where are the first and second?

 

Is that sway even connected to the control arms?! Physics laws had to of been broken in that dude's head.

 

It's connected to that bracket that ties everything together. Control arm - coilover - sway bar - frame. It's a 4 point bracket.

That design is actually pretty neat and seems like it would work very well. Though, that bracket seems like it would be under a ton of unneeded stress.

 

Its connected the the bell crank in that pushrod setup.

 

Bell crank. I knew what the word was, just wasn't ringing a bell.


/shittypun

 

That design hurts my head. I'd love to see an expert driver get more out of it vs. an optimized and lighter "standard" setup.

 

You guys ready for this?

Problem: 3" intercooler inlet/outlet. 2.5" throttle body inlet. Essentially no income whatsoever.

Solution: Use hacksaw (too poor for sawzall) to hack open old muffler, which contained 3" to 2.5" reducer. Use wire brush to make it sortof acceptable for welding. Make this:



After cutting the upper intake manifold and rotating it (it used to point directly over the valve cover to receive hot air directly from the turbo), I replaced the radiator with a Saab 900 radiator (shorter) and ran the intercooler plumbing over the top. As you can see on the right, I didn't measure the piping very well, but hey, silicone tubes stretch!



Finally, the intercooler needed air. Cut the fascia open and ran black door trim around the cuts.



SMH

 

HA! left you all speechless with my custom radiator mounts and non-cluttered engine bay.

 

Few things I have made.

Through fender intercooler piping for Miata


Log manifold for B6 miata.


Bottom mount t3/t4 manifold for BP miata.


Mid pipe for 1JZ Lexus SC400



Cold air intake for Honda Civic B16




More to come soon. Im building a top mounted small diameter runner for a paying friend of mine right now.
I will be posting pictures as I take them on my Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/HellaFab

 

I took a spin at making brackets to mount the seats I have for sale. The bracket turned out alright. I have some work to complete it. The spacing on the seat mounts made me add a second level or else the bolts don't fit.

Ok welds for flux core?

I used 1/8" x 3" steel flat bar and 1/8" thk 3/4" angle.

 

Very nice welds for flux core, I recognize the splatter instantly. A \_/ shaped wire wheel in my drill gets 85% of mine, a chisel and grinder get the rest.

 

Take a steel file, grind the end of it down into a wedge shape.

1 or more less tools to have laying around.

 

I have been making my own top hats for about 5 years now, with them you can have all the travel you need, makes for a much more stable rear end when going over bumps, many Autocrosses in the Midwest are using them

 

Made some welds.

 

Those look good sir.

 

mmmm V-band

 

I made some welds too...


And I did my turbo drain again.

 

It makes me cry that my welds will probably never look that good.

 

Take a class at a community college and they will teach you the basics.

 

Made a fixture plate for my manifold to try to keep the flanges flat when I weld them. I ended up making it out of the 1/2" 304 that I was going to make the flanges out of because its what I had. BUT BMC race might be 2-3 weeks late on getting the flanges done so I next week I'm likely going to end up turning these into flanges and buying to thicker hot rolled steel to re-make the fixture plates out of.