OK, I've pretty much jigged up the front now. I need to take out the upper jig and give it an assement for how stiff it is, but i'm confident. If it's ok, then it'll go to one side until I drag out the lower arrangement.
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OK, I've pretty much jigged up the front now. I need to take out the upper jig and give it an assement for how stiff it is, but i'm confident. If it's ok, then it'll go to one side until I drag out the lower arrangement.
Last edited by Jesus-Ninja; 16-08-2008 at 15:51.
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Originally Posted by TomK
And it's out (with a bit of a tug). Didn't have to drop the strut either. I guess I did the right thing using a 10.5mm drill bit instead of a 10mm. Little bit of play
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nice use of triangulation lol. to the extream ha ha.
im starting to get the idea you have now. so basically you will have the positions of all the suspension mounting points in the same place as where the car origionally intended.
so whats the plan from then?? do you have a roll cage that you can triangulate to these suspension points or are you going to make something completely different??
I really don't want the thing to move
Most things I can handle being not quite where they were intended to be, and it's not unusual for a chassis to warp by 10mm over it's length due to welding, but the suspension points HAVE to be bang on.
Correct
Something completely different really. All the S14 geometry, shocks, brakes, hubs etc etc, but with a transvers engine in the back. Three seats, with the driver centrally positioned and further forward, with A=Pilliars where the turrets are.
Yes, I'll be "recycling" parts of my roll cage, but it's more than a roll cage with bits bolted on.
It won't look like an S14. In fact I'm not really sure what it's going to look like. I'm in the 2nd round of design on paper, and there will be a third once all the major components are laid out and jigged.
Last edited by Jesus-Ninja; 16-08-2008 at 16:48.
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wow. when are you looking to have something that resembles a car again, even if its not shelled or engined??
so your building an meclaren f1 sx
I have a week off in September - that's my target: to have something that can be rolled in and out of the garage by the end of that week
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In a way - yesso your building an meclaren f1 sx
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very very very cool stuff i want to do something like this one day once im married have a house sorted and so on........ will it every happen..... i got myself a copy of build yourself a sports car for £250
Dude - trust me - do it before you're married....
Fortunately my wife loves the fact that I'm completely barking...
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yeah i have a small problem with that im getting married in 14months have a house to buy and a timeattack car to get reliable
Ahhhh... Busy man then!
Well, I dunno about that. I want to be clear here - I haven't got a clue what I'm doing...
Good luck doing it for £250
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Got the rest of the jig / low crossmembers out
Pant's camera was on crap setting!!
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Last edited by Jesus-Ninja; 17-08-2008 at 11:46.
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Try again with the pics....
Cross member at brackets out in one
Tiny wheels!
Well, the Omega has been called a shed before. And now, thanks to lack of space, IT IS!
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Jig reassembled! And initial measurements suggests all is still square. Nice!.jpg)
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Just placed my order for my steel: 48 metres of 25mm x 25mm x 1.5mm ERW square tube.
£100 delivered!
Better clear some space - it arrives tomorrow!!!!
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looking good so far will be good to see how she develops. You must have some sketches you've made to give us an idea of your final shape and maybe some of your tubing designs or are you not willing to share them just yet.
There are some pics kicking around, but these were done on the premise that I was going to use the original S14 drive train, which I'm now not. Time and other factors have dictatied that I get the s14 shell off the drive, and get the jigged parts out.
The "design" is a rough "yes it will all fit", but needs to be re-done on paper before welding starts. I opted to get the jigs in place to allow more acurate measureing of the key components relative to each otehr, before "filing in the gaps" as it were.
What's it going to look like? Your guess is as good as mine. It's not quite as "build it on the fly" as it might sound, but it's very much an interative process, refining the designs that are further down the line of realisation, as problems are addressed, designs are changed and facts are confirmed earlier on.
With the A-pillars being where the turrets are (for stiffness and allowing the drive to be relatively far forward to account for the mid engine and two passengers), and the need to use a fairly standard windscreen from something readily available, it will (as far as current plans go!) likely look like a Gillardo / Esprit kind of shape, with a shortish "snout")
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you can recoup some of the project costs once finished by selling the jigs to the Tate Modern as a modern steel sculpture. call it summat like 'Steel tree rising' and some chinless-wonder from the city will pay £20k for it
Big respect mateya doing a grand job
LOL! Thanks! It's like a big pylon!
The next step is to make up some pieces a bit like toblerone. These will bolt onto the jig where the turrents were, and will off set the turrets by 100mm (the greatest distance I can wind my front shocks in by, from their current state) along the line of the shock
Remember all that faffing about with clever spreadsheets to understand the effect of keeping the front suspension as is, but shortenning the strut by dropping the top mount - well that's it - actually happening now!!!
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