Top work as always, look forward to seeing how the rear suspension ends up.
Top work as always, look forward to seeing how the rear suspension ends up.
Nicely done!
Can you tub the inner arches while you are doing all this work or is it not allowed for the competitions you compete in?
Basically i'm allowed to do whatever i want, but there's no need to tub the arches because the wheels won't come near the inner arches. Most likely i have to further widen the arches
More updates:
Had to fight rust... right
and left
After some metal and a bit of welding it's like new
Ready for the new propulsion system
Recieved the Bremar FWD conversion kit last week
Nice 'n' shiny
On monday the engine got transferred to my shed at home
Had to clean the engine first befor it went to its new "engine bay"
off it went....
carefully centered the engine before lifting to the correct hight
While attaching some parts i realized that the strut bar has to move because it prevents the gearbox from futher moving up.
and completely blocking the turbo exhaust
mounted the drive shafts to find the engine/gearbox assembly has to move about 2 inches towards the rear
bumper says no!this shoulnd't be an issue after removing the strut bar and lifting the gearbox
i like the view of that
Insane!!!!!!
I love it!! haha
WOW that is gonna be amazing!
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one PepsiFar from suicidalStill I get them tendenciesBringing back them memories
That I really miss when I reminisce
Nice! That's going to be fun to drive.
Made a bit more progress this weekend
First thing i did was to remove the rear strut brace
lifted the gearbox to its final position, perfectly hidden by the bumper
and shifted the engine/gearbox further back using most of the available space.
theres still a slight drive shaft offset which i'm going to ignore
As the engine pitch mount was originally fixed to the bulkhead i had to make a mounting point myself
weld it to a piece of metal tube
and create a whole new bespoke strut bar which allows a lot of room for additional parts like an exhaust manifold.
the subaru gearbox crossmember was, apart from one small piece, pretty much useless to me
so i cut it up and created a whole new crossmember
its about an inch lower than the bumper, ground clearance should be sufficient
And this is it at the moment
Once again the Swiss don't hang about. Great stuff, this. Please keep the updates coming. Love this.
On another note: I spotted a rather special VW/EJ20 build at https://youtu.be/1hiYz3CxoQo where the engine is installed backwards (with the gearbox facing forwards). Somehow the wheels turn in the right direction - any idea why this is?
One day I'll start a build thread. One day...
The way the that engine mount's designed & welded on; I would have pretty big concerns over it's durability over time (& bolted onto inner arches). Same goes for cutting & welding angles into tube ~ Some fairly big forces go through engine & gearbox mounts; tube that's been bent will be considerably stronger.
Love the concept of an MR nova!
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