RX4 BridgePort Turbo

[Grant Monkhouse]

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 £45 a corner.

I think the rear will be 35-40mm lower, and the front is about 2.5 inches, but the rx4 rides really high at the front so needs a big drop to look righ i think, going to have adjustable top mounts on the front struts to correct the camber with dropping the car so low at the front.
 
i am hopefully getting some rear links made up, once the rear end is back in i will measure them up, draw how i want them to look and take my designs to my CAD friend to programme them to be machined from ally or steel?? not sure yet.
 
Not going to be putting slider bars on the car,  only have a basic understanding of them. Would be nice of you to explain the concept of them if you dont mind?
 
I think i know the company in sheffield you are using, i saw them when i was working out what i was doing with front suspension on mine.
 
Are you local to sheffield? Do you have any pictures of your car that you dont mind sharing? Would be nice to see it. If you do then i will give you my email rather than putting them up here?

[drtool]

Send me your email address.

[antnicuk]

very nice build there. just something from own previous experience,  i maxed the same i/c you are using out at 380 bhp atw\'s.  i\'m not sure of other peoples experiences with them.  You should be looking at more than that.

[Grant Monkhouse]

very nice build there. just something from own previous experience,  i maxed the same i/c you are using out at 380 bhp atw\'s.  i\'m not sure of other peoples experiences with them.  You should be looking at more than that.

Really? What was the limiting factor? Would it just not flow the air through it? At what boost did it max out?

[Grant Monkhouse]

Little update today but no pictures until I take some.

I decidedthat I don\'t want to use the steering box on the car as 4.5 turns lock to lock was far too much! So I ordered a steering rack which arrived today from one of the rally sites, it\'s not meant for an rx4 but will work well when I get a couple more pieces that will be full adjustable. And the best bit about the steering rack is that it is only 2.4 turns lock to lock. Should be better if I end up going sideways accidentally, and with the rack it also frees up some space for where the down pipe from my turbo will be going.

Which brings me to my other new toy. My turbo is now at home waiting for an engine, a BorgWarner S300SX3. It is BW earners equivalent to the Garret GT 4094 but way cheaper! Oh and is physically bigger in size as I had them side by side over at AET, and as we all know Size is what counts. Lol.

Have also been given some informfrom AET about the new EFR range from BW, definately something im looking to get once I start seeking bigger HP and a car that is very scary. Ha.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Right well yesterday i decided that i was going to make the car lighter.
 
My tools of choice

 
Ended up with a big pile of this,
 

 
This rubbish that Mazda put in for sound deadening weighs around 15KG!!! WTF!! I was going to leave it in there as i couldnt be bothered taking it out of the car when we first stripped the car, however it was one of those things that if i didnt do it now i would have been taking the interior out to remove in the future.
 
and so i ended up with it looking like this inside,
 
 
 
 
 

 
I have got some really tough paint, that is for outside metal fences wich gives 15 years free rust apperently, which i will put on the floor to make it look nice and tidy.
 
i dont know if you can see in the picture but there are areas on the floor where we have welded in stronger and thicker pieces of metal to strengthen the chassis rails for where the 2 link/antitramp bars are going to be attached to the underside of the car.

[Grant Monkhouse]

and heres my new steering rack to replace the crappy steering box.
 
2.4 turns lock to lock!!
 

[steve garbutt]

Looking good Grant.
Deffo a good idea removing the sound deadening on a drag car
Whats the steering rack off ?

[Grant Monkhouse]

Looking good Grant.
Deffo a good idea removing the sound deadening on a drag car
Whats the steering rack off ?

Left hand drive MK2 escort, so iv got to flippy uppy turn aroundy it so that i works right, Escorts rack is normally in front of the steering whereas rx4 is from behind.
 
I got it from Rally Design, both Clive and Ray have pointed me towards there for things. If i had found that website and looked through their catalogue before i stated messing around with my car i would have saved time and lots of money by just treating the car as though it was an escort!!
 
there is a million things already made for thos cars!! They even do 6 Pot caliper brakes for the them, with all the bits to bolt on.
 
I bet if i sarted building an rx3 with escort components now i would finish it before this one!! :Giggle:Giggle:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin
 
I spoke to Carl last week about my car turbo etc, asked him how he was as i had seen he had been poorly, and we had a word about the potential of this car and this is what he said,
 
"im not joking Grant, seriously im not trying to put you off but you do realise that this car is going to be scarily quick!! the engine is going to be more than what the car can handle"
 
I AGREED.
 
WHICH HAS GOT ME THINKING THAT WILL IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO BUILD A CAGE?? BUT STILL KEEPING THE INTERIOR ETC!!
 
 
DECISION DECISIONS!!

[shaunwil]

Time for a nice custom cage

Wonder if that steering rack would work with a 1st gen ??

Shaun

[Grant Monkhouse]

Time for a nice custom cage

Wonder if that steering rack would work with a 1st gen ??

Shaun

I would say yes. There are a couple of things you would have to do to get it to fit but I\'m sure anything is possible. There are all sorts adjustable bits to make it work for what you want. There are even extension pieces you can get for if it is too short for your car.

He\'ll I bet it would even work on an fd if you tried! Cheap as peanuts aswell! If I had known about all this stuff to start with I would have made it for my car to handle most awesome. Lol.

I\'m going to have a think about a cage. Will be a bit awkward though as I would want it to retain the pillarless look. Which would mean certain parts welded in but the cross pieces bolted?!

And I could get it flocked too!

Just email about getting my dash done too, hopefully I will receive an email back 2moro about it.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Turbo pictures time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

 

 
 
Essentially for a comparisonthis is BorgWarners equivalent to a GT4094.
 
I held one of the new EFR turbos today, the second smallest they do, 400HP capability, and i am quite amazed at how the spinning bits spin with ease, i hardly touched it and it made a fair few revolutions,

[Grant Monkhouse]

after getting bored with constantly cleaning and pollishing my car i thought i would put the front end together temporarliy so i know how it goes together when i have all the bits cleaned, chromed and looking like new, heres a shot of the front semi assembled.
 
 
 
 

as you can see the badges are missing at the moment but i have taken them off to be cleaned, they will not go back on until everything is perfect

[Grant Monkhouse]

didnt attach the chrome bumper as i couldnt fint the mounting brackets.
 
if anyone could help me with a few pictures on how the front headlight assembelies go together would be a huge help as i dont think i took any photos taking them apart, quite possibly the only thing i didnt take photos of to be honest!!

[Rivalrx]

Bumper mounting brackets


Here are my rx4 lights



Not too sure if these pics are of use? Hope they are.

Mayson