fibre glass bumpers

[claypole1360]

Inspired by the discussion on bumpers, does anyone make a fibreglass bumper that would considerably reduce the weight on my coupe? and yes, I do want to use it for motor sports as well as the road.
Thanks, Clayps.





1978 TR7V8 FHC
1968 Bond Equipe Sprint Car
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

[Beans]

From a recent discussion on the Club Triumph forum;
http://www.honeybournemouldings.co.uk/triumph.htm

And there is
http://www.smithanddeakin.co.uk/T-Z.htm

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[claypole1360]

Thanks Beans, got to start thinking about whether its a priority or not and then I'll do it.
Clayps.



1978 TR7V8 FHC
1968 Bond Equipe Sprint Car
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

[Orange Rag]

By the way, I like the air intake.
Is that off a Subaru?

[silverseven]

It certainly looks Impreza-ish!

btw I like it too [8D]

Ron.

[claypole1360]

Thanks, it is attractive, but I don't know how much good it does. Given that the hot air tries to escape via the aperture whilst cold air is rammed in. I worry that it may be upsetting the underbonnet airflow or am I over-egging the Triumph design process.[:D]
I also may have issues with silhouette when I sprint it in a couple of weeks as it does not match the original profile, it will be just my luck to have a scrutineer who once owned one[:(]. I don't think that it is Subaru though because it doesn't lean far enough forward and swallow half the local atmosphere and small animals.
Clayps



1978 TR7V8 FHC
1968 Bond Equipe Sprint Car
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

[FI Spyder]

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Thanks, it is attractive, but I don't know how much good it does. Given that the hot air tries to escape via the aperture whilst cold air is rammed in. I worry that it may be upsetting the underbonnet airflow or am I over-egging the Triumph design process.[:D]
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It was my initial thought as well although it does look not too bad visually. We have a club member that glued the TR7 louvres into his Tiger hood as it runs pretty hot with the V-8 stuffed in there and he wanted the extra cooling. I haven't seen the result or talked to him about if it works but I'll see him at our car show in two weeks and ask him and take some photos..

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[FI Spyder]

If you modified the air plenum so the ram air could flow into it you would improve the air flow unto the cabin which is just about nil without fan assist.


- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[claypole1360]

I was thinking that some well placed holes in the back of the plenum would create a flow and then a draw for the hot air, but I am no aerodynamicist[?]
I was also considering blanking off the holes as this would go someway to assuaging the scrutineers worry about the silhouette, but as the car runs pretty cool anyway, I am not panicking too much.
Thanks for the ideas.



1978 TR7V8 FHC
1968 Bond Equipe Sprint Car
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat

[kstrutt1]

Assuming you just want it too look right and don't expect much of an impact protection you don't need to buy fiberglass bumpers, you could just remove the steel bars and make some simple alloy brackets to hold the plastic skins in place.

kevin

[claypole1360]

That's a good idea Kevin, how easy is it to remove the steel bars?
Clayps



1978 TR7V8 FHC
1968 Bond Equipe Sprint Car
1962 Herald Coupe 1200
2003 Peugeot 206 GTI
2009 VW Passat