More chassis refurbishment porn at Willow sports cars

[Jonny cobra]

Absolutly BRILLIANT *******

JC.

[Twistygit]

how,s it going haven't heard anything for a while

[portzi]

Well an update. I have been waiting for the paint to cure as it were, the car is in my garage at work. I have just machined up some new ball joint mounts and did nt take any pics yet but will. I am in the process of turning new hubs as my old ones were abit dodgy. the stub holes in the hubs were so close to the edge of the metal over time they could crack I will post some pics of one of the new hubs tomorrow. Replacing the current wishbones with tubular ones.



Obvious avantages are no nooks and crannies to gather dirt and alot strong, which could be a bad thing if the unthinkable happens as there will be no give in the wishbone ?

I would love to post the finished spray job but it would not do it justice. Like many cars on here who are having full refurbs I want it to be finished for chatsworth, but I may fall short of that date. I am having the front brakes upgraded and looking at Tuscan AP setup and again a caliper mount will have to be machined up , so the jobs are pilling up so one step at a time, and I will take some piccys as they are the best bits

Lastly a thank you to Tim AKA Timja for suppling the badges

Edited by portzi on Sunday 11th March 22:25

Edited by portzi on Sunday 11th March 22:35

[portzi]

I have started to machine the new 5 stub hubs up, with the help of a friendly local machine company who do alot of cnc work.


from this


the transformation


Very happy with the results so far

[SILICONEKID340HP]

portzi said:

I have started to machine the new 5 stub hubs up, with the help of a friendly local machine company who do alot of cnc work.


from this


the transformation


Very happy with the results so far

Why do you need 5 stud hubs?

[portzi]

Hi Daz,
I am replacing my original 5 stud, as the stud holes were too close to the outside diameter of the hub and had small hair line cracks in some of them. A potential accident waiting to happen, I think if anyone else has had the conversion they should check theirs. I will get some piccys up of my old ones when back at Willow.

Mark

[slideways]

portzi said:

Hi Daz,
I am replacing my original 5 stud, as the stud holes were too close to the outside diameter of the hub and had small hair line cracks in some of them. A potential accident waiting to happen, I think if anyone else has had the conversion they should check theirs. I will get some piccys up of my old ones when back at Willow.

Mark

Where did the old hubs come from? I have a set waiting to go on i will check mine when i get home.

[SILICONEKID340HP]

portzi said:

Hi Daz,
I am replacing my original 5 stud, as the stud holes were too close to the outside diameter of the hub and had small hair line cracks in some of them. A potential accident waiting to happen, I think if anyone else has had the conversion they should check theirs. I will get some piccys up of my old ones when back at Willow.

Mark

Will it be a show car or are you going to drive it ..i would love to have all this done to mine but i would not feel so relaxed ..thinking a stone might damage the car etc..

I see alot of classic cars go this way and all they do is sit prity in a field ..

Im not Jealous honest

[portzi]

slideways said:

Where did the old hubs come from? I have a set waiting to go on i will check mine when i get home.

they were on when I bought the car, and unless you completely remove the hub from the housing its hard to spot in those dark wheel arches. If I wasnt getting my bearings done I would have not seen either. The outside diameter of my new hubs will be 150mm 10 mm bigger than my old ones. They also had abloody great chamfer on the outside which takes alot of the strength away.

[portzi]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

Will it be a show car or are you going to drive it ..i would love to have all this done to mine but i would not feel so relaxed ..thinking a stone might damage the car etc..

I see alot of classic cars go this way and all they do is sit prity in a field ..

Im not Jealous honest

Its gettin driven Daz. I have a budget and at the mo I am sticking to it. Its all about who you know and helping people out and they do the same for you. Thats why I love the TVR forums, people are so friendly and helpful.

Mark

[PRTVR]

portzi said:

Well an update. I have been waiting for the paint to cure as it were, the car is in my garage at work. I have just machined up some new ball joint mounts and did nt take any pics yet but will. I am in the process of turning new hubs as my old ones were abit dodgy. the stub holes in the hubs were so close to the edge of the metal over time they could crack I will post some pics of one of the new hubs tomorrow. Replacing the current wishbones with tubular ones.



