Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:15 PM |
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WOO HOO!!!! Rolling at last!! (contains bigish photos)
Yeer Haa!! Been a great weekend and the chassis, finally rolling on it's own wheels and [nearly] all painted up came out of the garage proper
for some poncy photography!!
Liam
P.S. recognise the pose
 
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Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:20 PM |
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another one
 
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Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:21 PM |
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Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:23 PM |
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The accommodation...
 
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greggors84
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:24 PM |
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Hehe, like the top pic, straight from the book!
What engine you using?
Car looks very mint all over.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:25 PM |
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Only brakes, clutch, fuel, water, propshafts, engine running and body to go!!!
See you on the road in summer!!
Liam
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Liam
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by greggors84
Hehe, like the top pic, straight from the book!
What engine you using?
Car looks very mint all over.
The power of paint!!
engine is honda 2.7 (rover 800). That one is the spare one which is empty (except crank) and undone so i can move it in and out of the chassis by
myself bit by bit.
In there at the mo to fab the intake runners and plenums to go with the megasquirt ecu.
Liam
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OX
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:40 PM |
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hmmmmm 4 wheel drive ,,,any one want to buy a mk busa .
nice one ,the beast looks brilliant ,,when are we gonna see it up and running then
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:43 PM |
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World record attempt
Most joints in a steering column. Looks like a catalogue model pose from our winter collection.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 20/2/05 at 11:44 PM |
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Wow, that is a mean looking beast! Chassis looks really professional and well made, is it your own design or a kit?
Good luck with the rest of the build
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Liam
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 12:15 AM |
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Wow thanks everyone!!
Er yeah - the 4uj steering column situation was kind of unavoidable with the wide engine and front axle. But they're roughly phased to cancel
out non-uniform velocity and all that. Dont have any play. Works fine luckily!
Chassis is kind of my own design (with plenty of input from friends and stuff on the net). Essentially a book with irs, modded front and structural
scuttle and engine bay top frame. Was kind of needed to get stiffness back in the engine bay - the wide engine making the r tubes impossible.
Liam
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 12:54 AM |
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where did you get the plastic blocks that you're using to support your steering column?
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JonBowden
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 posted on 21/2/05 at 03:54 AM |
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Hay, that's the most interesting seven I've seen for a while.
Any chance of posting more BIG pictures to provide ideas for the rest of us to copy. I'd particularly like a look at the front suspension and
uprights.
Nicely made - it looks professional
Jon
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 07:59 AM |
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cracking car liam, you can be well proud of that! 
ps, i dont suppose you want a spare front diff?!
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Fred W B
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 08:56 AM |
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I like it!
Fred WB
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James
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 09:10 AM |
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Nice one Liam!
Gotta agree with Jon- that is a very interesting car. I love the front suspension.
Having gone for IRS myself I'd be interested to see some pics of your IRS system.
Cheers,
James
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bob
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 09:15 AM |
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Well done liam you have not dissapointed mate.
Se you in the summer
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 10:44 AM |
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hmm interesting , what gearbox is that ? , cossie Mt75 ? looks good !
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 12:59 PM |
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very nice
What a great job ,nice to see some different idea's,that steering column is a work of art,love the jacket your wearing in first shot,very Steve
Mc'queen
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Alan B
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 01:38 PM |
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Yep, I gotta join the "me toos"......Great looking car..well thought out, well excuted.....nice one..
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Dale
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 04:03 PM |
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I really like the engine girdle if thats what you call it. Looks like I found an answer on how to keep my engine bay in the shape its suposed to be
in.
Dale
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Liam
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 04:18 PM |
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Ooooh!! Thanks for all the nice feedback!
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After giving up trying to find 22mm rod ends/spherical bearings/pillow blocks for a decent price (or at all) I made my own supports. Inch square
nylon bar stock; two bits together held in the lathe (had to remove one of the three jaws and hold it in two - four jaw chuck woulda been nice);
drilled and bored to 22mm. Then drilled vertically and bolted to steel brackets on the chassis. Bit of grease and it does a great job. They
actually need opening out a little to take into account the paint thickness but oh well. Considering driling down the centre and inserting a gease
nipple...
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Yup gearbox is cossie MT75 4x4. Brand new - been waiting 16 years to go in a car and be turned in anger! Poor thing. Imagine waking up only to find
your intended home is in the history books after a long pruduction run, and all your ancestors are smaller and drive the wrong wheels!
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I have 3.62 front diffs coming out of my a**e. But a spare 3.92 might be welcome.
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Jacket was a christmass pressie and came from Here. Havent removed it since. Mmmmmm cow products.
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Some pictures of the front susp and irs in me photo archive. Front uprights are just Sierra 4x4. Good old MK made me some custom mushrooms (larger
diameter than 2wd) for no extra! Lower joint is fiesta (matches sierra 4x4 lower pinch bolt arrangement - no room for taper). Festa joint not load
bearing which is one reason for top rocking arm and inboard (using maxi joint).
Rear uprights are modified MK. Chopped off top and added BJ to allow toe adjustment (probably woulda been OK to yank a bush about a bit but oh well).
Bottom joints are rod ends to adjust camber and toe. Have two mounting positions to play around with different rear roll centre (couldn't
decide what I wanted and thought i'd find out on track). Finally I 'closed the box' by panelling the back in thin sheet as I have a
stiffness fetish and drilling a few holes for lightness. My rear suspension box takes all the loading (as opposed to the normal shock towers) due to
the inboard so is made very stiff and feeds into a triangulated tunnel.
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Removable engine cradle thingy inspired by (sounds better than stolen from) TVR Tuscan racer. Hugely increases engine bay stiffness if properly tied
into front suspension box and scuttle, if you cant use the normal R tubes.
Cheers everyone
Liam
[Edited on 21/2/05 by Liam]
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Northy
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 07:01 PM |
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Wow Liam! I'm proud to buy your cast-offs!
Have you thought of putting together a website? I think I asked you that when we met?
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 21/2/05 at 07:38 PM |
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im liking the engine cradle chassis stiffener bit , something to think about .
Is it bushed to the chassis ?
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Jasper
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| posted on 22/2/05 at 12:18 PM |
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Looks fantastic Liam - well done.....
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