Stots Build Thread

[Stot]

Look what just turned up from Phil @ Talon.



He even painted them for me.

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[Stot]

Made some more progress with the chassis. Trans tunnel is in and suspension brackets are on.




One of my D12s has gone missing. most everything else is fully welded.

I trial fitted one of the front suspension and uprights to see how it would fit too.



Look a bit weird from that angle but it will probably make sense once I do them flat.

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[Johno]

Some cracking progress there
Are the wishbones roughly based on the Saturn design? If so you may have a problem with the steering arm extension hitting the lower wishbone. You can get round it by limiting the amount of steering lock as it only just hits on full lock.
I know Phil made some lower wishbones with a slight bend in them to get over this as well I believe for the Voodou design I think.
Any thoughts on how you are going to mount your diff yet? It's been a topic of much debate in the past on which way to mount it.

Looking forward to more photos...

[Stot]

Originally Posted by Johno

Some cracking progress there
Are the wishbones roughly based on the Saturn design? If so you may have a problem with the steering arm extension hitting the lower wishbone. You can get round it by limiting the amount of steering lock as it only just hits on full lock.

They are based on Saturn design, Phil made them for me, I'm a little concerned with how far it looks like I may have to have the drag links wound out to get to 1-2 degrees camber at the moment. Looks like there may only be 3/4"-1" of thread in the wishbone. Wont know properly till next weekend. I may shorten my rack as the book suggests which may limit the lock to lock enough that I dont need to put any stops on it. If not, Ill knock up some stops.

Originally Posted by Johno

Any thoughts on how you are going to mount your diff yet? It's been a topic of much debate in the past on which way to mount it.

Hanging it from the arms but not sure on supporting the nose at the moment.

The next goal is to get it rolling so that I can wheel it to and from my detached garage so steering uprights and maybe handbrake next.

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[Stot]

Made a start on my pedal box tonight.



I note on the MX5 setup the furthest left lower bolt hole is covered by the pedal so needs to be repositioned.

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[Davidbolam]

Both skov and myself noticed on he mx5 the accelerator pedal moves a long way. It might be an idea before its installed to see if it can be modified in some way.

[Stot]

Hmmm. Difficult to change the pivot points at this end, may be easier to change it at the throttle body.

How much would you say it is out? Is there say twice as much travel as you would expect?

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[Johno]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

Both skov and myself noticed on he mx5 the accelerator pedal moves a long way. It might be an idea before its installed to see if it can be modified in some way.

Hi,
Didn't Skov say that Nathan supplied him with the wrong pedal and this is what caused the long travel? Not quite sure now....

[Stot]

Originally Posted by Johno

Any thoughts on how you are going to mount your diff yet? It's been a topic of much debate in the past on which way to mount it.

I had a think about this at the weekend. I want to solid mount the nose as its solid mounted in the MX5. I was going to do a bracket like Phil has drawn in the past that welds into where the CP10s would be on the Sierra build.

While I was thinking about that I realised that I actually had a pair of CP10s I wont be using so thought I would come up with something using them.





I think it should work well, and it can be unbolted for diff access.

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