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Today, built up N/S wishbones complete with new bushes and washers,mounted hubs with new ball joints and installed shock. Sounds easy but it was some fight getting wishbones back in.
I can't get the later Civic drop links to fit, so will order some more tomorrow.
All new bolts washers and lock nuts used, coated in copper grease and nipped up.
I know know ones interested but this is my rough chart of what and when I'm doing stuff.
Who's idea was it to do this, I must be nuts.
I can't get the later Civic drop links to fit, so will order some more tomorrow.
All new bolts washers and lock nuts used, coated in copper grease and nipped up.
I know know ones interested but this is my rough chart of what and when I'm doing stuff.
Who's idea was it to do this, I must be nuts.
Alun450 said:
Today, built up N/S wishbones complete with new bushes and washers,mounted hubs with new ball joints and installed shock. Sounds easy but it was some fight getting wishbones back in.
I can't get the later Civic drop links to fit, so will order some more tomorrow.
All new bolts washers and lock nuts used, coated in copper grease and nipped up.
I know know ones interested but this is my rough chart of what and when I'm doing stuff.
Who's idea was it to do this, I must be nuts.
Looks great Al I can't get the later Civic drop links to fit, so will order some more tomorrow.
All new bolts washers and lock nuts used, coated in copper grease and nipped up.
I know know ones interested but this is my rough chart of what and when I'm doing stuff.
Who's idea was it to do this, I must be nuts.
When's it on the road,, how longs a piece of string? My heart says ASAP, my logic says carry on along chassis and onto the rear end.
So as I seem to only follow my heart these days about 3 wks?!!?
Dave it's cars like yours that makes me want to do it, well done for cracking on and getting it re built.
Anthony your car is a workhorse aswell as a cracker, you'll get bored of spinning one day and then you'll sell or re build, it gets us all in the end.
Hey Ant, you mentioned Curborough ( new layout) on another thread, so is it just a new starting point or have they altered the layout.
So in my mind you leave the start, a blast up a straight but sort of turning left up the hill, and into the left/ right chicane, then you do two loops finishing on the straight.
So is the start further back towards the holding area?
Hope you get my explanation.
I'm at Brandshatch Saturday as my mate is entering the Mazda race series, I've got a pile of regs to read then to investigate what the guys are really upto! Should be fun, I can see me being his lacky but I'm really looking forward to it, get stuck in, he's got some track time coming so we'll play around with set up, that's my interest!
Ultimately the guys at the front have it all sorted so I'm gonna find the winner and photo the feck out of his car,,,,, racing is war, lol
So as I seem to only follow my heart these days about 3 wks?!!?
Dave it's cars like yours that makes me want to do it, well done for cracking on and getting it re built.
Anthony your car is a workhorse aswell as a cracker, you'll get bored of spinning one day and then you'll sell or re build, it gets us all in the end.
Hey Ant, you mentioned Curborough ( new layout) on another thread, so is it just a new starting point or have they altered the layout.
So in my mind you leave the start, a blast up a straight but sort of turning left up the hill, and into the left/ right chicane, then you do two loops finishing on the straight.
So is the start further back towards the holding area?
Hope you get my explanation.
I'm at Brandshatch Saturday as my mate is entering the Mazda race series, I've got a pile of regs to read then to investigate what the guys are really upto! Should be fun, I can see me being his lacky but I'm really looking forward to it, get stuck in, he's got some track time coming so we'll play around with set up, that's my interest!
Ultimately the guys at the front have it all sorted so I'm gonna find the winner and photo the feck out of his car,,,,, racing is war, lol
Curborough - if you go to Google, put in WS13 8EJ, click on the map and zoom in on the course, change to satellite view, then you will see the track looks like a pair of Victorian glasses with a long handle and the glasses lying upside down. So the lenses are to the right, and the long handle is to the left, and the nose piece is in the middle of the right hand bit. The start you describe would have been way down at the left hand end? Ours was where the access track meets the circuit, sort of centre of the picture. There is a gate there that they open to let each car onto the track in turn.
We used just the lenses bit, starting from the access from the service track. They have just tarmacced the "bridge of the nose" bit, so the course can be used a a figure of 8. The new tarmac hasn't made it onto Google Maps yet. So start bottom left corner (of the "lenses") from the access, hard right and do a lap clockwise around the track with no cross over. Second lap you go three quarters of the way round clockwise, then cut across the "bridge of the nose" crossover and do half a lap anticlockwise, then across the middle again, and do the rest of the lap back to the start clockwise. Finish at 90 mph and the long bit to your left is the run off and slow down. Then turn left and back to the start.
We used just the lenses bit, starting from the access from the service track. They have just tarmacced the "bridge of the nose" bit, so the course can be used a a figure of 8. The new tarmac hasn't made it onto Google Maps yet. So start bottom left corner (of the "lenses") from the access, hard right and do a lap clockwise around the track with no cross over. Second lap you go three quarters of the way round clockwise, then cut across the "bridge of the nose" crossover and do half a lap anticlockwise, then across the middle again, and do the rest of the lap back to the start clockwise. Finish at 90 mph and the long bit to your left is the run off and slow down. Then turn left and back to the start.
