20b Turbo track car build (England)

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:24 PM
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20b Turbo track car build (England)

We've been building a 20b track (and road legal) car for the last few months, thought I'd better share some build photos
for all 20b enthusiasts.


The build for K-II has commenced after Sundays run around Rockingham, here's just a few early pics.

Inspiration for the wheels... Team America... FDUK Yeah !!

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:29 PM
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A bit of front bumper widening and fettling.

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A few pics of the new bodywork in progress.

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:32 PM
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Most of the prep done now.

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Here are the newley modded Re-A sideskirts. Just a bit of adjustment to
the front wings to do and I'll bring her home tonight.

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A side shot.

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:34 PM
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The second set of Rota GTR-D's have arrived, these are for the wet/road tyres.... asked for green wheel nuts this time.

And the 25mm spacers for the rear from Danny at DM Motorsports... eeez a good lad. :thumbsup:

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K-II's new insane snail !!!!!!!!!

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:35 PM
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Got home to work on the dash this evening

Cutting out the templates to then cut them on the carbon panels for the FRP dash.

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Oooohh Ahhh !! Star ship Enterprise...eat ya heart out !!!

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The Takata's arrived today

NOT.. Because Race Car.... but .... Because GREEN !!!

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:43 PM
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I've heard of lightweight fuel tanks but surely not !!!

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Here are a few pics of the tanks being built.

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:43 PM
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Starting prep on the tanks

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Cutting the rear bar in the roll cage to fit the new tanks

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Pondering a few problems

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Welding the tanks up

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The finished tanks in situe

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And from the back

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:45 PM
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New swirl pot made and positioned

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Fuel Pump brackets positioned in front of the swirl pot

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The Firewall starting to be built to cover the entire assembly

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:47 PM
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And the Firewall is complete


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Just a few more bits to go, these pics show the completed firewall and funnels through the top for the filler neck and pipes.

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I'll have my own pics later but this is the finished article.

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And here is now what hides beneath the cover .

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Old 02-03-13 | 06:49 PM
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A few delvelopments tonight in preparation for his trip to Pip at WGT tomorrow morning.


Up on the ramp ready for surgery


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In goes the brand new Kaaz diff


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Out comes the plasma cutter to remove a section of tunnel for easier access to the gearbox


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Cut section in hand


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The hole left behind


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Old 02-03-13 | 06:50 PM
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All loaded up ready for her travels tomorrow.


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And one last arty shot of Roxy and K-II


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Old 02-03-13 | 06:54 PM
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Thanks Phil.

And another parcel from Pro Alloy

The filler covers and fabricated funnel inserts ( one assembled and one broken down)


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Not too much to report until Pip sorts his phone out and retrieves his pics.

Here is one of the last bits of kit to arrive for the build, a lightweight ally Sparco remote fire extinguisher kit.


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The new carbon roof scoop arrived today.


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Well, pretty much my last bit of expensive kit arrived yesterday and HAVE to say... it's fecking amazeballs !!!

This race battery is only 1.5 kg and is about the same as an oversized rubics cube with big power output,
considering it's JUST a battery..... it's ubber cool.


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Old 02-03-13 | 06:57 PM
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I'm VERY limited in what I can do without the shell but I had the dashboard flocked today.


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Righty, again, without the car I'm limited with what I can do but today I've secured the switch panel and MoTeC
digi dash to the flocked dash, we couldn't resist to fire them up using a jump pack to see what they looked like......
...... OMG, FDUKing awesome !!!!



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Old 02-03-13 | 07:00 PM
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A few better photos now shes back at her home.


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Old 02-03-13 | 07:02 PM
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Here are a few manifold pics... and a rare pic of me in the process.


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Old 02-03-13 | 07:03 PM
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Ok guys, now the car is back the photos will come thick and fast, here is tonights work, the focus tonight was
the windows, wing mirrors, roof scoop and fuel filler caps and necks.

Enjoy.


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A few more :-


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And the finished article for tonight, onto the exhaust tomorrow.

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Old 02-03-13 | 07:07 PM
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As we were working on the Scoobie to sort out an oil leak on the gearbox and the fact that were waiting
for parts we didn't work on Kermy, I just finished off the fuel filler necks and firewall tubing.


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Apparently we're just about to build a church organ !!!


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Old 02-03-13 | 07:09 PM
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Righty, there were two jobs going on this evening... the first was the exits for the exhaust.

Lining em up
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Plasma cutting the holes
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Voila !!
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Mmmm, maybe a bit too long !!
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She has a rather nice smily face on her **** !!
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Machine guns at the ready !!
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More mods to what used to be a nice C-West bumper
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Welding them in place
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The finished holes.
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The holes will have a custom carbon cover and the 3" pipes that come through the holes will have a reducer
pipe welded on to make a 4" exit.


The seond job tonight was to position the radiator and intercooler so that we can make the brackets.

Temporarily securing the bumper to check for clearances
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Securing the splitter in place to check fitment with the wider bumper.
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Positioning the radiator to make the brackets
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And overhead view of the newley sited Rad.
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...this is sick!!! Good stuff man!! keep it up!!!
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Originally Posted by mannykiller
...this is sick!!! Good stuff man!! keep it up!!!
Thank you my good man, we aim to have the car ready for paint in 4 weeks.
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Aha, the new Intercooler is in place... single core and VERY VERY lightweight, I brought it home for a bit of trimming !!


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The sexy oil coolers arrived today, unfortunately I had to order these new ones coz I need the dash 12 fittings. :thumbsup:


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