car was a revelation.
Steering more precise and lighter, more power and crisper gear changes too.
I`d not driven this circuit layout before (Blyton Eastern) and it is a totally different animal to the Outer Circuit.
It`s loads more technical and tweeking suspension settings during the event kept getting a little more out of the car.
I came tenth in class (one place better than round 1) and 51st 0verall (out of 70) which is 5 places better.
My new Martini stripes, helped make sure the car stood out in the crowd ;-)
The car also behaved impeccably, meaning no rebuild before it`s next outing :thumbs:
So that brings us to this nice long weekend.
With nothing on the urgent list, I turned my attention to the `get round to it` list.
The top of this list is my spare wheel void.
So, I dug out the fiberglass spats that were on the car when I got it. (the bumper was damaged but I saved these)
They needed a bit of tidying up but they look like they should work with a diffuser.
I figured it would be easier to fit the spats with the bumper off the car. Here I hit quite a problem.
As I went to lift the bumper off, the outer skin and inner frame sperated completely, they must of been hanging together,
which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. as I could do a bit of weight saving to offset the weight of the spats.
I cut down the inner frame, keeping the mountings and enough to glue it on with tiger bond.
The big holes along the middle were not for weight saving, but to give the expanding foam adhesive somewhere to expand to stopping it lifting off. (powerfull stuff that foam)
I`m happy it`s as strong as I can get it.
Fitting the spats was straightforward, but I found that previously they`ve been adapted so the lower edge is square, but meaning the upper edge doesnt quite follow the cars lines. No matter, they`ll be smoothed with filler.
For the undertray I Have stuck to my Heath Robinson school of research and development making the `Mk1` from scrap I have lying around..
I fabricated a frame, attatched to the original spare wheel hanger brackets.
The aluminium angle at the bottom popped up on my travels and needs to be longer, but this is the Mk1 remember.
I cut a 3mm plywood sheet to fill the space between the spats and trimmed it around the silencer.
This is bolted to the frame and the lower edge of the bumper.
This undertyray, really needs remanufacturing out of a formable material (with a curve to it) and sides/vanes fitting.
Oh yes and the spats need a bit if filler and rattle can..
It`s made a wonderful change to be able to get on with the development of the car, rather than dealing with running repairs..