962 recreation with a GT3 Heart...

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and then there was 2...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te67tw9PlXA&li...

Chassis Progress...

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More Cad work on light weighting the gearbox extension..

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Was thinking of sandwiching a clear plastic tube in there to cover it..... Did think about covering the box with 16g ally sheet , but then that would cover up all the Cnc machining.

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More Deliveries Cheers to the guy it came from



Comes with a Electrical Lockout for Reverse so has a nice button on the gearstick...



And a digital Gear indicator.... Well be rude not to..

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I'd like it to be a rolling chassis by the end of the year. That's my target for now, after that there's loads of work on the body to be done before we can get it to paint shop....

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More deliveries, didn't even mind being dragged out my night shift bed to sign for these babes....



Lovely polished lip and definitely the best choice of colour for the center

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Front Lip polished the rest is Gold. My last car had polished inner rims and I hated it, as I could never keep them clean. So eventually painted them silver, just to make cleaning easier...

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Fitting the wheels under the body might look great, but now I've got the hub to hub widths front and rear I needed. I also have revised the body height by +10mm which was a nice surprise to get some more needed ground clearance, the wheel now have enough clearance above them for full bump in the suspension. The Larger wheels has worked in our favour..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAi2ILypTFw&li...

Also I found the issue as to why the body just doesn't really fit right. Looks like the rear clip is just so bad on the left side its forcing the rest of it out by a mile... So will have to be cut up and sectioned to correct oh joy....

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dom9 said:

I am harbouring dark thoughts about this: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/parts-and-p...

Could be a nightmare to get running though!

Doesn't the FF have the front Diff powered directly from the crank at the front of the motor ?? Be careful that doesn't screw up a normal install.. Plenty of 550 and 575 V12's around and I do feel the same way, perhaps another project in the future maybe.... How about a Sagaris with a V12.....

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To be honest If I got a V12 there would only be one car to build ..... F1 road car

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Oh ye lets build a car with a engine that weighs 2 tons..... small engine with one of these will be better..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hEQbGRJ_Q

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Mind you be careful this guy's putting this RR unit in his Espace

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You need to meet Simon aka LordFlathead.... you two would get on well....

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Well after some final Cad work the chucks of 6061 are on there way for the bellhousing and the rear suspension.

Here's how it will look..


Still have some other smaller brackets to design. The shock mounts where going to bolt to the gearbox but I didn't like all the load just going into the box when that large 2" thick plate is just in front. So I've moved the shocks forward and will make a billet mount that shares the load between the plate and the gearbox.

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Spherical Bearings on the top Wishbone and the shocks, rod ends on the rest... going to have to be reasonably high wheel rates due to only 50mm full bump. Spring assisters for the 50mm's of full droop yes, so can raise the car up on hyd spring platforms for added speed bump height.

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Joints arrived ....