3.2 24v 4WD Track Corrado, trial build ready for Easter

Pics of the garage or STFU.

I remember when I first met you I came for a bumper, you couldn't find it it the garage and you eventually pulled it out of your loft!! Nutter.

 

Got pics of the smoke and the fire, but can't get it off my phone as i can't find the cable. hnag on, i'll try texting it to facebook

 

smokin'

 

nice glad to see your back at it, threads always been a good read and look forward to folowing it again

 

good job, respect ++

 

good to see it's back on can't imagine what its like taking on such a long project. There have been times where i have lost motivation with our little project and its only been 4 weeks and cus some poly bushes have been giving us grief!!!! ha ha

 

House on fire? Call us now - the Fire Brigade, on 999

 

That how I imagine you look when your angry

 

^ ^ ^

 

glad its back , your doing a brill joby here ,,, wheather its a shiny part or a patch of welding it all comes in ,,,,just brilliant ,,,keep it up

 

Glad you desided to keep going wit it. Lovely project.

 

Arch work.

The arch work i had done wasn't as good as i once thought, full of filler, not now though, i've ground it all out. Decided to cut the inner arch out anyway for a few reasons.

1. Tyre clearance. The tyre used to hit this big lump in the top of the arch and at the back where it meets the bumper.
2. To do the arches properly, they can be beaten with a hammer and dolly now, to the correct shape (rather than hammered somewhere near then just filled like they were).
3. Access. I can now get inside the sill and also paint parts of the cage i couldn't see before
4. More weight saving! I'm putting a plastic liner back in.
5. Rust removal. The sill is a poor design, and it traps water at the back, which then rots the bottom of the arch liner out. thing is the underseal is so thick in this area you can't tell, and it just rots away unnoticed.

Big lump in the way

now gone


rot spot


this is how the arch was left, and then just filled to shape.


then i decided to get rid of the rest



check out where I've been chiselling filler off the arch!


LOADS of clearance now, nothing for the tyre to hit, and the rear arches match the front wings, just having a tiny folded lip at the edge to keep the shape.

 

Good to see you are sticking with it

Keep the updates coming.

 

that Berg trip gave you a boost Paul

 

nice project and well worth the time and effort. awsome

 

woo hoo, more progress, keep it going, its going to be a fantastic car in the end

 

Excellent Phatty some progress

 

Good lad. Crack on.

 

What he said

 

And here's why I've created more clearance. It's a wide track syncro axle and going low means silly camber and toe out. I've seen a few designs for camber correction. adjustment, bought the bolts which were listed on another forum, but designed the plates myself, they are getting machined at the moment. I'll explain how they work when the plates are fitted but you can see the bolts with the eccentric washers.




This flange on the right will be cut off so i can get the bolt in and out without having to drop the rear subframe.



So, running less camber (ooh, controversial, how un-scene am I!) mean tyres getting closer to arches, i.e. less clearance. with the inner arch disposed of I can now really work the arch and move it where it needs to be to clear the tyres.

This is just a wheel thrown in the arch, with the car upside down, but you can get an ide of how far it can go before it'll ht anything. It won't be ran this low of course (shame, as it looks like a 90's touring car!!)

Note how i've taken all the filler out of the arch and beaten out the dent that the bodyshop just left behind





That was just a guess at how it's going to sit with zero camber. I'll get some proper measurements when i get the adjuster plates on and the wishbone back in.