Posts in “Racing”
Project 480: Suspension: Front
Current Suspension Apparently the Volvo 480′s suspension was designed in partnership with Lotus, so you would hope there is no need to change anything. Well that assumption is mostly right. Although it does have great suspension it has been commercialised somewhat. It’s a road car designed for comfort and price with handling as a secondary consideration, so we need to tighten and strengthen things up a bit. The front suspension is a normal MacPherson strut(MacPherson… Read On »
Project 480: Engine: 15cc is a bridge too fare
The next part of the engine build I’m going to cover is more to do with the rules then to do with Horse Power, or at least the interaction between the two.
Within the Classic Thunder championship, like with most motorsports championships, cars are divided up into groups called classes. The classes are grouped by engine capacity, and then there are some multipliers added for certain setups.
Project 480: Engine: ECU
Time to talk engines! I’m going to start with the engine as it’s the part of the build that I’m most experienced with. There is a lot to do on the engine so I will split it out in to different posts. As I mentioned before the 480 had it’s BHP reduced by Volvo from 190bhp to 120bhp. This was done mainly by the cars ECU (Engine Control Unit) So the first thing to do… Read On »
Project 480: Off to the races
So I’m really going to do it… Honest, promise, well at least try, hopefully, possibly. I have been going on about building a car or racing a car for a long time now. But this time I’m actually going to get past planning and buying a few parts. Before I was trying to do it on too much of a shoe string budget with no real place to build it. Now I have the Lab… Read On »
