RX323 Project - Chassis Brackets

[Kaptainbalistik]

Just be careful with the hard rear shocks. It can cause the rear to skip about under power. No weight transfer and all that stuff.

My Rx2 Rallycar at home needs fairly soft shocks to get traction, mind you, It is mental.

[MikeLMR]

I guess we\'ll find out how it handles pretty soon. All the brakes are now done (as of Monday) I just need to find the time to find 4 more spare wheel nuts in the garage, charge the battery (my battery charger picks a fine time to pack up!) and wire in the new dash then if its dry and fine out it\'ll be out for a test drive

Next on the list is a roll cage, bodywork and maybe some decent seats.

[Richard]

Seen that front wing somewhere before methinks. Any opposition in buying it?

Should have news re: the roll cage next week -unfortunately I\'ve lost the guys phone number   :spank  but I know he still has the cage :cool

Let you know as soon as I know :Thumbs-up
Rich

[MikeLMR]

cool  :Thumbs-up

No, no other interest in the front wing. I wonder how many are actually left on the road these days  :driving

i\'ve got a few irons in the fire with the dash pad too, option 1) is to repair and option 2) is possibly a brand new one  :yes

[MikeLMR]

hmmm thinking about seats, the plan is to closely match the style of the standard ones without matching the lack of support ... the cheapest option would be to stick a set of bog standard bucket seats in but I\'m thinking somthing more subtle would be better

these are the options I\'ve considered so far :-
 
standard piccy first then ...
Mx5 seats (always overpriced and often worn out)
Lotus/VX220 seats (too low ?)

[travellinbob]

I reckon that the mx5 seats would be the better of the 2 choices as the others do look too thin.
 cheers michael.

[MikeLMR]

they are my preferred choice ... but they are so damn expensive

on another note ... its aliiiiiiiiiiveeeeeeeeee :evillaugh  :Party

connected the dash (two plugs) and jumped it from the folks camper battery ("borrowed" for now ) and everything works fine after a bit of bulb swapping  :Thumbs-up  ace no wiring required !

that went so well I decided to have play at fitting the oil pressure gauge and got most of that sorted bar a bit more plastic trimming to get the backlight to fit correctly ... it\'ll just need somthing to read the pressure of then  :yes

Still no further with the dash pad though.

[metalhead]

Hey Mike, you posted in my suspension post on ausrotary.  I have seats out of a series 4 or series 5 rx7.  They bolt straight to the 323 rails, with the only complication being that a spacer/adapter has to be made up for the drivers seat as the side bolts onto a hump next to the transmission tunnel in the rx7.  Very comfy seats, the brown leather ones I have match nicely with the 323s interiror.  My only dislike with them is that they are quite heavy, a lot heavier than the 323 ones.  Still, they\'ll stay in my car a while, but will make way for some thing lighter when I get a bit more serious.

[MikeLMR]

does that mean a set of series 3 seats would fit ?

Been out in the snow in the 323 today :eek ... only up the drive and back though so I can get the rally car in the garage to fit an engine thats not been hydrauliced

everything but the battery seems to be functioning which is nice.

[oldone]

auugh you are so brave.... :3gears-rh ..only mad dogs and englishman go out in this weather.. :WaveBye ...errrrrrr and rally drivers... :rollin

[MikeLMR]

been busy busy busy in the garage. Building a new rally car to replace the Lada. the snows not bad but I feel sorry for anyone who needs to get from A to B for work etc. .... its alright for a bit of a play but a little dangerous.

[metalhead]

Well I\'m pretty sure series 4/5 seats can go straight into a series 1-3, so I would say so, but I believe they will need a spacer made up for the console side of the drivers seat.

[MikeLMR]

cool, doesn\'t sound too difficult at all. I can just about remember how the seats fit from taking them out of my 1st gen.

[metalhead]

Yeh, its not hard.  The seats i\'ve got literally bolted straight to holes already in the 323 rails.  Easiest seat swap ever apart from the spacer, which isn\'t difficult.

[MikeLMR]

have I really not done anything to this car since 26th Nov oops

Well the 323 has been stuck outside in  the cold and wet for a bit while my rally car gets fixed (new engine, brakes, hyd handbrake, lines inside car, battery in boot and air filter ford proofed - the cause behind the new engine!)



poor thing is being neglected



Plus we\'ve been a little busy with a top secret rally project ...