stylussprinter wrote:It's not all about power . No M3 has ever matched my Stylus on track with just 200 bhp on carbs so with your huge bhp you should surprise others and maybe yourself .Don't know about RX7's , I've not come across one on track
Just remembered that at Abingdon , Andy Bailey's friend had a Nissan 200sx turbo'd to something crazy like 400 plus bhp , big brakes , stiff springs , fancy shocks , massive cooler and carbon fibre everywhere (works with Andy at Mclaren) --------- just couldn't stay with me though ------------ kit cars are great
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ ! Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
i'm just not brave enough to give it beans at the ring
Have look on Youtube for duncan cowpers outing at the ring in his new Busa Turbo Rush last month, he has evo's overtaking him, Then look at the old top gear video of him in his blue rush and its like a different driver, going hell for leather!
as Matt says its all about the bottle and I anit got it over there!
Good to see the pic's of your FLIP front from underneath Pete/Matt I think I'm going to fit a 90 degree angle peice to the top & bottom edges of the closing side body then I'll be able to put two vertical pins in the bottom edge/holes in the top edge , both sides of the Flip , so's to help locate the flip nice and tight we'll see but that's what I'm thinking looking at yours and other peoples cars. Some seem to flap around a bit at high speed
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ ! Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
i know thats what Nissanman has done on his. We took a slightly different approach.....
if you look at the first pic, you will see an ally plate on the side of the shell, with a lead in on the top. When the front closes down, it wraps around this and keeps it neatly inline with the outer shell. We are putting rubber tie down type straps on the front and also have a centre catch told hold it all in place. Seems to shut down nice and tightly and is a lot simpler.....
No , it's ok guys , it's just interesting to see other peoples solutions to the same end
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ ! Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
i did similar to pete and mat 2nd time round, the first time i did it before it was painted i wasnt happy so i changed it when i refitted everything and its much better. First time i put 2 90 degree bits of ali with a third small lip so that once closed the flip would stay tucked in and not flap as the 3rd lip held it in (like a Z shape). The second time i just put one piece of ali attached to the flip that is bent in towards the engine so as i lower the flip it automatically locates inside the wing and pulls thee flip sides in and cant flap about once shut. I also put a strip of ali under the wing that sticks out about an inch so it acts as a slam panel for the flip, just like P&M's in the top picture.
I am using rubber hooks on the side and the original bonnet catch for the centre and it doesnt flap about or rattle. I could have used Dzuts (?) fasteners on the side but i dont like them hence the rubber hooks.
Rob, your flip will have a lot of sideways movement especially if its going to be lighter than the original, the slam panel helps a lot as the flip and the wings will be a different shape/curve but with a slam panel, the flip moulds to the wing shape as it shuts. Even though mine was one piece and i cut it, the fibre glass seemed to change shape and when i re fitted it the curves of the wing were quite different but the slam sorted it.
Not sure what you mean by a ' slam ' panel BUT if you mean the extension of 40mm or so that follows the shape of the cut off body still joined to the rest of the body ---- the bit fixed underneath and extending out YES , I'll be doing that anyway (ssc's standard way of fitting the flip ) but where the flip is cut from the rest of the body horizontally , that's where I'll fix alloy angle TOP & BOTTOM shutting surfaces. Bottom with two pins pointing upwards and the flip alloy angle with two appropriate sized holes . The bonnet will be fixed with pip pins as now in front of the windscreen so it simply can't move at all. That way I might not even need side clips or rubbers , we'll see
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ ! Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
Antnicuk wrote:yes, thats what i mean by slam panel. Have you got your new front yet?, does it still have a cut out for the bonnet or is it built in?
Haven't got it yet , it could be many months , Duffey's a law unto himself No flip fronts come seperately , they get cut and refitted after whole body mounting as does the RT . You glass the bonnet in which is where the strength comes from then continue glassing , about 3 inches high , from the 'D' sections right up to the front of the bonnet shut ledge . I will also glass a very small 90 degree edge about 15 or 20 mm's high around the flip , just 50mm's back from the ' slam ' seat. So although a lightweight piece , it will be rigid too . Track work gives the bodwork a hard time vibration and wind wise
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ ! Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
------------ kit cars are great 
I think I'm going to fit a 90 degree angle peice to the top & bottom edges of the closing side body then I'll be able to put two vertical pins in the bottom edge/holes in the top edge , both sides of the Flip , so's to help locate the flip nice and tight 
YES , I'll be doing that anyway (ssc's standard way of fitting the flip ) but where the flip is cut from the rest of the body horizontally , that's where I'll fix alloy angle TOP & BOTTOM shutting surfaces. Bottom with two pins pointing upwards and the flip alloy angle with two appropriate sized holes . The bonnet will be fixed with pip pins as now in front of the windscreen so it simply can't move at all. That way I might not even need side clips or rubbers , we'll see 
No flip fronts come seperately , they get cut and refitted after whole body mounting as does the RT . You glass the bonnet in which is where the strength comes from then continue glassing , about 3 inches high , from the 'D' sections right up to the front of the bonnet shut ledge . I will also glass a very small 90 degree edge about 15 or 20 mm's high around the flip , just 50mm's back from the ' slam ' seat. So although a lightweight piece , it will be rigid too . Track work gives the bodwork a hard time vibration and wind wise 