Vanne's Coupe Build Thread.. Updated 16/05/17

[racerbruce]

YAY Vanne!
And yet another triumph of man over machine....well done.

Not wanting the coppers to nab you on your shake down run, but wish there was video/audio of The Beast as you've done before; you are another step closer to massive lateral G's

[Vanne]

Cans are nearly finished.











Edit: what a fuck up, those 90 degree bends won't do at all. Rip it out at start again..

[grannyknot]

Is that the D/S lower wishbone we are looking at? Damn, that's a beefy looking piece, makes the stock wishbone look like Meccano - if you're old enough to remember that.

[Vanne]

that first bar in the picture is the rear camber adjuster, then above it you'll find the axel, the above that is the non -oem lowered control arm (wishbone). you'll also note in that pic the silver paint where the old spring mount used to be that i removed as upper control arm would have hit that. the white bar in there is the rear race anti roll bar from GC.

[Vanne]

So we steamed straight on, exhaust is done..



And then I started on the fuel filler flap.

[Vanne]

Ran the car today, no clips, but too much back pressure.. re-doing the exhaust tomorrow for less bends and going full 3 inch from the extractors to a 4 inch tip.

Also finally finished the fuel filler hole today.. that was hard . Really hard...



Perfect!!!

[racerbruce]

SO awesome!
Well done Vanne.

Curious how it was determined too much back psi; was it based upon the feel and lack of how fast it revved or based upon noise? Educate the unlearned (that would be me).

[Vanne]

Thanks mate 😃


There is now a150rpm rev drop before going stellar, which wasnt there before the cans were welded on.

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by Vanne

Thanks mate 😃


There is now a150rpm rev drop before going stellar, which wasnt there before the cans were welded on.

Well done -
This would have certainly been noticed/discovered during the initial on-track test runs....glad you caught it now.

[Vanne]

Fuel filler..

[racerbruce]

Cracked?

[Vanne]

Nah, just was a lot of work to get it just right as it's right on that curve. I probably have 20 hours in that thing, adding mm at the time and getting it perfectly round.. crazy difficult, and I have time under my belt shaping surfboards, so no stranger to fiberglass work..

[racerbruce]

Well done!
If I "drive" my beloved Red Roadster to Dubai perhaps you can install a matte red wrap....just kidding.

Your attn to detail is incredible - The Beast thanks you for giving it such love.

[Vanne]

thanks mate, really appreciate all of your support

[eggman51]

Yeah this is a real pleasure to watch come together.

Lovely work!

[Vanne]

Thanks guys..

Re cut the pipes, now starts -2 inches from the end of the X pipe, it's a one piece now. This is the 3rd interation. Perfect..

Just gotta fab a alu spacer.. and call this part of it a day.. you'll also notice I replaced both inner axel boots.. (one was on the way out)

[racerbruce]

Awesome work Vanne!
This is a thing of beauty....great to see the business end of The Beast....massive G's await

[Vanne]

Sound check!!! . Up to 5k.

[Steeler]

[racerbruce]

It sounds Wickedess-Maximus!!!!
The Beast is happy

[Piper1]

The Mrs just said I watched both of those like I was looking up her skirt told me that wasn’t polite for watching

[Vanne]

haha lol, my missus would prob agree with you. Pretty damn happy with how this is all turning out.