RX4 BridgePort Turbo

[Grant Monkhouse]

When you have the right tools



These are fun and easy to do

[C J R]

Well done Grant.
 
I know where to visit if I need some doing !!!
 
Chris

[Prof]

When you have the right tools
 

 
These are fun and easy to do
 

 
That looks like a nice job - I did mine by hand - not too bad if you cut the braided hose with a dremmel so you get a lovely clean cut, but how do those black chunky things work then?

[Grant Monkhouse]

Bring any down and I will do them for you. Cut the lengths and I will make them up, I can do -6,-8,-10 I didn\'t see the need to get -4 maybe need the -12 though for oil lines?? Hmm

[Grant Monkhouse]

That looks like a nice job - I did mine by hand - not too bad if you cut the braided hose with a dremmel so you get a lovely clean cut, but how do those black chunky things work then?

You put the screw off piece of the fitting inside the black cube, put cube in vice, push hose in:D the entrance of the cube is angle and pushes any frayed end in nice and easy. I also have a vice grips for AN fitting which you out the other part into the grips then push and screw the hose piece on. I was amazed how quick and easy it was

[Grant Monkhouse]

In here first


Spacer in the back for right fitment


Then into the vice

[Ada7]

Neat job :Thumbs-up

Adam

[Grant Monkhouse]

Well iv contacted the people that Gaz got his brakes from for his amazing project. I was going to make my own hubs and caliper mounting brackets but being able to get stuff essentially off the shelf is going to be better.

Here\'s the email I got back

We can do a conversion for the RX7 1st generation which would include rotors, bells, calipers, brackets, pads, fluid and hoses.  
 
For the 16" wheel we would recommend a 300/28mm Monster 4 conversion which is £979.87 + Vat
For the 17" wheel we would recommend a 335/32mm Monster 4 conversion which is £1138.87 + Vat.
 
We can also do a Monster 6 version for both of the above.  Our monster 6 300/28mm conversion is £1105.87 and the 335/32mm would be £1264.87 all + vat.
 

I will be going for the 300mm 4pot calipers as I\'m going for 16" wheels up front as 17" may be just a bit too big looking for the rx4. The 6pots I don\'t think will be necessary. If I need to stop that quick I will just install a chute :evillaugh

[Will66]

Nice.  Also, four pots will work better with a smaller master cylinder and since it\'s going to be a street-strip car the brakes will be fine on the street and you\'ll have enough stopping power from the 130 mph-ish terminal speeds you\'re aiming for on the strip.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Plus I don\'t want my face coming off when I press the brake pedal as the car is very light:)

[600gaz]

That\'s cool , saves foooookin about wasting time making stuff . Will stop well with 300mm and big calipers and alot cheaper than crashing , lol .

[re japi]

" alot cheaper than crashing , lol "

That is the wizes thing i have ever heard

[Grant Monkhouse]

So a couple things have happened, fuel lines and FPR are in. Fuel system now 95% complete

Got myself some light weight front wheel for when I go racing



Had them blasted and powder coated silver.

When I get my drag tyres I will be getting them powder coated a different colour but not letting on what colour they will be until they\'re done.

So the company I contacted don\'t actually do a brake kit without making custom one off hubs which require a long wait time, so B&Q I to square one and were making them ourselves, dads got a lathe, going to teach me to use it and make my own hubs:D:D

Here\'s the aluminium in the lathe, soon these will be hubs

[Brett]

Do the skinny wheels/tyres have a bad effect on braking?

I would have thought it could be a worry?  (It\'s something I\'ve been considering)

[Grant Monkhouse]

Rob blackshaw runs them on his 8 second FD. Just needs better tyres as the skin us are only rated for 65mph. I won\'t be driving the car daily with the skinnys, just racing.

Probably going to use some spacers to give it a wider track at the front so it looks right and helps the steering be more stable