AP2289 build log - Page 5

xb-60 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-27-2015, 04:26 PM

Still from last week....

Trial fit of an SBF (not mine) just to make sure we have sufficient bonnet/hood clearance.
Even though the 427 and 289 shapes are very similar in a lot of areas, and a 427 bonnet will fit onto my body, it pays to double check clearances

(No shot available of the body on though)

Cheers,
Glen

xb-60 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2015, 03:16 PM

Here are the latest shots in the development of AP2289's FIA body.
The body is back from being painted after significant mods to the front section to create the FIA-style front guards/fenders and to add an oil cooler scoop.
This body will in effect form the 'positive' for the creation of the mould, hence the extended guards front and rear that will allow trimming back for a strong trimmed edge.

The fronts will lose approximately half of that extension width, and the rears will lose almost all of the extension width. (Craig and Warren, please feel free to correct me if I have any of this wrong

)

Nose shot:
The oil cooler scoop has been added. What shows here is not the final shape. How it blends into the body is representative, but the final shaping on the scoop is still to be done.
What we will end up with is a scoop style like the later original FIA – CSX 2431, 2345 etc.

More as it happens!

Cheers,
Glen

deano59 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-24-2015, 03:38 AM

awesome glen i meant to ask the other night how the body was progressing then remembered i had saved this thread . there a talented lot up there thats for sure i cant wait to see it in the flesh ..

xb-60 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2015, 09:01 PM

Thanks Dean. Agreed, they are a talented lot up there. Craig started with a generally acknowledged 'good' body from Bruce C., and he's done a lot of work on it since.
I'm very much looking forward to the body going onto the chassis and the chassis suspension and wheels being added so they can 'tune' it to get that 'AP' stance. After that....the chassis is painted!

Cheers,
Glen

albanycobra · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2015, 11:40 PM

Cant wait to see the painted chassis....

xb-60 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2015, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albanycobra

Cant wait to see the painted chassis....

....the body comes off for that, of course

albanycobra · #7 (**permalink**) 10-26-2015, 02:15 AM

xb-60 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-03-2015, 02:53 AM

AP2289 now has its correct oil cooler scoop....

Its guards/fenders are correct for creating the mould. They will be then be trimmed back to 'FIA spec'.

Here's a close-up of the scoop...

Nice job, Craig and the boys and girls at AP!

Cheers,
Glen

LoBelly · #9 (**permalink**) 11-09-2015, 05:58 AM

body in white ...?

JBCOBRA · #10 (**permalink**) 11-09-2015, 10:17 AM

Wowzers! Fantastic work!!!

xb-60 · #11 (**permalink**) 11-09-2015, 11:39 PM

I'll let you guess where we're going with this one....

Cheers,
Glen

xb-60 · #12 (**permalink**) 11-15-2015, 02:03 AM

....and with this one

Cheers,
Glen

Jaydee · #13 (**permalink**) 11-15-2015, 03:34 AM

I'm guessing making a mold to make more?
JD

xb-60 · #14 (**permalink**) 11-15-2015, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaydee

I'm guessing making a mold to make more?
JD

You got it.

albanycobra · #15 (**permalink**) 12-06-2015, 05:34 AM

Classic Pace perfection

spookypt · #16 (**permalink**) 12-14-2015, 10:05 PM

Yes I did read those. I've been following with interest.

I only raised the 1st question as I know with my Daytona they computer scanned and wind tested it at Melbourne Uni and we not only know its relative downforce and airo etc but also % to symmetry accuracy. I thought a good idea with the body being newbie. It'd be a great boast over other ill-fitting bodies that we all have had to deal with in years past.

And regarding question No:2.................. I have no doubt!

Good luck with the project and keep the pics coming.

Matt

xb-60 · #17 (**permalink**) 01-04-2016, 03:38 PM

Update from Craig yesterday....

Bodywork - AP should finish the last of the main body moulding (the splash negative) this week. Front half is already complete; rear is nearly there.
They are also working on a plug for the correct FIA bonnet scoop.
AP’s 289FIA will be one of the most accurate FIA replicas, particularly in the areas of the front guard extensions and the oil cooler scoop.

Chassis assembly will start soon too. Fabrication of the under body exhaust should be on the go shortly; Craig is planning to push the FIA project along as quickly as possible.

I'll post update pictures as soon as I have them

Cheers,
Glen

xb-60 · #18 (**permalink**) 02-13-2016, 08:34 PM

Time for an update of what's happening on AP2289....

Craig's boys have been working at finishing the splash moulds so that my 289FIA body shape can be replicated.

Now that that process is largely complete, attention can return to progressing further AP2289.
Here's the rear section of the body with carbon/kevlar stiffening ribs (same as what is done on the 427 bodies) and also the complete underside of the body is coated with a carbon/kevlar layer.

...and....

Chassis trial buildup has also started. The front suspension is being trial-fitted to the monocoque.

Fabrication of the exhaust primaries and the under-car exhaust is underway as well.

Cheers,
Glen

xb-60 · #19 (**permalink**) 02-13-2016, 10:05 PM

Oops, double post

tkb289 · #20 (**permalink**) 02-15-2016, 11:58 PM

Glen,

The body looks very stout indeed, no worries of damaging the fiberglass should a rock get kicked up try to punch it’s way through to the other side … nor any likelihood of stress cracks with all of the reinforcements made to the body.

For the suspension, are there any differences between the 289 setup versus what PACE builds for their 427 cars?

Great progress!

- Tim