jonathangs1982 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Hello all, If anyone is interested I have set up a website for my build. The plan is to join the speed series at some point this year! Not sure if you guys have had a rotary engined car in the mix before? www.rivetracing.co.uk Let me know what you think, we are just a group of friends that decided to give it a go. I have no idea how it got so out of control that I'm manufacturing my own carbon fibre! Jon Quote
peterg Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Not sure if you guys have had a rotary engined car in the mix before there have been a couple of w.a.nkel engined cars but not seen anything about them recently might be worth you doing a search - good luck with it Quote
Paul Aspden Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Sounds good, or should that be noisey! I'd guess that the only real issue would be noise suppression? Looking forward to the blog. Oh, and dont keep the carbon fibre bits to yourself, we all want them! Quote
jonathangs1982 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Yeah the noise is a worry! The engine choice has helped a little as the RX8 engine (13b-msp) has side port exhausts which reduce the velocity and energy some what. Of course that energy has to go some place so the water and oil cooling requirments are worse (due to all the extra heat dissapation) which may also be a problem - time will tell! Few new bits up from the weekend - the car is finally out of my dinning room and in the garage again http://www.rivetracing.co.uk/2012/02/12/11th-february-2012-build-day-8-the-car-sits-on-its-own-wheels/ Quote
Kevin Jones Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Thought I was one of the only ones to treat a dinning room for what it is best used for, a garage extension My chassis is in the garage but just about everything else including full tub is in the dinning room, next to my workbench (formally known as the kitchen island). Car is looking great, looking forward to seeing it the flesh later in the year. 1 Quote
salexander Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Looking good Jon. Can you tell me whos front wishbones you're using? Quote
jonathangs1982 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Posted February 16, 2012 The front wishbones are Siltech. Quote
CJspeedsport Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Hey Jon, Are you going to fit a full roll cage, or keep the RAC style one? Don't really know what I'm talking about, so sorry if it's a stupid question!!! Great blog! Chris Quote
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