Ajohnston_10
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posted on 11/3/14 at 04:30 PM |
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mx5 front diff mount
Good afternoon
After some help, I'm at the stage now where I am starting to test fit the engine, gearbox and diff to make all the brackets.
Does anyone have any pictures/drawings of the front mounting bracket for the mx5 diff. I'm sure the Saturn plans use one of the mx5 engine
rubber mounts for the bracket, however i can remember reading a build diary of someone who uses a land rover rubber and it sheered off.
Any help is appreciated
Ally
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skov
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posted on 11/3/14 at 07:37 PM |
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Haha, that was me.
Whatever you do, don't use a landrover mount in shear, it'll (quite predictably) shear off
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5StF43GJed4/Ue0jJ379DYI/AAAAAAAAJtg/noOutawqty0/s640/2013-07-22%252009.08.32.jpg)
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skov
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posted on 11/3/14 at 07:54 PM |
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Here's my second attempt for what it's worth:
I replaced the rubber mounts in the arms with solid ali mounts:
And remade my front mount, sans landrover rubbers:
I'm not suggesting anyone else does it like this as I clearly haven't got a clue what I'm doing
It's worth having a look through the locost usa forum for ideas, as the miata's quite a popular donor over there and there's been a
lot of discussion on how to mount the diff.
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PorkChop
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posted on 11/3/14 at 08:50 PM |
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Tango diff
Keith Tanner's build has a nice design for the nose, Phil has also drawn a simple diagram. My one is a little more complicated but is sort of
similar to Skov's.
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ctwv50
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posted on 11/3/14 at 09:45 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by skov
Haha, that was me.
Whatever you do, don't use a landrover mount in shear, it'll (quite predictably) shear off
FAIL ![](/images//smilies/bigsmile.gif)
Mines poly mounted all round, done some quite hard launches with fairly sticky but cold tyres and haven't broke it yet, fingers crossed!
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Ajohnston_10
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posted on 12/3/14 at 09:29 AM |
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Yes thats the exact one i was looking at haha. I think ill learn from your missfortunes. Ill take that photo and try make something Like that. Did you
make the solid ali arm mounts yourself?
And ill have a look through the usa site to see if i can find anything.
Cheers for the help, much appriciated.
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