It will be something similar but won't need to be as heavy & industrial. My shifter bolts to the torque tube. I'll probably just be running a piece of angle the length of the car.
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It will be something similar but won't need to be as heavy & industrial. My shifter bolts to the torque tube. I'll probably just be running a piece of angle the length of the car.
Looking good (if thats the word lol) i'm looking forward to see the beginning of the frame work keep it up.
So you'll be sitting much father back then (going on where you'll have the fire wall)
Extended column and reloacted gear lever/pedal box FTUW.
This is gonna be some car. :)
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Harsh! lolQuote:
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I have the longest WIP in history so would never say anything. lol
I'm sure you can see the irony in me saying that.......
Mine was started a year ago its had change of course but nothing overly radical or confusing - its now a 16xe turbo hope that answers your previous question.
The linkage is very easy to relocate. Its just a rod straight back to the box and the selector is just bolted into the torque tube so all I'd need to do is drill & tap the tube and shorten the rod.
I want to be positioned fairly central in the car but maybe just towards the back to counterweight against the engine.
Column extension should be easy enough and I'll run a floor mounted pedal box.
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Me too mate. Benn holding off buying the the cage and piping purely because its a cost I can't recover. Trying to plan everything first and trial fit everything.
There is obviously huge doubt as to whether it will ever see tarmac again and that I've bitten off way more than I can chew but hey, we're all here to learn eh? If I can use as many off the shelf parts as possible at least I can recover some cost.
I certainly won't be rushing through the build tho.
Got an hour or so in this weekend. Nothing major done but confirmed my earlier guestimations on where things would sit.
So with engine approximately in place (its not completely central and bottome end needs shuffling over)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4-01-102-1.jpg
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I couldn't move it anymore by myself due to limitations with the crane but its gives me a good idea for now. As I'd thought, the torque tube will end inline with the bottom middle of the screen and right were the cage feet shall be...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../24-01-104.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4-01-105-1.jpg
This is what I was hoping for as I want to have the bulkhead across here and so I don't now need to create a bell mouth I can just have a straight tunnel. The only proviso being whether the seat and floor pedals all fit comfortably within the space. In this position the tube is just shy of 10" off the floor so it should be possible to run the exhaust underneath it and still be high enough for ground clearance.
The height the engine currently sits gives loadss of room at the back and once straight should be very close at the pulleys. The std sump is also a good 4" off the floor so thats good.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4-01-107-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4-01-108-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...24-01-10-1.jpg
With the current positions the driveshafts should be nicely inline...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4-01-109-1.jpg
The only thing I need to look at more is driveshaft angle ie upwards. I've positioned the box 4" off the floor to at present the same as the sump.
Next reel move is to save for the cage and get the main structure of that in. I'm also still investigating the double wishbone setup & uprights I'm going to use. Nearly all kit car stuff is geared around ford 4x108 sierra stuff. I want to use as many off the shelf parts as possible especially wishbones & uprights so I'm doing some headscratching on getting it converted to 4x100 without having to run wheel adapters. The fronts I've got covered its just the rears.
Most use uprights similar design to this...
http://www.mnrltd.co.uk/std-rear-uprights.jpg
Which then has the sierra bearing carrier and hub bolted to it. At the moment I'm thinking of using a piece of tube with an insert to take a normal fwd hub & bearing. Depending on the size of the uprights the tube might be able to pass through the middle of the upright and be bolted/welded to it. I can then make caliper brackets off the tube.
Any thoughts here would be appreciated.