Exploring my Formula 1000 race car in detail
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- In this video, we explore my Speads RM11 race car. If you want to geek out over details, this video is for you. We cover the F1000 class, the history of my car, bodywork and aero, suspension, brakes, wheels, electronics, cockpit, engine, transmission, differential and more!
If you can add to the knowledge pool, please do so in the comment section.
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Speads RM11 overview
Blend Line TV F1000 video: • 2017 Australian Formul...
Archived Speads Australia website: web.archive.org/web/201403051...
2:11 History of my car
Archived Racing Concepts website: web.archive.org/web/201604020...
Archived Niccom Engineering website: web.archive.org/web/201505220...
3:42 F1000 Performance comparison
5:06 Bodywork and aero
10:41 Electronics
13:42 Cockpit and fire system
17:06 Suspension
20:31 Brakes and wheels
23:06 Engine, transmission and Geartronics shift system
29:01 Engine start
29:54 Conclusion
This might be one of the absolute most exciting series on the entire website. Your explanations and easy to watch/listen style is truly is a relief. Personally can't wait to see you eventually start racing and all the steps it takes to get race-ready.
Thanks, appreciate the nice feedback.
This is really very cool chanel
This. I stumbled on the video where he bought it and I can't wait to see it go round track. The fact it's got a bike engine makes me so giddy, let alone one from a tuned Busa! Such a great pick.
this is such a good channel
Agreed 💯 living my end game 🎯 such an amazing content creator 😎
Honestly, even though it's not the intention of this video, you've done a really good job of explaining how parts work to a less knowledgeable audience. I never really understood how things like torsion bars worked or could be adjusted but even with your short explanation and demo you've shown it perfectly. Same with how you showed how the brake bias works. Aside, I'm now following this project closely and looking forward to what's next!
I've never seen a racing channel really go over each mechanical aspect in such an understandable way! I love it!
Don't adjust ride height with the spring seats, normally on a car like this you give the front some preload (like 3 turns) and set up the ride height with the pushrods.
isn't preload settings supposed to be changed only when changing driver (weight) ? I'd keep the suspension travel at 70% up with driver and fuel onboard
@@tkzii6207 preload is just to get rid of too much sag. So with a rwd car you want some sag at the rear (to keep traction) but not at the front (so able to run less anti roll). With a linear spring the (little) amount of preload doesn't have an impact on spring rate. You're referring to corner weighing and that you also only change by the pushrods.
If you can't adjust the pushrods, then it can be done with adjusting the spring seats but that isn't the preferable method.
So normally you would set the ride height (with driver weight in seat, 14kg fuel in), do the alignment, the front on a formula car/Single seater/prototype should now be almost equal in weight and do the rest of the corner weighing at the back. Front should be equal left to right, crossweight 50%.
In big lines. RUclips comment section isn't the best platform to properly explain stuff. But as I said in a different comment, look up the Radical manuals on radical registry for useful information
Hpa had a podcast recently with a KW engineer, might be interesting to tune in to.
Oh my gosh. I am going to follow this series soooooo closely. You are living my dream rn. I am in school, so I don't have time or money for it, but congrats on your recent purchase, and kick some butt on the track! Thank you for the content!
Morning saw you at our Creatix britt thats cool little racer yes ...and thanks for all the effort and lessons because persons who learning me started at your channel ^^ and they point me there
Love it! Please put a custom livery on that… would be so awesome
I have a vinyl cutter, so a there will be a future video on a DIY livery. Not sure when though.
@@TTRacingYT You could combine your TTR livery with a Suzuki livery
The Suzuki livery would be awesome! Plenty of aftermarket support for that engine. Pluss turbo kits!
@@TTRacingYT how much does it weigh? sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it
I think it might be helpful to read up on radical sr1 info because your car share a lot of similarities. I'm fortunate to work on a lot of radicals so if you want to now something, feel free to ask
I`m a formula student engineer. Nice to see such a great car. It`s not that different from our cars, thou we have much more strict regulations about the engine)
I'm so excited for this series, I'm glad I caught it at the start! I'm soooooo jealous.
