Rear Engine Modified Roadster Build

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Peter Jack

#330
September 18, 2011, 10:06:43 PM
Sorry to hear that Tony. I hope the recovery goes quickly.

Those of us who have a few more years on our bodies have already discovered that all those athletic activities we thought were supposed to help us maintain a higher quality later in life in actual fact just contribute to the degradation instead. :roll: :roll: :evil:

Pete

SPARKY

#331
September 19, 2011, 05:35:24 AM Last Edit: September 19, 2011, 03:43:37 PM by SPARKY
Pete 

say it ain't so man, Between BBC heads and Nattie Ls my upper body conditioning alternates between being stressed and being soothed  which I heard was good for one   :cheers:
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Peter Jack

#332
September 19, 2011, 08:32:58 AM
Sparky, I think the smooth, simple workouts really do help. It's all those foolish world saving dives to make catches or saves, those long throws that score touchdowns or put runners out and the general collisions of bodies with other bodies and foreign objects that collect their toll in the future. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Okay, back to the real subject. Maybe Tony can now find the time to show all the larger source pictures for his avatars and give us a few sketches of where his overall project is headed. This is one of the more interesting builds using lots of ideas from other forms of racing. The other night I had supper with my friend who owns the Indy cars I last worked on (2003 ex Menard Dallaras). He's selling one of the cars but we were trying to decide what spares we should keep to maybe build a Bonneville project down the line.

Pete

jb2

#333
September 19, 2011, 08:36:36 AM
ummmm... or you just have bad knees or instability for other reasons.  I tore my ACL while playing laser tag with my boys.  Nothing extraordinary, just a pivot and whamo... a crumpled pile of pain.  Oh yeah, I was shot repeatedly while down.  At least it was not my sons. 

Long recovery, but you do not need your ACL.  I decided I liked to be active and run so I had mine replaced.

Good Luck,
Jim

Captthundarr

#334
September 19, 2011, 09:07:21 AM
Oh that aint nuthin'. blew out the disc at L4 in my back getting out of bed -rough night. :-D
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Tman

#335
September 19, 2011, 10:30:14 AM
That's why I ride mountain bike and climb frozen waterfalls...............much safer :roll:

Hope you heal well Tony!

maguromic

#336
September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 PM
Quote from: Captthundarr on September 19, 2011, 09:07:21 AM
Oh that aint nuthin'. blew out the disc at L4 in my back getting out of bed -rough night. :-D

Yikes, you do have it worse off!  :-o :-o :-o

Pete and everyone ells thanks for the words of encouragements, PM's and the phone calls.  Ia m just upset with myself for doing a bone head move.  I have been surfing for over 30 years and I should have known better.

Trent, I love mountain biking and just came back from a trip to Taho a few weeks ago.  I ride a Santa Cruz downhill bike and its a blast to come down the mountain on.  Tony
"If you haven't seen the future, you are not going fast enough"

Tman

#337
September 19, 2011, 01:06:36 PM
Quote from: maguromic on September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 PM
Quote from: Captthundarr on September 19, 2011, 09:07:21 AM
Oh that aint nuthin'. blew out the disc at L4 in my back getting out of bed -rough night. :-D

Yikes, you do have it worse off!  :-o :-o :-o

Pete and everyone ells thanks for the words of encouragements, PM's and the phone calls.  Ia m just upset with myself for doing a bone head move.  I have been surfing for over 30 years and I should have known better.

Trent, I love mountain biking and just came back from a trip to Taho a few weeks ago.  I ride a Santa Cruz downhill bike and its a blast to come down the mountain on.  Tony

Then you need to come to the Black Hills some time to ride!

maguromic

#338
September 28, 2011, 11:54:55 PM
Its not a great picture as it was taken from a cell phone.  But we were able to get the girdle fitted and now we can start on tying everything together and machining the main caps and working out the oiling for the crank. Tony
"If you haven't seen the future, you are not going fast enough"

38flattie

#339
September 29, 2011, 03:44:50 PM
Bummer about that ACl! Hope you heal well, and fast!

That 7 main looks the part- all business.
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maguromic

#340
October 16, 2011, 10:00:14 PM
After looking at the aero and a consensus with everyone on the project we have decided to remove the brakes from the airstream and go with inboard brakes like we had originally drawn.  The only major drawback is that the rotor hat on the right side will be a little deeper than we would like to clear gear cartridges.  Also the simulations showed some flexing of the axle bearing, so to fix that we will go with duel calipers on each side. Tony
"If you haven't seen the future, you are not going fast enough"

Tman

#341
November 16, 2011, 02:44:55 PM
Thanks Tony, I went and reread some of the things we discussed. Lots of good ideas in your camp. Looking into honeycomb right now.

maguromic

#342
November 17, 2011, 08:09:11 PM
Trent, Your seat insert part went out today.  Let me know when you get it?  Tony
"If you haven't seen the future, you are not going fast enough"

Tman

#343
November 17, 2011, 09:25:47 PM
Quote from: maguromic on November 17, 2011, 08:09:11 PM
Trent, Your seat insert part went out today.  Let me know when you get it?  Tony

Yes, will do. Thanks! I have more questions and will be in touch.

maguromic

#344
November 18, 2011, 09:50:04 AM
These are some front and side views of the diffuser and tunnel flow trajectories.  Tony



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