Donerless

[robo]

And thats not someone without a kebab

I have managed to just gather all I need without a donor. Here is the breakdown to date of build 1.

Vaxhaul electric power steering col.
RX7 front uprights with 300mm discs and ali 4pots.
cossie rear hubs with new calipers and vented discs.
Cossie 108mm drive shafts. <to be shortened>
BMW diff lsd with 108mm flanges.
Ford v8 stroker lump. 5.7ltr
Getrag 265 gearbox.
Chassis comeing from talon
Body F@@k knows
Bits to get.

Premier loom
Dash and guages
Tank

All the second hand bits will get shoved in the truck and taken off to be blasted , i dont think I have it in me to start wire brushing all the crud off this lot.

The rest is here somewhere buried








Bob

[brainbug007]

Sounds good mate, your car is going to be proper awesome

[Bonzo]

That is a nice mix of parts you have there Bob.

I am really looking forward to seeing your build as it progresses.

one thing for sure, it certainly has the making of " One kick ass Roadster "

[BORNXenon]

I think I'm going to go down the route of collecting parts rather than buying a doner.
Is there a reason that 'Q' plates are shunned in favour of an age related??

[will_08]

I think its just the stigma of a 'Q' is all,

The only thing i can see is you cant have a private plate? no real prob

[wylliezx9r]

Robbo, have you designed the front wishbones to suit the uprights yet? What made you choose those particular uprights ?

Cheers Dan

[BORNXenon]

Originally Posted by will_08

I think its just the stigma of a 'Q' is all,

The only thing i can see is you cant have a private plate? no real prob

Thats what I thought, doesn't really bother me to be honest.

[robo]

Originally Posted by wylliezx9r

Robbo, have you designed the front wishbones to suit the uprights yet? What made you choose those particular uprights ?

Cheers Dan

Quite a lot of thought has gone into the selection of the upright. Mazda have designed the front suspension on the fd35 rx7 to have zero scrub, it also gives me the 300mm discs with the ali 4 pot caliper. The wheels are from the same car so offset is correct. The lower ball joint is the same as the mx5 so I can use the saturn design lower wishbone ,that leaves me to make a top wishbone which will have rose joints on all three corners. That will give me adjustment in caster and camber. Its a sort of win win situation. The upright is also slightly taller <25mm> which will get rid of some of the positive roll camber change. To keep the same stud pattern all round I will drill the rear cossie hubs to the mazda 5 stud pattern.

Bob

[K4KEV]

Me likes the way you think Rob ....do it different....well ever so slightly ....gonna be one VERY nice machine when done and I look forward to catching up when you post.....so get a bluddy move on fella

[Dualist]

I have been wondering about using FD parts so will be watching with interest.
Gonna be a great build mate with those specs