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Post by ecowindman on Jul 30, 2012 23:16:21 GMT
Hi dave
Welcome to the forum , I hope to be in the phoenix park in August the IKKC will be displaying our cars and also running them around the track during race intervals
Should be a good weekend hope we get some good weather .
It would be good to see you there
I got a Gopro HD camera to day so hope to shot some footage on the day but will have to get some practice over the next few weeks
The kit car club are going to carrickfergus this Saturday to meet the ulster club I hope to go but weather permitting and if I am not working
Geoff
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Post by ecowindman on Aug 1, 2012 20:53:26 GMT
Hi Guys I had a problem with filling the fuel tank,I could never get anymore than €25 into it , It kept spitting back up at me because I was using the original pipe to try bend it up and it kept kinking so i got some new pipe and here is the results  45mm and 15mm ID piping . I can now fill the tank with no issues   The filler pipe fits well , One more little job out of the way Geoff |
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Post by gwnwar on Aug 1, 2012 21:45:23 GMT
Nice job on the fitment.. like where it is located.. were did you get the hose..
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Post by Andy888 on Aug 2, 2012 14:02:26 GMT
Looks good. Simple and effective. Might do the same on ours but with an aero cap.
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Post by DOC on Aug 6, 2012 12:19:40 GMT
Thats great, hopefully il see you at the park so, be very interested to have a look around it. Where in Ireland are you based ?
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Post by pincherrn on Aug 6, 2012 15:45:10 GMT
I like that idea and with an aero cap would be brilliant.
Well done guys.
Colin
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Post by Wayne Bale on Aug 6, 2012 19:27:29 GMT
I looked to fit my aero cap there but it is not a flat surface.
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Post by ecowindman on Aug 6, 2012 22:59:09 GMT
Hi guys
Doc I am just outside kells
I plan at some stage to fit a ardo cap . I know that it is not flat but I was panning to make a 10 / 20mm spacer to fit the curved body and be flush on top for the argo cap , I tough I could make a template out of modelling clay to get the curve then replicate it to a plastic spacer type
I think it might work ,this will be part of my winter mods with others I have planed
Geoff
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Post by gwnwar on Aug 6, 2012 23:27:24 GMT
Get some of that soft modeling wood that you can cut with a pocket knife for a mold..
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Post by Wayne Bale on Aug 8, 2012 16:26:26 GMT
I was panning to make a 10 / 20mm spacer to fit the curved body Way to advanced for me - i just moved to a flat part...  |
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Post by pincherrn on Aug 14, 2012 9:36:42 GMT
Been thinking about this. Could the aero cap not be mounted slightly recessed. Not got my kit yet so haven't had a chance to look at the possiblities yet. But have the aero cap slightly below the skin so it can be level. Some kind of panel would have to be fibreglassed in to mount it tho.
Will post some photos / drawings (hopefully) with the sort of thing I mean.
Colin
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Post by pincherrn on Aug 14, 2012 9:53:45 GMT
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Post by ecowindman on Aug 15, 2012 20:55:35 GMT
Hi
The fiber glass on the tank cover in that area if fairly thick but to cut down into it half way to mount a areo cap would be hard enough ,But remember there is very Little space under there to work on I fitted the pipe and tightened all up before I re fitted the Cover
But It worth a try if you are brave enough
Geoff
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Post by Wayne Bale on Aug 16, 2012 17:04:18 GMT
that is another reason why I have put my aero cap on the N/S side corner of the cover as I can still just reach to tighten up the jubilee clip from the underside of the sub frame when the rear cover is secured. I spent hours looking at the options and problems each possible solution would give me. Removing the rear cover when the fuel filler pipe is attached to an aero cap is quite hard to arrange with the limited space and accessable angles.
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Post by pincherrn on Aug 17, 2012 8:36:44 GMT
Yes but if you fibreglassed in a plate with rivnuts or similar you could remove the Aero Cap totally before removing the rear deck (as long as you use flexible hose).
I come from an aircraft background and a lot of aircraft fittings are not accessible once assembled and a lot of areas can't be accessed due to structure etc. I try to think of other methods. Instruments nearly always come out from the front so this is a similar situation to the Aero Cap.
But like I said I haven't tried any of this yet so everybody that has been there will have more knowledge than me.
Colin
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