Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Jarred]

so exciting!

[Stiggy_21]

this car is looking too good for racing!! i love your attention to detail on everything.
again, cant wait to see this tearing it up!!

[Peter Jones]

Spent most of yesterday running around trying to find fasteners and brake fittings.

Stripped down 3 separate steering columns to find good bearings which I cleaned up and re greased.

I sandblasted the rack and column before painting them black.

The column got a couple of extra braces welded to it as stock ones tend to fail.

The steering shaft boot is original from the car, oddly the best one second hand I've ever come across.





Sorted out the lines to the reservoirs. Probably overkill. I'll make a stay to make sure the clutch line doesn't get near the column or perhaps a right angle elbow.









I cut the steering lock off the column. Some racing classes demand that the steering lock is removed.

For the moment the column is in the stock location, once the seat is in I might lower it a few inches

[fthaimike]

Great updates as usual.

Peter with the steering column brackets people tend to also run a brace across from one side to the other to remove a bit more flex and increase the life of the brackets.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9.../DCP_6188s.jpg

[Peter Jones]

Great updates as usual.

Peter with the steering column brackets people tend to also run a brace across from one side to the other to remove a bit more flew and increase the life of the brackets.

Yeah, I think there's more mods to come on that column, I doubt it's in the right place yet. Needed to get it in situ to sort out placement of bits and pieces.

I think it'll be out again before I'm finished.

[fthaimike]

Ah i mean the brackets in the engine bay sorry, pic attached to my last post as example.

[Peter Jones]

I was wondering if that's what you meant.

The early cars like mine don't really suffer from that problem as the rack bolts up solid at both ends. The supporting brackets are different and I've seam welded them in any case.

[fthaimike]

Yes i thought they looked a bit different, only the very early ones were solid

[Stiggy_21]

was great to see the car today peter, really looks great!!!

again, thanks for the parts

[Peter Jones]

Got a tank in over the weekend, it's a diesel one I've cleaned up.

Need to source a suitable roll over valve for the breather.

Suitable fuel hose for the tank to filler connection is 38mm if anyone needs to know. I got this piece from Purple Pig. (Yes that's a real business! Purple Pig - Industrial hoses, fittings and rubber products.)

[Peter Jones]

Small things amuse small minds but do also require a stupid amount of time to research and procure.

These are bits for the brake system.



4 way M10 brake unions
Stop light switch (I'm going to put one in both front and rear circuits)
BMW Brake Pressure sender (So I can log brake pressures, again, front and rear.
and all the little bits that make up the connector for the pressure sensors.

For those of you interested in logging, the BMW sensors are a lot cheaper than the motorsport equivalents, are M10 and will read to 250Bar. Their curve is linear and the data sheet is readily available to program your logger.

Bosch part number is 0 265 005 303
BMW part number is 34 51 1 165 467

Part numbers for the connectors can be found in the data sheet. http://apps.bosch.com.au/motorsport/...ghpressure.pdf

[VR6man]

Awsome build mate, that's one stunning vehicle
quality of work is outstanding

[roccodingo]

Very techo Pete, logging brake pressure in each circuit. Will be some good info coming out of this me thinks.

Any reason why you went with a hyd brake light switch and not a mechanical version ??

All coming together nicely anyway.

[Preen59]

Individual brake pressure.. That's pretty tricky. When I was crewing on a Fujitsu car a few years ago, even that only had front/rear.

[Peter Jones]

Just front/rear Chris, I got a couple of spare connectors.

I went with the hydraulic switches because I couldn't figure out an elegant way to mount a mechanical one on the pedal box. All the likely locations were in places I might step on.

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