ive got that jack. goes under any low cars. dont look as nice and clean as urs now tho
ive got that jack. goes under any low cars. dont look as nice and clean as urs now tho
a couple of pics from tonight, but not full progress...
at it's lowest
wouldn't even get out of my garage this low
new rosejointed tre setup, with spacers
jack placed under BBJ and jacked up until it was compressing the spring, nice and horizontal steering arms
and they're still pointing up slightly, even with them running that low, so going to add a thicker spacer to being them totally horizontal
bloody hell now that's low.
like the rose jointed set up very nice
Looks about the right height to me.
Track rod ends look sweet
Careful running it too low as if you hit something on the road or ride a large kerb on a track you stand a chance of smashing the sump off off, not unheard of and will most probably cost you an engine if it happens.
Totally hear what you're saying Jonit won't be running that low
Wondering whether it might be a good idea in me investing in a sump guard...
this is what we did to get more inward thread on the steering arms
cut off the steering arms before the 'mole grip' flats, and sharpen edge slightly
get some threaded bar, or a long bolt, sharpen that edge, enough so you have penetration point for some weld, hold in an ally piece of angle to ensure they're straight straight
once tacked, be sure they're straight, sillouette shows the pen-points for the weld
james doing some checking
weld in the the V groove all the way around both parts
meanwhile, i modified some sleeves that James made up, by drilling three holes in, for puddle welds to ensure its strength between the two parts
opened out to 8mm, all the way through
straight metal ruler along both edges - straight
once welded around the V, grind back, and admire that you can hardly tell where one ends, and the other begins
slide over tight fitting drilled sleeve
puddle weld both seperate pieces of metal, and the centre join, along with both ends of the sleeve
bur them down with a grinder so they look reet
lick o paint - done
elongation gave us plenty of clearence here
but completely wiped it out from here! doh!
whilst james was hard at it, doing the man work, i decided to make my strut brace match my turret holes
end of night
once again - thanks to James for all the welding, and sorting out the sleeves for me
So conclusion then that to get the clearance for the shocker its difficult to maintain a negative camber? Whats the moves going forward?
Detail of work is amazing Olly
When will you be out on the track to test this new suspension setup ?
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