Dan's TUFFET picture update

sleeper_et · Post by **sleeper_et** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:54 pm

Hi all,
Just thought I would post some more pics of recent work and stuff we have done ages ago.
We made a pair of wheelie bars up for the car about 4 years ago but never got to try them. We are keen as to give them a run.

We also made up a crank girdle for the engine to tie the main caps together and will be using main studs instead of bolts.
The girdle was a hole lot of fun to make, we did it with a pedastal drill, hole saw, hack saw and linisher. Damn it would be nice to have a milling machine. haha

Also started the dummy assembly of the engine today, this one is using forged pistons and forged billet rods. Sexy stuff.

We weren't gonna post pics until after we have run but thought you guys might appreciated it.

Anyway enjoy.
Cheers Dan and Ben

SirET · Post by **SirET** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:42 pm

absolutley beautiful dan that girdle came up really nice love your work
cheers ryan

Post by **Ash** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:24 pm

as always, love your fabrication work! bloody neat Dan and Ben! those rods and slugs look too nice to stuff in that bottom end.

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:11 am

This is shaping up to be a contender for the sickest E15 going, by the looks of it...

But I'm confused. WTF is the point of a wheelie bar on a FWD?

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:11 am

ummm, to stop wheelies?

seriously, the front will lift and the wheelie bar stops it lifting too much.

C

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:52 pm

Ah, it's just to restrict rearward weight transfer.

Fair enough. Wouldn't a bigger wheel provide less rolling resistance though?

They always have those tiny ones.

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:57 pm

I think weight comes into it too.

C

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:00 pm

How do you mean? Weight on the wheel, or the inertia of the car versus that small amount of drag?

agecage · Post by **agecage** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:15 pm

Im might be wrong. But i believe fwd run wheelie bars because. With drag slicks u will notice they always look flat. They do expand when u do ur warming up skid. But when u lanch for ur run. The wheelie bar stop the car from bouncing.

MR D · Post by **MR D** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:51 pm

On a FWD car the wheelie bars effectively lengthen the wheelbase of the car and also if set up correctly practically eliminate any squat in the rear suspension. The net result is less weight transfer from the front of the car to the rear and an increase in grip between the front tyres and the road surface.

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:33 pm

Kimmo wrote:How do you mean? Weight on the wheel, or the inertia of the car versus that small amount of drag?

thought I replied to you but the post isn't here....have to write it again

C