Not a new kind of pizza with a domed underside, today I ar bin mostly aluminiuming.
It didn’t begin well, I couldn’t find the template I made of
the front chassis, I couldn’t find the Stanley knife, “they’re only a few quid,
I’ll buy a new one & I’ll take the in-law’s car & refuel it, then park
it so I can charge the battery" – good plan – except the in-law’s car
battery is already flat.
Push the in-law’s car to a place where I can re-charge the
battery, hook up the charger, take my car to B&Q, which is FULL of families
with v-small children gawping at Christmas trees & lights & generally
getting in my way.
The idea of the belly pan is to make the underside of the car smoooth, the air passing under the car is less disturbed & the car is faster. On most cars it can't really be done because a production car has a lot of shape in the chassis to give it strength. On the Fury it can be done, the underside of the cockpit is flat anyway & I made up panels for the underside of the transmission tunnel & the diff cage when I built the car. The idea of panelling under the engine bay on my car is really to keep stone chips away from the chassis coating & keep the engine bay clean. There is of course a down side & often, the close panelling stops air getting out of the engine bay - if warm air can't get out, cool air can't get in & the engine cooling effectively stops. On my car the belly pan with be louvred, with the open side of the louvres downward & to the back so the forward motion of the car should pull the warm air out - fingers crossed
I say I cut the panel with a Stanley knife, for those not familiar, I use a straight edge & a craft knife to score the aluminium, then repeat a few times, then gently fold the sheet - it'll crease along the score, then bend it back & forth - only about 10 - 15 degrees at a time, until it splits in a perfectly straight line. The edge will be rough & sharp, but is easily dressed smooth with a small file.
Next jobs are some more brackets to support the outer edges,
getting the panels louvred to get the engine bay air out, start on the forward
panel / splitter & get some Dzuses (other 1/4 turn fasteners are available)
& get it all finished. Then I can get back to doing the boot - I've had few ideas on that score & I'm getting keen to test them out.
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