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Hi Des,
The weight reduction on whitey is only about 50% done. Still fitted on Sunday was:
stock door cards
stock drivers seat
roof lining
sound proofing
electric window motors
Cam and I both compare notes regularly but both have different ideas on how to get the best out of the cars, and how we want to build the cars...
Cam prefers stiffer suspension, I prefer a bit softer (this is not to be confused with ride height)
Cam prefers to remove the bumpers, I prefer to keep them (just personal preference)
Cam prefers to look toward forced induction to gain power, I prefer to look at what can be done with cam profiles and compression ratios (and successful non-MB race cars have been built using both theories)
We both would prefer LSDs, but in their absence I would prefer a locked diff of 3.46 whereas Cam looks toward a 6.9 LSD with low ratio, which with sufficient HP would be as good as the 3.46 locker with less HP
When the Team makes interesting discoveries we report them to each other (there's 3 of us now) and its up to each other to decide whether its suitable for each other or not. I, for example, came up with a radical cold air intake system which wouldn't work on my car, but would be right at home on Cam's.
The result, no doubt, will be three fast-but-radically-different race cars, all TeamW116 cars, all individual expressions of their owners as to what constitutes a Mercedes-Benz race car.
I.
The weight reduction on whitey is only about 50% done. Still fitted on Sunday was:
stock door cards
stock drivers seat
roof lining
sound proofing
electric window motors
Cam and I both compare notes regularly but both have different ideas on how to get the best out of the cars, and how we want to build the cars...
Cam prefers stiffer suspension, I prefer a bit softer (this is not to be confused with ride height)
Cam prefers to remove the bumpers, I prefer to keep them (just personal preference)
Cam prefers to look toward forced induction to gain power, I prefer to look at what can be done with cam profiles and compression ratios (and successful non-MB race cars have been built using both theories)
We both would prefer LSDs, but in their absence I would prefer a locked diff of 3.46 whereas Cam looks toward a 6.9 LSD with low ratio, which with sufficient HP would be as good as the 3.46 locker with less HP
When the Team makes interesting discoveries we report them to each other (there's 3 of us now) and its up to each other to decide whether its suitable for each other or not. I, for example, came up with a radical cold air intake system which wouldn't work on my car, but would be right at home on Cam's.
The result, no doubt, will be three fast-but-radically-different race cars, all TeamW116 cars, all individual expressions of their owners as to what constitutes a Mercedes-Benz race car.
I.
