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Build progress again - Hungarian MNR
Gergely - 9/10/08 at 08:37 AM

Hi, I just thought I'd show you a couple of pictures on where we are after 12 days spent on the car.
The engine is in place, cooling in place, Pipercross airbox fitted.
We are starting the engine-wiring this weekend and once the wiring is sorted we continue with the bodywork.
Any comments, tips appreciated!
Gergely






Mr Whippy - 9/10/08 at 08:54 AM

yeah they are, looks good too

Gergely - 9/10/08 at 09:08 AM

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I added the pics to my Photo Archive, too just in case it doesn't work for some.
Gergely

graememk - 9/10/08 at 09:49 AM

looking like a very nice tidy build there chap...

why such a large starter motor ?

omega0684 - 9/10/08 at 09:52 AM

where did you get that airbox from and how much was it?

Gergely - 9/10/08 at 10:55 AM

The airbox is from MNR and cost around 200 pounds from memory. Around the same as on the Pipercross webpage. It has a flexi hose that we will route underneath the radiator to suck nice fresh air... The question is how much dust/water it will suck with it... we have not decided on the ideal position yet.

TimC - 9/10/08 at 11:44 AM

Very nice! That is one nice looking radiator too!

Won't you have to take the exhaust, wishbones etc off to fit the tub?

omega0684 - 9/10/08 at 12:00 PM

what about ducting the inlet into a bonnet bulge or nose cone vent?

Gergely - 9/10/08 at 02:08 PM

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Won't you have to take the exhaust, wishbones etc off to fit the tub?

We will. Only one side is mounted up temporarily to be able to measure the holes for the wishbones, pushrod, etc. The same with the manifold... we need to measure where to cut the hole...

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what about ducting the inlet into a bonnet bulge or nose cone vent?

Yes, that is an option. I am not keen on a bonnet bulge and ducting the inlet pipe to the bodywork would be difficult without a NACA duct or bulge... we will see. At the moment we plan just to run it on cold air instead of the hot engine bay air.

erwe - 9/10/08 at 02:18 PM

We have bad experience with these airbox.
Not strong enough.

Triggerhappy - 9/10/08 at 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by erwe
We have bad experience with these airbox.
Not strong enough.


Not strong enough?
What happens with it....

andylancaster3000 - 9/10/08 at 05:43 PM

It all gets a bit conjested on that side of the car with both the engine and driver controls there. The other side (the proper side ) must be pretty empty! Getting the chassis and corner weights balanced must be fun!

Andy

bassett - 9/10/08 at 05:47 PM

Looks like some good progress and how mine looked a week or two back before it all came off for the body which im hoping should be on over the weekend. Have you managed to get all your header pipes into the collector completly or just a few mm in?

Gergely - 10/10/08 at 07:43 AM

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We have bad experience with these airbox.

What was your bad experience with it? Can you elaborate please?

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It all gets a bit conjested on that side of the car

Well, there is not much we can do about that... we try to move everything we can to the other side, and MNR originally designed the car so that the engine is not central, but moved to the right as much as possible, so passenger footwell is also a lot narrower than the driver side. And the propshaft is at quite an angle... :-)

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Have you managed to get all your header pipes into the collector completly or just a few mm in?

Only a few mm in so it all stays together and we can measure where the bodywork needs cutting. We probably won't be able to fit the manifold at once once the body is on, all pipes need to go on separately, so there is no point in hammering the collector on the pipes just yet...

Thanks for your comments!
Gergely

matt.c - 10/10/08 at 09:11 PM

looking good mate. Glad you have finally started playing with a real 7. (LFS)

Gergely - 13/10/08 at 04:43 PM

Thanks Matt!
True, don't get much time behind the computer wheel now... but hopefully will soon in the MNR!
And now the engine runs, too! See new thread!