Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/2/14 at 05:29 PM |
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If you ever stop photography, you could go into trailer manufacturer!
Ben
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rdodger
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| posted on 23/2/14 at 06:04 PM |
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Fantastic. Great to see it finished.
Have you tied the car down form the chassis to the trailer?
I ask because I thought the preferred option was to tie the wheels down so the suspension on the car still worked over bumps and didn't try and
stretch the straps?
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yellowcab
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| posted on 23/2/14 at 06:10 PM |
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I hear ya and I probably would for any usual road car, but to think this weighs as little as it does I can't see it giving me any problems.
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daveb666
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| posted on 24/2/14 at 09:36 AM |
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Trailer looks great as I said over the weekend 
In regards to strapping the car down I would strongly recommend either getting straps that hold down each tyre on each corner or alternatively straps
that go through the wheels.
By tying the chassis down rather than just the wheels - your trailer and car are becoming 'one' - so when you go over a bump both the
trailer, and car (750kg) will be going up and down as a single unit as opposed to the trailer and car moving in isolation of each other.
If you hit a dip or bump on the motorway you do risk the trailer fish-tailing or, just generally making towing a pain.
When I look out the rear window when towing mine you'd be surprised how much the car bobs about on its own suspension even on what feels like a
very smooth road.
2007bc Photography - Commercial and Wedding Photographer based in West Yorkshire
http://www.2007bc.co.uk / http://www.huddersfieldcommercialphotographer.co.uk
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P ?
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| posted on 24/2/14 at 09:59 PM |
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Loving this...... Keep building !!!
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P ?
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| posted on 24/2/14 at 10:04 PM |
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2nd post :-p
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daniel mason
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| posted on 24/2/14 at 10:32 PM |
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i tie the 2 fronts pulling forward.and the 2 rears pulling backwards. never had an issue other than a snapped cheapo wratchet strap on the way back
from mallory!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 06:00 PM |
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So the finishing touches to the trailer are now done… until of course I decide to take that to bits aswell, however the good thing is, I
can't possibly blow the engine up on my trailer - so I'm safe there!
Whipped wheels off, gave them a scrub, and some Hammerite Smooth Silver, totally expecting it to react like most things do whenever I do anything
paint related lol
Surprisingly took well 
Job jobbed, off down to Kwik Fit to have them inflated and balanced
Before refitting them, didn't want rusty bolts holding them on lol so I sprayed them matt black
Bosh, happy with the result, considering the lack of prep on every part
Now 'complete'
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yellowcab
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 06:06 PM |
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OK here goes, built up the courage to cut up the carbon, so out comes the angle grinder
Love working on the car on the trailer, perfect height and can roll under it easily
Decided that I wanted the diffuser to go behind the whole back of the car, not just the clam, so behind the cycle wings too, so here is the cuts
Snippy snippy
Offered it up, this thing is so wide, it would have fitted the trailer perfectly on width lol
It seems that Strakka racing team know I wanted to mount my Hayabusa fuel pump out the bottom of the tank, as the pre-preg carbon had a little dip
especially made lol
But because the wishbones need to be able to go full droop, the only way it will fit is not fixed to the bottom of the rear clam, so I'll make
up some ally stays, and wrap them in carbon… this is how it'll sit… slutty!
Oh and decided that the 'wings' would do nothing but look sh!t, and more hassle than its worth, so I lopped them off too
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yellowcab
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 08:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by yellowcab
Just looking back through old pages, so the last time I drove the car was 25th October 2013... 3 months ago today... during that time...
> Bought & fitted a Healtech Speedohealer - so I'll have an accurate speedo, such a luxury! (adding 87 grams)
> Changed from heavy 15" wheels, down to light 13" wheels, saving 24.4kg dry, and 18.0kg wet of unsprung weight
Wheel & tyre combo weights
Caterham 6J wheels with Avon CR500 175/55/13 tyre - 10.2kg (my dry fronts)
Caterham 6J wheels with Yoko Advan A005 Slick 200/50VR13 tyre - 11.6kg (my dry rears)
Total dry weight: 43.6 kg
Team Dynamic Pro Race 1.2 with Yokohama A021R 185/60/13 tyre - 12kg (my wet & every day fronts)
Team Dynamic Pro Race 1.2 with Yokohama A021R 205/60/13 tyre - 13kg (my wet & every day rears)
Total wet weight: 50.0 kg
> Removed old stuck seized rear callipers, and shafted pads - with new ones (no weight change)
> Made a boot box (adding a 1.3kg)
> Sold old fuel filler & steel connecting pipework (saving 1.2kg)
> Bought trailer bits - still WIP
> Bought 3.14 rear diff, but decided to wait until next winter to do the swap to eliminate anymore 'down time'
> New Carbon CSR cycle wings (currently fitting) (saving 824grams)
> Swapped from MK Indy nose cone, to Donkervoort (saving 2kg)
> Carbon wrapped foamex rad ducting (adding 198 grams)
> Most importantly, having my car setup at ProComp 
Sooooo... 542kg start weight, came off the road, 3 months later... going back on the road at 517kg (25kgs down)
With 13" wheels, and having been setup, and rear brakes that actually work... I'm rather excited about taxing it on Saturday (1st
February!)
