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[FLD]

Looks like your car is being humped by a horny VX!

The pass side lamp looks like one of the adjusters needs a repair, fiddly job but do-able.

 

More pics this time of the bodywork mods

 

I quite like those arches, can I aske where they came from and if the arch piece has the same radius as the OE arch? 

Great work on the coupe hinges too, it's a constant debate on how to hinge these.  The roll bar seems the most desirable place but is quite impractical.  Hinging like you have done seems the most practical route to me

[cookster501]

The arches are from unique customs kings Lynn after a lot of searching for a arch that looked the same sort of radius as the vx it was fairly easy to make them fit fronts are 70mm wide and the rears are 100mm to cover the 9.5j rear wheels. As for what it's going to be used for road mainly and a few track day the main reason is I just enjoy building modified cars and the vx is a good base vehicle to start with. I'll post up some pictures of the vx's little brother that me and Dan have just completed it's 300kg lighter and running the same 1.8t 20v setup

[Mangham54]

Nova Nova Nova

[cookster501]

Sorry don't do front wheel drive asking one set of wheels to do three things is all a bit to much for my liking

[cookster501]

Any advice on what's the best way to bond the roof skins together would be much appreciated.

[Mopeytitan]

Glue ::

[cookster501]

I'll take the nails back to B&Q and ask for glue.

[Sticky]

I was advised to use CT1 Power Grab

[cookster501]

CT1 is very good iv used it before thank you.

[FLD]

I used the structural epoxy from easy composites.  2x50ml tubes did mine.

[Dirtydiesel]

Al's progress from yesterday
















Exhaust parts all lined up titanium cans need shortening to suit the back of the car

[Mangham54]

What's the periscope for?

[cookster501]

There for extra airflow I'm cutting the back of the boot out for cooling. That turbo will cook your sandwiches if you put your picknick in the boot with it

[Dirtydiesel]

This is Al's other agu powered toy.

[FLD]

That looks a bit extreme!  What is it?

[Nev]

Nice long wishbones at the rear, well better than our stubby little jobbies on the VX anyway.

Edited by Nev, 13 July 2015 - 09:17 AM.

[Dirtydiesel]

It's a Blaze RR.

Here's a little more progress on the lower engine mountings, the bushes I've chosen are from synergy suspension the centre was 9/16 so I turned them out to 16mm and turned some steel bushes to weld through the cars mountings.

[TFD]

This is gonna be something...

[Dirtydiesel]

A bit more of an updat,

Vibrotechnics fitted and finished off the mounting to suit the thread length.



Reamed washers welded into the gearbox mountings.



Gearbox cradle taking shape















The cradle is made out of 45x2.6 cds

[Dirtydiesel]

I've mocked up the brakes, we're using 330mm Alfa discs all round with evora calipers, the fronts are relatively straightforward to mount the backs are going to be a bit tricky.





And I've started reworking the rear toe link arrangement.

I opened the holes out in the rear sub frame from 10mm to 14mm



The original steel center bushes for the wishbone bushes were 16mm od and 10.5 id, I made some new ones with an 18.5mm od and 14mm id





The toe links themselves are 25mm od 7075 aluminum, with a m16 rose joint at the sub frame and a much larger than standard track rod end at the hub.








There's plenty more work to be done on the subframe mounting yet.