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Old April 23rd 2009, 17:22
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Nipped out this evening to weld the chassis sections together, then removed it so I can add some extra sections more easily. Getting there!





Away this weekend so no more progress for a week or so...
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Old April 24th 2009, 14:03
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torsion bar tye-in...

Love all the build images so far ricola.
Can you tell me about your plan to tye in the torsion bar housing?
I am looking at matching your perimeter forms, with round stock for the upper portion of my 'rollcage' but I am unsure as to how I should go about connecting the torsion bar housing into the floor section?

Thoughts?
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Old April 25th 2009, 05:52
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It won't be anything fancy, just small sections of the tube shaped to fit inbetween the rear crossmember pieces and the torsion bar housing...
I'll get to it when I flip the chassis over.
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Old April 27th 2009, 14:35
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and how about weight?
Have you weighed out your parts to get a picture for totall additional weight with the way your building?
I would be curious as to the weight per foot of the box tube your using.
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Old April 27th 2009, 15:41
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Strength is much more important than weight for me, especially in a cabrio and considering it will have an excess of power. There are easier ways to get better strength/weight but not hidden, I want this car to look relatively stock to help with the sleeper approach.

Weight of the tubing is just over 4kg per metre..
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Strength is much more important that weight for me, especially in a cabrio and considering it will have an excess of power...
Well, its just a run of the mill suby engine...don't get over excited by what it will put out
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lol, this engine is only 300bhp, the next version will be a fair bit more, I'm thinking about a 2.5sti based engine next... got to come up with some other projects and stop my habit of selling cars the second I finish them!
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Lets see some dyno proof of all that big hp talk of you
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Old April 27th 2009, 18:09
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in time...
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Heh, that is what i am working with 05' 2.5T STI engine... Can't wait to get it booted up.
Just waiting on my adapter kit... damn all this waiting...
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Old April 30th 2009, 16:29
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Not sure how much of it would be used in the end, stronger rods, pistons, heads, turbo etc etc I still have to do some more research as I have a closed deck RA engine now which may be a better base...
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Bit more done...

Cut rust out of chassis:


Then fabricaate new panels and weld them in, took a bit of beating to get the right shape with that thick steel!


Added some drain holes to help prevent problems in the future too...
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Very nice work Richard!
Structural rigidity will probably be greatly enhanced by this.
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Old May 2nd 2009, 14:07
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One thing I was going to ask you Wally, did you shorten/lengthen your shift rod at all? Mine is roughly going to end up with the base of the shifter in the same place as stock so pulled back a bit by the bend will probably be just about right for me but it has been a while since I drove the thing so am open to opinions...
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Yes, I did need to lengthen it quite a bit. Made this pic. You can see the welded piece in between, but I used quite some overlap, so the actual lengthening is a bit less than you think you see



Oh, don't mind the extra piece I made on the coupler. It turned out not to be neccesary.
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