Jono\'s drift project..... Truckin sideways

[re japi]

Crap, bad luck.

How about Beemer V8´s? 3,5L, 4,0L and 4,4L. They are quite cheap and they have pretty good gearboxes...

[Jono FD3]

this engine & box have come at a price I cant resist!! the guy turned to me and said, do a stainless exhaust for my wifes Mk1 golf and you can have the engine, gearbox and all the bits I\'ve got spair! so got a spair set of heads flywheel, clutch propshaft and a few other bits!! Managed to get a full stainless system off a Mk2 golf for £40 deliverd, it will need a slight mod to fit, but nothing I cant handle!

Jono

[Will66]

Rover V8s are a great engine and should make for an interesting drifter.  Just watch out for the old camshaft being worn and porous liners, although the liner problem didn\'t affect the 3.5 greatly.

[Jono FD3]

Cam is an aftermarket Crane 286 so shouldn\'t have an issue with that and bors I shall be looking at closely as they need honing due to the engine being sat with out the heads on , so it\'s going to be a full strip down, check over and rebuild before she goes in the truck then rock on some V8 skids! LOL propper tyre smokes then.... but till then I\'m going to be using a 3.6 XJ6 all going well!

[Brett]

The 3.6 engine is the best of the AJ6\'s, so good choice

[B.Martin]

Haha V8 drift truck, sounds fun to me! Bad luck with the vauxhall engine, but good luck with the v8 chap!

[Will66]

Drifting a jag, like enjoying a fine cigar.  A classier way to smoke!

[Jono FD3]

Will, That is going on the side of the JAG!!!! top bombing that man
A classier way to smoke! LOL

[Will66]

Hehehehe, it\'s got to be good for some style points!

[Jono FD3]

Well, this poor thing has had a hard 6 months rehab!
Basicaly the engine blew the topend and dumped oil from every bottom end seal available!! but OMG did it go like a :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored:! running actuator pressure  (should have been 0.5 bar) but turned out to be pushing 1.2 bar when I got a gauge on there! LOL Anyway, did the first round of the ODC at pembrey and qualified 11th over all and 2nd in class (which upset a few people) Pembrey ODC round 1 vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXvDUxiA69c&feature=fvsr



then rd 3 the top end went, so no vids from there as a result

So after that I had a hissy fit and was considering scrapping it all together! then after a week of thinking it over, I though sod it, lets bring her back! New colours, new name and new running gear!! little did I know what was waiting around the corner...... rust, and plenty of it

Started with the dash... from this:


To:


Took the tub off and found this:








Smallest hole was about 300mm long!!

So orderd some steel, broke the grinder out and got stuck in:


Chassis legs all replaced and gusseted:




Then I though, well, while everything is off I\'d 4 link the rear end:




Then painted the wheels up in the new colours:


Rolled her over to weld the underside and paint everything:






Rear end stiffness is good

[Jono FD3]

Now on to the front end! LOL
New suspension system resulted in me needing some more space behind the wheels, so wider track was needed...... bottom ball joint spacers to gain 40mm more each side, and some fresh custom top arms:





TVR Gaz Gold fully adjustable coilovers front and rear:


Front shock mount ready to be fitted:




end result:


And a shed load more lock available as a result... just need to mod the hubs:
old:


New:




Had to shift the bottom suspension mount from where it was in this pic as there was too much leverage on them, and the springs were fully compressing but all sorted now and looking good!


The new ride hight


New front end stance:


replaced the shagged out steel on the front bumper for something a little more aggressive aswell:


New exhaust system almost there, just the front section to do when the engine is mounted finaly!


Also bought a set of 30mm steel hubcentric spacers for her to get the rear close the the wider front track, but not sure if I should run singles at 30mm each side or double up and have 60mm!! shall see what it looks like with the tub on I guess

That is all...
Jono

[Jono FD3]

And what I\'ve been skidding with my bro while this is in the making:





Jono

[grinder]

mate thats just supeb !!

Loving the twin exit system thats on there

Keep up the good work and the pics

[shaunwil]

Fantastic work, scary looking at the amount of rust in the chassis rails !

Shaun

[re japi]

Nice work