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It\'s not pre preg, I make my panels with resin infusion.
Similar end result in terms of strength and weight to pre-preg. Harder to get right but saves on buying a £20k autoclave. Lots of professional composites companies use infusion for cost limited runs.

The front arches only weigh 600g each!

Progress in picture form:

Not seen your car Mark. Is it shown here in this forum?

The wiring is DIY. Midnight oil kind of thing.

Plenty going on tonight:



I\'m finishing off all the (relatively) small jobs.
Brackets, ducting, etc. Then the car\'s going to be good to go.

Here are the brackets I made for the front fenders.
In carbon fibre, of course:





Three layers of carbon fibre either side of a 5mm foam core.
Super lightweight and very very strong but a :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: to bolt on with the rollcage in the car. Good job they won\'t have to come off often.

With the front fender on, but without bolts:



Next, the oil cooler ducting has to be made. Ducting the oil cooler air out the side of the nose infront of the front wheels.
Here\'s one oil cooler:



Here\'s the very start of the ducting mold:

Thanks.

I\'ll keep putting pictures up here so do check back

Made them!

30mm box section mild steel with plywood tops. Two of the platforms have vertical stops on so the car can\'t roll anywhere.  I just jack the car up and slide them under each wheel.

Standard car is only 1200kg, so very roughly 300kg a corner which isn\'t much.

Engine is now built and fitted in but not yet running.

Lots of little bodywork bits are being done. Mounting brackets, adjustments etc.

Found some huge motivation to get things done. Helped along by the recent World Time Attack.

Doors, both? And Hatch?

Tonight I did a bit of thinking, with bits of carbon fibre and some masking tape:





Little side skirts to stop the air at the side of the car from the front diffusers from spilling back underneath.



I don\'t use this pattern of carbon fibre for anything as it\'s quite hard to work with on anything other than flat surfaces.
Looks very F1-esque though. I might have to use it for something



Engine bay is ready for the proper working engine, which has now been built.



Just waiting for the wastegate, hot side of the turbo and down-pipe to come back from Zircotec where they\'ve been ceramic coated.

Here\'s the Drenth gearbox:


Driving compartment - notice the buttons on the steering wheel for dash and ECU functions


I also started the work on the second section of flat floor, with trusty cardboard.

You can just make out the front diffusers here.

Eventually I\'ll make a comprehensive flat floor with tunnels, something like this:




It\'ll need a re-mounting the rear wing further back and re-routing the exhaust to somewhere out of the way first though.

What else? I really want to put one of these spoiler lips on the rear lights!


Too jazzy?!

I\'ve \'got a guy\' for my Ohlins stuff - top current FFord racer who works on the side setting up and rebuilding for Ohlins. Handy guy to know :Thumbs-up

I\'ll stick a few pictures of them up.

I\'m not sure how to make the images work properly, I only seem to be able to post thumbnails and the links don\'t work.

Thanks guys.

Here\'s our DIY EPAS:

I\'d really like carbon fibre doors for it.

I have the ability to make them myself but it\'s so time consuming I\'d rather just buy some.

If anybody knows of any for sale, give me a shout. Not keen on Seibon though, that\'s more carbon for show than for purpose.

Cheers.

Thanks

Drenth DG400 6 speed gearbox.

Other bits and pieces:

- All aluminium flywheel with 5.5 inch Tilton racing 3-plate clutch.

- GT4088R Turbo run @ 1 bar (not yet on track but aiming for a safe 420 ish bhp) Turbo, wastegate, manifold and downpipe all Zircotec ceramic coated.

- DTA Engine Management system. Wiring harness all bespoke/made here.

- Race technology data logging system with CAN input from engine ECU.

- Electronic, adjustable power steering.

- Ohlins 3-way adjustable suspension.

- AP Racing brakes
    - 6 pot front w/362mm discs
    - 4 pot rear w/330mm discs
    - TOCA spec floor-mounted pedal box

- Roll cage is FIA certified T45 Custom Cages 8-point.

- Bodywork is all carbon fibre. Designed and made by me.

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