Gav, there is a lot going on with that RedBull roof scoop. It doesn’t even use an Exige windscreen, it uses a 340R one from what I remember, plus the roll cage main hoop was moved or adjusted or something, wasn’t it. Its not a 5 minute job!!
Plus as you know, good quality fabrication takes a lot of time and skill.
You should do the 24hr!! I will come and make the tea!!!
I believe our very own Mr Junks supplied the screens to them
Masses of work I know, thats why I didnt bother going near it in the end.
The 24hr would be nice to do, I’ve really enjoyed doing the 1000k this last couple of years as part of a team, in a lot of ways more so than driving by myself.
On the roof scoop thing, how about a Jag XJR-6/8/9 style one where a NACA duct leads into the scoop, effectively increasing the area in a much more efficient way than just a bigger scoop?
Btw, on a certain Turbo’d S1 that I once got chance to have a really detailed look at, they’d used a 340R double roll hoop to create a space to put a large F1 style intake duct in the roof.
A lot of the old GT esprit racers did that to good effect. I was more meaning you could start the NACA duct right on top of the roll hoop, just like the Jags did then move the external part of the scoop to the rear edge on the NACA.
I’ve thought about a naca duct, problem is the size of duct I would need (if designed correctly) just wouldn’t fit!
The roof you see in the pics in a single skin, c/f short scoop roof which is the one I’m looking to modify. It already has a naca style inlet formed in it leading up to the scoop. My plan is to cut the short scoop off and keep the profile of the inlet going through to the back of the roof. Using it as the scoop floor shall we say and keeping it as low as I can to the roll bar, then carry the run down onto the cooler with another piece of ducting.
The other idea I had was to re-position the fuel filler cap/neck and use RS200 style ducts as high mounted side intakes with a modified 2-11 cowl… What do we think? I would need to look at doing it now though…
Where is it being fed from, the roof scoop? if so I cant see it getting much air through it Steve lying on its back like that and the airflow just breezing over the top of it… Probably less efficient than the std S2 set-up or am I missing something?
Getting there, it still needs a cross brace making which is what I’ll be attaching the tow eye to. It needs to be strong, I can take the jokes of going off in to the kitty litter, not so much if the front end gets ripped off when they try to pull me out!! The front end plates also need trimming back to suit the body work and I need to cut chunks out either side for the brake cooling ducts.
yikes re the front end/tow eye rip out mental image
what is the black object(s) with the red strapping under the windscreen/on the pedal box space? lol, just had a chuckle looking again- think they are ear protectors?