BSCC News

Timetable/Status as of 7 December 2007

Having developed a working boiler it is now possible to consider packaging 12 boilers and ancillary equipment into the car.

The front of the car is virtually complete and the rear of the car is well under way. The centre of the car remains to be designed and built.

Delta Motorsport have been commissioned to design the centre section of the car. The specification has been agreed.

Car Front Section Car Rear Section

Behind the drivers bulkhead will be gas and air tanks, electrical inverters and fire extinguisher.

The 12 boilers will be in 3 rows of 4. The boilers will exhaust into a central channel long the car. The inlets and other cool parts of the boiler assembly will be down the two sides of the car.

An inspection of the hard points of the car has been carried out using a Faro arm. This will enable the design of the centre section to be carried out off site using a 3 CAD package.

Faro Arm Inspection

In order to start and refuel the car, three rigs are required to provide water, LPG, compressed air and electrical power.

To complete an FIA sanctioned World record the car has to complete the first timed run, be turned around, refuelled, started and finish the second timed run within one hour.

This means that the rig design and operation play an important part in the success of a record attempt.

LPG & Air Rig

Six rigs will be required on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Three rigs at the start line and three at the turn around point six miles away.

Work has begun to test and commission the existing rigs and to design the remaining support equipment.

Last updated 18 December 2007

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