Progress

We really should of had this beast from the start things would of been a bit easier.

Finally got the tube for the wishbones! We're still waiting to get the upper threaded tubes front and back so we cracked on with the lower wishbones.

We started off trying to make the books jig but decided it was over complicated. We made our own again sort of.

The fronts were quite straight forward just made sure the bush spacing was correct and the length from the top plate to the bush tubes was same as the book.

Te rear ones were same really apart from the center bar had a hellish angle but a bit of grinding sorted that out.

Had time to get the steering column made too. We used the sierra connector bits a piece of hex bar and a piece of thick walled tube to join it all up. Works really well and misses the front upright by about 1-2cm also tried the engine mount on and it clears that by miles.

This is the bar i mentioned in an earlier post that we removed to allow our gear stick to fit nicely. Need to make a new piece a bit further up to connect the tunnel for a bit of support.

Bit of an update

Engine mounts done fully welded ready for powder coating.

Found a quick shift kit on a website for £170!!! it looked simple enough so we made our own for pretty much nowt and it works great. Made two brackets to hold the support bar with a joint for the top of the shifter and used the original selector arm part at the bottom. We had to cut the bar out of the chassis in the end when we made the gearbox mounts because it got in the way (pics to follow)

Bought a new master cylinder as the one from the sierra was no good. This one is from a Mk1 fiesta which never had a servo on in the first place so should hopefully feel a bit nicer when braking.

   

Made a push rod using a bolt and a clevis pin.

New tool had a quick go on the engine to tart it up a bit and it works quite well for £25 anyway.