Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[roccodingo]

great going Pete, now the fun really starts. Do you have a projected completion date ?? I would love to come over and check it out at that point.

[Peter Jones]

Target completion is this year. I need to get the CAMS log book signed off this calendar year because the roll cage was built under 2011 rules and they changed the rules in 2012.

As far as I can tell my cage still meets the 2012 rules but I'm using this as the excuse/motivation to get it finished off.

[gldgti]

Paint looks very cool (or perhaps hot) Pete. I rate your disk machining too

[Peter Jones]

More madcap machining adventures.

Been working through some front drive flanges today.

I chose ARP studs part number 100-7719 they're listed for Mazda race applications.

Wheel Stud Style Press-in
Wheel Stud Thread Size 12mm x 1.50 RH
Knurl Diameter (in.) 0.507 in.
Underhead Length (in) 2.750 in.
Knurl Length (in) 0.335 in.
Quick-Start Nose No
Quantity Sold as a set of 4.
Notes Designed to fit Mazda front or rear 1990-93 applications
and front only on 1994-2005 applications.

The knurl diameter is pretty small and doesn't need a lot of metal taken out. I drilled the threads out to 12.5mm and them reamed the holes to 12.75mm. (After checking with ARP

Pressing them in is a nice tight fit.











I made this tool to spot face the back of the flange, it's a bit rough but seems to work OK.
I'm still figuring out all this machining stuff.



















Here I'm just trimming a little off the inner edge of the stud heads so they don't foul on the hub.

[Jarred]

Good work Pete!

All the small things that need modifying, luckily you've got a tool for just about everything!

[roccodingo]

Your wee lathe cracks me up Pete, glad it does the job though !!

Got a new machine coming in from UK now

http://www.budgetmachinery.co.uk/new..._sn50x1500.jpg

Hopefully here before June.

[Peter Jones]

Wow, that's a monster, I bet I could throw mangled chunks of metal much further with something like that.

[Valver.]

Talking of monsters; this car is certainly going to be one. You're doing an exquisite job, Pete, and it's always good checking in for updates! Can't wait to see the first run on the track

[Peter Jones]

I trial fitted the rear beam today.

The prothane bushes are a bit under size so I had to pack them outwards a bit.







Still need to remove the powder coating from behind the axle flanges.

Got into cleaning up the fuel tank and sorting out how to bolt up the strut tops too.

There's a lot of figuring out to do around the front suspension as I'm going to run MK2 uprights and need to check all the geomery.

I might build one side stock and one side modified and compare all the scub radius, ackerman, castor angles etc.

[fthaimike]

Nice updates Peter, looks great.