Watching you go through all the setup changing elements was super interesting, I know of all of them from Sim racing but never seen them actually applied in the real world.
Good luck!
I've also enjoyed translating the sim racing setup side to physical parts on the car. Sway bars is one of my go to changes when setting up a car on a sim, so I'm glad it seems quite straightforward and accessible to tune here.
I just read this "Don't adjust ride height with the spring seats, normally on a car like this you give the front some preload (like 3 turns) and set up the ride height with the pushrods. preload is just to get rid of too much sag. So with a rwd car you want some sag at the rear (to keep traction) but not at the front (so able to run less anti roll). With a linear spring the (little) amount of preload doesn't have an impact on spring rate. You're referring to corner weighing and that you also only change by the pushrods.
If you can't adjust the pushrods, then it can be done with adjusting the spring seats but that isn't the preferable method.
So normally you would set the ride height (with driver weight in seat, 14kg fuel in), do the alignment, the front on a formula car/Single seater/prototype should now be almost equal in weight and do the rest of the corner weighing at the back. Front should be equal left to right, crossweight 50%.
In big lines. RUclips comment section isn't the best platform to properly explain stuff. But as I said in a different comment, look up the Radical manuals on radical registry for useful information
Hpa had a podcast recently with a KW engineer, might be interesting to tune in to."
@@TTRacingYT
Some small things. The cover on the front is for making shock adjustments and for adjusting the swaybars. Ride hieght and corner weight is adjusted from the pushrods. For camber, most modern formula cars use shims to adjust camber not with the rod ends. Between the top of the upright and the block which the a arms attach should be a stack of shims. Changing the thickness of the stack changes the camber
Thanks for the tips! Very helpful. I don't have any spare shims that came wit the car but hopefully they are a generic part I can track down.
@@TTRacingYT you can make the shims out of various thickness aluminum sheet. Its a good idea to record what thickness shim results in what change in camber.
Just ensure the airbox is sufficiently higher than your head when wearing a helmet. Otherwise if you role the car it could end very bad...
Got a new subscriber. I like the detail of your videos and I can’t wait to see more content on this mate. Congrats on the purchase
This was the best video about a racing car that i watched in my life!! Thank you !
You have acquired a spaceship! Your purchase video popped up for me yesterday thank goodness I clicked on it. It’s hard to overstate how cool this entire situation is. Top marks for your intelligent and detail-oriented presentation style. Subbed and looking forward extremely to following your journey.
This is hands down the best channel on RUclips.
I've been looking for content like this for ages! Thanks men
Loving the content, man!! Cannot wait for future videos of the car and your track days!!
Love the pace of your content, can't wait to watch more!
The spring seats are adjusted to set the corner weights. For setting the ride height, the push rods will have some adjustment. Here's looking forward to you having lots of fun with this😊
Thanks for the info!
No! Adjust your corner weight with the push rods!
@@TTRacingYTYeah, the spring perch are for adjusting preload on the springs only! Ride height and corner weight are adjusted via the pushrod. I would highly recommend getting a set of scale pads and more importantly pad cradles so you can level the car! If you just have pads with light them being level you get no useful information other than the total weight of the car. I’m a professional in high level motorsports so message me with any questions!
would love to go down this road but I will just live vicariously through you 😊
You need to look up apexspeed as thats the forum where the F1000 class pretty much was born. Lots of good info on the F1000 cars maybe not so much on the Speads chassis as they werent the best even when they came out but should still have some good info for you. Also you might want to think about switching to 7-9" tires as that was the better combo for the cars.
I did some reading there while researching what car to buy. There's actually a thread there where a person was asking about this exact car as a possible purchase. I'm guessing they never did since I now own it.
