trial fitted engine today and made engine mounting plates - measured up, tacked and fitted engine and its spot on 2" underhang - a bit much, but cant really do much about that due to ally sump and it sits perfect in the bay and the gearbox sits perfect aswell.

was gonna have the chassis rolling today, but screwfix sent my order which ANC couriers LOST so couldnt make bits i needed be reight - another parcel on its way now for tomorrow morning yum

so a bit of a backwards weekend - the chassis will be rolling on the front tomorrow and due to a slight change in ideas and design, i'm orering a de-dion axle from GTS racing - cheers Darren for the info you emailed me

next up is take engine out, fit wishbone mounts and paint chassis using nice antirust paint - yummmmmmmy

[Edited on 13/2/04 by Graceland]

Bit slow with all this aren't you?

I mean, it's only taken me 18 months to get to that stage!

Hurry up!!!

James


Nice one mate!

*counts houw many months i've been building*

*cough cough* only the 1 and a lil bit -

just looked thru your site mate, very good you defo got cracking with the chassis u must be a bloody good welder, anyway we want some of your lovely picies of the engine in

i aint a fantastic welder, but am good - did C&G courses a few years since, lol

just taken engine out again today, welded up mount plates and made a pedal box, put 500 rivets in using hand rivet gun and then added a thick coat of red oxide primer to the chassis

i promise i'll update the webby soon *ahm* lol

ps - updated the webby lol

Paul, at risk of appearing dim, whyfor are you using transit tie rod ends when the norm seems to be to use transit drag link ends? Is there a secret here we should all know?
Cheers, Steve.

no secret - the TRE you can get slightly better adjustment when setting the camber - with the draglink, it's 1 turn - with the TRE it is any degree as you adjust it with the threaded bar aswell

might just be me been petty tho.

You learn something new everyday.Makes perfect sense too. I can go to bed & sleep easy now. (2am in NZ)
Cheers, Steve.

lol

well if you think about it - you use a draglink with a threaded rod welded onto it, you will never get the camber spot on unless you are lucky - it will always be slightly over or under what you desire - with a TRE and a threaded bar, you can adjsut it perfectly

this is providing you use a left handed thread on the threaded insert on the wishbone and a right hand thread on the TRE

cheeper aswell!!!!!!! lol

[Edited on 15/2/04 by Graceland]

OR if you dont thread the insert on the top wishbone and use it as a sleeve with a locking nut at each end then you can get infinate adjustment there aswell - not too sure on the safety of that idea tho - cant see it been a problem as its used on heavy machinery and buses and wagons the idea

Btw thanks for the pics of the sierra upright adaptors on your site i kept on seeing these mentioned and wondered what they looked like and if possible to make , your site answered all my questions

[Edited on 15/2/04 by Screwy]

glad to be of assistance Screwy

well, gives a whole new meaning to the term 'is it in yet' , which of course is something I have never had first hand experience with

atb

steve

ooooooooeeeeeer missus hehehe