RX-7 Racing - Hodgkinson Engineering

[grinder]

Loving your work

And not massive box section either

[raceralexuk]

Thanks.

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

[grinder]

oh i will dont you worry

[raceralexuk]

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:

[marky]

Who has done all the wiring for you Alex? Looks nice and neat. I am at the stage now where the witing on mine is holdng me up.

Cheers Mark

[raceralexuk]

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

The wiring is DIY. Midnight oil kind of thing.

[Ed_RX7]

are you after a new single turbo wiring loom?....if so i do them.

[marky]

Not on here Alex but some on FDUK when it was at Donny and Silverstone

[raceralexuk]

Progress in picture form:

[roborangefd3s]

this is an awesome build, is that prepreg in an autoclave? very advanced for a home build, looks great keep us posted please.

[raceralexuk]

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!