liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 22/1/04 at 11:21 PM |
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Donor (lack of)
As a matter of interest whats the furthest that anyones got with their build without a donor?
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 10:22 AM |
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my experience - which may not be yours if you built to book - is that you make assumptions that turn out to be wrong, and create a lot of extra work
putting right.
atb
steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 01:36 PM |
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steves gorrit right there, it helps to know stuff like what shape the engine is, steering rack dimensions, where the exhaust comes from, steering
column dimensions etc...
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Graceland
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 01:39 PM |
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basic chassis without the transmission tunnel is what i got before i got the gearbox, then built the tunnel round that :-)
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 02:16 PM |
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I don't intend to do anything other than build that chassis before I aquire donor.
bescasue of this I am a bit stuck with what I can do now? Anyone have any ideas?
I was planning to have a look at the front suspension. I have tina hubs and am building mcsorley +422 with de-dion.
I have a machine shop
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Mix
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 05:39 PM |
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Designing and building a pedal box would probably while away a few hours 
Mick
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 05:41 PM |
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good plan!
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pbura
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 06:45 PM |
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Let's see...
You could make your front wishbones.
Make a scuttle.
Make a bunch of chassis brackets, though I think anyone in his right mind would buy them from GTS. 
Pete
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 07:02 PM |
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I think I will make a start on the suspension, I think gts brackets. If i needed any more I think I would build a jig and do them myself but its just
not worth the hassle.
I will be doing my de-dion rear end myself though, I cant' really justify the gts price(and very good it is!) when I have the equipment and time
to do it mysel
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 12:57 PM |
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fot the suspension mountings and wishbone mountings, why not get some box section of the required size with a 4mm wall and cut one face off it -
thats what i'm doing, saves loads of time and is nice and stronge already
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 01:00 PM |
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and not forgetting, each one will be accurate toooo hehe
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 01:10 PM |
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I thought about that also, I would be quite prepared to but is it really worth the hassle could just buy em from gts, I know i might get slated for
not being strictly DIY but the amount of time i would spend making 1 bracket is worth more than £1.35. As I said if there were more to make I might
spend a bit of time building a jig and cutting a side from box section
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 01:14 PM |
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if ya make em all yerself and they fail, you only have yourself to blame
not that gts's would fail - but worse has happened before
+ its the satisfaction of a total DIY job
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 02:30 PM |
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in an ideal world I would do total DIY and perhaps on the next build i will but that wnet out the window when I bought my grp panels.
I really would like to do a complete DIY build that would be really cool, including grp and everything, but I will save that for when I have more
time!
Cracking website paul, I just wish I had the space to work as you have, I could race you to SVA then WhenI star to build my chassis I will set up
website they are really useful to ppl starting out.
[Edited on 24/1/04 by liam.mccaffrey]
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 02:43 PM |
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hehe - cheers liam
theres gonna be a big update on sunday as it's engine out of donor car day, and monday it's sheet steel day - which is gonna
be......interesting to say the least lol
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 03:03 PM |
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are youfitting all this around a job?
when you talk about how quick you are doing everything, I think that if I(or anyone) put their mind to it a lot of work can be don e in a very short
space of time!
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 07:34 PM |
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i had 2 weeks off work - 1 week was spent recovering from crimbo and the 2nd week was spent doing the chassis, from now on it's a balance
between work and kitcar - i work splitshifts so get about 3 hours solid at it a day then another 2 or 3 after work if i aint nackered from driving all
day
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