I'm gonna change the plug on mine tho, that ones too big and bulky! lol think of the weight man! lol
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I'm gonna change the plug on mine tho, that ones too big and bulky! lol think of the weight man! lol
Just had a moment of madness and used my xmas money to buy a set of R1 Carbs! :D
Good lad. :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Not good as I also need the basics like driveshafts, clutch, brakes, fuel pump 1st! lol It will be very tight whether this gets done by April.
OllyH has shafts!!!
Olly was running baby ones! I need equal ones again. I'm holding off on them until last tho as I might have to look down the root of higher strength CVs due to the angle the shafts will be running at so might need some custom shafts made up.
baby shafts rooolz ok :D
lol
Will it run both std wipers tho?Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
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Originally Posted by Ash
If thats a link to the equal shafts I've already got the fixed bracket and CVs I need the actual shafts. But cheers for the link, a mate was after a set! lol
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Originally Posted by Benn
It will need to be cut down Benn.
When's the shell gettin painted then?? :p :p :p :p :p
I'm right. Why cant it be simple..Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Ok, so the wiper linkage saga continued today!!
After some picture help from Burgo I devised how I was gonna do it. He used a corsa B setup and mines a Corsa C so a little different but very similar. This is what I ended up with...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../28-12-081.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../28-12-082.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../28-12-083.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3..._28-12-085.jpg
I basically had to cut out the motor mount and swing it round and adjust for clearance of the motor position. I then swapped round the connecting bars and welded it all up. I've welded the assembly to the car but I'm tempted to grind it off and bolt it in instead.
Question now is that I've obviously gone to single wiper. What cars have a good long, straight wiper arm and how do I go about modifying it for a longer sweep?
Shaun's dad kindly cut out my dash end blank template in aluminium. I've cut out a piece of vinyl off the back of the old seats and just need to glue it all in and work out how I'm going to mount it in place. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../28-12-084.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/28-12-08.jpg
As i said. Love it.
Any idea on which bit to lengthen/shorten for a longer sweep?
Excuse the crude drawing but would extending the blue bit work?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../linkage-1.jpg
excellent bit of bodge work. you either lenghen the motor end or shorten the wiper end
gotta love a bit of MS Paint lol
Answer is as Burgo said :thumb:
When using the std nova set up I extended the wiper end by 8mm and that gave me the sweep required, if that makes sense
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Originally Posted by burgo
How dare you use such a dirty word in my thread! :mad: lol
So... either lengthen A or shorten B...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/linkage2.jpg
I've got the othe link bar that ran from spindle to spindle so I'll chop that down and try that 1st as that'll be easier than try to shorten the other bit.
Arches are being done tomorrow :cool:
loving the dash
Lengthening A will just push the wiper further over on it's sweep, rather than making it wider, ie. it will clear the left half of the screen and not the right, to make it longer you want to lengthen the piece A attaches to which is attached to the motor, if it gets confusing make a cardboard mock up and play around with it til you get the idea? If you make it to scale you could even get the perfect lengths figured out :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
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Originally Posted by MK999
I was going it over in my head last night and was thinking the same about lengthening A not working. So I need to either lengthen the connecting piece on the motor or shorten the piece spindle end.
Cardboard mock up sounds good!
Had a fun day today! Didn't get as much done as I'd anticipated but really pleased with what we've done. I didn't realize how much work was actually involved to do the job. There's a lot of measuring, thinking, cutting, thinking, measuring, thinking, cutting, thinking etc.
There's at least another 2 full days of work left but the other side will *hopefully* be easier now we know how we're gonna do it.
BIG thanks to Michael! Fantastic work as always, he deserves full credit. So here we go....
Ride height at start of the day and very little travel left in the shock...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08002.jpg
The 1st incision...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08001.jpg
The 2nd...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08003.jpg
The 3rd...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08004.jpg
I originally planned on cutting out the whole inner arch and raising the new inner arch height at least an inch. After looking at it again it doesn't need it. Taking out what we have and tubbing this section will give more than enough clearance all round.
Next up we cut in half a piece of around 5mm thick tubing to use as the upright of the turret. As I aim to run it low, one of the downsides of the stock positions is the damper travel is nearly all but taken away so can easily bottom out. By raising the top mounting point it counteracts this. I wanted to gain around 2 inches. Conveniently, 60mm (just over 2 inches) puts it perfectly in line where the new inner arch would run. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08008.jpg
Shock then positioned up and bottom shock mount moved over...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08012.jpg
Another piece of thick plate was then used to complete the top...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08016.jpg
Thats making me wet!
With the wheel up in place it gives plenty of room for a wider wheel without rubbing the shock/spring and the shock itself has loads of room...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08013.jpg
Seeing as I'd raised the top point by 60mm I raised the spring platform up to match and lowered the car down...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08017.jpg
There's still room to go a little further (if I wanted but really don't think it'd be needed!), and the shock now has plenty of travel to work properly.
From the outside it sits like so...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08018.jpg
To put it into perspective, the coloured in pink (lol) masking tape is where a normal hatch arch would run...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08019.jpg
More than enough me thinks!! :eek: :cool:
Its all tacked in enough so the car can come back down on the floor. I'm hoping to have Michael back for another day in 2/3wks time to finish off this side. This chassis needs plating back in and obviously the metal shaped for tub.
She's got a cool stance now...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0-12-08021.jpg
:thumb: :D
Looks mega mega low :)
Will be an awsome bit of kit when its done fella! Top work
That looks fantastic dude, great work.
Cheers chaps :D
More than certain I'm gonna have to get some custom shorter front shocks from Avo.
Good man!
it looks phenominal on the back Si :thumb:
however you're seriously gonna have to raise the engine in the bay surely, to prevent sump smashes, and manifold problems?
That incredible! Looks mean as fook, awesome stuff.