Project practice machine !

[Flat Eric]

Right O, been driving this for a while everyday and apart from the welder and manual steering its a great yoke !.

The rear subframe is about to fall out of it since the bushes went to shit after a day in Tullow, still a great day and the car loved it !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FYIpKiUYmg

Got a spare subframe and will be fitting solid bushes, toe and camber adjustment as well as strengthening the rear diff mount area.

Decided to get a sump guard on it this weekend though since I want to get it lower, got some 80mm springs to chuck in which should do the job nicely.

Made the sump guard from quite thin alloy chequered plate which isn't ideal but will do for now. I'll probably get a machine shop to copy it in something more sturdy eventually, maybe titanium or the like





So more lowness and a less vague and wandering rear end coming soon !

[git]

ha cool yoke fairplay horse !......ya still over in the same place wit keith ?

[Flat Eric]

ha cool yoke fairplay horse !......ya still over in the same place wit keith ?

You mean is Keith still renting some space in my place ???

Nope they got rid of the track car so aren't there anymore.

[git]

You mean is Keith still renting some space in my place ???

Nope they got rid of the track car so aren't there anymore.

oh rite my bad ! didnt know havent been talkn to him in a bit ! .........car looks like a bita fun

[chriskeogh]

I love this yoke shes mint! ha ha

[Flat Eric]

With the sump guard on and tested, kind of, I got to fitting the 80mm springs I got my hands on. Fairly used to pulling this thing apart now,

Front spring comparison



And the rears



I'll have to hold off on the Dukes of Hazzard maneuvers until I can find a way of keeping the rears in place when the arms droop but for now she's sitting pretty good.



Hoping to have the rear end sorted for the next practice day which should help it skid with out the horrendous tramping its been doing lately. That and a pimp steering wheel will finish it off nicely !

[insejn]

Lookin real well man

[gofaster_s13]

I'll have to hold off on the Dukes of Hazzard maneuvers until I can find a way of keeping the rears in place when the arms droop !

Do like the yanks do, weld an eye onto the trailing arm and another eye onto the subframe and use a loop of ratchet strap to stop the arm dropping too far or you could be totally ghetto and weld a length of chain between the trailing arm and subframe

[twailbait]

Do like the yanks do, weld an eye onto the trailing arm and another eye onto the subframe and use a loop of ratchet strap to stop the arm dropping too far or you could be totally ghetto and weld a length of chain between the trailing arm and subframe

I did that with mine, and an other tramper e30 I had, I used old bits of seatbelts. But I did it on both sides instead of the middle.

If you do them nice and tight they become Anti-roll belts!!

[gem-s13]

I did that with mine, and an other tramper e30 I had, I used old bits of seatbelts. But I did it on both sides instead of the middle.

If you do them nice and tight they become Anti-roll belts!!

haha i did that on an old fester hot rod i had cut holes in the floor and 2 rachet straps around the cage damper adjustble right there!!!