Anyone interested in doing a conversion on a Mygale FC?
Anyone interested in doing a conversion on a Mygale FC?
JP,
I hope you didn't wad that thing up. Did you?
Dude - Seriously?
You gotta see a Dr about the flip-flop!
No the car is fine
lol, this is a hobby not politics!! I'm more suited to MC cars, I can't shift H pattern to save my life! my brain don't work that way. I'll probably run it as an FC for the rest of this year then figure something out.
NovaRace can do it right.
Thanks ... Jay Novak
The H pattern car is a TON easier to shift than a (non Geartronics!) m/c powerplant, re. the ability to not have to go through each gear, rather straight to neutral while braking, while driving at the limit, specifically...
What's the issue?
Slip the thing into neutral as you let off the throttle into brake zone, blip throttle with right foot as you decel, one last blip before you select the proper gear just prior to turn in, then fire that bish through the corner.
If you are selecting the wrong gear during downchanging AND turning, it may be due to the cornering G's pulling your body/arm.
As the "gate" is quite tight, THAT will take practice to get right; glad I learned this in a car w/ no valves (FM), and no blowups due to going from 5th to 2nd trying for 4th!
PM me for additional free advice. This offer is only good for newbs from NJ, any and all other wanks/newbs need not apply...
what would I do without you coop!
We have 01 Mygale FC. When i talked to Novarace a year ago (maybe longer) a conversion package for Mygale FC's had not been developed. If one is available now or can be developed cost effectively, I am interested.
Sid Smith
You ARE from Joisey!!!!
A Mygale FB would be a great car. Good mechanical grip, decent aero, and then with a 1Litre engine.....you have it all!! And the engine bay would be a (relatively) easy job.
DO IT!!!
Tom Owen
Owner - Browns Lane and Racelaminates.com
therefore I have been burned
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Has anyone converted a Mygale yet? If not, the first would be a costly project.
Sell the car- shouldn't be a problem. Find a VD RF99ish donor car, make a deal with Jay(he may already have a kit available), and you're on your way.
thanks for the advice my long lost brother but what fun would that be?
You're welcome. If you consider the time, R&D, and money for a one off conversion, then....... Have fun!
Citation rear drive box, diff, and A-Arms then weld up a tube structure to connect it to the chassis. Piece of cake!
The left side of the engine bay would be easy since it's bolted at the roll bar structure...
only took us a year to notice this
Lawrence Hayes
Hayes Cages, LLC
Sagle, ID.
Not being critical, but why don't you just sell the Mygale as an FC, buy a sorted out FB and have fun racing it? Seems like a lot of work, money and time just trying to convert your Mygale. Or maybe you just get more fun out of tinkering than driving. By all your posts, it just seems like you spend more time tinkering, buying and selling than racing.
Last edited by TTMRacing; 04.11.12 at 1:03 PM.
I'll trade you my vee for the rest of the season. Only two gears to worry about, it's about as close to a sequential transmission as it gets in an H-pattern car!
the short story is I really enjoy both tinkering and racing. I'm on a race track between 2-3 days a month in a car or on a bike so if you ask my wife I spend a decent enough time racing and playing. As far as selling the Mygale, I don't see it selling anytime soon unless I give it away (which I wont)I really like the car so next best thing is to do conversion. Mygale is a great car so it'll be fine. I do this for fun so I don't take it very serious, the build and jerking around on here is a part of the whole package of fun......answer your question?
I love the idea of a Mygale FB. The tried and true, fully sorted F/C chassis have proven time and again to be highly competitive in FB -- witness Piper and Citation.
The transformation would be pretty straight forward. Any good fabrication shop should be able to do it with relative ease.
Hope you follow through on it, John Paul. It'd be great to see that French chassis in FB.
Tom Owen
Owner - Browns Lane and Racelaminates.com
JP, why did you sell your FB.?
stupidity.....
The issues will be roll centers - making the front and rear happy with each other. You don't necessarily have to match the rear roll center of the Mygale FC in a converted Mygale FB. In fact, you might want something different anyway because of the increase in power.
More power -- yup. And a lower C/G (which would probably mean just a lighter rear bar). But why is it you feel an rear R/C change would be in order? Same front end... same track, same wheelbase, basically the same tire size...
I'm sincerely curious as to why you think a roll center change would be smart? I'd HATE to toss all those years of Mygale development, personally.
"then fire that bish through the corner"
Thats what I'm talkin bout!
Better to have raced for a day...
than been a spectator for life!
You can always ask me if I would like to trade for the mygale. Remember I was considering buying it! It is a much cleaned up car with more Ben Cooper goodies.
Tony
P.S. Still has your company logo on it!
Last edited by BRONCO; 04.11.12 at 9:25 PM. Reason: add content
Wow, that's throwing down the gauntlet.
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