Pix of my FD..

nuki · April 07, 2009, 05:54:18 PM

read the whole thread today. hands up to this guy! This is fantastic work. absolutly fantastic cant wait for this monster of a motor to be cranked over for the first time

vest_racing · April 07, 2009, 06:22:26 PM

Thanx to all of u...

Did some more work today.
The car is now on the wheels in front...:King

It`s not done yet so it not that beautiful yet...:evillaugh

Red and Single · April 07, 2009, 07:50:26 PM

This is the best thread on this site.

I can\'t wait to see this finished / running, you should bring it to the UK and have a go in time attack !!!!!!

We\'d love to see that

vest_racing · April 07, 2009, 08:43:30 PM

Quote from: Red and Single;596971This is the best thread on this site.

I can\'t wait to see this finished / running, you should bring it to the UK and have a go in time attack !!!!!!

We\'d love to see that

Thanx mate...

U never know, mabye I show up in the UK...:cool

vest_racing · April 07, 2009, 08:48:40 PM

Did some more work tonight...:Giggle

vest_racing · April 22, 2009, 03:43:01 PM

Brakets for the front suspension almost done, just some grinding left.
I will weld one more tube on there, but have to wait for the engine to go in first..

I was hoping to get some more suspension parts from AtomicRex, but it doesnt look like i will.
Jon won`t replay my messages on MSN either.

Archbish · April 22, 2009, 04:07:29 PM

this is probably a daft noddy question, but how are you getting the geometry correct? Presumably measuring from various notable body points, or is there some other magical "using the force" way of doing it??

vest_racing · April 22, 2009, 04:09:00 PM

Quote from: Archbish;601440this is probably a daft noddy question, but how are you getting the geometry correct? Presumably measuring from various notable body points, or is there some other magical "using the force" way of doing it??

Dont think I really understand what u meen?

vest_racing · April 22, 2009, 04:14:20 PM

I have never changed the geometry of the car..

The upper and lower arms are in stock posision, only thing I`ve changed is the pick up point on the dampers infront.

Jono FD3 · April 22, 2009, 04:49:43 PM

I have to ask..... what wheels are those on the front hubs??? Loving the dish, they are awsome!!!!! and are you going to be running the full set or have you only got the fronts??? coz if that is the dish for the fronts...... wow the rears must resemble a bin!!!

Jono

Archbish · April 22, 2009, 04:56:05 PM

Sorry, that was badly asked question - the upper mounts for the suspension struts (not to mention lower arms, etc, etc). How have you ensured that you\'ve got them in the stock positions? They are points in 3 dimensions, and presumably they have to be accurate, so how have you measured to those points? I guess you measured from a number of fixed spots on the remaining chassis before cutting the front off, or made a jig or something?

vest_racing · April 22, 2009, 05:04:50 PM

Quote from: Archbish;601478Sorry, that was badly asked question - the upper mounts for the suspension struts (not to mention lower arms, etc, etc). How have you ensured that you\'ve got them in the stock positions? They are points in 3 dimensions, and presumably they have to be accurate, so how have you measured to those points? I guess you measured from a number of fixed spots on the remaining chassis before cutting the front off, or made a jig or something?

Because I havent done anything with them, they are in same place as they when they came from Mazda..

Only thing I`ve cut off is the inner fender, the mounts for the lower arms and upper arms was left as they where..
So one more time, I have not changed anything else than the pick up point for the strut..

And the wheels stays where it always has been..

If I would have cut off the hole front of the car, and made a full tubeframe.
Then I would have needed to get the car in a Jig.

But when I left the brakets for the suspension alone, then I don`t need to..
The only thing I`ve really done infront is lift the pickup point of the damper about 5cm or 2"...:yes

leeroy_25 · April 22, 2009, 08:41:24 PM

Just to add to what vest says - archbish,

Within reason the top mount postion for the damper is not that critical.. If it was less vertical it would just mean it\'s working angle was not very good and a heavier spring rate was required. But we are talking moving it quite a lot. The wishbone setup on an FD is not like a MacPherson Strut on a regular car where the position would be a bit more critical as it would affect wheel camber and so on.

And by the way Vest this thread is awesome. I was pleased with my build thread until I saw this one!

antnicuk · April 22, 2009, 09:05:13 PM

Bish is probably getting confused with first and 2nd gen rx7s which is a Mcpherson strut design where movement of the top of the shock changes the camber and in turn geomitry

Archbish · April 22, 2009, 09:12:40 PM

I\'m actually still trying to figure out where the two pieces of string that attach to the back of each wheel onto the plank are, and where they are going to go through the firewall... and those are the phatest pram wheels I\'ve ever seen, and I\'ve never, ever come across a carbon fibre soap box before!! *grin*

seriously tho, I didn\'t realise the original lower suspension supports were still in place, but I did think the position of the top of the struts would be critical - please don\'t think I\'m bringing it down, it\'s merely hoping to learn more about this stuff!!