Me and Cal.
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Me and Cal.
Dave Piontek and me.
Is this one of those contests where you make a caption for the photo? Something like:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
Jay: Where does the invisible supercharger go?
Dave: Right about here.
Seriously though, the car looks very nice.
In this photo, is the drivetrain fully installed? I ask because I don't see any part of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
With our Scorpion's bodywork, which is roughly similar to yours, we had to cut a big hole on top behind the main hoop for the MC. It needs the hole anyway to let the hot air out quickly.
Jim
Jim, does you engine sit up that high ,or is it to clear the intake stacks?
Dave
The MC is lowered as far as possible with a 2.5" tall oil pan but the top of the injectors along with the OEM air box still stuck up above the bodywork, thus, the need for the hole. The hole does help to exhaust the heat.
Jim
Yes, the engine is in there Jim. Our own air box is not shown yet but you will see it when we hit the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim murphy
body #2 delivered today - #3 is in process
Here is Car #2 with the body in place. It dropped right on with only minor sanding to clear a weld. Fitting the body on the build table makes it very easy to set the correct heights for the side pods and nose. Jay is praying that it all fits together. Nice parts Mike!
Dave Piontek
Something else for your viewing pleasure. Not an F600 but related.
Is that going to be another electric hill climb car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
Jay I'm digging the Western Broncos shirt you are wearing, I thought you were straight up Wolverine..... cool.
What engine?
I'm betting 1000cc bike motor and a full fendered body.
Marty
I thought 750 cc and heading to Canada...F4.
1000.
We just delivered Chris Ross's brand new Nova Blade to him today and he is on his way back to North Carolina. Complete car weight just under 600lbs without fuel or water.
Now back to prepping the other cars we are building. We should be testing with Calvin Stewarts car and ready for testing by the end of Feb.
Car #3 will be ready for pickup next weekend. Then on to building the next 2 cars of our 5 car production run.
Quote:
Originally Posted by old 59
Stephen, we would be very happy to build you an F4 version with springs and shock with a 750 Suzuki which fits exactly on the same mounts.
I wonder how fast it would be with 150hp with wings and a ready to race weight of 600 lbs?
Hi Jay. Do u haven all five sold...I know the first 3 are gone how about last 2 cars .are they spoken for?
Mo
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Just a couple of additional pics.
Rear axle detail
Another
Chris & his new Blade.
I heard that Chris dashed into your shop between two nasty winter fronts - lucky guy!
Jim
We just refer to that period as "winter" in the northern states.
Front susp detail.
Dave's F600 headers just sitting in the engine compartment.
Does this make camber/caster alignments adjustable only by 1/2 turn of the rod ends on the A-Arms?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
Or another way of asking, what is the smallest adjustment to caster and camber that can be made with this configuration?
Yes Chris you are correct. The front suspension does not have shims for camber adjustment. I tried to do it with shims but could not due to package issues. The camber change for 1/2 turn of the outer rod end is .28 deg. Of course this camber adjustment requires an adjustment to the toe but we know how many flats on the tie rod gets the toe right where it is supposed to be so it is actually a very easy adjustment. There is an adjustment that allows for much finer camber adjustment but I think that about 1/4 degree is good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by bimmer635csi
Of course I could have designed it so that shims could have been used for finer adjustments of camber but I decided that it was not worth the extra costs.
In fact most current F1 cars also separate the camber and the toe but both are adjusted separately with shims for both adjustments.
I did not see the pressurized air intake on any of the bodywork. Is it still part of the design? Is there even the most remote chance that the bodywork can be adapted to my Novakar?
Ken Van Horn
We will have a purpose built airbox and will show it when we debut the car.
I really doubt if the body could be adapted, but we could try.
What about just adapting the air box to existing Novakars?
Most likely doable. Working on the tooling now.Quote:
Originally Posted by lancer360
OK, Jay, inquiring minds want to know where in NC Mr. Ross lives! As one of the Novakar "founders" (think, Epee – saw the pic of you and Dave – Man, we look old now!), I'd love to go see the latest from the brain trust.
Now that I'm finally getting my Prod car back together, you go and build some of these!
Rick
It is in my profile. Charlotte, NC.
You would be a tough fit Rick. Possible but we would need to find every inch possible.
What's the overall length with the full body in place?
From the GCR:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack A.
Overall Length: Minimum 110”
Maximum 150”
Overall Width: Minimum 50”
Maximum 55”
Weight: see spec line at end of
Off the top of my head I do not know the exact length of the Blade body. It is around 140"Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack A.
I know that Chris is trying to finish his car.
Any hope of ya'll making the VIR pro race May 9-11?
Jim
There is a ton of interest in F600s. Between this thread and this one on the F500/F600 website (here) http://formula500.org/viewforum.php?...e9a3317a050c04
We have over 40,000 views. We are about 1 or 2 weeks away from testing Calvin Stewarts new Blade.
We will be posting lots more pics very soon.
We finally made it to the track for a very short test session last night at Gingerman Raceway. We arrived at about 5:30 pm unloaded, put some fuel in the car and got about 15 laps in in 3 very short sessions. We made multiple setup adjustments after each of sessions 1 and 2. The car was fast and never missed a beat. Man 14,500 rpm sounds sweet. If I could post a video I would.
Another pic.
One more. Does anyone know how to post a video here.
Video?.
Should be able to just post a link at least.
I think you uploaded that directly to Facebook. If you make that post public instead if just friends we can post a link or you can upload it to Vimeo or YouTube
Sweet Ride ????
That was supposed to be SWEET RIDE !!! :)