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Sometimes I like to coat myself in fiberglass and epoxy and pretend I'm a racecar.

That was a bit of surprise or shock even to see my ETC / DBW controller at SuperfastMatt landspeed car :) Let me know in case of any problems and thanks!

No officer, the white powder on my dash board is from “scanning”

That 3d printed NACA duct and cover piece is "chef's kiss"

Project cars are never finished, they only make hold points where the next design iteration is developed

Can't wait for the @DStageGarage guys to wake up tomorrow and wonder why they got so many new subs :D

Awesome build. The key question for me is this: will you forget to take that NACA duct cover off before your first run? I know I would. In fact I believe it’s legally required.

Additional considerations, Fasteners for engine cover, we( safety/fire crew) have a multi tool that has duzz / allen tip/ flathead. Use fasteners that will allow us to access the engine bay during an incident. Inner finders, Salt packing damaged 2 stremliners during Test and tune( june) cutting there week short. Tire growth, leave room for the tires to expand at speed. I've hurd 3" expansion + salt packing. Nice to see what goes into preparing a rig for the Grate Wight Dyno.

Thanks to you my 57 ongoing project car proudly displays Certified Good Enough on the rear window.

Total boat is the best period. Their whole line of products are awesome. For wet layup like you’re doing you can buy unwaxed resin that stays sticky until your final coat when you just add in wax. Great partnership

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It's cool to see total boat sponsor something that isn't another epoxy table. Also, wow, there's nothing like a deadline for boosting productivity. Looks like you've been flat out mate.

Awesome Content! Just a thing to consider when blocking off the Wheels from the rest of the Car: maybe think of a way for the flinging salt to go to. Otherwise, you might get problems with salt filling up the Wheel spaces and in the worst case causing a crash at full speed...

I tip my hat to the editing and voice over. Can’t imagine he starts his projects with the intention to fail, in fact I believe he’s a gifted ingeneer. It’s his narration that sets this dry tone. Unfortunately it’s pointless to ship stickers overseas, but my sticker would read “Finished. Ish”

Can strongly recommend some fiberglass rollers. What you're doing with the brushes is a good way to get the epoxy on to the matting to start, but it will leave air EVERYWHERE so you should follow up with rollers. Just rolling it a couple of times will do wonders for overall saturation, and you'll get most of the air out from between/under the layers too. TotalBoat sell them too "laminating epoxy rollers" is what they have them listed as. (Source: I made body panels for race cars by hand using fiberglass)

The amount of printed parts on this car brings me much joy 😊 Also I was wondering when you’re gonna get on the Boatal Toad gravy train. And here it is. Congrats!

One of my professors at uni said some wise words, which stuck with me still. "There's no such thing as a finished project for an engineer. Only ones which reached the deadline"

While building my kit car, order of assembly is also something I am struggling with. The manual has you take 10 steps forward, only to tell you on the 11th step to go back to step 4 and install a bracket. Which, oh by the way, needs to be painted. Oh, and it gets in the way of where you mounted step 8. People hear "kit car" and think it goes together like Lego. In reality, they require immense patience, persistence and foresight. I would imagine that it is exponential in terms of effort when designing a car of your own. Props to you, Matt.

5:35 Lock nuts may not have enough threads for good retention. 12:54 A hose clamp self aligns giving you a line to trace. A wide hose clamp with holes will allow you to line them up and spot weld.