This is an awesome video series. I love all the detail you get into with the car. Great buy and I have no doubt she’ll serve you well.
if you're not planning on doing it already, I'd look up a base setup for the type of car and do a string and bar alignment if it's not been done. Massively changes the handling characteristics of the car, and will make your first test go much smoother.
Stellar presentation, again.
Keep them coming.
Thanks for this video, These cars are far more complex than I imagined :) Best of luck with your racing career !!!
Im looking at getting an f1000 soon. This series is perfect timing for me
Good to see the process of working through it all before taking to the track. Kudos. Enjoy.
Underrated channel, bro has the potential to grow💪🏾🔥
I am a big fan of your Teaching Tech channel and wasn't super keen on watching a racing channel, but honestly the content is fantastic so far, love it! Can't wait to see you race it!
I never saw a so detailed view of a race car in my life. That's so nice! I'm not the kind of person affictioned with race cars but I can feel the magic of tinkering with that! Kind regards from Brazil, looking forward to see you racing with her!
Found your other channel when I first got a 3d printer and love the way you explain and show stuff, you are doing the same here and I love it!
You have made med start looking for a real race car and sell my JDM track focused car 😅
This might be one of your best videos! Very natural
I am already so invested in this. Please post more soon!
Hey! It's the dude who teaches me 3D printing stuff!
Nice! ...looking forward to the VLOGs prepping, and your driving videos! All the best!
Dude I'm hooked - this is such a cool series.
Currently im just an 11yr old racing fan (and sim racer) and I dont think there's any better serieas on yt on how to fully get a job in motor sport. I really hope I have a future like yours.
Congratulations on the car👍🏼 really nice explanation
Love the quality
I am looking forward to seeing you design and fabricate a chain guard for this machine. I am certain that you and the carvera will both do superb work that will end up being the envy of the paddock. Having two mechatronics engineers digging into this sport can only mean great things to come along with some very good content for folks like me (who love both making and racing) to watch.
Whether it's motorcycles, aircraft, racing bikes, or formula racecars if it needs to be lightweight and have high performance you end up with some of the most fascinating engineering there is!
That's a real gem, Michael... thanks for the tour. I look forward to watching you bring it back up to scratch. 👍
I love Dave pointing at things that you have already pointed at, lol
Cant wait to see it at the track. Subscribed
Cant wait to follow this!
Hoping to follow your season with the car when you start driving
The crank style suspension pivots, have high loads through them. MAKE sure they are friction free in movement.
Loving this channel! Thank you :)
Beautiful race car! I can't wait to see the testing sessions when you get to take it out for a rip!
Amazing content, can't wait to see the car on the racetrack.
Would be interested in a future video to learn about spares, both consumables and god forbid, damaged items. Thanks Michael, now off to watch your video on the CNC parts.
I think I will cover this in time. I feel like the engine and gearbox are somewhat future proofed. I've done an engine swap before on a road car so doable. I'm currently tracking down a mold of the front wing and I've heard there are jigs floating around to remake suspension arms.
Wow, that's nice, keep on the good work mate.
You should also make some testing, to tune the car to get max performance out of it.
Can't wait to see you racing it.
So cool!! Subbed, and can not wait to continue to follow along with you, as you get rolling !
underrated channel 👌
Excellent vid looking forward to the next
You bought a really nice ride. It's got everything!
this is a great video series!!!
You motivate me to work harder so I can get one of these while I’m still in my 20’s. Fast road cars are cool but to me circuit racing in an open wheeler is where it’s at.
Some people think Simracing is complicated 😁
Beautiful introduction buddy ❤ can’t wait to see the next video 😃
A word of advise, as it’s dry sumped when you start it if it hasn’t been started for awhile it’s a good idea to run up oil pressure first by turning it over without the ignition on. When you see the oil pressure rising to maybe 1 bar then switch the ignition on and start it.
