Haynes Forums  

Go Back   Haynes Forums > Haynes Roadster Forums > Announcements
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #61  
Old 13th June 2013, 01:44 PM
loony's Avatar
loony loony is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Kielce, Poland
Posts: 185
Default

I shortened oil sump and made sump plate...






__________________
Lucas

ZX9R BEC Haynes Roadster - build cost so far: £1125
My build thread

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." J.W.Goethe
Reply With Quote
  #62  
Old 13th June 2013, 01:49 PM
loony's Avatar
loony loony is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Kielce, Poland
Posts: 185
Default

I also shortened oil pick up:
Before:


After:


And last progress - I made suspension breckets:


In the meantime together with my brother we started making model/plug for bodywork (scuttle to be precise)...
__________________
Lucas

ZX9R BEC Haynes Roadster - build cost so far: £1125
My build thread

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." J.W.Goethe
Reply With Quote
  #63  
Old 6th November 2013, 10:17 AM
loony's Avatar
loony loony is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Kielce, Poland
Posts: 185
Default

First of all, I'm little depressed... I'm unemployed (still), at June 22nd Polish government change the rules of registering kitcars (Alga - you where very lucky ), so my motivation is very low. But I didn't give up as there is always light in the tunnel...

For last few months I did almost nothing.
I welded some harness mounting points, diff plates and that's all.




I was thinking about how to mount upper harness anchor points for use with popular in Poland long 4point harnesses... and I found this:

Short, 4point, Sabelt road legal harnesses (made in Italy - not cheap "China Top Quality"). So - they are mine - for about £60...
"Formula type" harnesses are very rare in Poland because there are no formula racing series or something. We got only one FIA approved track... That's why I'm so glad of myself.
__________________
Lucas

ZX9R BEC Haynes Roadster - build cost so far: £1125
My build thread

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." J.W.Goethe
Reply With Quote
  #64  
Old 6th November 2013, 11:36 AM
flyerncle flyerncle is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: gateshead,near cobbly bit of A1 North
Posts: 3,188
Default

The tunnel is long and the light is faint Lucas,but it is there !
__________________
Cost : Little as possible.
Thanks : To those who by their generosity my build has progressed.
Its a handmade sports car not a flaming kit car !!!


If at first you dont succeed,avoid skydiving...

No parachute require to freefall,only if you want to do it twice.
Reply With Quote
  #65  
Old 6th November 2013, 12:20 PM
ayjay ayjay is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coedpoeth near Wrexham, North Wales
Posts: 737
Default

Good to hear you are still going on with your build

Every small step gets you closer to the goal.
Just ask if we can help
Reply With Quote
  #66  
Old 14th November 2013, 08:56 PM
loony's Avatar
loony loony is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Kielce, Poland
Posts: 185
Default

Yesterday I picked up pack... No - I'm not a drug dealer



As you can read - it's Sodium Carbonate not cocaine (4kg of cocaine would be worth more than my whole Roadster project)
What make me funny - I think in Poland, in my 200k citizen's city, it's easier to buy AK-47 than Sodium Carbonate. There is no such thing like washing soda or similar in the markets... strange country... how people lived without Internet...

Now I can clean my "Sierra stuff"...
__________________
Lucas

ZX9R BEC Haynes Roadster - build cost so far: £1125
My build thread

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." J.W.Goethe
Reply With Quote
  #67  
Old 14th November 2013, 09:53 PM
voucht's Avatar
voucht voucht is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Lautrec, Tarn (81), Occitanie, France
Posts: 879
Default

Good for you Lucas. You'll see how magic the electrolysis with sodium carbonate is. Just amazing!
Good luck
Reply With Quote
  #68  
Old 15th November 2013, 01:28 AM
alga's Avatar
alga alga is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Posts: 1,249
Default

Hehe, are are you planning to electrolize your whole chasis? :-) I jused just a couple of spoons of soda for ~30-40 l of water. It was totally sufficient. My 6A battery charger was giving ~4A on large parts such as brake disks. Also, I made Na2CO3 by heating baking soda on the stove. It made a nice volcano-like reaction when steam and carbon dioxide was escaping the powder.

2 NaHCO3 -t-> Na2CO3 + H20 + CO2

P.S. Yeah, Wojciech mentioned to me about the change of rules. But if you just get on with the build, by the time you're finished the new path will be broken.
__________________
Albert
Haynes Roadster FAQ | Haynes Builder Locations
Gallery, build thread in Lithuanian / via Google Translate.

Last edited by alga : 15th November 2013 at 01:37 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #69  
Old 15th November 2013, 08:29 AM
loony's Avatar
loony loony is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Kielce, Poland
Posts: 185
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by alga View Post
Hehe, are are you planning to electrolize your whole chasis? :-) I jused just a couple of spoons of soda for ~30-40 l of water. It was totally sufficient.
I was ordering from Internet and I need to buy 4kg or 25kg for better value/postage ratio I will sell 1-2kg to my friend who is fascinated with electrolysis for his WWII artefacts...

I was electrolysing my rear brake calipers with salt water - not bad, but soda should be better.

As for rules in Poland - they change it so often (not only registering rules, but everything like VAT, taxes etc.) that this can be truth - so I "keep calm and build roadster"

I have another challenge - to find CDS tube for my wishbones... or even not CDS but in right size/diameter.
__________________
Lucas

ZX9R BEC Haynes Roadster - build cost so far: £1125
My build thread

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." J.W.Goethe
Reply With Quote
  #70  
Old 15th November 2013, 09:02 PM
alga's Avatar
alga alga is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Posts: 1,249
Default

Try Benteler distributors (previously Helens), they're multinational steel traders. My local branch allows ordering whatever you like with a minimum order of one 6 m length. CDS rollbar, wishbone tubes -- they have whatever you need, with the European quality certificates.
__________________
Albert
Haynes Roadster FAQ | Haynes Builder Locations
Gallery, build thread in Lithuanian / via Google Translate.

Last edited by alga : 15th November 2013 at 09:23 PM.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.