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I had problems with tramping, look at the video "2nd times run" on page 30. I had to extend the suspension travel and soften the rebound to minimize this problems.
Do you run a Quaife Torsen LSD (i do)? I've got the suspicion that a plated differetial would probably get rid of the trampling, even when running an extremely hard suspension setup.
Ive tried all sorts of settings but cannot seem to get rid of it. im hoping if i rose joint the lower arms then it will help as its the only poly bush left on the front suspension.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExTrEmeOc
i have a harry hockley plate diff. it only does it when the diff is locked and im turning pretty tight. I think what ever tyre is doing the slipping when turning its tramping instead of spinning smoothly. its pretty bad it feels like its going to destroy a driveshaft.
I was thinking it's been a while since this was updated but just noticed a year has gone by, anything new to add to this awesome machine?
anything new to add... mhh let me think.... quite a lot actually lol
sorry for not posting in a very long time. After having a bit of a downer the past few months i found new motivation and a new project.
Not much happend in the past year so i wont bother to write that down instead i'm looking forward to the things that will come.
Lets start with the Basics: after long and hard thinking about my little nova and what to do with it i decided to get rid off the front wheel drive.
When i was searching for an alternative drive train i checked a few options and fell in love with the idea of a mid engine layout. Searching for the
right engine was a bit tricky because i didn't want to just put the existing engine in the back. So an engine from Vauxhall/Opel was out of
the question what lead to consider other engines from different manufacturers. Happily i found an engine that will fit in the back of a nova :d
:wtf:
Here it is:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psqc6a5tee.jpg
Yes, my new project involves an impreza EJ20 Turbo engine. It's an euro-spec EJ20G with 211hp and 260nm of torque which will replace
the existing 1.6l. I'm planning on running the engine without cat or any exhaust so probably there could be a little more power to be gained.
The rear suspesion setup will consist mostly of subaru parts while the front suspesion will remain as it is now. Furthermore, to complete the
rear setup i will add an upper wishbone to get a double wishbone suspension.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psytonvzzv.jpg
There is of course a lot more to do than just the suspension, for example the ecu electronics which need to fit, exhaust pipes, gear shifter, clutch pedal, cooling, fuel... an so on.
I did a lot of brainstorming to find a solution for every task and i will reveal them as the project progresses. ;)
So happend so far you may ask...
I've bought a subaru impreza gt a few weeks ago, which had a defective fuel pump.
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removed the engine, front and rear suspension, and quite a lot of other stuff that will be needed in the near future
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EUDM as f**k lol
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The impreza at the end of it useful life
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps96nobq4o.jpg
...now on the junkyard.
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for the pupose of this thread here's a picture of the nova :d
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have a nice weekend
That's awesome mate! Can't wait to see what happens next!!
I hope a can make my nova look like this!!!
always liked the look of this!
Just when I thought you wouldn't do anything any better you decent to go mental lol
Love the plans :thumb:
Mental isn't the word, but take it as a compliment in this instance! Can't wait to see the progress
In my mind it is, mad, crazy, out there, nuts.... MENTAL lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Christ that will be mental.
Glad to read more progress on these thread, i'm interested on your old stuff if you need to sell something. God luck mate!!!
I love the insanity in this. As with everyone else on here, I can't wait to see the progress as it happens. :):thumb:
After all this encouragement let the mental-ness begin.
i've been busy the last to saturdays to bring you news what happend to my sanity... eehr i mean, what happend to my Nova :d
First i removed the battery and the fuel catchtank wich were mounted in the spare tire well
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removed the fuel tank underneath
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After that done i've started to cut away the excess metal which wont be needed in the future
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And found a lot of rust :eek:
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Luckely this had to be removed anyway
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after carefully leveling the chassis i could begin to place the new steal tubes
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made a temporary reinforement to retain correct measurments while adjusting the tubes
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pshqgdbn5z.jpg
spot welded them in and made a connection to the factory chassis leg
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Removed the the rear axle. :thumb:
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That's all for the moment... to be continued.
Well that's one heck of a way of overcoming the inevitable rust areas and consigning it to the bin, it may offend the "keep it factory" purists, but its absolutely fine with me. :thumb:
Keep the madness coming, you've got my attention...
What do you Swiss people have for breakfast? I mean, to just whack out the complete rear floor section and put in a tube frame in just a day is beyond impressive. :d
It's called work ethics, i can give you the recipe :d
To be honest it's two days with approximately 12-13 hours of work. So maybe it would be possible to cram it all in one day.
But what is needed to be considered here is that i spent a lot of time on planning how to do it, which makes a huge difference
when conducting the task at hand.
Wow that looks great. Are you just replacing cause of rust? Or strength and such?
The main purpose of this is to get more space in the boot and get a new rust free base for the double wishbone suspension to build on. The original chassis legs never meant to be strong enough to cope with an engine and drivetrain, so i want the rear as rigid as possible.
Wrx Nova is underway! This build just got a lot more crazy then it already was...
