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andyowl
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2009, 08:51:13 am » |
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Spyros, My French is not good enough to compose an understandable message for the Bagheera cafe. I wonder if you could put a message there for me about my search for a Series 2 Roll Cage? I found a roll cage for a Porsche 911 on eBay and believing that it was around the same size as a Bagheera I put in a bid for about 300Euro. Overnight I decided that I was wasting my money buying a cage I had not even measured and trusting that I could modify it and make it fit correctly. Had it been in a crash? Was my welding good enough? Safety is not something to economise on! Happily I was outbid and it sold for 320Euro. Now I need to place an order for a custom made cage. Andy
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« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2009, 12:57:17 am » |
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Baggy Joseph is ready to go tomorrow to have his roll cage fitted on schedule. We found more corrosion that we expected when we first looked at him and in consequence he has not yet had his annual test. This cannot now happen until he comes back from the roll cage installation and my guess is that it will be early April before he can participate in his first competitive event.
But we have made lots of progress given that the last time the car operated was 1995! The engine is now running very sweetly with no sign of over-heating. The gearbox is fine and the clutch is free. I have not had him out of first gear yet (in our driveway) and that was only last week after we got all the brakes working. New discs all round, refurbished "like new" calipers, new pads and new brake fluid. The heater and fan work, the air horns work now they have a compressor. The wipers and washers work too. We have contined to remove all the layers of old paint and we have removed: Blue, Red, original grey and we are now down to the GRP on doors, rear wings, sills, nose cone top and the front hatch. The new Yokohama sticky tyres are fitted on the refurbished Bagheera alloys and we took some pictures for the MECUK magazine this week. I have removed the original twin passenger seat and found an old driver's seat for Charlie's Navigator office (my wife). The old seat does not have an adjustable back and Phil Kitch tells me that it comes from a 1973 Series 1 Bagheera. We have found a local company who will re-cover both these seats after we have made holes in the head rests to take the 4 point FIA safety harnesses. Today I took the windscreen out without breaking it just in case the roll cage people put a hole in it by mistake! We have the safety harnesses and their eyebolt anchor points. We also have a 2.2kg fire extinguisher with two discharge points (for the cabin and for the engine compartment).
Tomorrow I was to have collected my race suit, helmet and gloves (all FIA approved) but Sparco have let us down on delivery and Grand Prix Racewear tell me that it will be mid-March before they are delivered.
I have entered an AutoSolo on March 22nd but Baggy Joseph will not be ready. Charlie has agreed that we can enter our original Baggy Grey as this is supposed to be for road cars anyway. They should get used to this strange 3 seater car as soon as possible. But it only has two seats now! The only two-seater Bagheera in captivity perhaps?
I was going to attach some pictures but I see that they are too big at 2.2Mb. Now I need to figure out how to reduce the file size! Any suggestions?
We are expecting him back in two weeks but in the meantime I plan to start painting the rear wings, sills, nose cone and the headlights. Still busy!
with best wishes
Andy Owler
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« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2009, 08:06:59 am » |
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Spyros wrote... "...What are the dimensions of the rear tyres ?..." I have fitted 175/60 R13 on the front and 205/60 R13 on the rear. Our other Bagheeras that have 205 size on the rear have had a little of the GRP wheel arch and the rear bumper removed to give some extra clearance. But otherwise they work very well. I was recommended to visit a web site which has a very comprehensive tyre calculator system. You can enter your present tyre size and then select another size for comparison. It calculates the differences such as overall diameter, revolutions per km and mile, speedometer error etc. and tells you other dimensions such as actual width and height. I found it very helpful! http://www.tyretraders.com/Tyrecalculator/ I did not realise until yesterday that a tyre size without the "../60.." after the width implies an aspect ratio ("Profile") of 80%. Any tyre with a profile lower than this will be shown as ../60 or ../70 etc. All original Bagheera tyres were therefore 80% profile. wbw Andy
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