Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude

Post by **Donald** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:51 pm

That's expensive ballast surely? Used to find similar rolls all the time at work and the scrappy paid a good price

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:53 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:Can I have dibs on the suspension when you die Phil?

to be honest its likely i'll die before him, although all those deep fried meals he packs away there is a chance i'll have them for a few weeks

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:56 pm

Donald wrote:That's expensive ballast surely? Used to find similar rolls all the time at work and the scrappy paid a good price

How's your church scaling going by the way?...

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:16 pm

4thgenphil wrote:serious question though, can i have dibs on your suspension and brakes if you die?

If I die I'll not be using them again

NafemanNathan wrote:Have you released how much they set you back Allister?

Whats that, the suspension? They retail for £1700 but I got a fair whack off through a sponsorship deal and usage feedback

Donald wrote:That's expensive ballast surely? Used to find similar rolls all the time at work and the scrappy paid a good price

£90 for 37kg. Yes it is on the expensive side (£2.43/Kg) , especially when you compare it to the 50Kg of disc weights that are going in the boot (£1.56/Kg). The lead is the correct size, once flattened and folded, to fit nicely under the passenger seat

So those weights + and fixings + my passenger seat and its rails (17kg) will give me around 100Kg extra weight compared to my race weight last year, which is roughly an average passenger as well as the seat itself. Also the new total weight of the car (1320kg) is the weight of a normal 4th gen with an average weight driver. It may seem like I am putting loads of weight into the car, I am

, but the car has been heavier in the past and is no more heavy than anyones Prelude

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:56 pm

Merlin wrote:I am pretty sure I wont have to resort to wiring them. I have a had problems with alloy bits before, wheel nuts . They contract and expand too much with heat. So far I have never had problems with removing forged steel wheel nuts. I hope the same principal works for the forged steel flywheel.

Yep, this would be my bet, definitely.

gb-lude · Post by **gb-lude** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:00 pm

Just crazy to see you actually spend money on putting in weight!
and its more expensive!

The flatfloors are great and If you use a thick alu plate It will also put extra weight on, and were you want it! as low as possible.

Are baffled watertanks not an option? so you can drain them when not needed?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:05 pm

Can't believe you went with code 4, code 3 is quite a bit cheaper.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:37 am

gb-lude wrote:Just crazy to see you actually spend money on putting in weight!

Its only £170 and it will allow me to drop into the class below where the majority of cars are FWD NA. I'm making it so that the weight can be removed in a few minutes. I'm bolting it to the chassis.

Vtecmec wrote:Can't believe you went with code 4, code 3 is quite a bit cheaper.

I couldn't get the weight in the size I wanted if I went with code 3. The space between the passenger seat rails is 13" so the max width lead I can get is 12".

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:03 pm

Fair enough, thought you were just being flash.

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:14 am

Its looking a bit more like it should now. Although we couldn't figure out how to get the rear of the car to go any lower

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