Van Diemen RF85 - Prep work 1

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Жыл бұрын

This is the first video on the VanMediemen RF -85 where we start to prepare the car for the season after we bought it in Denmark last year. Here we have an overview and we re-build a starter shaft///

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@marcinkubalka6786 Жыл бұрын

This is such a cool car. The Look. The story. Congratulations on another good purchase .

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@General813 Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, your are a one man factory 👍 As always a great video👍

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

TXS, I guess I am

@bradcrossman5068 Жыл бұрын

One of the things i like the most about your channel is that i never know what i'll be treated with for subject matter.😃 But i know i can always experience great photography and editing. Cheers from Eastern Canada and i hope your springtime brings you warm sunny weather. Thanks for all you do Steve!

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad, I try

@54mgtf22 Жыл бұрын

Love your work, Steve 👍

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

My all time liker, txs

@marchutchings8834 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Keep them coming. Very enjoyable to watch. Marc.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

TXS Marc

@onepairofhands Жыл бұрын

nice work sir

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@erichlausch9886 Жыл бұрын

Gentlemann,start your engine 😉

@sonyhk3824 Жыл бұрын

👍

@notajp Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t look like old Rusty is ever going to see any love again, since this channel is turning into race car central...... I do appreciate the Commodore 64 reference tho.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

It will ....

@drewpierce2273 Жыл бұрын

Besides checking the tension on the oil pump belt, check for age and wear. I had one snap apart on my Royale years ago and and immediately dropped to zero oil pressure. I shut it off quick enough to save the engine from damage. The idiot light for loss of oil pressure is necessary I think. Maybe a smaller one though. You'll notice that before reading low prsseure on a guage.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Hi Drew, indeed that warning light is very importend as we don't watch the gauges all the time on the track.. I will install a new high intensity LED light , but not that big... I am thinking of building an audio warning, a beep or so remote into the helmet... Just a small transmitter and receiver.. with an earpiece and a tone... would work better. Not sure yet , but considering it

@drewpierce2273 Жыл бұрын

@@D3Sshooter That's a clever idea. I'm sure you can make it work.

@magnusdanielsson2749 Жыл бұрын

Thats looks like a really good buy. Nice having one with such history. Repainting it to the commadore look would be really cool 👌 If you wanted to do a new exhaust theres a guy called Calvin Elston that does wonders with exhaust. Could probably get 10-20 hp at the top end plus a better low end response with an exhaust made to his specs.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

OK , thanks that is a great tip... I will contact him possibly

@magnusdanielsson2749 Жыл бұрын

@@D3Sshooter I guess hes very busy so it might be hard to get him to take on a job and pretty expensive if he accept. I aim to build my own headers according to his ideas. Hes written alot on speedtalk forums where his nick is ”exhausted”. The main thing with his headers is the use of stepped headers where the first tube is much smaller than usual. Hes built stuff for nascar and other racing for many years. Reading his posts on speedtalk have been very interesting. To do the design one can use the sheet on the homepage of burnsstainless to get the fundamental design. Then adopt the stepped tubes per Calvins views. As I understand thats how he himself does it nowadays.

@salamander5703 Жыл бұрын

Nice car. Be worth trying to lift those oil pipes (4:35) higher - use an elbow with tighter radius maybe. They look vulnerable if you go off track and might pulled off. Have done this in a race and didn't notice subsequent loss of oil pressure which seized the engine. Hence my car also got a HUGE oil pressure light.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Indeed, thanks for the comments

@kathysarmcandy1992 Жыл бұрын

The oil pump is driven off the jack shaft, but what is the cable at the rear of the pump? Mechanical tach? Ha!, soon as you started it I saw Sir Jackie Stewart's face. Love that growl.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

yes indeed.. mechanical rpm

@HamishRacing Жыл бұрын

Great videos. Thank you for spending the time in producing them - I know the editing takes longer than the filming !! Is there an engineering reason why you couldn’t turn the starter cog around so the unused part engages or was it “handed”?

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments, yes there is an edge / rim on it at one side

@veronika8904 Жыл бұрын

Sir,Thank you for another wonderful video.Can you tell me where to find race parts for the Pinto Engines? Thank you very much.Jack.

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Jack, you find it at Burtons parts `UK'

@davidgerrard8661 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you can use the pinion from another pinto starter motor?

@nelsonpiriz5125 Жыл бұрын

Hi and thxs for your answers..responding to your questions : 1.6L VW BERTILS with MK 9 Hewland....what program you use in your computer for figuring the gears according to the tracks? Thxs in advance. I an learning a TON ( newbie)....

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments, its a spreadsheet like excel or numbers and I just put in those formula's: You need to know the powerband of your engine (RPM's). torque band of the engine, Your Final drive (diff ) ratio, your wheel diameter. To calculate the speed in a specific gear, take your (engine RPM) multiplay with the (Ratio of your selected gear), take that result and multiply it by the (Ratio of the Diff.) Take the output of the diff and multiplay this by the (tire diameter in cm x 3,14). You now have the the distance (in cm) driven in one minute, multiply this by 60 (minutes to the hour) and divide by 1000 ( for km). That gives you the Km/hr at that specific engine RPM. You can do the same for the torque on the wheels, but use the engine torque instead of RPM and divide instead multiply . Do this for the different RPM's ( in an excel or numbers spreadsheet you can do all this very easily) . The results can then be plotted in a graph also in excel or numbers . Just insert a graph...

@TheJcman72 Жыл бұрын

Steve, you mentioned the low power of your lathe, with you experience, what minimal power would you recommend?

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

I would love to provide a meaning full answer, but a 1 to 2Hp electrical motor would really help. It all depends on the diameter of the piece and the RPM's on the lathe..

@tjrizvi251 Жыл бұрын

Steve, when are you going back to the Formula Konig?

@shoominati23 Жыл бұрын

Why don't you focus on making one racecar as fast as possible (and thus your own skills) ? Seems too much your time and attention is divided over too many cars. Or did you buy the other ones to smarten up and sell?

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

I have five of them , RF-85, DL-19, Konig VW, Konig Kawa and the MGB GT.. They are all keepers, not to sell.. So, work on one untill its in a good racing condition and restored as much as is needed... I am not into making showroom ready.. That is not the point as i do race them every so often. Let me say this, they are fast enough, its the driver that is not fast enough .... To old and to late for me... Of course I will tune them ,as I always do... TXS for the comments

@TheJcman72 Жыл бұрын

Nice joke about global warming :D

@D3Sshooter Жыл бұрын

hahah