Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Gonna hit the nitrous in a couple minutes.. Funny stuff
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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How did it like the n2o?
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Been extremely busy with work, but since the last post, I've been working on cleaning up some aero stuff on the scooter. Building a fairing that should help out a bit. Also picked up a sidecar wheel fairing from a Cessna 172 airplane that fits perfectly over the sidecar wheel. It's not Formula 1 but is a big improvement and based on NACA airfoil design.

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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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1man8scoots wrote:How did it like the n2o?
It does really well for about 8-10 seconds then it tarts to ice up the reeds. This is due to the jet location between the manifold and the reeds. I found that I can bump the n2o for a few seconds on and off and it does fine, just not for long continuous runs.

I may relocate it under the reeds, but low priority.

High priority now is getting the fairing done so I can b ready for Bonneville in August.

Oh also I now have a little turbocharger to try out.......
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Proof of how slow I am

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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Awesome! :2thumbs:
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Awesome build! Read the whole thing, looks like a blast with a lot of hard work involved. Just saw the picture of you riding it, any possible way you could position your feet back so you can tuck more and get your head down to about the bar height? Maybe pick up another mph?
Goodluck with everything!
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Backing up a few steps, here are some pics from start of bodywork build to current. Right now I am finish sanding the body plug and will seal it tomorrow so I can make a fiberglass mold of it.

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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Bonneville Speedweek was cancelled for the second year in a row. Ugh!!

I will have plenty of time to get the new bodywork done and figure out how to make the turbo work....
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That's way too cool! Put a fan in front of it so you can say you did wind tunnel testing!
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Revolutionary wrote:Bonneville Speedweek was cancelled for the second year in a row. Ugh!!

I will have plenty of time to get the new bodywork done and figure out how to make the turbo work....
Look up high gain tuning, the guy is super nice and extremely fluent in turbo charging a 2t scooter. Really really nice guy.
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Got the body plug where I want and the first half of the mold made.

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Gel coat for mold. I screwed up on the first attempt as expected, trying to make each piece as a whole mold.
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Second attempt, splitting the mold in halves. first half of mold
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Pulled off the mold for the rear part today. Kinda ugly as the resin seeped past the gel goat on one side (yellow wrinkles). It is a learning process. The second side looks pretty good. In all it is a usable mold. Now by the time I am pulling the final parts from the mold I should have learned by my mistakes along the way how to get a good part.

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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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The rear mold actually ended up being really good and we pulled a part from it today. Really happy with it!
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Re: Sidecar Bonneville Land Speed Elite 50 build

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Finished up the front mold as well today. I'll let it cure a couple days and pull a part this week!

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