Rate this post by selecting a number. 1 is the worst and 5 is the best.
Author
Message
Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car, plus a spare shell
Posts: 3910 Reg: 04-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0
Saturday, April 11, 2015 - 07:04 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
I have decided to throw the two 'prototype' carbon doors onto the race car and take it for a run. Yes, even the munted one is going on the car. My shoulder feels pretty good, although I am still nowhere near as strong as I was a year ago before I tore it up. I am going to run on the 2 year old Toyo R888s as there is no point buying new rubber. It is going to take me a while to get my head back into the car, assuming the shoulder gives me no problem.
I spent the day putting a curve into the Lexan windows and fitting them to the doors. For the life of me I can not find my heat gun, and the wife's hair drier just did not have the juice needed. I ended up using ratchet straps and old cardboard tubes to put a curve in the windows. Worked OK, but would have been heaps faster and better if I found that heat gun.
I then used Sikaflex 221 to bond the lexan window into the carbon door.
I decided to sticker the door up while I was waiting for the adhesive to go off.
All went well. Very happy with the results. Total weight for this door is 5.8kg with lexan and handles. This is the door with no reinforcement, so it may end up being a bit flimsy. The other door will be about 6 - 6.1kg and a lot stiffer.
