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[Alburglar]

good stuff

[Jammy]

My latest Ebay purchase:

Hella Xenon/HID dipped headlights. They lenses are about 60mm, and I'll get some full beam as a seperate unit that should be about 90mm. At least I'll blind any badger that tries to write off my front end!!

[ed4ran]

Cooooool!! where are those gonna be mounted?
and do i take it from the purchase that these are legal in the UK?

[Jammy]

Yep, legal in the UK, although I haven't checked the wattage of the bulbs yet. They will be mounted to a custom grill I'm designing at the mo and will have made at my work, hoping to get some Magnesium in to make it with, otherwise I'll just use some Zintec (Steel).

[markrally]

Yep, legal in the UK, although I haven't checked the wattage of the bulbs yet. They will be mounted to a custom grill I'm designing at the mo and will have made at my work, hoping to get some Magnesium in to make it with, otherwise I'll just use some Zintec (Steel).

Jammy, they draw about 35 watts each when they are running after the initial fire up, thats what i have for the busa cooper to save on the current draw, except mine are a Hi-Lo H4 fitting for the headlights but still use a Hella Ballast unit

Bulbs are about £40 - £50 for yours, look like they are from a BMW or Audi???

Cheers

[Jammy]

Close, they are from a Porsche kit, althought haven't found out which model yet. Will temporarily wire them into the BRG and see what they look like soon.

[ed4ran]

Like the ones they used on Chop Cut Rebuild!?!?!
(dont say im the only one to watch that )

[Jammy]

Chop Cut??? You got me!

[ed4ran]

Chop Cut Rebuild
It was first on a few weeks ago on Discovery Real Time,
and is now being repeated already.

One of the cars was a '91 Porsche 911 Carrera
and one of the things they did was put HID lights in it
and they looked like the ones you've got / getting.

www.ccr.tv



I did say looked like and not "are"

[Jammy]

Haven't wired the lights in yet, but plan to test them soon.

Ok, this is where it starts to get interesting. Need help deciding on my roof design. As some of you may have already read, the radiator is going in the boot, and a roof scoop is one of a couple of ways I'm going to make sure my engine does go bang from overheating! The roof itself will be carbon fibre made by Curley Specialised Mouldings.

I'm currently waiting on a friend to send me some aerodynamics software so I can see how well each design performs, but I would really appreciate some feedback on what people think of each design.

First off is a design thats already been tried on a bike engined beast:


Next is a design styled on the Lotus Exige roof scoop and along side it is the same design but with a carbon strip leading to the intake:

[ed4ran]

I like both of the designs,
but i would sway towards the second (but could be convinced either way with the aerodynamics),
what kind of time scale and price are you looking at and are you going to make more than one?
(could make for a good air intake)

[Jammy]

Well the car needs to be done for BH2N, so I'm thinking the roof needs to be made, ready to go on the car for early July (ish). I reckon more than one could be produced.

[ed4ran]

Oww Mid July could be a good time

Are you going to do any more variations or designs??
e.g. twin inlets or a wider inlet?

[Jammy]

Hadn't planned any other designs. Running through ideas in my head, these are the ones that l like the best.

[Bungle]

i dont like the roof vents :'(

have you thought about a air scoop under the boot floor and a vented boot lid ?