Can't wait to see how it all turns out from trailer to track.
Honestly, I like the way, that that grey bearded man shows everting like a Stewardess shows instructions
I never knew Dave was so talented at pointing until now.
Can't wait to see this thing on the track!
Love the details
Oh and by the way, don't use the reverse unless absolutely necessary. The reverse in this Diff courses a lot of drama.
That's definitely the plan. I worked that out after it got stuck the first time.
You should make Brawn GP livery!
Dave actually has a Brawn GP rain jacket from back in the day. This one will stay white, black and a little red, just like the logo.
Looks neat and tidy 👍
Many garage nights, touching every nut and bolt, castorcambertoe, bump steer, corner weights, ride height and the long road searching for 3 seconds begins.......delicious agony.
So clear and articulate.Maybe a few umms and ahhrs included would make us feel less so inferior making a video like this..
Wonderful single seater and for myself i could fall in love with the bodywork and wings alone.
I would be worried about the electronic stuff because after following Praga R1 here in the UK ,that is usually the only thing that goes wrong.
As an old timer i will stick to my Historic Mk 1 Cortina and Hillman Imp builds.
Seeking out the other videos as time goes by.
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED YOU!! I've seen your "teaching tech" content in the past for 3d printing stuff. I also sim race too and I thought I recognized you from sim racing content (since you showed your rig in your last vid), but that wasn't the case. Anyway, looking forward to more content!
Welcome aboard! I've never really done sim racing content before, but I will have video going over my sim and how I will be using it to prepare for track days.
He's shown a bit of his sim racing setup on the 3d printing channel.
Maybe here and there.
From my experience racing motorbikes, you should do a track day or 3 BEFORE you actually race. You'll get and idea of what you need and can get a good procedure for leaving and coming into the pits. Learn what needs to be fixed/replaced and have an idea what the car wants.
Looking forward to the more!
I'm not planning to race until next year. It will be a very gradual progression.
Good for you! You're living my dream. Sadly, it's out of reach for me.
But I still have the sim rig. :)
This is great. Found you through 3D printing. I'm in the same boat as you re: car situation - been through all of the imports, then euro, dabbling in Lotus nowadays but think I'm ready for a true race car. Definitely insighful and will be following! Quick tip I find useful to remember which direction to tighten/loosen bolts is this saying: "Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty" (Left loosens, right tightens).
I used to teach that to my students but on this case the left and the right side of the car are different.
Oops, you're right - I missed that. Silly me @@TTRacingYT 🙃
To set your baseline brake bias, with all wheels off the ground, step on the brake just enough that Dave can't turn the front wheels by hand but can barely turn the rears. It's a good starting point and you can then adjust on track.
Thank you, that sounds like a very sensible suggestion.
@@TTRacingYT It is the method we use on both my Formula Enterprises and Spec Racer Ford see @tongabullmotorsport4107
Lovely content, great to have a buddy like Dave.
Please consider rotating the battery 180deg if possible, the proximity of the leads to the alloy bulkhead is concerning.
I look forward to more videos!
Great vid! Just started following hope to see more, def could use a bit more lighting in the garage though! Looking forward to seeing this on track.
I'm eyeing one of those hex overhead lights from Aliexpress but I'm not sure there is enough clearance.
As many have said use the pushrod to set corner weight and ride height. I would recommend pulling the pushrod adjusters apart to check the engagement length of the rod ends and also the wall thickness of the adjuster. There was a batch of adjusters made for these cars with insufficient wall thickness and they are prone to failure. Any questions just ask
Michael, You are completely insane for doing this. But, accept my good luck wishes from the U.S.A. And, damn, I would love to do this. Remember, no matter where you place in the race, you will be the winner. Be safe.
Thanks. THe series I'm aiming for is full of 'gentleman' racers, so no one really races each other hard. That's exactly what I'm after. Just want some safe fun to enjoy the experience.
