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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car, plus a spare shell
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Monday, September 26, 2016 - 01:01 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
I have completed a bunch of maintenance on the race car recently. Th cooling system got another thorough flushing, and a new radiator cap to see if that helps the overheating issues with this particular motor. The issue seems to almost be heat soak related as they only come on around lunch time and the radiator starts spitting coolant out the overflow bottle etc.
The front bar mounts took a beating at Winton, and one of the subframes broke. That got re-welded, and the front supports were removed, straightened and refitted.
I have fitted a catch at the top of the passenger door to prevent it opening at high speed from the air pressure - apparently the top has been opening approximately an inch. I cant see it from the drivers seat, but that would be terrible for aero. That issue is sorted.
I have some 265 and 285 Kumho V70A semi slicks fitted to the new 18 inch rims. I am hoping to get thechance to do some back to back testing of the Nitto NT01 and V70A, acknowledging the Nitto have been on there for the entire year.
All the turbo piping is back on the car, and the oil has been changed since the wastgate actuator rod was repaired.
I have patched the broken passenger side skirt with some kevlar. I really need to buy some more carbon so I have some lying around for little jobs and patchups.
There were quite a lot of other little issues that have been bugging me that I fixed as well,
The rest of my time has been taken up with the daily. The left rear wheel bearing has let go, and I have replaced the front left guard and passenger door to improve the aesthetics - both panels were dented from carpark bingles and pushbikes.
