Interior/Exterior CF hood and rear lid....
#28
Originally Posted by red rage
Those are some serious speeds, 125-128 , how long is that straight ?
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link.
Starts at corner one and ends at corner one. From the exit of this corner (one) your just WOT, floored, all the way until you hit the chicane at the end of the long back straight. This is the area that Larry was giving me grief about . I did get it to 120 a few times, but it was tough. As you can see in the video another S slowly gains on me here.
Here was the problem. My car is set up for tighter and twistier tracks like LRP and NHIS. I never took the time to set the car up for such a fast track. WAY to much rear wing, too much front splitter and too much toe and camber. I did suffer throughout the three days I was there, but for some reason I never adjusted squat . I will say though that once we got in the turns, I usualy made up all sorts of ground.
Was an interesting 3 days as they had me in with mostly quite fast race cars.
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#31
Originally Posted by onasled
I will keep you all posted on the CF stuff. I'm told that these parts are about 1/2 the weight of factory steel.
You all seemed to miss the most exciting part of one of my post .. at least to me.
You all seemed to miss the most exciting part of one of my post .. at least to me.
I noticed it
Honestly if the car is going to become mostly a track car i wouldn't paint the CF, thats a pound or two extra weight hehe.
You might as well also go for the little fenders for the complete CF pkg!
#32
I was told by the maker that they only saved a very small amount of wieght. The price did not justify the benifits.
Someone did mention the sunroof. It is one of those things that will be hard to part with, like my sterring wheel, power window, and all the other good stuff that I bought the car for in the first place. AC is coming off soon as is the cat and battery box. Carpet, interior plastic, headliner, aaahhhhggg! what am I doing to this great little car?? .
Someone did mention the sunroof. It is one of those things that will be hard to part with, like my sterring wheel, power window, and all the other good stuff that I bought the car for in the first place. AC is coming off soon as is the cat and battery box. Carpet, interior plastic, headliner, aaahhhhggg! what am I doing to this great little car?? .
#33
Originally Posted by onasled
I was told by the maker that they only saved a very small amount of wieght. The price did not justify the benifits.
Someone did mention the sunroof. It is one of those things that will be hard to part with, like my sterring wheel, power window, and all the other good stuff that I bought the car for in the first place. AC is coming off soon as is the cat and battery box. Carpet, interior plastic, headliner, aaahhhhggg! what am I doing to this great little car?? .
Someone did mention the sunroof. It is one of those things that will be hard to part with, like my sterring wheel, power window, and all the other good stuff that I bought the car for in the first place. AC is coming off soon as is the cat and battery box. Carpet, interior plastic, headliner, aaahhhhggg! what am I doing to this great little car?? .
Whats great is that you can replace the Sunroof with a peice of custom made Carbon and save even more weight than stock no sunroof....
#34
Originally Posted by onasled
You all seemed to miss the most exciting part of one of my post .. at least to me.
#35
Awesome onasled. Will you be doing the swap yourself? I wonder what the in-hand weight difference will feel like, anyway.
Maybe the next time (3rd) I need to buy a new hood I'll just go that route. Paint it except just clear where the stripes are.
Sounds like you need a second MINI for daily driver now
Maybe the next time (3rd) I need to buy a new hood I'll just go that route. Paint it except just clear where the stripes are.
Sounds like you need a second MINI for daily driver now
#41
#42
keep us updated on the install. Also about that sunroof... You could take out the glass and motor and such and replace it with a one piece CF panel which you could even make removable for a truely large sunroof. I saw it done on a tv show a while back. I think it would save several pounds...
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#46
Originally Posted by onasled
Has not arrived yet. I will keep ya updated. Have polycarb windows coming and wont get the rear lid installed untill the rear window also get here. Still thinking about what do do with headlght openings in the hood.
Good Luck!
Take lots of pictures.....
#48
Originally Posted by onasled
The nice thing about CF over something like Kevlar is that it will always absorb resins. I doubt the stone chipping would be much of an issue, at least for myself.
Well, other than for your wallet.
But looks great.
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