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[kcchan]

Looking similar to my set up. Mine'll be a little different and you should get to see what I mean in a couple of days.

[benjy_18]

ill be keeping a look out for your updates then! it seems are builds are fairly similiar besides the engine choice so would be good to compare the two.

had a hiccup with tyres today, one got destroyed whilst putting it on, which is quite annoying but cant be helped.

but ive now got the tyres on and put them on the front subframe.


the wheels are yet to be split but i need to get the car rolling first so ill just remove the tyres when i send them off to be split.

Ben

Edited by benjy_18, 11 April 2012 - 06:03 PM.

[benjy_18]

more welding today almost there i hope!

turret to arch mount cut out ready to be patched like the opposite side


arch closer all lined up


front of rear arch and closer all finished!


just a little dressing of the welds and its done. only the turret patch left and the rear end is done ready for the subframe to be made

Ben

[yousmeg]

cant wait to see the part where you start putting things on!

[grahama]

Great welding in the corners of that closing panel Ben. I remember doing mine, not pretty, but nothing a good dolop of seam sealer didn't sort out. That subby looks good too. Solid mounts all round ?? Also those tyres look like grass track tyres, or are they just funky tread road tyres ??

Graham

[benjy_18]

@yousmeg -
im itching to get to that stage aswell! hopefully not too much longer.

@graham -
the closing panel went a lot better on this side than the other for some reason but it is a lot easier to do it with the car upside down!
the front subby will be solid mounted and the rear will be on rubber or poly. and the tyres are a032R which are a cut slick that are just about road legal. similiar to the A048s for the 12" &13" rims

ben

[benjy_18]

hey guys,

due to the hacking some of the posts have gone missing so im going to re upload all the photos that are missing with a short explaination as always, any questions feel free to ask!

rear subframe mounting points made up


rear bar cut to length and marked up


rear bar cut and bent to shape then welded up


rear bar welded to mounting points



welds ground down and smoothed



quick coat of etch primer to protect until its finished and powder coated


holes drilled and the bar bolted to the boot floor rear for the side legs to be made up




now its all up to date!
the weekend should see the rear subframe almost finished

PS a big thankyou to deathrow and the rest of the forum team for rescuing as much as they could!

Ben

[benjy_18]

i was hoping to be able to go out and finish the rear subframe today but the weather is against me once again!

i did however manage to get the beam section bolted to the heel board. so now i just have to add the side bars and it will be finished and ready for prep and paint.




Ben

[benjy_18]

break in the rain saw one of the side bars made up, heres a few photos








comments welcome
Ben

[kcchan]

Looking good but can I ask why you've gone for this custom set up?

[benjy_18]

due to the way ive cut the floor for the new exhaust tunnel, there isnt as much strength left in the centre of the heelboard as i would have liked.
this means that if i was to go down the route of an actual rear beam there could have been problems.
doing it this way means i can use the original heelboard mounts but still loose a considerable amount of weight over a standard subframe. when the funds are available i will swap to a pair of titanium arms with a kad rear disc brake set up.

the other reason is that its gunna look cool aswell as be a total one-off

Ben

[kcchan]

Fair enough. I was admiring it but then it suddenly hit me when I didn't really know why you'd done it.

Next question, are you using a tube notcher? If so, which one and how would you rate it?

[benjy_18]

haha yeah it does seem a bit wierd to most people i mention it to.

im using the eastwood notcher from frosts restoration.
seems quite solid for the price, i would deffinitly reccomend it for DIY use!

Ben

[Andrew O]

All your photos are missing ?

[benjy_18]

apologies for the problems with the photos, it seems that i have gone over my limit ofthe free account for this month.

hopefully the photos will all come back up at the end of this month then i will make another account so that it doesnt happen again.

Ben

Edited by benjy_18, 24 April 2012 - 06:00 PM.