J400 GED Chimaera Chassis refurb

[ChilliWhizz]

Must come over and have a look Ged

[J400GED]

ChilliWhizz said:

Must come over and have a look Ged

Chiili, you're more than welcome, once I've got the chassis back sounds good.

[J400GED]

Look what I had delivered on Friday morning.



It's very white!

[J400GED]

And this is how it looks now.









Jobs for next Friday are:
Set the chassis to ride height and final torque the suspension
Refill the Diff oil

and then over the weekend, if my mate can make it, refit the engine and box to the chassis and then refit the body.

[SonicHedgeHog]

I swear these cars look better without the body on. How many hours has it taken you to get this far? I'm plotting and scheming. Again.

[carsy]

Nice work. Just watch that return fuel line, ( towards the rear of the chassis ),when you put the body back on. Its dead easy to catch it putting the body back on and end up with a kink in the copper line.

[J400GED]

SonicHedgeHog said:

I swear these cars look better without the body on. How many hours has it taken you to get this far? I'm plotting and scheming. Again.

I'd guess about 200 hours.

[J400GED]

Top Tip:
I forgot to mention this at the weekend but: if you have a GKN diff and need to replace a drive shaft CV joint bolt, make sure that you order the correct part.
On mine, the inboard joint threads in the diff output flanges are a coarser thread than those in the wheel hub flange.

It may be the same on the BTR diff.

[J400GED]

Today I got the engine and gearbox back in the chassis.

[portzi]

A very nice clean chassis sir, I love watching people look after their cars and getting the mechanicals in tip top condition first before starting on paint and trim and engine upgrades.

Edited by portzi on Friday 22 May 21:27

[Mark_S_24]

Top Work Jed,

Connect up the steering, tie-wrap a seat & a fuel jug... it's time for a drive.... :-)

Mark

[J400GED]

Mark_S_24 said:

Top Work Jed,

Connect up the steering, tie-wrap a seat & a fuel jug... it's time for a drive.... :-)

Mark

Ged

[J400GED]

Just the one job done today.





New badges bought from RT Racing.

[andy43]

J400GED said:

Today I got the engine and gearbox back in the chassis.

I'm liking the lightweight plenum - makes the standard rover stuff look very overengineered

[J400GED]

andy43 said:

I'm liking the lightweight plenum - makes the standard rover stuff look very overengineered

Pretty crap in the rain though!

[andy43]

J400GED said:

andy43 said:

I'm liking the lightweight plenum - makes the standard rover stuff look very overengineered

Pretty crap in the rain though!

Rain?! You're not going to take it out in the rain after this are you? Stunning work

[portzi]

Are you keeping the bhp standard or upgrading. Well if its any consolation l had my full rebuild done 3 years ago now and the silver powder coat and mastic coating are still like new when wiped down . Lovely chassis.

[J400GED]

andy43 said:

Rain?! You're not going to take it out in the rain after this are you? Stunning work

Of course I'll take it out in the rain! It ain't no garage queen.

[J400GED]

portzi said:

Are you keeping the bhp standard or upgrading. Well if its any consolation l had my full rebuild done 3 years ago now and the silver powder coat and mastic coating are still like new when wiped down . Lovely chassis.

Standard bhp for me.

[J400GED]

Today, with the help of a mate, I got the body back on the chassis.







Now to just reconnect everything.