oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 03:07 PM |
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started my sax rwd track project
hi all to day i started pulling it apart for the big conversion i think ive done well today just got to buy me an engine crane now to get the bottom
end out and gearbox. the bay looks big i think
the only thing in the way is the electronic power pump and the steering rack is high up so the engine might go in easy ill have to wait and see
[Edited on 25/3/07 by oadamo]
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SeaBass
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 05:24 PM |
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So wait...
You're removing the engine & re-installing it at 90 degrees, using a different gearbox and a back axle to make a RWD car??
Or are you doing something else??
Cheers
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ned
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 05:33 PM |
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Think he's putting a different engine transverse in the back..
beware, I've got yellow skin
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oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 06:01 PM |
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hi i was thinking aabout using a bike engine but a lot of people on here say the cars to big.so i might look around for a v6 but i was thinking a jag
v12.i dont mind how much car i have to cut out. iam gonna fit the engine in the front with the prop to a sierra rear diff
adam
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oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 06:01 PM |
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hi i was thinking aabout using a bike engine but a lot of people on here say the cars to big.so i might look around for a v6 but i was thinking a jag
v12.i dont mind how much car i have to cut out. iam gonna fit the engine in the front with the prop to a sierra rear diff
adam
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Stu16v
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 06:06 PM |
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The steering rack is in the way then...
Dont just build it.....make it!
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oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 06:19 PM |
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ive seen some cars in mags that the engine sits well back in the bulkhead would the rack then fit under the engine?
adam
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coozer
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 06:37 PM |
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Why not use a MK2 Escort world class cross member?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Simon
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 07:03 PM |
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The reason the rack is in the way is because it's a front wheel drive car.
As you're converting to rwd, the rack needs to be in front of axle line, and so will the steering parts of uprights. You may get around swapping
uprights from left to right (iirc MG R did this with the ZT 260).
ATB
Simon
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oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 08:05 PM |
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i have had a good look at it and the steering arms are fixed to the strut not to the hub. first time ive seen it like this.thats why the rack is so
far up if i want to lower it i think i will have to change the struts or bodge something together 
adam
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oadamo
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| posted on 25/3/07 at 08:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Why not use a MK2 Escort world class cross member?
never seen one do you have a pic
adam
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oadamo
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 08:11 PM |
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engines out
tanks off
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oadamo
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 08:12 PM |
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rear beam
going well lol
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AlphaX
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 08:26 PM |
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how about an audi/vw 1.8t 20v?
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oadamo
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 08:40 PM |
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the westfield xr4 thingy forgot the name has one of them in. i work by westfield and have seen a few driveing about there like rockets lol.
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Coose
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 08:49 PM |
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Hmmmm... You haven't really thought this through, have you?
Spin 'er off Well...
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oadamo
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| posted on 27/3/07 at 09:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Coose
Hmmmm... You haven't really thought this through, have you?
iam gonna use a sierra rear diff with irs rear setup ive already started making it at work. then fit it all to the back of the car then cut the tunnel
to suit.ive ordered the rear suspension and ive designed the rear mounts at work on the cad. ive got the email add off a guy on hear so ive just got
to get them emailed to him to get some lazer cutting done then after thats done cut the front wall to suit the gear box.jobs a good un lol
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NS Dev
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| posted on 28/3/07 at 12:57 AM |
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heh heh I remember my first RWD conversion, I thought about it like that too!!
Best to keep it that way, 2 years on i was ranting at mine after the 5th redesign!
Built mine 1998-1999, just as I left college, RWD Pug 205, vauxhall XE engine in the front and capri atlas axle 5 linnked in the back.
Its still around somewhere, sold it to AB motorsport in leamington a few years ago.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 28/3/07 at 01:00 AM |
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PS I'd strongly advise familiarising yourself with escort mk2 group 4 suspension setups and having a look at a few rwd converted rally cars
(there are loads of rwd pug 205's, novas, corsas etc etc rallying every weekend)
There's no point re-inventing the wheel.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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