that went out the window. the block had a crack in it between 2 and 3 cylinder. got weighed in for scrap and the crank and other bits sold off.

there is a new plan and it will make quite a bit more power than the s2000 engine

Presume it will be a turbo engine then?

An idea I saw on a rally car was some heavy duty vinyl around the spring catches for the bonnet.

Could you not get some clear/matching vinyl (doubled up maybe to be a bit thicker) and make a stone guard from that? Advantage is that when it does get damaged its a few mins with a hair dryer and its back to clean GRP and just fit a new one.

TMITSC your on my wavelength

i was thinking about that vinyl stuff that they offer to put round your wheel arches at the car dealers when you buy a new car.

there are some post iva body work plans in the pipe line i just dont have the cash to do them pre iva at the mo.

What you need is Venture Shield, have used it my bikes for years. Very easy to fit.

Don't get cheap ones as there know good.

http://car-shine.co.uk/~carshine/pro...8e3732a30d3114

Use it on Crash Helmets as well

£75 that's more than half the price of a set of new arches lol

to be honest im not too bothered if the arches get a bit stone chipped. i built the car to rag the hell out of and i doubt i will give a it two thoughts as i try to work out which way to steer as i head towards a lamp post. :D

Looking great there mate.
2 weeks time I'll see it in the flesh (Yea back to the UK again :rolleyes: )
Suprised how "blue" those pipes look, considering it ain't on the road yet.;)

You got those IVA forms sent off yet?

yep forms sent off just waiting for a date now. Still got quite a few bits to cover up but that is about it tbh

Car looks really nice Ash, just a shame it's so far away from Teesside Autodrome.

Regarding the Bonnet grp, they will have been cast with Encore 30 Polyester Resin which according to the data sheet has a flash point of 451 deg C in its liquid state. From the look of the bonnet it is very close, as mine is but i have not had any problems so far.

For the rear wings they do get hit quite hard by the road stone chips, a cheap solution would be to cut and shape some aluminium guards and panit them black attached to the front of the wings. Looks okay to.

AndrewH

Hey Ash,

Looking good :cool:

My brother wrote his S2000 off in the snow over Christmas, not too sure whats happening with it at the moment (insurance companies :mad: ) It was a Jap mag feature car, sporting a supercharged engine giving 300+ I'll drop him a line if you still want to go the S2000 route.

As for wing protection, either ally or thin stainless. Or you could try helicoptor tape.

It's a shame you're on the the other side of the world :D I could have stopped you being bored :D

Kind regards

John