> Removed driver seat slider & lowered seating position (saving 3.9kg)
> Replaced old perspex boot lid, with new Di-bond carbon wrapped item (saving 2.1kg)
> Carpet pieces added to seats to stop submarining & general sliding about when driving hard
> Carbon passenger foot rest (adding 750grams)
517kg from the last update, minus 3.9kg, minus 2.1kg plus 750grams… makes running total around 511kg
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sdh2903
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 08:31 PM |
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Reckon you'll get down to the magic 500kgs?
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yellowcab
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 08:35 PM |
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Not without removing the cage to be honest, which I'm not interested in doing…
I have lightweight wheels now, Wilwood front brakes with solid disks, light nose cone, I don't have a reverse box anyway
I suppose I could by removing certain comforts out the car, again, not really wanting to do that to be honest…
The only way I could shed more unladen weight would be to remove carpet, get ally front uprights, get rid of the boot box, rid the passenger footrest
that I've just put in, remove passenger seat… all of which I'm not fussed about doing…
Something I could do without more carbon panels, is to replace my exhaust can which is around 11kg at the moment, a nice carbon one from Julian is
3.3kg...
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ReMan
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 10:14 PM |
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11kg!
No idea what mine are bit that sounds a lot?
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sdh2903
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 10:29 PM |
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So that would be 7.5 kg loss for the exhaust. That would only leave 3.5kg to lose! Think you need some nice carbon rear arches to match the fronts
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yellowcab
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| posted on 26/2/14 at 10:31 PM |
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Colin, the Aprilia RSV Mille can is known as 'the anchor' in the bling world simply because it's stupid weight.
Carbon fibre rears are generally just grp with carbon over, which makes them no lighter than FG items 
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daveb666
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| posted on 27/2/14 at 08:34 AM |
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Top work as usual Olly.
Can I make one last observation on the trailer - the ramps and wheel troughs on factory trailers usually have holes down their length - these holes
act as:
- Drain Holes
- Weight Reduction
- Strap Mounting Points
If/when you ever get caught in a rain shower you will be amazed at the amount of water that your troughs will hold. I'd really suggest taking a
hole-saw to them:
It may something you wish to consider
2007bc Photography - Commercial and Wedding Photographer based in West Yorkshire
http://www.2007bc.co.uk / http://www.huddersfieldcommercialphotographer.co.uk
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yellowcab
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| posted on 4/3/14 at 05:11 PM |
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Cheers for the ideas Dave - my trailer is currently so light that I wouldn't really want to be reducing the weight any more… furthermore, I
certainly wouldn't ever make a good enough job by hand of hole sawing it all…
The ramps I had made from 2.5mm, wasn't man enough and bent slightly whilst taking the car on and off, mainly due to the turnovers only being
25mm either side (ideally should have been 50mm)
So I've beefed these up, and I need some way of locking them on whilst I'm using them, as putting the car on last night, the rear wheel
span whilst half way up, and it spat one of the ramps across the road lol
The car is taxed now and back on the road, and I'm breaking myself in gently (before I break the engine again), so far I've been out each
evening since the 1st, if only for half an hour at a time
Went for a slow drive around 7am on the 1st, and pulled over it there was some lovely sunrise cloud cover, so took a couple of shots sporting its
first time back on the road with new 13" wheels, carbon front cycle wings and new nose
Attention then turned back to the carbon diffuser, more fettling done (no photos) this time with a mask on - after being told off by Nat (NSDev) for
cutting carbon with a grinder without mask on (oops)
Removed the heat resistant stuff where the diffuser (may) stick out the back of the car
Beefed up ramps
Any last nights midnight drive
[Edited on 6/3/14 by yellowcab]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 4/3/14 at 05:16 PM |
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Midnight???
Your neighbours must of loved that lol
Ben
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yellowcab
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 12:42 AM |
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Another midnighter…. What do you mean that everybody doesn't have a spring clean at midnight?!?!
It's that time of year again where I wanna give it a spruce up, and decided tonight was pretty decent conditions to do so… a tub of cheap crap
10litres white paint for £8, and an hour of my time, possibly the most rewarding job ever lol
Not perfect, but better than it was this hasn't been done since the garage was put up back in 2012 actually, so its been a couple of years,
and a full car rebuild, a lot of grinding, engines, oil, welding and general rubbish etc
Probably didn't expect this on a project thread lol
I actually did some stuff on the car & trailer, but that was boring in comparison to the above
Under where the trailer wheels are, will be sprayed red (or black) so I know where it should sit in order for me to get the car on and off, ramps in
situ and being able to close the garage door
[Edited on 5/3/14 by yellowcab]
[Edited on 5/3/14 by yellowcab]
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yellowcab
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 12:14 AM |
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Neeeeeeommmm
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welderman
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 09:49 AM |
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Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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daveb666
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 10:37 AM |
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The red one looks quicker 
2007bc Photography - Commercial and Wedding Photographer based in West Yorkshire
http://www.2007bc.co.uk / http://www.huddersfieldcommercialphotographer.co.uk
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yellowcab
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 10:45 AM |
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It can't be, it's a CEC... snarf snarf
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 11:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by yellowcab
It can't be, it's a CEC... snarf snarf
Only cos you sabotaged his flywheel
Ben
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yellowcab
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 12:22 PM |
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I tell ya something, I ain't half glad it gave way when I was in front!
For how close behind I was following him it could have ended worse
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