Beardmore Bros New Project Update16th June 2004

Update 16th June 2004

If you wish to view previous work then links to updates are above. Work before this date was organised in sections (chassis, engine, bodywork etc.) you can see this work by going to "New Project Title Page" above.

The car is now finished and I have been enjoying driving it. I have done a few competitive hill climbs and sprints, driving it to each event. Where ever the car goes it creates a great reaction. Everybody seems to love it, I am amazed that it is so well recieved. Many people have also come up to me saying they feel as if they are part of the car as they have followed the build up on the website, it is nice to meet you all.

The car has been photographed for a couple of magazines. Due out in early July 2004 is Retro Cars Magazine with a large feature on the car. Hundreds of pictures were taken so the article should be very special. Allan Staniforth has also done an article which will hopefully soon appear in Race Car Engineering. This article should really help me get work.

Even though the car is finished I plan quite a few more updates to the site, I will do an analysis of the car, (saying what I like, what I would do different, what I want to change etc,) how I set the suspension up, lots of pictures of the finished car and reports of events I do. I also hope to get some video clips of the car for you to download.

New Project Update 16th June 2004

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Update 16th June 2004 If you wish to view previous work then links to updates are above. Work before this date was organised in sections (chassis, engine, bodywork etc.) you can see this work by going to "New Project Title Page" above. The car is now finished and I have been enjoying driving it. I have done a few competitive hill climbs and sprints, driving it to each event. Where ever the car goes it creates a great reaction. Everybody seems to love it, I am amazed that it is so well recieved. Many people have also come up to me saying they feel as if they are part of the car as they have followed the build up on the website, it is nice to meet you all. The car has been photographed for a couple of magazines. Due out in early July 2004 is Retro Cars Magazine with a large feature on the car. Hundreds of pictures were taken so the article should be very special. Allan Staniforth has also done an article which will hopefully soon appear in Race Car Engineering. This article should really help me get work. Even though the car is finished I plan quite a few more updates to the site, I will do an analysis of the car, (saying what I like, what I would do different, what I want to change etc,) how I set the suspension up, lots of pictures of the finished car and reports of events I do. I also hope to get some video clips of the car for you to download.
There are 19 pictures on this page, posted 16th June 2004
The windscreen is bonded in using black silicon sealant. The glass had a chamfer / bevel ground along the edge which the silicon fills leaving a neat edge. I also sprayed the inside of the glass around the edge with matt black. This was done at 0530 hrs one morning! The sill and finisher are all made from aluminium. The green finisher is aluminium bent 90 degrees and the black panel fills the gap between the finisher and the chassis. I have two fire extinguishers in the car. This is the plumbed in one. It is electrically operated and discharges via two nozzles under the bonnet. One goes onto the injection the other the oil system by the exhaust. This is not required for the competition I do but I fitted it for my own peace of mind. The extinguisher is discharged by pressing the button by the gearstick (once it is armed). The red "T" pull kills the electrics. A cut out in the bonnet (with clip on cover) reveals the external button for the fire extinguisher and electrical "T" pull cut off. To adjust the hieght of the door windows I made these little adjusters. Bonded onto each door is little ledges. I push in the knob and a pin sits on the ledge keeping the window up. Pull the knob and the pin comes off the ledge enabling the window to drop. Beacause my seat belt attachments are so close to the seat I had the belts modifiied so they are non adjustable. This saves wieght. The company I bought the belts from did this modification and charged me lots of money. This is the floor under the sump. It is quite close to the sump so I put soft foam onto the floor. This stops stones, grit etc getting between the floor and sump and wearing a hole in the sump. The square well is to clear the gearbox. This now also has foam in it. This shows the padding under the "dash" for my shins. It is roll cage padding with camping matt under it. This is my home made bumpsteer gauge. The board is clamped to the hub and as the suspension moves up and down I can see a gap appear between a roller and the board. I adjust the bumpsteer by altering the steering arm hieght. I used washers to give me a quick easy way of adjusting. I then turned up spacers to suit. I adjusted so that bump steer was to a minimum. While I was on I also tried altering the toe setting from 1mm toe in to 1mm toe out. This did not effect the bump steer. This shows cheap versus expensive for doing the corner wieghts. I made a balance beam. This has 2 pads for the wheels to sit on and a central pivot. The rear wheels sit on level pads and the front adjusted until the beam is level. I then had the chance to borrow digital corner wieght scales. My method was as accurate as the digital scales within the limits of rpeatability. However I then read that the way to set corner wieghts is to make each side of the car have the same front rear distribution. So in my case the left side has a front / back ratio of 47.5 / 52.5 and also the right side has the same ratio. This does mean that each wheel carries different wieght and my balance beam will not work. The scales set up. Levelling the scales is very important. If for example the vehicle has a wheel rate of 300lb/inch then if the scales are 1/10th inch out of level then there is already a 30lb error. This is levelling the rear wheel pads for my balance beam set up. What ever method I used I tried to get repeatability with my results. To transport the car to the hood trimmers (15 miles away) I made a temporary hood out of plastic sheet and taped it on the car. Another view of the hood. I was very impressed with the standard of the hood. The fit is very good. Unfortunately some of the trimming work on the car is not quite so good. I love the shape of the hood. I also had a hood bag stitched up. When the hood is down it sits quite low on the body, unlike many hoods which sit high. I am very happy how it looks. However the hood bag is different side to side.
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