hehe thanks for all the replies, yes the blue book is great, you read it then think" hang on have I missed something here it doesn't say I can't use solar power, a wind turbine, hydrigen, a kite and kers to increase BHP so why shouldn't I??"...or similar
The body work is going to be very much function over form I was thinking of a one piece boonet / front bumper akin to some old school racing Mini's, then my wife said "what happens if you crash into the back of someone? Won't it all break rather than just the bumper?" to be fair I was quite taken back with how astute that observation was, it also pointed out that I need to research hard, design to type, mock up and measure twice well before committing!
I'm looking to get a similar result to this German Schirra Racing team (even though this is an R56 turbo car gen 2 and I'm running supercharged gen 1 R53)
http://www.schirra-motoring.de/motorsport/schirra-mini/. The car will be slightly raked to improve airflow over the front, I'll be making a custom front scoop and the bonnet will have louvres over the exhaust pointing out, over the intake pointing in and over each part of the wing section. The arches will be extended and on each rear facing part will be vented, there will be a skirt down the side that links to each fender to aid ground effect while the front bumper will have 4 sections for ducting to the front brakes, there will also be dual cold air intakes 1 as a feed to my CAI and the second as a cooler to the CAI pipework, I'm looking to make a jacket out of cf for the piping which has exhaust reflection sheeting (gold) at the engine side to cut down on heat soak.
There will be an oil cooler rather than an AC unit / heater /oil exchange, 2 ducts will be either side of this a la Mini GP, 2 ducts will be where the fogs are on the aero bumper as per Oranjje performance and 2 ducts (for cai) will be fabbed into the front top grill or possibly where the headlight is on the right side.
The car will be getting a complete underside from front to back with venturis under the engine bay and toward the rear brakes for brake cooling, the exhast system and battery box will be altered and raised to allow for a full width diffuser at the rear, I'm thinking of making this from a kevlar aramid sandwhich of veneer, balsa, and expanded lightweight steel, I learnt this from an americas cup yacht builder I'm informed it's one fo the best ways to exploit strength without losing out to weight.
Any thoughts? I know this seems ambitious but hey without ambition or dreams we'd still be in caves!
I''m building a race car!
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade..and try to find somebody whose life''s given them vodka and have a party - Ron White
Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting - Steve McQueen