And then I made up the engine mounts. Had the plates cnc cut to my design.
So its rolling with engine for now. Mount the radiator and gearbox mount and I think im ready to strip it and paint or powder coat the chassis. :cool: Cheers Stot |
Hi Stot,
Making some serious progress there.....:) Just a couple of observations though, I see you haven't fitted your diagonals either side of the engine yet. Also where your bracket for the nose of the diff mounts to the diff plate you may eventually get a fracture in the plate as there is no support there. Just a thought.. |
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Phils diff box is to fit a sierra frame. It seems the better solution but too late now. :rolleyes: This is the picture Phil did I was thinking of. Mimics the PPF. Cheers Stot |
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Hi Stot build looking great and coming along at breakneck speed,I notice that you have a four slot pulley on your crank have you read about these early short nose crank engines havering problems with the woodruff key? also when you say that you want to solid mount your diff like it is in the mx5 I don't think it's solid mounted to the chassis in the mx5 because the ppf is bolted to the gearbox not direct to the body, what do you think?.
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The moment of the engine and gearbox (from my research, the engine and box weigh approx 175kg) would go a long way to stopping the diff rotating about the driveshaft axis.
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I suppose the PPF did have some twist to it but I dont think it would be a as much as a rubber mount could allow.
The Sierra diff is solid mounted and has worked in plenty of locosts/roadsters, perhaps its a better idea to solid mount the MX5 diff all round. Replace the rubbers with some metal bushes and bolt the whole thing in solid. Cheers Stot |
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I got my floorpan cut out today. I cut it square and clamped it up to my chassis, drew round it and cut it out with some air shears. Turned out nicely, another part ready to be fitted when the painting is done. Cheers Stot |
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