Top work as always, look forward to seeing how the rear suspension ends up.
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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 lol
More updates:
Had to fight rust... right
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps7tzv8nco.jpg
and left
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psljqmvtp5.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psx7pvztgl.jpg
After some metal and a bit of welding it's like new
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psp0n6ziey.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pssewxmebp.jpg
Ready for the new propulsion system lol
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psosmcgjwc.jpg
Recieved the Bremar FWD conversion kit last week
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pshwnxtxdu.jpg
Nice 'n' shiny :cool:
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On monday the engine got transferred to my shed at home
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Had to clean the engine first befor it went to its new "engine bay"
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps2j13ta3m.jpg
off it went....:d
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carefully centered the engine before lifting to the correct hight
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psu5rensaw.jpg
While attaching some parts i realized that the strut bar has to move because it prevents the gearbox from futher moving up.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pscbzdsjsb.jpg
and completely blocking the turbo exhaust
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps6igaos16.jpg
mounted the drive shafts to find the engine/gearbox assembly has to move about 2 inches towards the rear
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psrmlqwzlx.jpg
bumper says no! lol this shoulnd't be an issue after removing the strut bar and lifting the gearbox
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psbhiglywk.jpg
i like the view of that :cool:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psbmbm176d.jpg
Insane!!!!!!
I love it!! haha
WOW that is gonna be amazing!
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
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psmla9ltgc.jpg
lifted the gearbox to its final position, perfectly hidden by the bumper
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps9f4doinj.jpg
and shifted the engine/gearbox further back using most of the available space.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps9hisctjy.jpg
theres still a slight drive shaft offset which i'm going to ignore lol
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psnmmffpom.jpg
As the engine pitch mount was originally fixed to the bulkhead i had to make a mounting point myself
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps9okoyiw1.jpg
weld it to a piece of metal tube
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psgygnn2e6.jpg
and create a whole new bespoke strut bar which allows a lot of room for additional parts like an exhaust manifold.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pst9dmjvqy.jpg
the subaru gearbox crossmember was, apart from one small piece, pretty much useless to me
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psgm8btcpf.jpg
so i cut it up and created a whole new crossmember
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psd7hzg2oj.jpg
its about an inch lower than the bumper, ground clearance should be sufficient
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psu85qkqus.jpg
And this is it at the moment
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pspenq2kcm.jpg
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?
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!