Rust_Bucket's FlyW8 1.8L Miata Based Build

blueribbonseven · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:45 am

Rusty,

I think Keith Tanner always ran his car without the cover. You might zap him an email about any problems.

Your car is SUH-WEEEEEEET !!!!!!!!!

Robin

GonzoRacer · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:12 am

Rusty-
Seems to me like Ford Fiesta's and/or Festiva's ran open cam drives, and I'm pretty sure some Fiats did as well. The ones I'm remembering may have been "race cars" and not the street versions, however.

Sure would look cool! Paint the cam gears to match the car...

JDK

Blackbird · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:22 am

I recommend against it. Do you really want the first contact surface that the hood may touch to be your timing belt?
Besides, I think your car will look cool with a little power bulge

Moti

blueribbonseven · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:42 am

Moti makes an excellent point regarding the hood contacting the cam belt. How about running the cam exposed, but with a lexan see-through power bulge? ooohhhh...visible moving parts !

Robin

GonzoRacer · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:48 am

"Power bulge"???
"Hood"???
"Cam drive"????

The solution to all your problems is shown below... :shock:

rust_bucket · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:01 pm

Blackbird wrote:

I recommend against it. Do you really want the first contact surface that the hood may touch to be your timing belt?
Besides, I think your car will look cool with a little power bulge

Moti

I feel the same way... That's why I have a little "power bulge"

rust_bucket · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:43 pm

GonzoRacer wrote:

Rusty-
Seems to me like Ford Fiesta's and/or Festiva's ran open cam drives, and I'm pretty sure some Fiats did as well. The ones I'm remembering may have been "race cars" and not the street versions, however.
JDK

You've actually met a Festiva "race car?"
Bwahahahaha. That's a good one! :lol:

Maybe a SHOgun

, but a Festiva!?... :shock:

GonzoRacer · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:50 pm

rust_bucket wrote:

GonzoRacer wrote:

Rusty-
Seems to me like Ford Fiesta's and/or Festiva's ran open cam drives, and I'm pretty sure some Fiats did as well. The ones I'm remembering may have been "race cars" and not the street versions, however.
JDK

You've actually met a Festiva "race car?"
Bwahahahaha. That's a good one! :lol:

Maybe a SHOgun

, but a Festiva!?... :shock:

Actually, my buddy James, who is helping with my Locost build, raced a Festiva or a Fiesta (I don't remember which one) in SCCA a few years ago.

If you think about it, it makes a good SCCA club racer:
1) Cheap
2) Available parts (at the time)
3) If ya wreck it, you ain't out much!

If it's still running around out back of his shop, I'll send ya a pic!

KB58 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:58 pm

There's a small but real danger of having a small stone bounce into the cam gears and causing it to slip a tooth or two. At best it starts running funny, at worst it bends the valves and punches holes in the pistons...

egoman · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:59 pm

GonzoRacer wrote:

"Power bulge"???
"Hood"???
"Cam drive"????
Attachments:

The solution to all your problems is shown below... :shock:

This is the answer to all 7s.......except the driver sitting on the "wrong" side.

GonzoRacer · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:03 pm

egoman wrote:

GonzoRacer wrote:

"Power bulge"???
"Hood"???
"Cam drive"????
Attachments:

The solution to all your problems is shown below... :shock:

This is the answer to all 7s.......except the driver sitting on the "wrong" side.

Yo, Ego- Those wacky Brits, don't know why they went and did a thing like that, do you? :lol:

Blackbird · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:04 pm

KB58 wrote:

at worst it bends the valves and punches holes in the pistons...

The BP and B6 are non-interference motors, so that can't happen.

Moti

GonzoRacer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:46 am

rust_bucket wrote:

GonzoRacer wrote:

Rusty-
Seems to me like Ford Fiesta's and/or Festiva's ran open cam drives, and I'm pretty sure some Fiats did as well. The ones I'm remembering may have been "race cars" and not the street versions, however.
JDK

You've actually met a Festiva "race car?"
Bwahahahaha. That's a good one! :lol: