Absolute Pace 427 Alumina
 

Thought I would start a new thread seperate from my build thread of the finished Pace Alumina body. I think this is a good place to ask Pace questions and discuss the process. Swinging panels will be mounted soon.

Body is mounted to a CF Superstructure and fitted to the chassis. One of the technical advancements of the Pace Alumina is that the Body is fully removeable from the chassis. This must be a first for a Kit car company world wide? I could basically order a fibreglass body as well and swap between them.

***** To clarify the removable body comment, I am talking about the alloy body option ,not a fibreglass body*****
Enjoy.


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I'm glad you like it Dave....

I recon that the combination of the alloy chassis, with the alloy body is really something to see, and then combine all of that with the Carbon Fibre superstructure...

It's ABSOLUTELY the best I've seen.

( See what I did there ??):D:D


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Cheers,
Warren

Wow - your car is looking fabulous - it is for sure going to be a statement piece. But to comment on the above, all Factory Five cobras are finished in this manner. You can see many people driving theirs without a body. It is one of the main reasons I went with Factory Five.

A few of the kits have removable bodies. The quality of the body does look mad, seems like a worthwhile investment on the upgrade!

My point about the removable body is that it is alloy not fibreglass. Unless FF5 sell a removable alloy body option? I could be mistaken? Yes just about every Cobra kit available has a removable fibreglass body....

Well I am not sure about others, but I just made a mess in my pants and need a cigarette now (and I don't smoke)

Simply stunning.

This one turned me into a dribbling mess.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...0/image343.jpg

This is my favourite. Oh and Boxy well done on Judges choice at the red centre Nats, bloody sensational job.

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Wow! Looks sensational.
I'm glad you hung in there!
I'm sure the waits been worth it.

Congrats!

Dave the only negative I can see is that black blob that's showing in the lhs rear corner panel. Might need to chat to Wazza about its removal! It really is cheapening what is otherwise motoring art. Well done to all at AP.

You could "air brush" me on there...so I'd always be part of the beauty of it all...
No!??? ��

Fair to say even the Mona Lisa has its defects.

Ha Haaaaa...you had me...I was like WTF??? I'm going to need to be careful taking pictures.....better make sure I'm wearing pants...

Ditto! ��

Does my arse look big in this pic, should be the question!

I reckon it looks crap! I think they did a terrible job! I personally wouldn't own it!!!!
(Purely jealous comments that aren't true)

Looks great! Now don't wreck it and put a Chev in it!
(Purely true comments that are true:LOL:

More tin, oh and you can sleep easy Zacson.....I'm going to stick with the Windsor 5.0.

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Is it possible to powder coat the entire body and chassis a clear coat to stop it oxidizing?
JD

Yeah just a Windsor 5.0L twin turbo running 20psi boost at 1000HP... That's all..Haha

In my opinion the coolest part of our PACE Alumina's is the carbon semi-tubular body support superstructure. Looks cool as hell and has many, many advantages over the traditional steel structure used on nearly all alloy bodied kit cars. This design also results in a super strong body structure, as strong or stronger than typical composite bodies. Extremely safe door structures that are a combination of carbon and kevlar. Our design also means you can remove our alloy bodily as easily as you can remove our carbon composite bodies..very handy during the build. Our unique approach also means easier body repairs if the body ever suffers significant damage.

If you want to see the beauty of our carbon superstructure that lies beneath our alloy bodies, first chance will be at the Cobra Nationals in a few weeks time. :)


On the chassis for normal use in Australia, no need to coat the chassis for corrosion protection due to the high corrosion resistance of the materials and construction technique we employ. But I would recommend a chemical treatment rather than paint type coatings anyway if you really thought it was necessary. As per below for the body, for visible areas on the alloy chassis we prefer to just clean them up with specialist fine Scotch Brite and coat with WD-40.

For the body, if you are leaving it in a brushed type finish, then just coat with WD40. For polished, then you can wax if you like or just regularly polish.

The design and application of our carbon body support superstructure does not inherit any of the corrosion issues associated with traditional methods of steel tube structure for body mounting. Plus we have designed the body manufacture with this in mind, so owners can easily limit any risk of corrosion anyway. Easier to show people in the flesh how we have achieved this though, it would be an essay to describe all the aspects to it here.