Julian Thompson Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 My bonnet fits a bit poorly. The middle at the front has an air gap rather than tightly following the nosecone and it seems a bit "too wide" Is it a "they all do that, sir" or any idea's how to improve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 there is a bit of variation... however, miraz's (relatively new) bonnet and my new bonnet are both notably "looser" than my old bonnet.... HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Thompson Posted September 4, 2002 Author Share Posted September 4, 2002 I bet Geoff's bonnet would be a bit "loose" on my car too!!! (sorry - pissed now.) 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronbo Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I have that same air gap, but on the other end near the windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DohNut Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I did find that after I left my bonnet leaning against the garage wall on its back corners for a couple of weeks it had "relaxed" into a different (looser) position. I now try to leave it on the car all the time, but it can be VERY GENTLY bent back into shape, more curve in the curves should allow the middle flat bit to sit flat against the scuttle and the nose cone. Nick ps if you forget to fix your bonnet properly and it flies off, aparently Armco is a nice radius to bend the bonnet back into shape, and provided conveniently at the side of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buda Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 my air gap is front drivers side just where it meets the nose cone and just after the dent. I work on the principle that this is the air filter side and so will cause a ram air type effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 My 51 car is the saem poor fit with an air gap in the middle at the front I was told it was becuase I had put soem of the stick on foam padding on the underside of the bonnet where it sits on the chassis I have learned to ignore it rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevSull Too Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Mine was the same, did a little adjustment by bending 'ever so carefully', the gap has now closed and it looks much better. HOWEVER, now the sides stick out a little at the front, and at low revs vibrate slightly. Stick with the gap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeE Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Not a feature of having a CF nose cone is it (cos mines the same). On that subject I note that they've changed the design of the nose cone recently, it now only has the two fixings at the top (none at the bottom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 mine is carbon too, maybe it is related to that. You say the new ones only have fixings at the top, how does it stay on then rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Hi Jue, My original bonnet fitted really well and did not lift; however, the new one lift in the centre which is very distracting particularly on the track and is my excuse for going round so slowly. My new one looks to be slightly larger than the original Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 robmar - can i try your carbon nose on my car at cadwell 🤔 I just want to see what it looks like... HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Hoops - sure you can, although I am not sure about red with metalic orange nose! not sure it will make much of a difference and IMO I would see little point in changing to one, except for the alledged kudos of carbon fibre. i cannot see it taking more that 0.001 of your lap times I have spare kawasakie green one, which will match even less Rob PS it is already knackerd after a cone incident last year so do not worry about any more damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 ah ❗ didn't realise it was painted 😳 I want to see what a bare carbon nose looks like.... The performance will be naff all with my driving. I'm just a carbon fibre tart 😬 HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Hoopster, I have a bare carbon nosecone that you could try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wong1697456877 Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I've never done up the bottom dzus fixings on my nosecones. It stays on fine without them. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Alex - that is very interesting 🤔 why do you not do them up 🤔 before you had said this I would have thought that the potential vibration of it moving around may have caused problems, obviously wrong again 🙆🏻 rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeE Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Obviously Caterham came to the same conclusion 'cos the botom ones don't exist anymore. The nose cone now has a lip at the bottom which curves around the back of the chassis tube, the top is still fixed with to cdzus fittings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Cheers Peter - when are we next likely to bump into each other 🤔 Are you doing the slipstream day 🤔 or the rumble 🤔 my new GRP nose and chassis combo still had the old style nose with space for Dzuses and came with 4 of them. I think the hooking over the chassis rail design is only on SVs.... HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Edited by - hoopy on 5 Sep 2002 14:47:04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyR Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 My Superlight Nose Cone only has the top fasteners. It simply hooks on at the bottom The front of my bonnet also lifts in the middle. TonyR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 hmmm... strange.... anybody got a definitive answer for the nosecone question 🤔 HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 My SV nosecone only has fixings on the top - "hooking over" the chassis rail is a bit of an exaggeration - "resting on" would be a better description. There is quite a lot of movement so I took the simple step of drilling a hole in the bottom lip of the nosecone and passing a plastic tiewrap through this and round the rail - this anchors the lower part of the nosecone very securely. removal and refitting just involves a snip and a new tiewrap. SV 52 CAT - the Mole is flying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeE Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 When I picked my car up from Caterham in April they'd inadvertently reversed a Suburu into it and cracked the CF nose cone. They subseuqnetly replaced it in May with one without the bottom clips. The cars a year 2000 SL, don't know what the difference between an SV and standard nose cone would be either, surely the width of the cars are the same at that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 SV nose is wider. It's also longer I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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