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Ben Lipman
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Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car

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Monday, January 10, 2011 - 08:27 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

The photos (If I have any) will not show much. I basically disconnected whole looms with the schematics to guide me. Once I had the whole looms out (eg stereo etc) I started removing wires from the remaining looms that I wouldn't need. I made a few mistakes along the way but these weren't too hard to track down with the use of the schematics. There were heaps of clingon messages initially, but the computer seems to 'learn' these components are not there and this is now normal.

Looking back I reckon it may have been easier to rip everything out and reinstall the bits I needed. This would certainly be the go if you were getting rid of the factory dash and computer straight up.

As for the fibreglassing, yeah I am keen to make something small from a mould to get a handle on the process. I was thinking NACA ducts because there is a good tutorial on how to do it on youtube. I have a carbon fibre canard from a West race car to use as a guide if I decide to do it.

On the canards, I have read they should not be relied on to generate bulk downforce. They should be used to trim the car- and in a lot of cases they are more beneficial for cleaning up the airflow along the side of the car (ie directing airflow away from the very messy wheel area etc).

I have little winglets made of sheet metal that were on one of the earlier splitters. No idea if hey did anything or not, but Paul convinced me they looked gay so they were removed, LOL.

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