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Cills and undertray formwork.

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A bit of progress since the test drives, paint, a new toy, strengthening and formwork for the body... https://youtu.be/Zbf_2SRhKfw

Jimr

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Events / Re: 9 MARCH - AGM & PRE-SEASON SHAKEDOWN
« on: 23 Mar 24, 10:48 am »
A year end final report was sent out with the agenda to members on the roll on Saturday 17th of February before the meeting by email. The AGM had no contested votes so no voting reporting is necessary. The Stan cup was awarded on the day to ex world champion and retiring committee member, Chris Loader.
Photographs from the day can be found here... https://www.cyclekartsgb.com/agm2024
Hope this helps.
JimR

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Tech Forum / Re: Starting the aluminium bodywork
« on: 19 Mar 24, 07:12 am »
Good old Tigerseal works well and variants thereof like this... https://www.toolstation.com/puraflex-40-pu-sealant-adhesive/p85566
It takes a lot of cleaning up and is a bit messy to use but sets flexible and weatherproof. It is used for caravan construction and in the automotive trade for body panels and is paintable. With any adhesive make sure it is well spread on very thin aluminium otherwise the lumps might strike through and show on the surface.
JimR

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I will get Ian to add you to the count Paul. Having done a reconnoiter this Thursday gone, all we need is pleasant weather for a busy and fun packed weekend. The sand conditions were great when I was there, very firm and level - even the tractor tyres were not making much of an indentation, you can just see in the photo where my boot left a print! The beach is huge and the event is very well organised. I will post more later and nearer the date. If anyone else is in, just add to this post with a percentage likelihood of attendance and we will add your names to the first post in this thread
JimR

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Build journals / Re: Hanomag 2/10
« on: 12 Mar 24, 08:20 am »
Several of the petrol karts we run use a Jack shaft Jagodo,- Mark Underdown's Frazer Nash, Ian's new GNasher, Jim's Dodge to name a few, it is useful in playing with ratios and quite a few swap ratios depending upon the track and the conditions too!
JimR

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CK number register / Chassis plates.
« on: 11 Mar 24, 07:49 am »
All the first batch of chassis plates have been issued either by post today or at the AGM over the weekend.
If your car now qualifies as having run with a body at Whilton Mill on Saturday and you would like your first chassis plate, that is included free of charge with your membership, please fill in the chassis plate registration form from the link below and email it to the address on the form. If you are in the fortunate position (Ian  ;D ) to own two finished Karts, we are preparing a form for the purchase of the second and that will be on the website shortly.
We order these plates in batches of 7 to keep the cost manageable for us and the printer. This means that you may have a wait for your new plate until we have an order that is viable.
https://www.cyclekartsgb.com/blog-2-1/chassisplaque

JimR

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Build journals / Re: 1926 Hudson GP Build
« on: 10 Mar 24, 04:09 pm »
Looking good Jay. Build on fella.
Jimr

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After an outing around a local car park and a bit of brake pedal re-design, I took the chassis to Whilton Mill yesterday for testing. I have to say overall it went well. I didn't find it's limits (I didn't try too hard as it is a bit experimental - give me time  ;D ) , it was smooth, the suspension works very well the steering is without drama and it goes where you point it. I will however work on the ARB's to stop the camber changing so dramatically by attempting to reduce spring in the "arm" length...
 https://youtu.be/2x6Ac48or78
JimR

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Events / Re: IMPORTANT - HELMET REGULATIONS
« on: 07 Mar 24, 12:52 pm »
My green one is BS6658 type A (Army display team surplus, unused old stock)

My white AGV is ECE 22 -05 (06 came in in 2023 I believe, my helmet is older)

JimR

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Build journals / Re: GNASHER - my next cyclekart
« on: 05 Mar 24, 06:16 pm »
Brilliant and light, Love it Ian, can't wait to be lapped by it  ;D

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Progress to date on steering, exhaust, body mounts and engine. Cutting it perhaps too fine for WhiltonMill. Time will tell...
https://youtu.be/oZJjl0yXQm4
JimR

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Tech Forum / Re: Differential
« on: 03 Mar 24, 05:50 pm »
I was looking at my similar diff today and the stub shafts for my 18tooth splined gear would be 17mm, I know these come in 16 and 18 so I would presume your one was a 16t Glynn, I was planning on lathing a bit of bright bar to fit into the gears one end and a hollow 30mm kart axle with keyway full length the other end and welding it up, attaching the sprocket to the diff and using the 30mm diff section each side as the bearing mounts inboard thus holding the diff and preventing flutter. Brakes would then have to be on both stub axles. All this is a job for when I finish the Auto Union
JimR

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Tech Forum / Re: Dumb question from a newbie.
« on: 01 Mar 24, 10:19 am »
The 3/4" crank usually has a longer shaft too, I found that the shorter shaft after skimming the 20mm to fit the TAV 30 only had limited engagement to the outer part of the driven pulley. I don't know if that would make a difference operationally, but for piece of mind the extra engagement of the longer shaft gave me one less thing to worry about.

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