RX323 Project - Chassis Brackets

[travellinbob]

Mike , I was on ausrotary about an hour ago??? I know that the direct link via my favourites isnt working but i can still access it via the good old history button on my compooter.
   cheers, michael.

[MikeLMR]

damn ... just searched for it on google and its working once you get past the home page ... been lost for a few days now LoL

Cheers for that !

[Richard]

oh and is anyone else missing ausrotary :confused:

Just checked out the parts trader so works fine for me Mike.

Wheels will be a good contrast against the canary yellow :cool

The 323 disc and hub are 1 casting so when I fitted studs to the hub I drilled, tapped and fitted 4mm grub screws to hold the studs in position and stop them winding through when the wheel nuts are tightened. But I guess you \'ve already sussed that

Rich

[MikeLMR]

I was going to use stud lock ? These ones have 10mm of thread and then a blank section so they won\'t screw through the hub.

If there were enough room on the front I\'d have drilled out the threads and pulled in some standard mazda studs with splined bit ... no different from how they are fitted on the later rx7s

[Richard]

Coolio, that\'ll work fine

[MikeLMR]

Wheels are on now ... it shows up all the rest of the bits that need doing





suspension next (would have been first if I hadn\'t found some wheels right off!)

[flectron]

looking cool mike :cool

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

Looks wicked with the black wheels on

[travellinbob]

That looks well tough now MIke!

[MikeLMR]

Cheers for the kind comments guys.

Its still a long long way off where I want it to be but its a step in the right direction

I have just ordered some very reasonably priced strut tops for it too. They are very bling and should fit without too much fettling.

Should look even tougher sat a little lower with plenty of negative camber  :yes (also got the 2 1/4" spring perches with thrust bearings to suit)

[Ray]

Cheers for the kind comments guys.

Its still a long long way off where I want it to be but its a step in the right direction

I have just ordered some very reasonably priced strut tops for it too. They are very bling and should fit without too much fettling.

Should look even tougher sat a little lower with plenty of negative camber  :yes (also got the 2 1/4" spring perches with thrust bearings to suit)

Hi Mike,

How much were they?

Ray

[MikeLMR]

£117 shipped to the UK ... about $179  if you don\'t want the top spring perches and other bearings. once I get a hold of them I\'ll let you know what they are originally for and how well they fit. I can\'t see any drama in making them fit the rx7 dampers and the strut tops are very easilly modified.

The centre distance between bolts on these are 114.3mm rather than the 112.5mm I measured so not far off at all.

[MikeLMR]

Ray,
      what was the ID of the threaded collars you used to convert the S2 struts ? I have only really found 2" ID ones in the UK

Cheers ~ Mike

[Ray]

That sounds about right, mazda tubes are particuarly small diameter 44mm from memory, so I had to put packing spacers between the strut tube and the threaded tube. I just used a standard conversion kit from TAS, I think that Nova\'s/Corsa\'s are a smaller diameter (46mm maybe?), but you pay more of a premium for the kit.  Are you getting some uprated inserts?

Ray

[MikeLMR]

yes the RX7 specific kits in the states are like 5 times more. I was thinking about welding some shims in place before the threaded tubes.

I am currently looking at some Tokico adjustable struts (have a set on my rx7) I am wondering if there isn\'t somthing better about. (probably not if the rx has a small tube strut)