Update on my FB

[captainbizzaro]

Here ya go....one of my personal all time favourites.

http://www.rx7club.com/album.php?albumid=2102

[captainbizzaro]

Just been on rx7club and stumbled across this which might be of interest.

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=923396

[AtomicRex]

Thought Id better stick an update on the thread.
 
We have been working through the new bodywork. Having gone through a number of designs that Pete liked, we settled on a set of arches for the rear and a front skirt/spoiler along with wide arches at the front, and finally a set of side skirts to blend the whole thing together.
 
Having set the wheels to the required width (72" at the front and 73.5" at the rear). We then set the ride height and checked the travel front and rear along with the articulation of the wheel on full lock and bump.
 
I think you will agree it looks quite wide!
 
 

 
Once the design was agreed, time to start chopping out the rear arch! Guess what....it had a little bit of rust! Plus there is a little bit of previous light crash damage, something to be expected in a car of this age....but not a problem as we were cutting it all out!
 
 

 
As you can see we\'ve already had to repair the sill, as this was rotten
 
 

 
New inner arch
 
 

 

 

 
Bit more rust to fix!
 

 
Time to cut out the front arch
 

 
This is what the o/s now looks like
 

 
Will take some photos tomorrow of the front end progress, the bumper was measured up, made a new oil cooler bracket and will be fitting that tomorrow.

[captainbizzaro]

Thats looking pretty brutal!

[syebba]

That Fb scares me.

[CHC (RIP)]

Looks as if it will have loads of grunt!

[syebba]

Another Fb with rather wide arches.

[mpk490p]

this motor is gonna be awesome, some great work going into it

[CHC (RIP)]

Must admit those rims look megga

[AtomicRex]

Must admit those rims look megga

The rims do look good, but customer wants BBS style rims, so those ones are just there to gain clearance for designing the bodywork, and making sure the suspension is moving through its correct articulation.
 
Plus they don\'t fit....I don\'t like spacers at the best of times...but these are another matter!
 

 
We are planning to run a deeper dish to avoid such drastic spacers!
 
Made up the oil cooler bracket, we will fit this once the front bumper and spoiler has been made. We\'ve also made up the running boards to support the side skirts. The side skirts are slightly bigger than the slimline skirts we fitted to our car, and getting out of the car with the cage there is a strong chance of standing on the skirts...and GRP wouldn\'t last long being jumped on!
 

 

[CHC (RIP)]

See what you mean and I don\'t like spacers either.
Anyhow you are making a good job of this one guys.

ps - don\'t suppose you have a headlamp washer \'pump\' at all?

Cliff

[syebba]

Spacers are dangerous,i once had one & a half inch spacers on a 1.6 ford crapri,the rear spacer shattered,the wheel sheared off the lug nuts & careered towards a ford showroom on a tight bend,surprised my wheel did\'nt break the front windows of the showroom!
Totally stuffed my richard grant side skirts & rear valence.

[CHC (RIP)]

Don\'t suppose you bought new linen as well as body parts did you?

[AtomicRex]

I don\'t have a standard one but I do have a bag with a motor in of that\'s any help??

I would also like to point out. These aren\'t real spacers!!

I\'m fully with you that spacers are dangerous!  But we needed to set the suspension up and body work prior to measuring the offset of the new wheels. I can see a near positive offset coming up!

[CHC (RIP)]

Already got one of those thanks, no it\'s the standard headlamp pump that I need.  Working on a possible repair but would like a spare in case.

What you\'re doing is common practice in retro builds so I know what you are having to do in order to ensure the best design - keep up the good work guys.