We drove the car out from the garage, so it wasn't that much. We are still missing the brakes and the car needs a lot of finishing work. Not it can be moved by driving in and out from the garage, so it's a big relief.
You have to have two people driving if you don't adjust the idle high. One presses the throttle in the engine compartment and the other "drives"
Today we got the clutch working, which was a quite big job because we moved the work cylinder. The mounting point for the battery is also almost complete.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Update since a long time, the race taxi got wheels...
A friend told me that a sales site has 18 pieces of 15" center lock wheels for a reasonable price, so I was going to buy them for our locosts. I found the adverticement and called the seller right away. I didn't have the time to read the ad, and found out that they were 16" that isn't legal in the locost racing series in Finland. After thinking about it for a moment we decided to buy them anyways. If nothing else, we could put them on the race taxi...
The wheels are made by PLS in France and I was told they have been in a Mercedes Benz touring car. The weight is 9 kilos each. The wheels are three piece with a magnesium center.
When I got the wheels to the garage I quickly realized the problem of space required to store 18 wheels.. :-)
Most of the wheels are pretty badly damaged, so they will have to be straightened out. I think we can get a couple straight sets for the car. First we have to check the centers for straightness and cracks, and then check the outer halves too.
The wheels will be mounted in the same fashion as the 911 street car. The bolt pattern will be changed with an adapter.
A new guy got involved in the project, Erno. Erno has already brought energy and enthusiasm to the project which has rub off on to me and Mika. Most of race taxi's events this summer's will be attended by Erno.
The wheels are made by PLS in France and I was told they have been in a Mercedes Benz touring car. The weight is 9 kilos each. The wheels are three piece with a magnesium center.
When I got the wheels to the garage I quickly realized the problem of space required to store 18 wheels.. :-)Most of the wheels are pretty badly damaged, so they will have to be straightened out. I think we can get a couple straight sets for the car. First we have to check the centers for straightness and cracks, and then check the outer halves too.
The wheels will be mounted in the same fashion as the 911 street car. The bolt pattern will be changed with an adapter.
A new guy got involved in the project, Erno. Erno has already brought energy and enthusiasm to the project which has rub off on to me and Mika. Most of race taxi's events this summer's will be attended by Erno.
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