RX323 Project - Chassis Brackets

[dubber91]

sweet! good choice of seats

[MikeLMR]

well this is the update from monday night, still got lots of things to play with geometry wise but the wheels are sat at normal ride height and in nearly the correct place in the arches.

[RotorHeid]

Spotting an Kumho\'s ,it\'s V700?

[MikeLMR]

yes, road legal cut slicks ... only "road" tyre anyone makes that wide in 13"

[RotorHeid]

It\'s very good tyres cos have  been using it with success with soft comp.
Little better than 888R
Thinking about go back to V700 again!!

[RotorHeid]

P.S
keep up with your very good work!

[yoeddynz]

wow- good effort there fella- makes my project seem a heck of alot easier all of a sudden!
and relax....

323s seem very very simular to chevettes. whats the standard set up on the back suspension wise?
your car is gonna be fun!!

[MikeLMR]

standard rear end is 5 link with coils ... only trouble is it\'s not strong enough hence the ovlov axle goin in it\'s place

[DRAGON]

Excellent work, thanks for the updates.

[MikeLMR]

Thanks.

Latest update. Team mate (unknown to me) bought a "pipe" bender to make some chassis rails oops bad idea it won\'t do tubing and kinks it to hell Doh! so we wasted a long while trying to make it work but with no sucess.  (even to the extent of compressing sand under great pressure inside the tube ... check out the monster nut and bolts )

So for the record DO NOT try and bend expensive tubing with a cheap PIPE bender ... all it does is waste expensive tubing and teach you an expensive lesson.

So instead of paying someone else to bend the tube I\'ve invested in a decent roll cage tube bender from //www.jd2.com ... looks like a nice bit of kit and they are a long established firm with very good reviews ... looking forward to having the time to play with it TBH!

here are some photos of the tube "bending" efforts, also frigging about with the 4 link (yes the brackets are on upside down ... it\'s designed for huge slicks and we are having to play with the geometry to make it fit) also a new "small" welder for making some of the welds required when narrowing the axle casing.

[MikeLMR]

Well since last time I posted some bits were collected and other arrived by post the last of which arrived today after a little delay due to shipping delays (my fault). The work on the car has also been delayed by my current workload with degree work (aslo my fault LOL), so progress is a little slow.

SO whats arrived ... some bits that may not be used on the 323. I\'ve not decided what they are going on yet ... other than the controller will be usefull as the rx-7 has a Mircotech LTX-8 fitted now.

The other thing that has arrive is the proper job tube bender :cheers  whey! put it together tonight and it\'s a hefty bit of kit in the least :chat  had a little bit of a play but need it bolting down to somthing more solid first! Now I \'just\' need to organize a load of CDS tubing so we can get cracking (got another report to finish first) Anyway onto the Photo (notice not plural)

One off cheap intercooler (future proofing 323) and one off handcontroller (rx-7 & 323 use?)

[yoeddynz]

hey your pipe bender is just like the one we have at work- used it to bend scaffold pipe to make some bike racks out front of the shop.

you could use scaffolding....wont rust plus nice and strong if a little heavy...........he he

[travellinbob]

what!!!!!!!!!!!!!! an intercooler? I go away for 2 weeks and all the world goes mad! he, he, he
 so what is the cool,er going into mike?

[MikeLMR]

errr ... the 323  sooner or later

I was just thinking you must be back soon!

Quick update - I finished my uni project so spare time is back again! woo! worked nearly 60hrs in the past 4days... why do I leave these things till last minute ... CAD models of the suspension I \'designed\' looked ace though and I used my weller wheel models from my 323 rear suspension to finish it off a treat with no extra work ... bonus LoL !

AND some 2" OD stainless steel weld elbows arrive in the post ... use TBA one they have all been welded to some other bits hehe

[travellinbob]

So with a week off work mike I reckon you should almost get it finished:Laugh But seriously, keep us updated and hope lots gets achieved.
 cheers, michael.