Hi Michael I now own the 3rd car you mention from Sam. I purchased the car out of Sydney 2 owners after Sam. I currently run the car in the MGCCQ hillclimb series at Mt Cotton. I have pictures as it was when Sam owned it and can forward them to you if you wish. Also current wrap pics.
I would love to see. Would you mind contacting me through this page: teachingtechyt.github.io/contact.html
So cool!
Dave is wearing a rotary shirt...I like Dave.
Dave has a 20B Cosmo ;)
Have you ever met any formula 1 drivers ?
No
'Met' is a stretch, but I've had pics with a few: Nico Rosberg & David Coulthard. Also taken a pic of one of my students with Damon Hill and Christian Horner.
Nice video
Glad to say i was here when u got 1000 subs😊
Thanks for being one of the OG subscribers :)
@@TTRacingYT ive not seen such a pure channel. Just a car and information. Also great job pointing by your assistent🤩
At the meeting ment there's a video a week because I've got a backlog of stuff, but in time videos will do only be as stuff happens. So pure and purposeful as you say.
Put headlights, and taillights on it! Perfect daily driver!!
🏆great presentation! I appreciate your choice of class but this car compared to the previously mentioned yellow dallara f396 fiat novamotor on the track will be like comparing a cessna and a mig-29 in the air I'm afraid.. I 🥂🏁🏆🤝certainly wish you luck on the track!
Time will tell. There's a big spread in driver skill in the championship so whether me or my car is fast or not, I should have someone to race.
Just a tip, make jigs for each wishbone.
Lovely videos, will you make a custom seat that suits body as well later on?
Also maybe you figured it out by now, but the red canister you called an oil pump is actually just your oil filter.
We did, thanks. We also found a traditional oil filter on the side of the block under the exhaust. That one is going to be hard to get to.
@@TTRacingYT yeah usually you only change the hard to reach one, per season. Clean the other one more often on each oil change.
On the car I sold I had a remote relocation oil filter kit. I wouldn't mind adding one here too.
Looks good Michael. Getting in and out is almost identical to how I get in and out of my glider. You'll be fine for a number of years 🙂.
As for those front springs, those rings at the bottom of the shocks are locking rings and should be locked against the spring preload rings. (does that make sense?). Its the same system as the rear shock on a motorcycle. Hope that helps.
I need to find my coilover spanner and fix that. I'm still concerned there's no locking ring for the rears.
hearing you enunciate lev-r-vent threw me for a MASSIVE loop that sounded so american
But the thing is that's how they wrote it on the cap.
Tbh I am bit jealous 😢. However you have a sub only due to ur good mate Dave. Goodday Dave!!!
Very nice piece of equipment there. Because you are so tall i would lay the battery down flat under your knees or under your seat and remove the fire bomb to better spot where it doesn't stand so tall. Just my opinion. Also that seat could become very uncomfortable, should consider moulding a new seat where you sit a bit lower and your shoulders are lower down in the car for protection also adding better support to your body and hips.
Keep the series up, very interested in seeing where this goes!
It'd be cool to see a video about suspension setups. Although I know a bit for normal road cars and works on the same principles for open wheeled cars it is a bit different. Also would be really cool if safe to run the car with no body and watch the suspension move.
You might want to check that you fit in it, when you sit in it your head has to be sheltered so if you roll, the roll bar is going to touch the ground so you don't break your neck. You can check by sitting in the car and tieing a piece of string from the roll bar behind your head and the roll bar infront of the steering wheel. hope you fit
I've done the test and currently the top of my helmet just touches the line. I'm currently exploring options for getting myself a little lower.
@@TTRacingYT Thank God you fit
Good luck getting near those lap times
modifying the exhaust would be awesome
daves beard is badass
everyone assumes that you need a massive diffuser to get good downforce. that floor will easily produce more downforce than the 2 wings combined.
You guys should get custom shirts of the team logo and name!