Yellow cage, sunshine and new seat

The lovely weather this weekend meant I could get the car out of the garage for a change and a good opportunity to take a few photos for a change.

First item to notice is that we have changed over to using the 13" rear wheels, party cost, partly aesthetics and this is the main part of my next test in a weeks time.
From the front here you can see the newly painted yellow roll cage. This a throw back to the Fury which could be stopped from a distance because of the yellow cage, so John suggested we do the same for the new car. So, we did. Well John did!
The next job on the list was to make the final wave of modification to the foam seat so as to provide leg support. In this photo you can see the final shape, giving much better side support for my left leg to help support in the high speed corners when the g-force builds up. Because we are on road legal tyres and are not allowed to run wings, the g-force values are not excessive, during the first test in the new car I realised the without side leg support, my left leg was being pushed to the side quite a bit. Its not an issue to hold it in place but it does increase the time it takes to bring my left back for a quick gearchange or even more importantly some left foot braking. It seems strange to read that back but its surprising how subtle you need to be with these light weight cars and when your cornering at over 100mph, be quick and accurate on the pedals makes quite a difference to the times. After the photo was taken, I finished applying the blue tape covering.

Down at the front left corner of the seat, you can also see on the photo the new Neuros solid state video recorder which is sat (if not fixed) on top of the DL1 data logger. Hopefully I will have the bullet cam before the next outing at the weekend so we can test the plan for improved footage for the 2008 racing season. You can also see the note on the steering wheel to remind me that I have new brake pads installed and that I need to bed these in next weekend. The Ferrodo pads have quite a essay to describe the bedding in process!

One final photograph of the car as it stands as we head to the second pre season test. I hope to have the new air intake design and colour scheme in place following this test and then we should be ready for the first race of the season. When is that again, oh yes just 5 weeks time (or 24 days)!