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Originally posted by thitch2

Steve the nuts you have used to attach your rotor hats are thay interference nuts?
If they are not i would suggest tie wiring them so there is no chance they can come
undone with heat and the differential in thermal expansion between the rotor and the hat
there may be a potential for the bolts to work their way loose.
Also i can't see any thread proturding through the nylok nut on your tie rod end you may want to
check to make sure there is at least a couple of threads coming through the nut you don't need any more than that however.
The distance between the rose joint and the hub seems in the photo to be a fair bit you may want to measure the distance on the origional and compare not that it will change things greatly bump steer is an issue if these are too short you will not have that issue with that set up.
Another tip depending on how low you are running our set up keep the link pin between the shock and the sway bar as long as possible check once you have the car on the ground that the sway bar does not angle up too much. In extreme cases they can force the sway bar to invert thus causing very scarey handling.
I got a phone call from Ian Luff the other day the DVDs are on the way check out the trailer he has on his web site there is a glimpse of my red beastie in the promo.
Hope this helps mate.
Phil

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Hello Phil,
Yes the nuts are interference nuts with 8.8 bolts. I may also loctite these when I torque set.
As for the rose joint, they should be OK but I will loctite these too. I think the lengths will be OK. They are within a 2mm of the RCA's.
As for the Link pins, they were to short on the first run and experienced the jamming issue.It is OK since I replaced the home made ones with the new alloy units. All good.
Finally, yahoo! Finally its ready.Cant wait the dvd!

Finally managed to get the car out of the 'cave' today. What a relief..
The brakes are now fiitted and operating but I do have a few issues with leaks but will be sorted next week when relocated to a workshop.
Here a few pic's

A few more pic's

i really love what you have done with this car.

I am very impressed!

looks sweet, very impressive.

what do you see as the real benefit of the radiator duct? have you tested its effectiveness?

Thanks guys, hope to get to EC on Saturday and see how the new set up feels on track.
Stuka, the benifit of the ducting is less air under the car at speed. Less air under means more downforce.The ducting starts at the bumper, with all air channelled out of the bonnet.Also works like a wing to help with downforce. Its pretty common practice in sports car series.
It also helps with cooling and 'wow' factor.
As far as testing goes, it is very stable up front at OP and Wakefield but my visit to EC will see if there is a advantage in the higher speed corners.

great, makes a lot of sense that, you have done a nice job of it. will look forward to hearing how it performs

:D yeah it works! looking great.

I had a few runs up and down the street today, getting a feel for the new pedals and brake set up. The brakes are just a treat. The floor mounted pedals are just fantastic. The feel of the pedals when loading up pressure is similar to my old Clubman kart and my old downhill bike. You can feel everything. I highly recommend going down this trail if you wish to build the ultimate racer