Pix of my FD..

[TonyC]

What will you be attaching the top of the struts to?
What have you done with the cross member? I can see some welding but I\'m not familair enough with the component to be able to tell what has altered without comparing a standard one.

[vest_racing]

What will you be attaching the top of the struts to?
What have you done with the cross member? I can see some welding but I\'m not familair enough with the component to be able to tell what has altered without comparing a standard one.

Hi

The brakets for the struts are not done yet, because I don`t now what struts I will use in the front..

Don`t think I can use the FD struts in the front..
In the rear I will probably use Tein N1..

The cross member was just dented?

Don`t now if that was the right word.. lol

So I have just hammer abit on it.. :cheers

[TonyC]

Dented is the right word

You might as well use FD struts, the strut doesn\'t affect geometry on these cars as it is double wishbone - you still have the upper and lower wishbone mounts. They define camber, castor, etc. The strut is just providing damping and springing. You just need to make sure when mounted it is straight and does not bind in compression. The biggest problem you have is that the strut supports the car and when on track will have some very significant loads fed into it - the brackets you put together will need to be very beefy. If not then you run into the potential of the brackets being \'softer\' than the spings. So you may think the suspension is very stiff but the mounting brackets flex before the springs do. That will be undampered movement and the car will feel horrible, and you don\'t want a bracket to fail under load as it\'ll pitch you off track faster than you can say \'arghhh\'.

[vest_racing]

Dented is the right word

You might as well use FD struts, the strut doesn\'t affect geometry on these cars as it is double wishbone - you still have the upper and lower wishbone mounts. They define camber, castor, etc. The strut is just providing damping and springing. You just need to make sure when mounted it is straight and does not bind in compression. The biggest problem you have is that the strut supports the car and when on track will have some very significant loads fed into it - the brackets you put together will need to be very beefy. If not then you run into the potential of the brackets being \'softer\' than the spings. So you may think the suspension is very stiff but the mounting brackets flex before the springs do. That will be undampered movement and the car will feel horrible, and you don\'t want a bracket to fail under load as it\'ll pitch you off track faster than you can say \'arghhh\'.

Yes that`s right,
But the FD strut is too long...
The strut braket will be straight down from the tubes in the front, and will be welded in to a strut bar, so i don`t think it will de to soft..


But thanx for the feed back..:cheers

[TonyC]

Trouble is you need that strut length, as the upper wishbone is too small to get a spring through, so by fitting a short strut you are artificially limiting suspension travel, and to avoid hitting the bump stops (when the suspension spring rate basically goes to infinity) you will be forced to run much harder springs than are perhaps required.
It\'ll be an interesting problem to solve. What\'s the intended use for the car? racing I presume? In which series?

[vest_racing]

Trouble is you need that strut length, as the upper wishbone is too small to get a spring through, so by fitting a short strut you are artificially limiting suspension travel, and to avoid hitting the bump stops (when the suspension spring rate basically goes to infinity) you will be forced to run much harder springs than are perhaps required.
It\'ll be an interesting problem to solve. What\'s the intended use for the car? racing I presume? In which series?

The tube frame is copied from a race car in the US..

And this car is going to be used in a time attack serie in  Norway..

And there are restrictions on 40mm in travel in the suspension, so It won`t hit anything..

And the lenght on the strut won`t have anything to say on when the wishbone will hit anything..

If the car is the same ridehight as a normal car the wishbone won`t hit anything..

As long as it placed in the same posision..


I have been in contact with some people that race in the US with the FD, and have to use at least 17Kg/mm in front..

But this is just a pointer, it`s how I drive the car that will deside how stiff the suspension have to be..
And I haven`t tried the car yet, so we have to wait and see..

[vest_racing]

[vest_racing]

Update..

[Draco]

now this is what ya call a overhaul

[vest_racing]

Here are the colour that is going on the car..

Had this colour on a car 10 years ago...:rollin

[Wombat-007]

Never been a big fan of orange on cars........until now!!! Very very nice, now you\'ve got me thinking of a respray!!! Your rex is going to look the nutz when finished.
Good to see your progress reports, keeps me motivated too

[vest_racing]

Never been a big fan of orange on cars........until now!!! Very very nice, now you\'ve got me thinking of a respray!!! Your rex is going to look the nutz when finished.
Good to see your progress reports, keeps me motivated too

Thanx..


There will be no more updates for a while..
Going away to work tomorrow, 12 days and the updates will be back..:Thumbs-up

[vest_racing]

Hade to try out some wheels I hade laying around..:rollin

[Jono FD3]

mmmmmmmmmmm, please say they will fit!!!! That thing is going to be insain mate!!

Jono

[vest_racing]

mmmmmmmmmmm, please say they will fit!!!! That thing is going to be insain mate!!

Jono

Thanx..:Thumbs-up

The wheels have another bolt pattern..:rolleyes:

But think I will go for the 16" wheels and not 18 or 19"..

Looks sweet with those wheels...:Laugh