To prevent you all of thinking i'm started to live a normal boring life... here are some updates lol
I've started to remove the rear panel to gain more space for the new gearbox and welded in some additional tubes to stabilize the rear.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psi3fcxncj.jpg
perfect fit :cool: the rest of the rusty parts will get removed in the future
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after welding and a bit of paint i could remove the temporary reinforcement
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the metal for the rear footwell was a bit floppy
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so i decided to weld in a small square metal tube.
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Added some welding to the original chassis legs
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and made some plates to further strenghen the new chassis legs
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All welded together and temporary painted to prevent rust...
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both sides of course ;)
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:thumb:
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
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and left
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After some metal and a bit of welding it's like new
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Ready for the new propulsion system lol
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Recieved the Bremar FWD conversion kit last week
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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"
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off it went....:d
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carefully centered the engine before lifting to the correct hight
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While attaching some parts i realized that the strut bar has to move because it prevents the gearbox from futher moving up.
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and completely blocking the turbo exhaust
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mounted the drive shafts to find the engine/gearbox assembly has to move about 2 inches towards the rear
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bumper says no! lol this shoulnd't be an issue after removing the strut bar and lifting the gearbox
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i like the view of that :cool:
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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
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As the engine pitch mount was originally fixed to the bulkhead i had to make a mounting point myself
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weld it to a piece of metal tube
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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
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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
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And this is it at the moment
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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!
Just a quick summary about what has been done in the last couple of weeks:
completed the whole sub frame for the engine and suspension pickups
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psykvszxvm.jpg
converted the stock trailing arms to a rose jointed setup
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psi2e2yrn9.jpg
engine in and lower part of the suspension completed
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first part of the exhaust done (there is no silencer and NO there won't be one lol)
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http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps0v2uwoc8.jpg
major milestone as been achieved: vroooom vrooom :d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfq3Q7nB5Y
Sounds so good, amazing skills getting that done so quickly.
Looks great is it getting any sort of floor in the back?
Awesome. Loving this!
Followed your project since day 1, you've excelled yourself now and definitely the best read on here for a long time so well done so far :thumb:
Thank you very much, appreciate it.
No there will be no floor in the back, maybe i will add a diffuser once the conversion is done. I'm not sure at the moment...
So again, a lot has happend over the past weeks therefore i will present a brief overview of what has been done.
Soon after the first run of the engine i began to further construct the rear suspension and made some parts myself
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pso1r56kh1.jpg
suprised by the fact that i could mount the shock absorber on its original mounting point i discarded my original plans to fabricate new suspension turrets
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modified turrets with slight angle to suit the new suspension
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after doing that, the first control arm for the upper wishbone could be constructed
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps8ywe3iyp.jpg
As you can see here there are three pickup points provide adjustability for the rollcenter and dynamic camber angle
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Had to order new parts for the rear shockabsorbers to convert them to struts
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The exhaust needed its last part and as you can see i kept my promise to completely ignore the well being of everybodys ears :-)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psyiqktlnr.jpg
just 63.5mm wide but certainly not quiet
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Finished parts: upper wishbone and lower trailing arms
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pskw33bdfs.jpg
Some impressions of the complete double wishbone supsension
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps1hdiazls.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...pslghv86de.jpg
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Today the front engine had to go.... this engine turned out to be quiet resilliant, i never had any problems, broken parts or breakdowns depite the upgrades and abuses over the years.
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gone but not forgotten, goodbye my plucky little friend :-)
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Have a nice time, see you soon
Great fabrication work on the arms. Well impressed
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Wow, loving the arms and frame set up.
Two and a half month and i haven't updated, shame on me...
To assure you that i'm not sitting around and wasting time here's what happend in the time past.
After clearing the engine bay of the redunant engine the impreza cooler could be fitted.
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Made a new brace to get the cooler mounted
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Slanted cooler for an extra race-ish look lol ...more like "it wouldn't fit otherwise"
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psx4zhojqb.jpg
To keep the engine even more cool i've added the oil cooler which i had left over from the old 16XE engine.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psmms32dpk.jpg
there wasn't enough room for the pipes so i found a radical way through the subframe.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psuvirfuhv.jpg
The end piece sits to the left of the engine and will get an airduct to flow air to it.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps8k9vhjud.jpg
The clutch, which in its original form is actuated by a steel wire going to the clutch lever, now needs to be hydraulically operated as the subau gearbox demands such an actuation therefore i searched for an easy solution to convert the cluch pedal to suit the new circumstances.
Rather than add something the steel wire could pull, i found a way to fit the master cylinder at the inside of the car so the cluch pedal can now push the rod without me fabricating any complicated mechanism in the engine bay.
I simply added a new mounting point for the master cylinder
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which now fits within the milimeter between the power steering motor and the bulkhead
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...psive8lyui.jpg
A new high stand for the shifter had to be fabricated because the shifter which i purchased was intended to fit a bmw e30 and clearly not a mid engined nova lol
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so thats how its looks now bolted on
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Wooo hooo! Nice progress! 😁
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