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Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:14 pm
by Neil907
Good progress, looks like allot of work but will be worth it all in the end.
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:07 pm
by DF
Neil907 wrote:Good progress, looks like allot of work but will be worth it all in the end.
Cheers Neil.
One of the reasons ive done this is as I want to fit air conditioning .
Nothing worse on a track day than sweating your T**S off
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:26 pm
by soe8m
DF wrote:
One of the reasons ive done this is as I want to fit air conditioning .
Nothing worse on a track day than sweating your T**S off
You are aware off that an airco does eat 10hp when full on??????
Jeroen
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:10 pm
by Mad Mart
soe8m wrote:DF wrote:
One of the reasons ive done this is as I want to fit air conditioning .
Nothing worse on a track day than sweating your T**S off
You are aware off that an airco does eat 10hp when full on??????
Jeroen
So you're only going to have 990 Daz.
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:41 pm
by DF
Didn't think of that ,
Dam is it worth it ???
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:17 am
by Toledo Man
Don't forget about the extra weight. The compressor alone must a couple of kilos.
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:08 am
by DF
Toledo Man wrote:Don't forget about the extra weight. The compressor alone must a couple of kilos.
It may be a no go as the dry sump pump is in the way !!!
And with this new type on inlet plenum I cannot move the pump up high enough
Need to do some head scratching
I wonder if I can run it off the prop shaft suitably geared ??? Mmm
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:18 pm
by Jod Clark
I reckon a man of your ability could work out a way of running the aircon compressor from a butchered electro-hydraulic power steering pump motor such as that found in the Saxo / 106 or Astra / Zafira etc....?
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:26 pm
by 1300_2door
DF wrote:
I wonder if I can run it off the prop shaft suitably geared ??? Mmm
I assume you mean gear it down, not up ?
I've seen a alternator running off a propshaft, It was on a Triumph 2000 mk1 race car IIRC
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:37 pm
by wiggybum
Ford Transit 2.5di run a vacuum pump off the rear of the alternator via a splined output shaft.
Could you both things off one pulley that way?
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:30 pm
by DF
Jod Clark wrote:I reckon a man of your ability could work out a way of running the aircon compressor from a butchered electro-hydraulic power steering pump motor such as that found in the Saxo / 106 or Astra / Zafira etc....?
yes but would need a 160 amp alternator to run just that one thing...
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:31 pm
by DF
1300_2door wrote:DF wrote:
I wonder if I can run it off the prop shaft suitably geared ??? Mmm
I assume you mean gear it down, not up ?
I've seen a alternator running off a propshaft, It was on a Triumph 2000 mk1 race car IIRC
Well down
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:33 pm
by DF
wiggybum wrote:Ford Transit 2.5di run a vacuum pump off the rear of the alternator via a splined output shaft.
Could you both things off one pulley that way?
Good idea but I don't think I have the room behind the alt,
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:11 pm
by soe8m
DF wrote:
yes but would need a 160 amp alternator to run just that one thing...
1,6 amp:
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Jeroen
Re: My new road And occasional track day car
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:07 pm
by DF
soe8m wrote:DF wrote:
yes but would need a 160 amp alternator to run just that one thing...
1,6 amp:
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Jeroen
a bag of ice cubes behind the fan
May work for 1 lap