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 
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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
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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