The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

just spent a couple of hours reading through this build and i have 2 words totally epic, this has to be one of the most outrageous builds i have seen done to any car let alone a dolly, i rember your other sprint from rr07 i think it was and was blown away by that then so can only imagine how nice this one is gonna be, on a side note i would be very interested in one of your deeper carbon front spoilers for my tolly build if you feel like making any more to sell please drop me a pm thanks and keep up the good work

Looking good Darren.
Keep the updates coming.

shiffty wrote:just spent a couple of hours reading through this build and i have 2 words totally epic, this has to be one of the most outrageous builds i have seen done to any car let alone a dolly, i rember your other sprint from rr07 i think it was and was blown away by that then so can only imagine how nice this one is gonna be, on a side note i would be very interested in one of your deeper carbon front spoilers for my tolly build if you feel like making any more to sell please drop me a pm thanks and keep up the good work

ok

Neil907 wrote:Looking good Darren.
Keep the updates coming.

And yours Neil

Did a little bit today,
Welded a bar across the bottom of the rear loop to protect the fuel tank a little more
I have 2 dia stays to put in this week


Also put these in at the top of the windsreen cage .

My clarke welder packed up before i could finnish

As usual your welding is art so please tell us what you get to replace the Clarke. If you're happy with whatever you get then that's all the recommendation I shall need to follow suit.

tinweevil wrote:As usual your welding is art so please tell us what you get to replace the Clarke. If you're happy with whatever you get then that's all the recommendation I shall need to follow suit.

Im fixing my Clarke its only the gun thats packed up
Its a 151te but its an old one 10yrs +
The new ones are built in china and i heard bad things so i would not by another
I have seen one i want just need to get the money together
Its a ex display one so a bit cheaper will post picks up when i have it ,

Ive done a little more today,
i popped over to custom cages to get a couple of these for a dia bar which
goes in front of the fuel tank ,
Ive had to make a removable bar to aid fuel tank removal for pump service,

Bar in


Also did a bit of work on the rear radiator install
Put a frame in,


I then made a air feed box



Which will be fed by two BIG pipes,
I have calculated the area of the rad and if the scoops either side of the car flow the air i should have
enough cooling

I then started to take a mold
I havnt bothered to paint the air box before molding,

I also picked a new mig welder up
Its a shop second which has a scratch on it so it was £100 cheaper


Bit rusty on the tig need some practice

DF wrote:Bit rusty on the tig need some practice

Oh yeah, we can all see how awful that TIG work is

Tried out the R-Tech?

tinweevil wrote:

DF wrote:Bit rusty on the tig need some practice

Oh yeah, we can all see how awful that TIG work is

Tried out the R-Tech?

Lol
Rtec im getting used to it now
It is better then the clark more finnese
Finnished the air box mold today and have made the carbon part.
hopefully it will be cured tommorow

Done a bit more on the rear rad vents today












Need to copy it for the other side and then start the filling and shaping

Forgive my ignorance (if it is) but would it not be better to taper these ducts in towards the rear to encourage the air to turn the corner?

Steve

Have to admit, that was my first thought too.

The photos don't show it but they are tapered,
They are in 2 parts there is an inner section
I wanted to keep the outside flat as I think the angled outer wouldn't
Look right
All will be revealed when I've made the part in cf ,

I've got to get me one of these!