Alun450 said:
I've roughly got that, I'll get up there and have a look sometime. Ta.
Next day there with this group is 22 May. Rib will be there, probably with his 430 Chim. Costs nothing to go see and have passenger rides, nice friendly crowd. I will go myself if I can convince myself I have the time to take off work.Anthony get some practice in then enter an event, exactly as you've described, the peeps are ace, the timing screen adds so much,,,,, it's a real buzz being against an accurate clock, you get your top speed down the straight also, good fun. I've been to loads of events there, the old Mg's etc really cool cars and perfect for the little place. It's very spectator friendly, you can hear where drivers lift etc, it's not easy to be real quick there without really hanging it out and taking all the risks.
I was there with my old jag and the chaps organising the event said I could have entered, only me in class,,,,, I'd have won a trophy, lol lol lol
I was there with my old jag and the chaps organising the event said I could have entered, only me in class,,,,, I'd have won a trophy, lol lol lol
Anthony get some practice in then enter an event, exactly as you've described, the peeps are ace, the timing screen adds so much,,,,, it's a real buzz being against an accurate clock, you get your top speed down the straight also, good fun. I've been to loads of events there, the old Mg's etc really cool cars and perfect for the little place. It's very spectator friendly, you can hear where drivers lift etc, it's not easy to be real quick there without really hanging it out and taking all the risks.
I was there with my old jag and the chaps organising the event said I could have entered, only me in class,,,,, I'd have won a trophy, lol lol lol
I was there with my old jag and the chaps organising the event said I could have entered, only me in class,,,,, I'd have won a trophy, lol lol lol
Today built up this little lot, I have to say it looks simple but I had to disconnect anti roll bar as I'd not centred it, only realised after I'd finished, had to disconnect both ends loosen bracket bolts and yank the bar more central, I have a shock that won't adjust so took that off and still the adjuster ring won't budge, smacked it lubed it and it just seems solid. I'll take it to my mates garage and find a bigger hammer. I dont like these shocks one bit, rue the day I bought them.
I have to say assembling the suspension has no joy in it, just pain and shouting.
I don't want to do it again in a hurry. Saying that I've been on a huge learning curve so I'm sure I'd be more confident in the future.
The steering arm and linkages had me really stressed, I'd made a few marks but by f
k could I find them, luckily I had a couple left and sort of guessed! I'd not dropped the steering wheel and getting it back together was a fight, loosened rack bolts and lifted rack forward enough to get the splines lined up. Not easy I'm getting fed up with doing it in on axle stands, my body aches and it's just not cricket!
Anyway Brands hatch tomorrow so a day to forget the hastle of these f
king Tvr's. It feels like I've been building the Titanic. I've never actually done any of this before, coal mining seems a better job. I've been around cars and tinkered for years but this is a biggie! I'm just a bit flat, I've wanted to do all of it myself but another pair of hands holding stuff up would make it much easier to assemble.
Anyway I should be more positive I think I've cracked the back of it now, put some brakes on and I'm seeing a finish line.
Thanks Cossers
Anyway I should be more positive I think I've cracked the back of it now, put some brakes on and I'm seeing a finish line.
Thanks Cossers
N/s lower seat belt mounting bolt, I re tapped thread and fitted bolt wks ago.
Other pics show plenty of copper grease applied, oh and plenty of rubber mallet marks, getting the wishbones in with the thrust washers in place took diligence to say the least.
Edited by Alun450 on Friday 2nd May 22:09
Another sunny day so carried on building up the brakes incl braided lines o/s shock, drop links and track rod ends all tighned up. Steering moves from lock to lock with no tight spots so all seems well. Camber is roughly in the right position but as soon as it's running it will be driven about a mile to my friends garage for a full geo set up. I can't wait to do that part. We have corner wieghts and a flat floor and full alighnment equipment so should be able to get it pretty close. I might use the Famous M Smith to set it up one day but that's for the future.
Also added a few cable ties to tidy up a few pipes and electrics, nipped up anything I could see and finally installed Y piece.
What a nightmare of a job, I had to undo all manifold bolts on N/S to get enough movement to get clamps on Y piece but eventually got them to mate up nicely.
It was getting dark when I'd finished so pics are naff but as soon as the car is mobile I'll get it in the sun and get better detail.
As this is a very home made job it's hardly perfect but it's built properly I'll say that.
Hammerite is Garbage and after so much effort it was a mistake to use it, it is very very brittle! I'm going to use anti stone chip at some point.
I'm feeling rather pleased but bushwhacked.
Also added a few cable ties to tidy up a few pipes and electrics, nipped up anything I could see and finally installed Y piece.
What a nightmare of a job, I had to undo all manifold bolts on N/S to get enough movement to get clamps on Y piece but eventually got them to mate up nicely.
It was getting dark when I'd finished so pics are naff but as soon as the car is mobile I'll get it in the sun and get better detail.
As this is a very home made job it's hardly perfect but it's built properly I'll say that.
Hammerite is Garbage and after so much effort it was a mistake to use it, it is very very brittle! I'm going to use anti stone chip at some point.
I'm feeling rather pleased but bushwhacked.
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