Pedgren Racing

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:09 am

Is there any interests of our team driving a BX 16v in swedish endurance racing?

Placed 18 of 34 last race, total standing is place 10 and we have only one race left this season.

On 3 wheels:

Some more racing pics: http://www.ercup.se/bilder/index.asp?S=pedgren&Go=S%F6k

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:43 am

Why is there so much roll comparing that other car (volvo?)?

What kind of suspension setup is it running? also lots of -ve camber can be seen on some pics.

Cheers

Ziga

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:18 pm

Mandic wrote:Why is there so much roll comparing that other car (volvo?)?

What kind of suspension setup is it running? also lots of -ve camber can be seen on some pics.

Cheers

Ziga

The car normally dont roll so much.
The suspension setup is a bit complicated, its very much done to it and i dont know or can explain it all.
At this last race the front height corrector was broke, so it was WAY too high

On some pics the camber looks extreme, thats because the front subframe was broken into 2 pieces, but since this is endurance we finished the race anyaway because fullfilling the race gives important points.
The funny thing is that the car runs as fast as the other cars in the corners, even BMW´s with very extreme and expensive chassi components

On the straights we have no chance with our 160hp...

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:49 pm

Thanks!

well some pics of suspension and inside the car are always welcome

Cheers

Ziga

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:18 pm

I dont have any pics of the inside of the car or the suspension now, but I can get some next time I go to the garage.
Inside it looks like almost any other race car, no interior left, only a full roll-cage and a racing-seat with 6-point belt.

The spheres are custom built by a previous owner, no idea how they works, but they are very stiff. We had a problem that a sphere was punctured so now we have Xantia Activa spheres at front and they work fine.
There are hydractive valves mount both at front and rear to prevent roll. The upper mounts for the front struts are custom built for adjustable camber and also lowers the car, thats why there are holes in the hood. There is a strut brace front too.
The rear anti-roll bar is welded together with another so it is double.
The engine is almost standard, but has a chip with higher revlimiter, 7500rpm. Cat Cams with adjustable pulleys, Dastek unichip and mapped in dyno.

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:36 pm

seems quite cool. Thanks!

Why did You lower the car using mounts and not by height regulator? "Spring" stiffness is high, so no need for suspension travel anyway?

There are hydractive valves mount both at front and rear to prevent roll.

What do You mean by this? Where exactly have You mount them and why?

Hydractive valves are used for engaging and disengaging 3rd sphere, no need and totally irrelevant on std. BX suspension. Or am I missing something?

Cheers

Ziga

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:13 pm

Mandic wrote:seems quite cool. Thanks!

Why did You lower the car using mounts and not by height regulator? "Spring" stiffness is high, so no need for suspension travel anyway?

There are hydractive valves mount both at front and rear to prevent roll.
What do You mean by this? Where exactly have You mount them and why?

Hydractive valves are used for engaging and disengaging 3rd sphere, no need and totally irrelevant on std. BX suspension. Or am I missing something?

Cheers

Ziga

The car is lowered on the height correctors too

And the car is built this way by previous owner, we bought it race-ready

The hydractive valves also has the function to block LHM flow between left and right to prevent roll, most BX racers do this modification.

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:49 pm

aha, maybe it is needed at very stiff suspension steups when sphere is unable to act and there is a risk that fluid would flow into sphere on the other side...

Cheers

Ziga

Gary C · Post by **Gary C** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:54 pm

When and where is the next race? How long is it? And do you have a driver vacancy? Have helmet will travel.

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:06 pm

Good one!

BTW, Gary and Dagger, where did You get Your roll cages? from OMP?

Cheers

Ziga

Gary C · Post by **Gary C** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:58 pm

Ours is a BX Sport cage built in-house to FIA Group A homologated specification.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:08 pm

Gary C wrote:When and where is the next race? How long is it? And do you have a driver vacancy? Have helmet will travel.

Lol, it would be fun but we have no vacancies now, only one race left this year. In this cup we drive 6 hours. Can you handle a LHD?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:09 pm

Mandic wrote:

Good one!

BTW, Gary and Dagger, where did You get Your roll cages? from OMP?

Cheers

Ziga

I think ours is homemade, and its made for FIA specs too.

Mandic · Post by **Mandic** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:26 pm

Do You have any pics during building it?

Cheers

Ziga

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:40 pm

Mandic wrote:Do You have any pics during building it?

Cheers

Ziga

As I said before, we didnt build the car, we bought it race-ready.

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