All great things have a beginning

Grant Monkhouse · January 15, 2020, 06:03:34 PM

Quote from: Paul_13 on January 15, 2020, 07:38:38 AM
Quote from: Grant Monkhouse on January 14, 2020, 09:45:18 PM
So things have ground to a halt as iv just got my house sold and have just had an offer accepted on my new much bigger one! With a garage that will fit a car in much better. Allow me to work on things easier it all goes through smoothly and they want it all completed by 28th February

Just ordered an rx8 steering rack so I can at least tow the car up there rather than pay for a transporter etc i will get it bolted in so steering works.

I Have been looking at the mx5 subframe and I think I should have just used that as the mounting points lend them selves to support the engine mounts on my engine

I'm going to get it cleaned up and painted and make a decision as it's not really hard to swap them back over at this point as I haven't fabbed mounts as of yet

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I was looking at mounting the MX5 PAS in the space of the AC Compressor on the RX8 enigne.

Also

I know that GarageReg (Colum) has developed a Hydraulic PAS kit for the 13B-REW. Might be worth dropping him a message. He posted an instagram story last year showing the kit and "stay tuned"

I'm not interested in having power steering work right now as I doubt I will be driving this on the road much if at all.

Thanks anyway

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Grant Monkhouse · January 17, 2020, 02:45:20 PM

Just quickly thrown the rx8 rack on, obviously the rx8 is a bit wider than the front so I need to lay racks next to each other and work out how to get the rx8 one to the correct length which should just mean turning the end bits, what ever they're called lol

I take it the ends that attach to the hubs are the same diameter,

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Grant Monkhouse · January 29, 2020, 11:04:35 AM

So...... Yeh the rx8 rack is not any different

don't know why I thought it was, must have been tired from working nights

So I have steering again, haven't got the tie rod ends nits tightened up yet but they will hold for the moment to help with the move, just need to put a copper washer on the brake front passenger side and then bleed them so they will work a bit lol

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Grant Monkhouse · January 31, 2020, 02:29:32 PM

Some slight productivity, turbo manifolds make me happy

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Grant Monkhouse · January 31, 2020, 04:48:04 PM

This is where the turbo is going to stay, clears the abs so don't have to try move it or remove it, placing it here has create enough room to loop the down pipe back on itself if I wish to run a full exhaust system, but more importantly I can send the exhaust straight across the engine bay, down around and pointing out Infront of the front passenger side wheel

which will be better for my lungs and ears as the fuel flames and mighty braps will be pointing away from the drivers side, especially seeing as the car is a convertible and the turbulence will try suck the fumes straight into the cabin

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boosted · January 31, 2020, 04:49:43 PM

The is gonna be awesome Grant!!! Woohoo!

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Grant Monkhouse · January 31, 2020, 04:52:57 PM

Chuffing steering rack colum fouls on the manifold but not a big issue as we will just take a scallop out of the header tube etc, won't effect anything

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boosted · January 31, 2020, 04:55:07 PM

I thinking this is gonna be mad like a Mad Mike Whiddet creation and side exit exhaust shooting flames cool...brill no noise limits at drag tracks...(that im aware off).

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Grant Monkhouse · January 31, 2020, 05:00:50 PM

No noise restrictions at all, with the exhaust pointing out of the left hand side it will also be useful for distracting whoever I'm racing, providing I am staged in the right hand lane.

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Grant Monkhouse · January 31, 2020, 05:06:42 PM

https://youtu.be/fegu6VewNJU

Gobto 40 seconds, thays a 3 rotor maybe mine can throw some similar flames

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boosted · January 31, 2020, 05:11:40 PM

Yeah thats cool!!

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Paul_13 · February 20, 2020, 09:43:22 PM

Awesome progress with turbo install

Grant Monkhouse · March 22, 2020, 06:01:47 PM

Think I'm going to use the mx5 subframe. It has perfectly made mounts welded to the frame already for me to bolt my engine mounts to.

Plus by the looks of it the mx5 steering rack sits flat whereas the rx8s is sat up and forward. Wonder if this kind of positioning has any effect on steering angle? As the rx8 is sat that but higher?

Iv got to cut the subframe to pull the engine forward I think so I need to it off the car anyway even if I use the rx8 or mx5 frame.

Still waiting on moving house but hoping in next couple of weeks. Could end up with plenty of time off with this covid 19 kicking around so might be productive once I'm I. The new house and warmer garage.

Hope everyone is well

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clive · March 22, 2020, 07:23:04 PM

Good to see you posting again Grant.

You wont really know untill the car is on its wheels and can see the angle the track rods, obviously there's various ways of sorting the track rods so you dont get bump steer, which trust me is horrible and makes for a dangerious unpredictable car that will dive all over the road.

Grant Monkhouse · March 24, 2020, 10:44:11 AM

Quote from: clive on March 22, 2020, 07:23:04 PM
Good to see you posting again Grant.

You wont really know untill the car is on its wheels and can see the angle the track rods, obviously there's various ways of sorting the track rods so you dont get bump steer, which trust me is horrible and makes for a dangerious unpredictable car that will dive all over the road.

Hi Clive, I can see theyre at an angle already but the car is sitting really high currently.

The wheel to front wing gap is about 5.5inches! I would imagine it's going to drop a little further with radiator intercooler etc but iv stood on the front of the car and I'm over 90kg, and jumped up and down and it didn't make the slightest but if difference, however doesn't matter for the moment, just something iv noticed so far.

I don't know what suspension will lower the car 5 inches but I'm already looking into some shocks for drag racing that work for transfer of weight etc. Much different to track car suspension with regards to compression and rebound rates etc to help keep the car squatted at the rear and up at the front launching the car.

Anyway I'm blabbing on now

Just pulled my PWR charge cooler from out of the shed and also found a small oil cooler kit I won years ago from banzai magazine

Also found my switch panel.

I'm Thinking to bin off all the wiring of the car and run the bare minimum, but keep most of the body wiring stored for if I need to get all brake lights working and stuff?

Plus saves weight

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