djmatt
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What size are the tyres?
Seeing as though the tyres are new and still have the stickers on you could probably get some money back from them on ebay or something.
If you/the owner can afford it, try to stretch to some bridgestones, dunlops, goodyears or Yokos, or anything that is a good reputable manufacturer. If I had the money, I would go for Bridgestone Potenza or Dunlop Sport Maxx.
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mounting the engine gearbox mount engine mount gearbox mount fitted and engine in place
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fantastic. i cant wait to see it finished!!!! do you have to go for an sva test? mot seems unlikely to me seeing the lack of original parts left lol
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if we don't come down hard on these clowns we'll be up to our balls in jugglers!
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i wont do anything as its not mine. realistically you're have to use you're imagination to answer you're question
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What size are the tyres? Seeing as though the tyres are new and still have the stickers on you could probably get some money back from them on ebay or something. If you/the owner can afford it, try to stretch to some bridgestones, dunlops, goodyears or Yokos, or anything that is a good reputable manufacturer. If I had the money, I would go for Bridgestone Potenza or Dunlop Sport Maxx. hi mate not sure on tyre size. they can stay as they are till its finished as money has to be spent on other things now.
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Tim
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Solid mounted engine - please ignore my ignorance :-)
Are you expecting much vibration from that?
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Wow, just read the whole thread, what an amazing and utterly mad project, keep up the good work.
Where in Hillingdon are you, I'm just up the road from you in Ickenham.
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'nobody' Most understated name ever! Wicked, this is a real eye opener, thanks for sharing with practice and a lot of thought, research and common sense, more people coud attempt something like this but without the skill we'll its off-putting. Awesome work, very inspiring. I read all above, and I too can see it on either, quite big 'modern' industrial looking slight dished rims (nowt silly) or something 50's 60's smoothie type, the shape as its growing is going that way. Anyway, I'll stop bending your ear, ya got a masterpiece to finish!! ;D
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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hi tim its only mocked up solid so i can weld everything in situ. the idea with using urethane mounts is you can pack stuff in tighter without worrying to much about clearance issues. even if a mount failed the engine can only physically move 5mm. a must really when trying to ram big engines into small spaces.
hudson I'm close to the hospital.
reanimation. i think lots could do the same but lack self believe. if you don't try it you wont ever find out what youre capable of. ive not done 3/4,s of what ive done on this car befor. just learning as i go and quietly confident that it will work. having a welding background obviously helps but a bit of imagination doesnt hurt as well.
will admit to reading lots of metal working/welding/chassis/,suspension design books as its good to learn from those with more experiance.
my name.thought it was quite suitable. started and finished a little over 50 odd one off projects now but if i told you my real name youde go "who the f#@k" lol.
sometimes its better to blend into the background of life,plod on and get stuff finished. I'm off to play in the shed now.
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harris66
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drive it, break it, fix it and make it quicker!
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blend into the background of life, wise words
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1.2 corsa daily, 1.8t a4 avante, 6.3ltr austin a40....
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great stuff as ever, this is definately my fav build on here.
too true about giving stuff a go too, i used to think "nah i couldnt do that" now i think i can do pretty much anything, why not try i say
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great stuff as ever, this is definately my fav build on here. too true about giving stuff a go too, I used to think "nah I couldnt do that" now I think I can do pretty much anything, why not try I say yes and why not. if you do something wrong try again till you get it right.thats how we learn. some of the bits for the front suspension. using sierra hubs but bits could be used to convert most struts to A arms
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mocking up the front suspension. its a tight sqeeze
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djmatt
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Looks good mate, I'm sure you'll get it squeezed in there, a man of your calibre!
I noticed you have adjustments for camber/toe on the front and the rear, will you be adding any adjustable arms for front castor?
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hi djmatt no adjustable arms for castor. I'm not sure how you would go about doing that. any pics you have or info would be great for future reference.
ive set the caster at 2 degrees positive (through the pivot points on the hub). theres lots of info out there for castor but it all seams to conflict with one another. some say 0 degreas and some say three and every variation in between. my first independant front end build so I'm hopeing its going to be ok. ive also built the a arms parrallel to the chassis and as the chassis has a slight rake this should act as anti dive. did play around with a computer program and on paper but the variations of setting it up are endless. guess at some point you just gotta go with what you think is best.
one saving grace with this car is its a summer fun family cruiser so its not going to be driven to its limits.
if you have any info and its to much to post up send us a pm and ill give you my email address. thanks
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Last Edit: Aug 7, 2008 9:47:31 GMT by nobody
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froggy
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the sierra uprights don't have a lot of kpi so you wonr need much caster and your chassis looks a fair weight so you have plenty of weight to keep your sprung weight well over your unsprung weight so any bump steer will be less noticeable . might be an idea to put your rack in place and put the wheels on with the arms at ride height and see what the wheels do as you turn from lock to lock .you should get one wheel going into neg camber and the other into pos camber as you turn and you can alter the caster to make this happen . if you set it up parralel toe and 1/2 deg neg camber ansee what the wheels do thats how i set my car up. its a compromise whatever you decide on but 6-8 caster is qiute common on a double arm front end with a 12 deg kpi upright i think the sierra is around 6 deg kpi as it comes from a mac strut car. is it power steering?
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froggy manual rack. i always thought bumpsteer was down to the rack pivot points not being in line with with the inner suspension pivot points. if they line up it all goes up and down without the wheels tucking in.
ive an old rack here that I'm gonna jig so hopefully i can narrow the rack to eliminate bump steer
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front arms made. should fit the bags over the weekend
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froggy
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your right about the bump steer but the kpi caster combo has a major effect on how the car feels as you turn in, if the car isnt driven hard then caster will help to weight the steering up and self centre but if the combo doesnt work well you might find that the steering arm rises in relation to the rack pivot as you turn the wheel and in compression can give you bump steer. i doubt you will have major probs as your arms are on the short side (no offence ;D) a good book i bought 20 odd years ago is how to make your car handle by fred puhn its american but makes sense of a lot of stuff . you must have very steady hands or a mate with a laser cutter looking at your bracket work
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