So I’ve not updated this for a while as photobucket decided they wanted £££’s to allow you to use 3rd party sharing.
Anyway, I’ll try to keep it in order and tbh I’ve been out the country a lot working so haven’t got as much done as I’d of liked but I’ve still got 90% done ready for next race season, just the body shop visit needed.
Found a guy selling brand new left over stock 888 kits so thought while it was in need of a re paint it would be rude not too.
Quick test fit
The original 888 cars had trimmed back arches in places but I decided I wanted to completely remove them which would then allow me to run a wider 235 semi slick with a future option of a 245. Out came the grinder and there was no turning back.
I then cut back all the 888 GRP arches to allow for as much tyre clearance as possible and removed any un needed nylon blocks
Next job was too change the springs all round, I had been running 500lb front and 400lb rears but they were just too soft on track so bought some 750lb fronts and 650lb rears.
Removed the carbon canister and all its tubing, kept the valve plugged in and just put a one way valve up by the filler cap
Removed and repaired the rusty tank guard, welded in a repair panel, rust treated it and sprayed it with a zinc galvanising paint.
Modded a socket so can remove them track side without a windy gun if need be and addressed the top mount rubbing issues.
Then corner weighted it again. The cars lost some weight which is good, 4 arch lips, some metal on the rear apron to aid air flow, carbon canister and all piping, sections of the rear bumper for air flow and the side skirts. Car has a full tank of fuel (approximately 53 litres which is nearly 53kg) so the cars weight is now nice and low but will go up slightly once I add a large front splitter.
Managed to get perfect 50/50 cross weights and nearly 50/50 side to side with me in it. Also has a good front to back balance.
The lad I bought the kit off also got a batch of 10 splitters remoulded by ABS motorsports so bought one to finish the kit off. Bought a coupe bumper and added some intercooler/oil cooler holes. Bumper needs modifying for the splitter to fit and again I trimmed for maximum tyre clearance. Also made some new brake ducts/inlet cold air feed.
Bought some new button push latches to make the bumper quick release
And all fitted, can’t wait to get it back in the body shop
Next job was to remove the plastic shims which had distorted and replace them with steel
Workshop has got a new laser tracking setup so perfect car to test it on.
Before: and as you can see the plastic shims have distorted and messed the rear geo up
New rear geo isn’t finished yet as needs more camber but it toes perfectly even
A job I’ve been meaning to do for ages was to make a larger raiser for the gearstick, new one is 10”s high and sits the gearknob level with the steering wheel so makes gearshifts a lot easier and quicker
Quick paint to match the interior and it’s done, nice and solid and gets gears perfectly
And finally: Big thanks to one of my sponsors for supplying me with a car to steal the engine out of, done a genuine 53k miles and drove sweet as a nut so that will be a handy spare to have in stock