Obvious avantages are no nooks and crannies to gather dirt and alot strong, which could be a bad thing if the unthinkable happens as there will be no give in the wishbone ?

I went through the same dilemma,but decided that with the state of the roads the tubular ones were more suited to the roads today, the first time I dropped a wheel into a pot hole I was glad I fitted them,
I had to fit stops on the steering rack.
(a few plastic washers on each side of the rack ) due to the slight difference in design, the inner side of the wheel catches on full lock.

[portzi]

"I went through the same dilemma,but decided that with the state of the roads the tubular ones were more suited to the roads today, the first time I dropped a wheel into a pot hole I was glad I fitted them,
I had to fit stops on the steering rack.
(a few plastic washers on each side of the rack ) due to the slight difference in design, the inner side of the wheel catches on full lock".

thats very intersting to find out about the wheel catching on full lock, and the need for washers, where did you purchase you new wishbones from?

Mark

[PRTVR]

Got them from Readman Racing in Blackpool,also the bottom ball joint has a slightly different fit, not much, but you just need a longer bolt and nut for one of the points.

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/parts4sale.php

[portzi]

PRTVR said:

Got them from Readman Racing in Blackpool,also the bottom ball joint has a slightly different fit, not much, but you just need a longer bolt and nut for one of the points.

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/parts4sale.php

Thanks for the info, something to watch when assembling. did you fit the wishbones, or did Readmans do the job.

[PRTVR]

portzi said:

PRTVR said:

Got them from Readman Racing in Blackpool,also the bottom ball joint has a slightly different fit, not much, but you just need a longer bolt and nut for one of the points.

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/parts4sale.php

Thanks for the info, something to watch when assembling. did you fit the wishbones, or did Readmans do the job.

Did it myself,another small problem I had was the top ball joint was a tight fit in the wishbone due to the coating,
setting up the camber was a problem due to the fit, ended up taking some off the spacer, didn't want to cut into the coating, I used an pod touch level app to set it up, prior to taking it for a full alignment check.

[portzi]

PRTVR said:

Did it myself,another small problem I had was the top ball joint was a tight fit in the wishbone due to the coating,
setting up the camber was a problem due to the fit, ended up taking some off the spacer, didn't want to cut into the coating, I used an pod touch level app to set it up, prior to taking it for a full alignment check.

Tvr's you got to love them, nothing is ever straight forward, I will up bdate as it gets assembled thanks for the tips.

Mark

[portzi]

Well its been slow going this last 6 weeks since the car had been sprayed, no progress on the car still be working on the new hubs amoungst other things. Well almost there all the threads have been cut and bearing diameter been ground. Just been drilling the holes for the studs. Still not taken any pics of the old front hubs must do this to show you how bad they were.


The studs were drilled on a milling machine for accuracy. For anyone who is interested the PCD for spider studs is 114mm which was checked using the hub on the bottom picture.


Its taken some time to manufacture these hubs 4 have been made in total 2 for me and the other 2 will be fitted to an TVR S.


The centre of the hub will be machined away to remove some weight.

[portzi]

well the chassis and all the other bits and bobs are starting to be assembled, its startin to look like something now






Nick has fitted all new high tensile bolts and new bushes, just waiting for the front uprights to return from blasting then, going for zinc plating.

The valley gasket has holes in it, so need to be done. I have a poorly cam too, well its done 70,000 so was getting old.




Done a repair job on my hubs as the holes were very close to my outer diameter, ohh. I made some new hubs but I was happy with the quality of the finish so I have repaired the old ones.

[spikep]

Only 65 day to go till you need the car. Best you get a move on!!

[portzi]

spikep said:

Only 65 day to go till you need the car. Best you get a move on!!

I need another TVR as a run around like you. fingers crossed m8