strange they don't come with bumpstops.
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strange they don't come with bumpstops.
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Originally Posted by The Simps
lol I'd neg rep you ya mother if I was a member! lol
lol you love me really lol
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that monkey rocks!! I wish they had a donkey one. I like donkeys.
Ditto.
Been looking at my switches again etc and been looking at the rear heater window relay. I'm not going to be needing it due to a polycarb rear so I traced the wire back to find it go into this relay....
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From what I can work it how it works is that it will only work the rear screen when the alternator warning light is out ie charging. I'm assuming its because its such a drain? So I thought if I take the output black wire that went to the rear screen and joined it with my overide fan wire that when I pull the rear screen switch the fan should come on but as a safety it will be switched off when engine is off. Have I got that right?
Can someone also tell me how I wire up the ignition so that you have to turn the key to ignition then press the push button to start but turning the key won't work?
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Originally Posted by The Simps
Is it just a case of disconnecting the black/red starter wire from the ignition barrell and having it on a push switch that has an ignition feed?
iirc the relay is there so that the heated screen is not on constantly an an cuts in an out, to prevent the screen from cracking because of the heat, but i could be full of **** lol
Sounds good dude!
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Originally Posted by djbrowney
That makes kind of sense but surely if its linked to the alternator warning light it will always be on tho? Cos how does the alternator work - is it constantly charging or does it have a cut out? Surely that would affect the dash warning light tho as evertime it stops charging it would flash up the warning light on the dash?
A concern that someone pointed out of running the rear so low was the axle actually hitting on the chassis where it mounts up. So to check I jacked it right up with the shocks out...
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Thats as far as it goes which is fine as the lowest I'll go sits like so...
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I then went to work on the rear arch lips while I could get a good swing on it with no inner arch in the way. Its now nicely folded back and I've been able to flare out the straight edge a touch for a bit more clearance (probably won't notice it in the pics)...
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I then cut out the rear valance just leaving a very tiny lip...
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And then the wheel well disappeared...
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Michael's over again tomorrow for the day to do more work on the tubs - so I'm very excited :D
You arnt doing like you've done to the front arches then? With the flaring style?
Whens this going rear wheel drive then. I want it now!
Na, no need to as wheels clear cos they don't need to turn. The front would of been ok if I didn't need to turn the wheel! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
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Originally Posted by andrew1988
I know, me too. I've thought about it long and hard and if I change direction now it definately won't see a track in 2009! So gonna just get it up and running in fwd form and get the R1s tuned right then start on it autumn/winter money permiting.
The day started at 10.30am with the first patch I've had to rust repair since starting the build...
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Then it was cutting, shaping and reboxing the chassis legs...
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Then the rear half of the arch...
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Side support...
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In doing the front, because of the beam mount we had to leave a flat piece so we added in a section on a angle in order to stop it being a water trap...
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In order to get the shape and clearance I wanted we had to chop right through the chassis leg at the back so next time we'll strengthen that up with a gusset...
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To say I'm chuffed is an understatement! We finished at 5.30pm and Michael was flat out all day. I have a new found appreciation for whats involved in doing a task such as this and why not many people do it! lol I've covered everything in zinc primer for now but still need to go over the welds with the grinder to smooth it out. A couple more visits from Michael and the back end should be all done - roll on next pay day!
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truley awsome work mate :thumb:
pukka as fook mr simps
Michael certainly has got skills!! First time he's done tubs too. It takes so long just making up the templates and doing small adjustments. The welding bit only takes seconds! There's been around 12-14hrs gone into doing that 1 side.
The thing I realised today when standing back and admiring is that when it goes rwd most of it will need cutting out again as the chassis rails will be in the way of the driveshafts! lol :(
Very nice work there look forward to the future updates
Well put people do not realise the time, effort and thought involved in tasks of this nature - i must say he has made a sterling job and is clearly worth the investment!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
I will also add i think imo that rwd would be cool but its not worth ruining all that good work for the sake of it as the rwd may cause more harm than good! Thats imo remember lol
Can i as what welder he was using if you know?
As fantastic as the work is I sadly can't say it was all mine unlike you with your car :thumb:
His welder was definately a migatronic or megatronic. 180 rings a bell.
Ref ruining it to run rwd, not a lot would need changing looking at it in hindsight. Like what I've done with the turrets chopping a piece of 5" tubing in half I would just need a larger half moon and do something like below.
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Awesome work and particularly interesting to me as that was the plan for my GTE which has been turreted badly.
After talking with friends and really mulling things over things are on hold at mo until I can figure out the rwd plans first. I definately want to do it and using porsche 924 transaxle, spaceframe the front end with a double wishbone setup. Its ultimately gonna take longer to finish but I don't see the point of spending money to get the car running fwd for the sake of maybe 2 months to then have to change and chop it all up again. Hopefully I'll be picking up a full porsche soon and can start figuring stuff out from there!
The plans sound good and what you plan on using drive train wise isn't a mile away from plans i have considered before (watch this space lol its not a nova though) and what you say about wasting time and money on FWD make sense to - just make sure you have actually thought this through properly (like you wouldn't but some one had to say it) because the correct execution of this will make or break the whole car!
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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
Thats the tough bit!
I want to have a look a several different IRS setups, from suspension setups etc and go from there.
If I can get this complete porsche it will be brilliant! I can then get everything held up in place to give an idea how its all going to work. There's no reason why I couldn't transfer the whole porsche setup over as wheelbase is only 2" different but I obviously want to update the 80s suspension!
Got the engine out yesterday and I'm back to a bare shell again - feels like I'm going backwards!! lol
Despite only making the decision last weekend I've decided to continue on the fwd route and gather up parts for the rwd conversion and not start it until I have everything the idea being I won't then run the risk of chopping up a perfectly good shell and abandon half way! With the exception of driveshafts, everything I need to buy to finsih it off fwd I can re-use going rwd and the driveshafts should sell easy enough.
So before I started chopping and welding the bulkhead I decided to get in some practice on a less important area!
In removing the seat rails I got a bit ratted and went through a few times and now everytime I see the holes it reminds me of the anguish!
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So I cut it out nice and neat...
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Made a template...
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Cut out some 1mm sheet then welded it in...
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Looks shocking I know but I'm pleased as I feel I learnt a lot from it! I regret not taking more time with getting the fit 100% perfect as that would of made a huge difference! A lot of messy weld areas are because there was gaps that needed puddling.
Right or wrong I tacked it in first about an inch apart but working in difference places on the plate as not to warp it. I then done little runs between the tacks then move again to the other side of the plate. As a result the plate hasn't distorted. I done the majority of the top edge last and got my best runs, again, right or wrong I worked out the weld went smoother if I aimed the arc actually at the weld and moved the puddle along. It nearly always went through but the puddle then covered the whole. The problem I then had is my trigger finger getting tired from the pulsing! lol
Next weekend I'll make a start on replacing the section of the bulkhead with the wiper motor hole with a flat plate.
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Thats some awesome fabrication on those rear tub's!!
Dam sexy aint it! I spend more time staring at them than getting on with work when I'm up there! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by krobinson