Reply With QuoteLooking at those traction brackets, is it body side mounts that are only allowed to move 30mm in IPRA?
Well thats a lot tidier now then.
Looking at those traction brackets, is it body side mounts that are only allowed to move 30mm in IPRA?
Yeah. Diff mounting points are free
this car looks like a monster..good work man
Just a brief update, over the weekend i got the diff back together:
And then today got it back in the car:
While i was at it i popped the steering rack out of the engine bay and started retrofitting that with the new Quaife rack (last one was faulty):
I added some bling to the engine and engine bay too. Firstly my little underdrive alternator pulley arrived:
And i decided to put the 2L catchcan that i had for the Supra into the AE86:
Thats about it for now. Gotta finish off the other caliper adaptor, and shorten the struts and convert to coilovers. Moving along at a reasonable pace now. Should have the suspension done during the week i hope.
Ooops, forgot to update this from last time
[strike]Tonight[/strike] A while ago i got a whole bunch of stuff done on the car, predominatly focusing around the front suspension and brakes.
Firstly i replaced the bearings in the hubs:
and then popped new studs in and added the disc locating collars:
After that i machined up some little spacers for the spherical upper hat to sit on, so i could use my spare Cusco cambertops as i had some better nuts for them (still need to get aroudn to machining up some tube nuts for the T3 items)
And voila, assembled:
I then popped it into the car, and added the brakes to it (as its a pain lifting the lot as a whole), and the 20mm bolt on spacer:
All in all it fits quite nicely, no fouling anywhere, and its all quite solid and sound.
Popping a wheel on it revealed just how close the entire setup comes to the wheel:
I think im going to have to get some 25mm spacers for the front and then use those 20mm ones at the rear. The bearings wont be any issue as the rims are +24 offset, but as it is there some of the bolts holding the 3piece wheels together just clip on the caliper itself. Only some of the bolts though, due to the manufacturing differences in the length of the bolts.
All in all i dont think you could run this setup without spacers, finding wheels which would fit in a 0ish offset would be a complete nightmare.
Also today i managed to run around half the city picking up gear and getting stuff done. Amongst that i managed to get the caliper mount helicoiled, which solves that issue, and i also had my radiator delivered:
A nice 2" alloy radiator, which is absolutely huge compared to the weeny little thing that i had in there before.
Thats about it for now, I currently have to wait for the brake shop to get in a pair of caliper rebuild kits, so i can do that, and then i can assemble those brakes for real, loctite and all.
From there im going to chuck some wheels on it and roll it outside to give it a good wash and then start sanding it back so i can paint it soon.
Paint and panel next.... after it goes outside for a wash.
YO! good work man...plz let me know how the brake upgrade goes...keen on your opinion
Should do relatively well, its a pair of large and thick rotors with a good caliper to match. Quite a few of the other IPRA guys use the MPV rotors on their ClassC and D rigs (Over 2L) with good success.
The only fiddly bit is the caliper bridges for the thicker rotor. If you are considering this and dont want to have to split a caliper and deal with the offset you can use a Pug306 rotor with the standard calipers in much the same way as i have.
Well looks like all my well thought out plans are destined to go up in smoke yet again.
I had planned to get it all screwed back together before the August race meeting, but on Wednesday i had my appendix out, and as such i cant be examined for my CAMS medical until after the 4th of August. Let alone do any lifting or strapping myself into race seats etc. Its so bloody frustrating because its so close to being done.
Well inspired by Touge Boy's respray ive decided that since ill miss the August meet i may as well have it all painted up nicely for the October AE86 gathering here in Adelaide. Spent a few moments today unbolting bits from the engine bay so i can respray the engine bay as well.
Im not entirely decided on a colour scheme, although the one which it has now is appealing.
However, im considering some little splashes of red like this one:
Any other suggestions for paint?
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