colonel Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 A few more pics from today.A mad lady protecting the delicate tube work A nice weld The other thing in primer, just resting on its axles and about to go home for some building FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Strewth mate that sheila's just parked her shopping trolley on the back of that truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 but I still like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 but I still like it Yeah its absolutely superb, cant wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks for the comments. Here is the Disco with the tube work done. Couple of views of the internal cage And a little preview of the front suspension on the other And the central cross member FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Looking good! nice tig work, Not meaning to be overly critical but the rear stays look a little unsupported at there back edge. Are you going to use it in uk events? Is the inner cage conected to the rear cage? And how come you've chosen not to have anything down the outside of the A pillar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 And a little preview of the front suspension on the other It'll be interesting to see how the td5 sump fits around those upper links. Damned nice looking build that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 We won't know for certain if the Td5 sump will fit until it's in, but it has been designed from scratch to all work together. The engine sits so far back it should be okay. If it's not then we will either modify the sump, dry sump it (yeah right!!!!) or bend the links. FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 They're both looking really, really good. I like the 4 link front end but packaging will be very 'interesting'. The exhaust is the thing that's going to give me a few headaches with my 3 link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 They're both looking really, really good. I like the 4 link front end but packaging will be very 'interesting'. The exhaust is the thing that's going to give me a few headaches with my 3 link I realised that. SO I threw away the whole thing apart from the engine, transmission and axle casings. Then started afresh. Exhaust is the least of my challenges! Surprising, it is quite a big overall thing but there is soooo little space. There are these big void spaces effectively lost to accommodate the coilovers and travel. FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernchris Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 FB What size tube/type did you use for the rear and the inner cage work on the disco ??? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 FB What size tube/type did you use for the rear and the inner cage work on the disco ??? Chris Old scaffold poles (where's the pirate style flipoff smilie???? ) BUt we remembered to grind the galvanising off. The big tube is 2" 2mm and the smaller is 1.5" 2mm. All seamless, special ductile steel with very good ultimate yield so should survive the odd tree. Clubman 500 FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernchris Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Clubman 500 ay!!!!!! "special ductile steel " right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Clubman 500 ay!!!!!! "special ductile steel "right Sounded good though! lol It does bend easier though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernchris Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Sounded good though! lolIt does bend easier though so what is it then T45 (EN14) ,CDS,CRO-MOLLY????????????? What was your reasoning for useing 1.5" tube for the inner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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