Very nice work there look forward to the future updates
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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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-04-097a.jpg
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!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/19-4-092.jpg
So I cut it out nice and neat...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/19-4-093.jpg
Made a template...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/19-4-094.jpg
Cut out some 1mm sheet then welded it in...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/19-4-095.jpg
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.
:D
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