the new 911w (Read 29,645 times)

[98wsaloon]

looking good , be good to have you there.. can see only one mistake..ya should have coppied a front end of a car that actually goes around corners ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D...sorry chris

[scotty 911w]

Jul 13, 2010 18:02:39 GMT 12 98wsaloon said:

looking good , be good to have you there.. can see only one mistake..ya should have coppied a front end of a car that actually goes around corners ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D...sorry chris

lol,but i dont think it was chris driving when it went into the wall

[scotty 911w]

well i found a rack $100 on trademe and started mounting it,then ran out of mig gas ,so i moved onto something else.
i got some old shifter cables out of a mitsi van and made up the shifter for my falcon 3 speed.i was thinkin of mounting the shifter on the lhs in the cockpit as there is plenty of room over there.can stick it any where due to the lenght of the cables,if i want.i had no idea how it was all gonna work ,just pulled the top of the box figured out what does what and went from there.seems to work pretty well. ;D

my new rack,



the gearbox lever ends are just temp at the mo

[mcmoo]

Hey Scotty, good to see the progress. Had not seen this post before now. Well done, Good luck with the budget for this season. See ya at the track. McMoo

[scotty 911w]

well not much to report ,but im having an alloy tank made for me and been muckin about with the steering,
oh thats right ive secured a very good deal from GASKIN FORD for an au 4.0l motor will be taking delivery of that soon so then ill be into it,
engine geabox mounts,finalising steering coloumn,fitting fuel ines brake lines ,coolant pipes etc,

i awoke this morn to some self induced madness ;)ive decide to call my car..................MY LITTLE PONY ;D ;Dyep thats rite will be pink n all
for those of you who dont get it, because its a mustang but not quite a thorobred(running a 6 not an 8) ,hence the little pony

ill post some pics of my tank when its done,

scotty

[glen26 2ks]

lol good one scotty

[scotty 911w]

picked up my motor yesterday,should be a goodn,only done 88 thousand kms ;)so heres what i did today(which is why i wasnt at the workin bee)

engine mounts

engine in,woo hoo

plenty of room for a massive turbo ;D

had to cut a chassis rail to get the engine low enough

not a bad fit considering i built the front end without an engine ;D

some other stuff ive been up to latley

throwing some paint around



new dash

double shear mount birdcages,

now the fun begins
bell housing/clutch combonations
ecu and related stuff not too looking forward to that.
make up extractors/headers exhaust system
and them plumbing.

[scotty 911w]

well did my ususal,decided i didnt like what i had done ,so.........off it comes

engine mounts version 2.0

top bar is bent to clear oil filter

started on some wiring yesterday,boy thats fun.................not
might also have a problem with the rack i brought,i dont think its long enough........doh

[scotty 911w]

ok ,a few nights in the shed and this is what ive accomplised.it might not look like much,but when you make things 5 times it can take a little longer

steering rack in

just made a rack extension

made pedal box

not quite finished but you get the idea

[chris13w]

Hey Scott - Nice work on the pedal box!

Just wondering if that rack is too long now though??

If the tie rods are in line with the bottom arm (hard to tell from the picture angle) then it needs to be the same length as the spacing between the bottom arm pivots to get zero bump steer.

All looks good though - I must come round for a look sometime!

[scotty 911w]

Oct 16, 2010 11:11:17 GMT 12 chris13w said:

Hey Scott - Nice work on the pedal box!

Just wondering if that rack is too long now though??

If the tie rods are in line with the bottom arm (hard to tell from the picture angle) then it needs to be the same length as the spacing between the bottom arm pivots to get zero bump steer.

All looks good though - I must come round for a look sometime!

according to your books the steering rack ends need to be inline with top AND bottom mounts to get zero bump steer,mabey i read it wrong,

[scotty 911w]

[chris13w]

Totally correct!

That's why I said I couldn't tell from the picture if it was in the same plane as the bottom arm, so if its up higher - absolutley right!

That "My Little Pony" is going to be awesome when its finished!

[scotty 911w]

well what a busy sunday and monday night,if you liked the pedal box chris you should love this

ill make an alloy pedal when i come across some

pedal box and steering column fitted,ten points if anyone can tell what the column came out of ;D


now you see me

now you dont ;D
now i can start running brake lines.

[4zfed]

Keep up the good work Scotty & the updates.
It will all be worth the long hours your putting in

[callum33]

i bet the steering column came out of a car! probably manufactured sometime in the last 100 years - now what do i win?

[muff 21w]

hillman avenger?

[tank11]

Oct 21, 2010 19:46:40 GMT 12 callum33 said:

i bet the steering column came out of a car! probably manufactured sometime in the last 100 years - now what do i win?

ten points, he said.

[nogrip-31gm]

wll its a tilt column so jap spec.. corolla??

[Brett85p]

Nice work Scotty!

Have you thought about making the cover over the pedal box hinged or zeus clipped on so you can remove it quickly to access the master cylinder?

One other suggestion, putting a foot rest flush between the brake and clutch, it gives you somewhere to put your left foot when you are not on the brake and then you can just slide your foot across to the brake when you need to.

Good luck!