Author: John Martin
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Caterham TIE ROD LEVER – PRE 2015
Post Views: 47 This steering arm was scanned as a request from UberNiche for a project he’s working on. In the end it was scanned by an Einscan HX in structured-light mode. I tried using the Einstar but it struggled to get into the holes of the part. Scanning juice was used to try and…
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SimplE Engine Cooling – Low Flying
Post Views: 45 On the back of the YouTube video I also wrote up a short engine cooling explainer for the Caterham & Lotus Seven Club’s monthly magazine, Low Flying. More info here… Simple Engine Cooling Explained
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Caterham Duratec S3 Engine Mount RHS
Post Views: 24 This model was generated from a scan of the engine mount and modeled in Fusion 360. NOTE: The engine mount I modeled had about a 1mm bulge in the engine plate which is not accounted for in the model. Link to Model OBJ
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Caterham Duratec S3 Engine Mount LHS
Post Views: 30 This model was generated from a scan of the engine mount and modeled in Fusion 360. NOTE: The engine mount I modeled had about a 1mm bulge in the engine plate which is not accounted for in the model. Link to Model OBJ
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Simple Engine Cooling Explained
An engineering explainer on engine cooling, using practical Caterham context to describe cooling-system behaviour, constraints, and design trade-offs.
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Differential Trolley Plate
Post Views: 62 Here’s a 3D model of the thing I attach to my trolley jack to allow me to lift a Caterham differential into the car by myself. Link to 3D Model OBJ
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Differential Carrier 3D Model
Post Views: 40 Here’s a 3D scan of my Caterham “BMW” Differential Carrier. Link to OBJ
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Caterham Seven Limited Slip Differential
Post Views: 60 Here’s my scan of the Caterham Seven “BMW” derived limited slip differential. The diff weighs in at 25kg, including the carrier, but no fluids. Scanned using a Shining 3D Einstar. Link to OBJ
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My Engine Animation WorkFlow
Post Views: 293 WARNING: this is strictly speaking a non-car related post… it’s more about animating 3D infotainment videos. This post has mainly been written so I can remember what, and why, I did what I did to create my Engine Cooling Animation. It will also be interesting to Blender Heads setting up a mixed…
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Day 65 – Home Again
Post Views: 50 And so our mini adventure ends. There’s not much to say about the day itself and I’ll leave the conclusions to further posts where I hope to pull some more considered thoughts together about the trip. However, for today, we did manage to get off from our one night stop reasonably early,…