Engine mounts

First up this is a boring post - my apologies - most race car fabrication looks pretty damn boring.... but there you go - so for a quick blast of something dynamic - here is me driving a race car up a hill last weekend - slightly above walking pace

There that should take care of the boredom - now on to the important stuff - we now have engine mounts - even with some less than wonderfull tube joints... yay! Nice welding too - Thanks Guru

These mounts are the ones that keep the engine really solid

while this ones ties it all together - and along with the bottom mounts mean taht this thing is tied in very tight - my fillings will suffer!

Mounted

Well then meet my new best friend - mr Tube Notcher - plus a REALL big drill - its a great partnership!

Oh yeah we were making engine mounts!!!! See - I may actually weld these rather than retain the masking tape and gravity clamps

lurve that drill.... its a loaner but its lovely

funnily enough I usually hate this part - the firts notch is ALWAYS right the decond one is the killer

This install uses the Fiat engine mounts all round - the car has not been cut at all

more later

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coming off life support

So almost a year - whats the bloody bomb maker been doing then? lots!
the orange thing in the corner is coming back to life

it has fluid lines and brakes, glazing and mirrors, belts and switch panels it has an engine and box waiting to go in and a dummy unit in the hole.

tyres are stacked waiting for mounting

almost there family almost there - just waiting on the final maching of the diff and drive unit ... mind you I have been saying that since MARCH....

and for the first time a look at the home for this thing - its okay - you have to step out to change your mind but its okay.....

Stoppers

Okay - piccies of the car on its feet - all pretty much ready on the suspension front - RF wheel bearing is poked though!

also pics of of the brake packages
willwood twin pots on the back - willwood four pots on the front... hopefull y this will stop everyone doubting what I was saying - wheel spacers are 15mm all round and are hubcentric to the performance minilites - thanks Millers Mule in Texas the front brake Kit is from whoa Brakes also in the USA - the rear kit I developed my self - real simple actually!
Also note the radical castor angles on the car - i fixed that later :-)
Camber needs to come back a bit as well...
next step... lots!

Shifty

Work is progressing on the assembly of the car - at last.
Fabricated a new internal/external shift linkage ( which looks suspiciously like a bent piece of tube) and started hanging the flares. Doors are ready to go on as is the front and rear suspension just waiting on Koni to send my rear shockers back.

yay