Mechie3's 818S

[Vman7]

Mechie3 The Hella LED ring & center Lights are sweet! Probably would only be able to only use one per side though, not really enough room for a pair. Trust me I layed them out in a mock-up. If FFR didn't taper the rear of the car so much a did it closer to the Vantage design, might be able to do a pair, maybe. The Hella LED & center light gets pretty big.

I love Susquehanna Motorsports (Rallylights.com) probably one of the best if not the best source for Hella lights.

Speaking of the more "squared off look" like the Ferrari. It brings to mind my so called "wide body" idea, which really isn't wider. It is taking the FFR smaller fender flares off and moving the whole fenders out to where the old flares were and giving less of a round over on the top, mostly the rear. This would give the 818 a wider look without being actually wider. It would also allow for more room in the rear width wise to do more.

David

[Mechie3]

Here's a partially finished steering rack mount. I took the design I already had and cored it out a little and added corner radii. The bolts actually pass through the open area (no bolt holes made yet, ran out of time). I did a quick FEA of the bolt and it can withstand over 2,000lb of clamping load with a factor of safety over 4, so I think it'll survive.

[DruOdil]

very nice, another cool zero decibel product!

[nkw8181]

Sexy!

[Mechie3]

My new lights came in. I made a slight error. The options were trim ring or no trim ring with a cost difference of a dollar or so. I went with the ring thinking if I don't want it, just leave it off. Turns out they mount differently. The ring style mount through the flange (visible screws) which are then covered with the trim ring (a good thing). It does mean you can't just ditch the ring. The non ring versions use three studs coming off the back of the body. Doh! I do like the quality of them though. They're marked for street legal use in Europe so they're not the typical Chinese scrap market stuff.

The good: The rings add a good 1" to the total diameter. I'll likely make them black chrome, the silver is too blingy. For an F12 or F458 inspired rear it should work nicely.

The bad: As is the bigger light is too big to replace the red FFR light as a drop in. Didn't check the smaller one.

Large Light


Upper left: Small light, brake and reverse
Upper Right: Small light, brake and amber blinker
Middle: same large light as photo above

[Wayne Presley]

Did you think about cutting the light hole open in the body and back mounting them to hide the ring?

[RM1SepEx]

I was thinking of continuing my CF theme with a thin piece of CF covering that whole expanse in the rear with the lights mounted from the back. I like the sequential operating blinker approach, should be fairly easy with LEDS

[Mechie3]

Did you think about cutting the light hole open in the body and back mounting them to hide the ring?

Hello Wayne,
No, I hadn't. I was going to attempt to make a replacement back panel, so the ring might help me there. They do sell a version without the ring. I was just hoping I could get both versions in one (ie: remove the ring and it looks exactly like the non ring version...doh!)

Dan,
I should wrap the rings with CF.

[D2W]

How do you do black chrome?

[Mechie3]

Rattle can. lol. It's just a coated plastic piece as is anyways. It's more of a glossy dark gray.

[bbjones121]

You could probably tint over the chrome.

[Ellimist]

Lights really look good! and the CF wrap sounds great. PS, sent you a PM with an order list.

[R.Spec]

All these parts just make me go woof! Love the titanium. I am going to try and replicate that shifter setup!

[Mechie3]

Thanks!

I posted these to facebook, but forgot to put them here. I played with the lights at work a bit. They're plenty bright, not some cheap crap even though they came from a factory in china. They're not DOT marked, but they are marked for European use (which is very similar to DOT/SAE). It's one reason I got them.

I was happy that the red portion has two levels, one for lights on (running lights) and one for braking. The lights are either brake/reverse or brake/signal, you can't combine the signal and reverse into a single light. You'd either need to have two lights per side or get a single center mounted reverse light. All photos were taken in a well lit office, my phone just auto compensated for the brightness of the lights (look at how dark my hand or the desk top is relative to the light output).

Chrome ring removed. It twists to unlock and then pulls straight off.


Reverse:


Running Lights:


Brake Lights:


Turn Signal:


Brake and Turn Signal:

[metalmaker12]

Nice!

[wallace18]

Very nice. How close in size are they to the FFR units?

[Mechie3]

I'll have to measure. With the chrome ring, the larger light is too big. Not sure about the smaller one. I have to measure the FFR ones as I don't even know what size those are.

[Frank818]

Maybe they could just replace the FFR big reds (nope, those big reds are not Porsche calipers) so that we have our turn signals using yours and the smaller FFR ones for reverse only (instead of turn and reverse).

