Chimaera 500 work begins
Discussion
dbv8 said:
I like those diff mounts.
Mine are coming back off along with the diff for a refurb so i may well copy your design.
Did you beef up the rear mount also?
No not yet. As its such a small bracket i was thinking either to copy the design using aMine are coming back off along with the diff for a refurb so i may well copy your design.
Did you beef up the rear mount also?
thicker gauge of steel and adding extra pickup points to the diff casing, or a nice alloy billet
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TJC46 said:
Is all the extra tubing just bolted on underneath? How much ground clearance will you have?
The frame bolts to the underside of the chassis every 300mm where it replace the exhaust mounting plate and also protects the sump, I`ve lost 40mm ground clearance due to the larger sump, and was unable to mount the engine any higher as the supercharger pulley catches the bonnet. The frame also ties the two lower chassis rails together as theres rather a big distance from the front cross tie in section to the rear I decided to extend the heat sheild foil the length of the tunnel which should help a little to slow the heat soak
v8ndy said:
TJC46 said:
Is all the extra tubing just bolted on underneath? How much ground clearance will you have?
The frame bolts to the underside of the chassis every 300mm where it replace the exhaust mounting plate and also protects the sump, I`ve lost 40mm ground clearance due to the larger sump, and was unable to mount the engine any higher as the supercharger pulley catches the bonnet. The frame also ties the two lower chassis rails together as theres rather a big distance from the front cross tie in section to the rear I decided to extend the heat sheild foil the length of the tunnel which should help a little to slow the heat soak
Conian said:
Why do you all powder coat your chassiseses (?) white?
for me it'd just get v dirty v quick and i think i'd have gone with black
Bad memories of white motorbike wheels.
Its the orginal colour for car, including grey and silver depending on what tvr had in stock I was gonna go with orange but then changed my mind. If it needs a touch up in the future white an easy colour using POR15for me it'd just get v dirty v quick and i think i'd have gone with black
Bad memories of white motorbike wheels.
v8ndy said:
Conian said:
Why do you all powder coat your chassiseses (?) white?
for me it'd just get v dirty v quick and i think i'd have gone with black
Bad memories of white motorbike wheels.
Its the orginal colour for car, including grey and silver depending on what tvr had in stock I was gonna go with orange but then changed my mind. If it needs a touch up in the future white an easy colour using POR15for me it'd just get v dirty v quick and i think i'd have gone with black
Bad memories of white motorbike wheels.
Always had a "thing " for red myself. Must of had too many red fire engines as a toddler
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