Another build thread

[skov]

Originally Posted by james3004

Where did you get the battery from john, that's what I've been looking at for my build

Hi James, I got it off ebay for £80 posted. That was the cheapest I could find!
I just checked and the seller I got it from doesn't seem to have any more listed

[andysredmini]

Hi Skov.
Do you mind me asking where you positioned your seat belt anchorages (cp18). I am building a Saturn based mx5 chassis and have come to position them 140mm (from the back edge) from the front face of br12 as per the book but they are clashing with tt6 on the transmission tunnel.
I’m either think of cutting the anchorage down to retain the original measurement or pulling the whole bracket back so that it mates to the rear face of tt6.

Many thanks

Andy

[skov]

Originally Posted by andysredmini

Hi Skov.
Do you mind me asking where you positioned your seat belt anchorages (cp18). I am building a Saturn based mx5 chassis and have come to position them 140mm (from the back edge) from the front face of br12 as per the book but they are clashing with tt6 on the transmission tunnel.
I’m either think of cutting the anchorage down to retain the original measurement or pulling the whole bracket back so that it mates to the rear face of tt6.

Hi Andy, I'm pretty sure I put mine in the book position.
Are you sure you've got TT6 in the right place? It should be in the book position too, so there shouldn't be a clash

The position of the bottom anchorages isn't critical as far as I'm aware though, so moving them forwards or back a bit shouldn't be a problem.

[andysredmini]

Thanks Skov. You were correct about tt6 being in the wrong position. I had them 50mm to close to the back.
Luckily its only a drawing i'm working on. hopefully i cut my steel to the guide and not my drawing. Ill check when i get home.

Thanks again

Andy.

[skov]

Didn't do too much on the build last week what with valentines day followed by the winter vomiting bug running wild through the household...

I did venture out on Saturday and managed to revisit my steering shafts/linkages.

I've now done it the same as the Saturn guide, rather than my original way which involved bodging a chopped up sierra column in there:







Worth noting that I used rally design part RD820F for the shaft to rack linkage, rather than the RD850 suggested in version 3 of the Saturn guide (which I suspect might be a typo!)

[stew]

looks good john. gonna be a real tidy car.


ive loads to update on mine, but not had a chance in a while. still wish i was further on, but enjoyin the build i guess!! lol

dying of the flu currently!

[skov]

Thanks Stew
Hope you're feeling better soon!
My work place paid for us all to have flu shots back in the autumn, so I won't be getting that thankfully.
Hasn't stopped me getting ill with every other bug doing the rounds though!
Make sure you get some pics up soon, it'd be good to see how you're getting on

[skov]

Finally got around to finishing my front diff mount last week.
I started it months ago before it had been added to the Saturn guide, which is why it's a tad different.





It's bolted to a plate on the chassis via a pair of landrover engine mounts, and to the diff itself using a pair of M12 bolts.
The holes in the diff were a bit bigger than 12mm, so I sleeved them down with some ali tube to get a nice tight fit.
I'm not 100% happy about using the rubber mounts in shear, but I think (hope!) they'll be ok.

On a seperate note I replaced the OEM bushes in the rear uprights with some Strongflex ones this evenning:





It didn't seem right leaving them as 15 year old perished rubber when the rest of the suspension uses polybushes!
And as an added bonus Strongflex very kindly supplied them with 12mm internal diameter crush tubes rather than their 10mm MX5 ones.
I got them to do that so they match the 12mm holes in the Saturn wishbones, and mean I can fit M12 bolts.

[CTWV50]

How much were the bushes and crush tubes John? And have you got a link for the tube you're using on the bottom. Just picked up yet another bottle of gas so I'm back to the grind again literally.

Oh and the steering shaft from the column to rack UJ, what are you using?

[skov]

Glad to see you've come out of hibernation Chris

Here's the tube I inserted into the lower holes in the rear uprights (you need 80mm per side if memory serves me correctly):

STEEL PRECISION TUBE 14mm OD x 300mm LONG 1mm WALL

And these are the bushes I stuck in the top of the uprights (£22.70 for a pair):

Mazda MX-5 Rear Upper Inner & Outer Suspension Bush SPORT poly STRONGFLEX

My column to rack UJ is rally design part# RD820F

Hope that helps!