[Mechie3]

There is a smaller version of these light available. Instead of the black ring (hidden by the chrome ring) it mounts from the rear (like the FFR lights). These are slightly undersized (by about 3/4"?)

[Frank818]

Yes. These could be a good drop-in replacement of the FFR ones. Would not physically change the look, but once lit up (litte up, light up, lightened up, whichever you use) it would look cooler with the light ring when braking or at night.

Will you test fit them after the larger ones you are working on now?

[Mechie3]

I'll have to buy some. I only have the ring versions at this point. I was going to go ferrari challenge grill style.

[Mechie3]

Made a new mount for the front of the AWIC. The other version I had didn't give enough clearance for non-clocked turbo versions. This version weighs 2.5 ounces. I need to make a slight modification to one section to make it easier to bend. Even without welding it up it's decently stiff. Once it's welded it'll make a nice strong box.




Tight fit!


But it clears!

[R.Spec]

I just want all those cool pieces to put on display in the front of my shop. Even though I have no need for them. >.<

[Ellimist]

Made a new mount for the front of the AWIC.

Looking good! Just another reminder of my PM with a big order for parts ;-).

[Ellimist]

Looking good! Just another reminder of my PM with a big order for parts ;-).

LOL, nevermind, looks like it's my bad - apparently I need to set up my notifications so I know when I get a PM.....

[Mechie3]

. No worries.

[FFR-ADV]

Made a new mount for the front of the AWIC. The other version I had didn't give enough clearance for non-clocked turbo versions. This version weighs 2.5 ounces. I need to make a slight modification to one section to make it easier to bend. Even without welding it up it's decently stiff. Once it's welded it'll make a nice strong box.




Tight fit!


But it clears!

Looking great!

[nkw8181]

That looks clean.

[wleehendrick]

That looks clean.

The bracket, yes; I want mine! Craig's slave cylinder... eh, not so much.

[Mechie3]

You gotta problem with my slave cylinder!?! How bout we take this outside!

Machining two more of these (with slight mods) after work today to send out to the two testers.

[wleehendrick]

You gotta problem with my slave cylinder!?! How bout we take this outside!

Naw, just spoiled by my nice, clean CA donor!

Machining two more of these (with slight mods) after work today to send out to the two testers.

[tmoretta]

Hey - somebody has to come up with a hinge kit for the engine cover. What with the rear cover having to be open, vertically lifting the engine cover off the pins and the awkward size and shape of the engine cover, it is going to be almost impossible to remove the cover without help. How do you check engine oil etc. if you are alone in your garage?

[Mechie3]

That's further down my list. I need to finish a set of uprights for a local guy first so he isn't hung out to dry when autocross season starts.

[tmoretta]

I can't wait! Engine cover hinges are likely to be big sellers.

[Mechie3]

I'm sure they will be, but I have other promises to keep first. I'd hate to be the reason someone misses an event or two because I promised them critical parts for their car only to miss delivery because I was busy making other stuff.

[Hindsight]

What would be really cool is to have something that caused both the trunk and engine cover to swing open as a unit. It could be hinged at the back or on the side even, and then a quick release of some sort on the hinge that would allow you to remove both pieces as one piece, after they were fully vertical and easy to hold onto. Not 100% sure this would work..... and would depend on the weight of both pieces together (I feel like they are pretty light though), but it sounds good in my mind.

[wleehendrick]

What would be really cool is to have something that caused both the trunk and engine cover to swing open as a unit. It could be hinged at the back or on the side even, and then a quick release of some sort on the hinge that would allow you to remove both pieces as one piece, after they were fully vertical and easy to hold onto. Not 100% sure this would work..... and would depend on the weight of both pieces together (I feel like they are pretty light though), but it sounds good in my mind.

Like this?

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Erik Treves did it in one of the first builds here.

[indiana818]

cool looking bracket great job!!

[Mechie3]

Don't look too closely at the welds, but this is one of two of the AWIC integration kits (for lack of a better term) going out to the product testers. I'm an aluminum welding noob and it was -4F outside in an unheated garage when I was welding. Brrr! For production pieces I've retained the services of my friend who used to weld for both a company that makes aluminum racing radiators as well as was the lead fabricator for the two seater indy car. It'll save me time, money (I scrapped probably 1/3 of the parts), and look nicer. This kit is everything that I will supply to fit the off the shelf frozenboost components.

[Mechie3]

I finished machining the first of two uprights. It's not 818 related so I made a separate thread that shows each step required to make it. Thought some people would be interested.

http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...121#post190121