This site describes the construction of a home built, mid-engined car. First conceived in 1999 and inspired by cars such as the NCF Blitz and Onyx Tomcat. I finally began work this year(2005) with a friend, who is an Aircraft Engineer. Why Mistrale? Well, the author of 'A Year in Provence', described the Mistral as a "brutal, exhausting wind that can blow the ears off a donkey" - appropriate for a car with no roof, sides or windscreen. An 'e' was added as others have already used 'Mistral'
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Slowly, slowly
At last a little progress to report, if no photos to show for it! The last few weeks have brought more time away with work, however, I have managed to get a few hours in the garage. The pedal box has been exercising my thoughts for a while now - even with the brake pedal bracket I was so pleased with. i mocked everything up in the car and wasn't at all happy with the positions of the pedal pivots. Also, I was never happy with the ration of the clutch pedal. I decided to remake the clutch pedal, this time as a pendulum pedal, rather than floor mounted. This enabled me to retain almost the original pedal size and ration - a much better state of affairs. I then reused the floor mounted clutch pedal as a throttle and made a transverse rod so that the cable only has to travel to the centre 'tunnel', and not loop around into the footwell - photos will make this clear! Finally, I cut up my precious brake pedal bracket and remounted it in a better position. The overall effect is that there is now a little extra leg room on the drivers side and scope to move the pedals back if required. I would have taken photos but I want to wait until there are a few less clamps holding everything in!!!
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