RX4 BridgePort Turbo

RamoNZ · December 28, 2010, 02:33:12 PM

Quote from: dr50376272;732807god bless australia !

Dont understand? For an explanation (sortof) visit his youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kagoshimadavid#p/a/u/1/PTQM6WX9_kY

Most of the video\'s have now been pulled, but this one is still kinda odd...

If the mods want to regulate any users - it should be this guy

clive · December 28, 2010, 02:34:37 PM

As we are now suitably impressed by everyones knowledge can we now not kill this thread with any more my dads bigger than your dads comments (sorry for the pun) or this thread will be killed off and if your real rotary enthusiasts you won\'t want this to happen,

Guys if you still want to poke each other with sticks please take this off elsewhere away from here.

Happy new year.

Bob Monkhouse · December 28, 2010, 03:05:50 PM

I\'ll put this one last post up then this thread can be removed as far as I\'m concerned.Both myself and Grant are genuinely grateful for any and all advice from people who know more than we do,this is the reason why we ask. What I will not put up with is the .... taking and sarcastic remarks from certain people who like to sit in front of their keyboards. Why the rest of you on MRC put up with this crap from those certain people is beyond me. I\'ve said it before and I\'ll say it one last time, if you don\'t have anything constructive to say then say nothing.
I asked Grant not to put anything up because of the .....y remarks that seem inevitable on here, this is why I have not posted anything for months. I\'ll personally be glad when he gets shut of his Mazdas. One last thing, I have been in touch with Drtool and thanked him for his advice, my sarcastic remarks weren\'t directed at him and I\'m man enough to publicly apologise for causing offence.

Grant Monkhouse · December 28, 2010, 04:48:41 PM

I got the figures from the standard FD gearbox ratios as that is what I am going to be using.

My diff ratio is 4.672-1 ( I am using an FB diff carrier with a torsion2 LSD and the ring gear and crown wheel from a KIA sportage)

Max RPM will be 8500 hopefully

Wheel size I think I put in as 225/45/16\'s but I would have to check that avian as I wasn\'t too sure if that worked out close to the standard tyre size.

The sticky is in the general tech. Section.

A number of people have said I should have a 3.9 ratio diff but I don\'t want the gears to go on forever and I don\'t want the car geared for high speed

clive · December 28, 2010, 05:51:23 PM

Well done guys, were back on track :driving:driving

Grant Monkhouse · January 18, 2011, 03:52:42 PM

My turbo should be here at the end of the month! Can\'t wait. GT4088!

HI RPM RX3 · January 19, 2011, 02:48:43 AM

Just read through your build, looks great.

Grant Monkhouse · January 19, 2011, 02:04:31 PM

Quote from: HI RPM RX3;737711Just read through your build, looks great.

Thanks, hopefully within the next month the car will come on a lot more, rear leaf springs are away getting reversed to lower the back to go with lowered front, putting the front shocks together aswell.

Will be ready for the engine to be dropped in then with gear box and then onto wiring and intercooler and radiator bits.

Grant Monkhouse · February 06, 2011, 12:38:57 PM

can anyone see what modifications i have done to leaf springs?

drtool · February 06, 2011, 12:42:31 PM

Reversed the eyes.

What was the damage and who supplied them? PM me if you don\'t want to post in public.

Grant Monkhouse · February 06, 2011, 01:39:10 PM

Correct. Technically they just reversed the bend in the spring as they couldn\'t gaurentee that they could get the eyes the same diameters.

Got a company in rotheram to do it, only cost Â£70 which I thought was fine. Much easier than trying to find some standard reverse eyes.

The company can make any type of leaf spring, and if I require an extra one to make them stiffer I will be going to them.

Hopefully this will drop the back end of the car nicely to match the huge drop at the front.

Grant Monkhouse · February 06, 2011, 01:44:01 PM

Also got myself an rx4 maintenance and tune up book off the Internet. Really interestin book. It covers from r100 to the Cosmo, as most of the setup were the same.

The turbo has not arrived yet, which I\'m a bit miffed about! Come on Owens! I want my turbo!

drtool · February 06, 2011, 04:59:44 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;740943Correct. Technically they just reversed the bend in the spring as they couldn\'t gaurentee that they could get the eyes the same diameters.

Got a company in rotheram to do it, only cost Â£70 which I thought was fine. Much easier than trying to find some standard reverse eyes.

The company can make any type of leaf spring, and if I require an extra one to make them stiffer I will be going to them.

Hopefully this will drop the back end of the car nicely to match the huge drop at the front.

Then they\'ve disassembled the springs, bent the top leaf back and slapped it back together.
Extra leaves make a world of difference when lowering. Worth doing.
What about the links? Slider bars?

Grant Monkhouse · February 06, 2011, 05:37:31 PM

Quote from: drtool;740983Then they\'ve disassembled the springs, bent the top leaf back and slapped it back together.
Extra leaves make a world of difference when lowering. Worth doing.
What about the links? Slider bars?

No they have heated the spring up and re-rolled it the opposite way, i
only gave them the top spring, as i disassembled them myself, as i didnt want them to cheat bend it by clamping it all together, so if i took it apart it would just go back the way it was,

their business is springs for all kinds of vehicles and classic cars etc. so i would hope they dont slap the springs together without bending it properly

the leafs have been heated up, re-rolled, and also shot peened

what do you mean the links and slider bars?

drtool · February 08, 2011, 10:53:35 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;740998No they have heated the spring up and re-rolled it the opposite way, i
only gave them the top spring, as i disassembled them myself, as i didnt want them to cheat bend it by clamping it all together, so if i took it apart it would just go back the way it was,

their business is springs for all kinds of vehicles and classic cars etc. so i would hope they dont slap the springs together without bending it properly

the leafs have been heated up, re-rolled, and also shot peened

what do you mean the links and slider bars?

I think we\'re talking about the same thing. Just sticking it in a press and bending it (with or without heat) gives the same effect.
I put 2 extra leaves in a Toyota once. It needed it to prevent the car from hitting the shortened bumpstops. It was damn low but fully certified by NZHRA.

How much lower is the car?

Are you sticking with the standard rear links? Did you look into fitting slider bars? I mentioned them previously.

I am using a company in Sheffield. They can do a custom set of coils for Â£45 a corner.