My Major Project - Stage 1 Completion!

[leeroy_25]

Hey there Dave,
I\'ll look for that post.. maybe catch you at a meet sometime?

[leeroy_25]

Since fitting all my bodykit up I have felt it was a little flimsy/wobbly and have been meaning to make up some brackets for it.. Well I finally got around to it today!
I did try to make some brackets out of some thin plate that you can get from B&Q or Homebase but it was to flexy still so I purchased some 1 1/4"x3/16" ally flat bar and set about a bit of fab work! I found a couple of points close to the front of the chassis rail which I used to bolt the brackets to.

I also cut a long piece that I could use to sit inside the lip of the bumper and act as a sandwich plate and make the structure more rigid rather than just bolting straight into the fibreglass which would undoubtidly crack.


I needed to remove some material from the back of the long strip at either end to allow it to sit further back due to the bumper having a slight curve.


Then with my dummy parts I previously made I set about bending the new thicker plate.


Then with all pieces done I put some holes in ready to mount to the car.


After measuring it all out to make sure it was square under the car.. and a couple of rivets to help hold the support strip in place here it was.


Much better!

The dummy brackets didn\'t go to waste as I cut these in half and used these to make some little brackets to attach to the side of the bumper and help hold the crap shield in place which was slightly floating in the breeze due to not quite reaching the lip of the arch at the lower front edge. No pics of these tho as my phone ran out of memory!

[James H]

Looking good mate, shes really coming together... still have yet to see you on the road in Pompey! My FC is still half way thru the project but the rx8 engine is in & she is on the road now (since Christmas) anyway will keep my eyes out for you, my FC has currently got an unpainted body kit on it & some new wheels.

[leeroy_25]

Hey James,

I saw you a few weeks back going towards southampton.. I was in the missus Fiesta... we heard you coming fomr a mile off and my other half thought you were ging to die when flames started coming out of your exhaust!

sounded awesome!

I\'ll be over re-worx in a few weeks to get a tune up. The old girl is back off the road now getting a single conversion.. had some boost problems with the twins and had to give in!

keep up the work on yours.

Lee

[James H]

Ha brilliant timing, a bit of flame-age for a fellow rotary head, we sadly dont get to appreciate that very often as we are usually driving lol! Hmmm go up to Southampton bout every 2 weeks & havn\'t been for a while now so, i must have been missing a rear bumper & still had my old white wheels on then!

Single conversion hey...... nice i heard nothing but good things & some big bhp figures!
Anyway mate you keep up the good work & let me know when she is back on the road, try organize a little south meet, James.