Joshes 2nd 86, the 'super coupe'

[fantapants]

awesome work man

must just be my eyes, but the unpainted picture looks like the threaded section is not on straight

ps u have pm

[mr2drift]

yeh it looks a little funky, but its all true, theres solid sleeve inside the thread so yeh happy with them totally

[marvis]

Brake rotors are going to look tiny behind them rims.

[mr2drift]

yeh, pretty sure im going to run the same as my current setup, being the fc caliers and peugot rotors... its simple and effective..

[mr2drift]

so, backtracking a bit....

the diff.....

started with a dirty old torago 'f' series diff, and scrounged around and got a 4.6 ratio out of an imported 4wd hiace..... it looked like this......




then with the help of all these......




the diff ended up like this....




so another 't' diff was butchered so i could get all of these....





and that was the bits i needed to start on the diff...

next time assembly......

[mr2drift]

so i borrowed ants diff jig, and put all the brackets in place, unfortunately i didnt actually take pics on the jig, but i did get pics of the mods i made....

im going to be running r33 n/a rear discs, as they are quite large vented discs and 4 stud, mated to an r32 rear twin piston caliper....

first issue was when you take the drum off the diff, theres a gap at the end of the housing, between the housing and the axel plate...




so taking the simplest route to slve the problem involved cutting up the old drum back plate, like this.......





and trimming it to suit so it looked like this when in place........





so that problem solved lead me to the discs.....

[mr2drift]

so i set up a disc on the axel and made some brackets to suit the calipers.. look like this.......




and with the caliper on they look like this.....




i know the discs need machining but meh all in good time......

[mr2drift]

so next on the list was traction brackets, and seeing as rolling diameter was going to be BIG, the traction brackets needed to be BIG as well.....

heres a pic.....





the sides were made from 4mm plate, the same thickness as the originals, and the back has been made from 6mm plate and is welded all the way around and to the back of the original, minus the shock mount. it should be plenty strong (this is where the s-13 rear coil overs will mount to when i get to it......) on the front edge where the join is, a piece of bent 6mm plate is welded inside the 2 side walls to add strength at the joint, and rigidity.....

[Course_Out]

Looking awesome Josh, can't wait to see the finished product!

[BLACK COUPE]

awsome work mate looking foward to seing this on track!