...going back sometime! A good while back I posted pictures of my friend Mark's single seat hill climb car that he's building. Progress has been a little slow whilst he makes a few important decisions on where to go with certain parts, but I thought I'd post some updated pictures as I've been there today...
Front view, showing front wishones, uprights, steering rack, steering arms all in position:
Close-up of one side, showing aero tubing, push rods (not finished) and some of the details:
Cockpit, with seat in place. This is a kart seat that's being trimmed down to fit as a mock up for the proper item:
Steering wheel in position:
Rear view, lack of rear suspension!
Close up of the WIP sump. This is being machined from billet to replace the standard item and be a load-bearing part of the chassis. In the very early stages here; had the pockets machined inside, and all the mounting holes put in. Just test fitted here to make sure it fitted well and was central in the chassis. There's some big changes to come, and a lot of the material seen here will be removed, and mounts added for the rear bulkhead and extra bars going to the chassis.
Rear cockpit view, showing fuel tank in its early stages:
Bit of a close up of some of the front suspension, showing the TIG welds on the chassis, gusseting and other bits:
One of the front uprights:
Front shock mounting, showing bell crank to operate it. Single shock to reduce weight, mounted as far back as possible to ensure maximum chassis stiffness and short distance between shock mountings.
For those who've not seen it before, the engine is a 1000cc unit from a Yamaha R1. The chassis will be covered in carbon fibre body work once it's complete, and will feature carbon front and rear wings with carbon side pods eventually. It uses a Quaife ATB diff connected to the rear sprocket. The brakes will most likely be from a bike to save weight. Power to weight will be around 450bhp per tonne, with the driver in the car. Hopefully it will be on it's wheels during the summer, and then we can try and fire up the engine
