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cloudy

posted on 29/1/10 at 12:06 PM Reply With Quote
They are pretty good Did a great job on my custom rear sprocket too...





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nitram38

posted on 27/2/10 at 10:34 AM Reply With Quote
James thanks for the info about changing my sprocket to a 13T.
I only took the MotaLeira out around the streets where I live because of the weather, but the transformation in getting the power down in a more useable way is amazing!
I don't have to rev it high to pull away
Thanks again!

Martin

My set up now:

205/50/15 Toyo T1R tyres
52 tooth rear sprocket
13 tooth front drive sprocket






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posted on 27/2/10 at 04:38 PM Reply With Quote
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You wouldn't want one of the new R1 engines as they make about 15bhp less than the rest of the big 4, and less bhp than the version with the normal crank.


You should ride one of those 'gutless' Ducati 999's one day with 40 hp less then you might understand.





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cloudy

posted on 13/5/10 at 08:37 AM Reply With Quote
Ian from Complete Kit Car took some photo's of the car yesterday at a local lime kiln, look out for it in the June and July issues Rescued attachment P1000329small.jpg
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welderman

posted on 13/5/10 at 10:24 AM Reply With Quote

nice





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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stuleah

posted on 13/5/10 at 06:13 PM Reply With Quote
cool will look out for it, at the same time Adam from complete kit car was taking photos of mine down a local lane, should also be in the same issue so look out for that aswell.

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cloudy

posted on 13/5/10 at 06:41 PM Reply With Quote
Ah good stuff, it was probably somewhat less dusty! I assume it'll be the july one - as the article they wrote for the June issue was completed a few weeks ago...

James





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stuleah

posted on 13/5/10 at 06:53 PM Reply With Quote
hope the weather was better when he took the photos, we were waiting upto 30mins between cloud breaks to get a photo in the sun. typical british weather
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Valtra

posted on 13/5/10 at 10:45 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by stuleah
cool will look out for it, at the same time Adam from complete kit car was taking photos of mine down a local lane, should also be in the same issue so look out for that aswell.



had a gander at your build photos stuleah, frame looks monumentaly strong. looking forward to paying you a visit over the summer (we spoke at Stoneleigh) when you get settled in, good luck.
Looking mean cloudy





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stuleah

posted on 22/5/10 at 02:20 PM Reply With Quote
see youve got a pic on the front cover..
http://www.completekitcar.co.uk/Issue/latestissue.html

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expatkiwi

posted on 4/7/10 at 09:07 PM Reply With Quote
Hi James
I had a good look round your car today at the autosolo. I was hoping to have a chat about it but family stuff meant that I had to dissapear just after lunch.
You have done a top job and I am now wondering if i should get the westfeild sold and go bec
Cheers
Brian (FDMC member)





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cloudy

posted on 7/7/10 at 01:28 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks Brian, a BEC is quite a different animal, both in positive and negative ways - just make sure it suits...

vid from barkston on sat:
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loggyboy

posted on 20/7/10 at 12:42 PM Reply With Quote
Great to see it in the flesh the other weekend.

Bro took some video and caught you but only stationary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8SM2Xz_5R8

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cloudy

posted on 29/11/10 at 08:01 PM Reply With Quote
Just back from my first track day - brands

Little bit of video: (forgot to take telemetry!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAbeFhT07s4





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Fred W B

posted on 30/11/10 at 08:16 AM Reply With Quote
Looks great!

Have you got the rear wheels standing straight up at rest? Maybe a little rear camber would be beneficial?

Cheers

Fred W b

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mrxmn

posted on 4/1/11 at 02:59 PM Reply With Quote
James that looks awesome on the track though maybe not the best time of year. At least it was dry. Would be wicked to do a track day in the summer with the r4 and the MK Indy. Maybe rockingham?

Mark (SJ's brother)

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cloudy

posted on 4/1/11 at 04:48 PM Reply With Quote
You are on





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Dick Bear

posted on 23/1/11 at 06:14 PM Reply With Quote
Cloudy.......

I've been absent from the site for a while but viewing your completed build was one of the first things I wanted to do upon my return.

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

Dick Bear

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cloudy

posted on 24/1/11 at 09:36 AM Reply With Quote
Good to see you back! Liking the new track car

Weather almost good enough to start taking the R4 to work again, can't wait - poor things only been out a few times since last summer!

James

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nuvolae36

posted on 24/1/11 at 09:00 PM Reply With Quote
hi, I don't post here often so please excuse me if you already answered this question. I want first to make you huge compliments for the car.

Now questions:
I see it's bec and mid engine and I see how much is "tail happy" on corners, so I see it's very demanding when driving fast...

Have you got a chance to "race" against other fast becs in same tracks? I'm asking because I want to know if all the involvement needed to drive this car fast really pays in laptime or if a fury same engine 470kg would nearly as fast as that for a mid experience driver.

How is weight distribution?


I'll build a BEC and I'm struggling between something MID or a Fury Fisher (front engine, RWD).

cheers,
Roberto.

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cloudy

posted on 16/3/11 at 11:25 PM Reply With Quote
It is significantly faster than similarly powered cars on the sprints i've taken it to, and i'm not the best driver in the world! So yes, the mid engine'd layout seems to pay off when going balls out...

Weight distributon is about 65/35, which works better than you'd think - the front is extremely 'pointy'

Depends what you are after really, on the road you'll go just as quickly with a "normal" layout...





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cloudy

posted on 16/3/11 at 11:40 PM Reply With Quote
Just thought i'd post some pictures of my new improved v2 homemade electronic gear shift controller TM!

The old one only supported upshifts, with a single cut duration set by a variable resistor - this has several drawbacks!


Features:


Downshift Blip Control
Safety lockout if a downshift would over-rev engine
Secondary upshift cut duration for cruising (activated when engine below a configrable rpm)
Digital adjustment of durations in 5ms steps
Blip lockout at idle rpm (stops the reving at the lights when block shifting to neutral)
Semi automatic mode - automatically shift up at certain rpm
Pushbutton programming via LCD

Maybe went a little overboard with the code (~500lines!) but I think it covers everything and more the commercial flatshifter/trickshifter type things support


Just hope it works as well on the track as I hope!





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matt_gsxr

posted on 24/9/11 at 08:23 AM Reply With Quote
James,

Why no updates? I know you are putting in a new engine. Go on, share the story.

Matt

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cloudy

posted on 24/9/11 at 09:58 AM Reply With Quote
The turbo engine isn't for this car - I've started building something else I've come up with I'll be making that one available for sale as a turnkey car next year hopefully!

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matt_gsxr

posted on 27/9/11 at 10:56 AM Reply With Quote
awesome news
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