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[Barbbachello]

I am loving this.

But also secretly waiting for you to move to the front of the car, where the magic happens.

Should ask him to make a cradle for you lel

[Niko]

Should ask him to make a cradle for you lel

Turbo K24 cradle pls Joel.

[JDWhiteWRX]

I'm keen to start the front too, it shouldn't be long now.

[JDWhiteWRX]

I am posting a bit of stuff on Instagram now @brzdiy if you want to follow me, the forums will still be where I post all the detail though.

 

Finally I have passed the point of no return, the suspension cradle and roll cage are now joined.

 

[JDWhiteWRX]

I made a start on the shock mounts today, this is just a sneak peek as its far from finished.

 

It took a lot longer than I was expecting, lots of measuring and checking of angles before coming up with an idea for the tabs for the shock to bolt onto.

 

I am going to be using this style of upper shock mount.

 

 

I managed to clamp some box section into my tube notcher which made getting a clean notch very easy.

 

 

You can see here how the notched box section fits neatly onto the tube whilst keeping the box section parallel to the angle of the original shock mount. I have lifted the mounting point a little to account for the lifted cradle.

 

 

The "x" is just to stiffen it up a little without adding excess weight.

 

 

Once this part is done the rest of the tubing will be a lot quicker to complete.

[JDWhiteWRX]

It has been a while since I updated this thread, I've only done a little bit of work on the car in past few weeks as I went snowboarding again.

 

Anyway things are going well and the car is looking pretty crazy now with all the tubes going everywhere.

 

Picking up where we left off, I begun by breaking the tacks on the tube that located the shock mount to the cradle so I could fully weld the shock mount on the bench.

 

 

After a lot of measuring to make sure the shock mount was in the correct position I welded the tube back in place and began to make the next tube.

 

 

Things were going well until I had to make a very complicated notch for the next tube which is the large one that runs up to the main hoop of the roll cage. I had to do it by hand as the joint was too complex for my tube notcher. This one literally took me a few hours to get right.

 

 

I've welded all the tubes as much as possible before running out of time again. Some of them will need to be completed once the jig is gone and some more of the sheet metal is cut away.

 

So this is where I am up to now.

 

 

 

Once I have completed the other side to the same level I can remove the jig.

[JDWhiteWRX]

I got about half a day to work on the car this weekend so I got started on the passenger side rear shock mount. Basically I was just replicating the driver's side but there are a lot of critical measurements to make sure they are symmetrical so progress was minimal.

 

Here are all the raw ingredients for the shock mount. Just needed to clean them up for welding.

 

 

First I had to use an angle finder and tack weld the tube in at the same angle as the driver's side such that the shock mount is in the same position. Then tack the shock mount to the tube.

 

Then I broke the tacks off and went and welded it all together on the bench. Love the colours you get sometimes during the welding.

 

 

So that's all I got done, welding it on the bench took a long time as all the welds were very close together and I didn't want it to get too hot so I had to wait between welds.

 

It's ready to be welded into the car now but next weekend I'm going snowboarding again.

 

[El_Freddo]

Looking good Joel!

Don't worry about the snow boarding, you have to lap it up while you can and I believe this year is a ripper season to be spending time up there!

Cheers

Bennie

[JDWhiteWRX]

I got a season pass this year and I can use it in Japan next year too.

[El_Freddo]

I got a season pass this year and I can use it in Japan next year too.

Sweet deal!

[Niko]

Wow, it is all starting too look serious. What suspension are you thinking of running?

[JDWhiteWRX]

Wow, it is all starting too look serious. What suspension are you thinking of running?

 

It's hard to go past MCA reds at this stage but I'm always on the look out for bargains.

[El_Freddo]

Wow, it is all starting too look serious. What suspension are you thinking of running?

 

Only now starting to look serious??  You're being sarcastic right?!

 

Cheers

Bennie

[Niko]

Yeah MCA Reds would probably be the best option, given the customization to the changed characteristics the Kmotor will give up front.

I recently went with the level under Reds, Race Primes, and will get a chance to see how they are at SMSP soon.

Sooo many guys running MCA on this platform has given them a lot of data to help perfect their coils.

 
Only now starting to look serious??  You're being sarcastic right?!
 
Cheers

Bennie

Haha I mean it is taking a form that is more recognisable.

[JDWhiteWRX]

I got the passenger side shock mount welded into position today, managed to get pretty much perfect symmetry between both sides too.

 

I've got a bit of a sore shoulder from a few snowboard crashes last weekend so progress was slow and painful. I left it with that super difficult notch at the bottom of the rear stay yet to do. Once that is done and welded I can remove the welding jig.

 

[El_Freddo]

Looking good Joel.

As for the pain, harden up, and it's self inflicted. As a snowboarder you know you get knocked around more when you take a fall

So I was thinking when I saw your latest pic that you'll have a truly unique setup that other BRZ/86 owners/racers won't have access to unless the go through something of the same process.

It'll be interesting to see how it's received once she's out and about by those that are not following one of your build threads.

Keep plugging away at it! I'm not only jealous of your welding and tube craft skills but also the amount of time you manage to work on it!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Amazing work as usual

[Asymmetry]

Nugget mate ;-)

 

Impressive, next level DIY mods there mate!

[JDWhiteWRX]

Looking good Joel.

As for the pain, harden up, and it's self inflicted. As a snowboarder you know you get knocked around more when you take a fall

So I was thinking when I saw your latest pic that you'll have a truly unique setup that other BRZ/86 owners/racers won't have access to unless the go through something of the same process.

It'll be interesting to see how it's received once she's out and about by those that are not following one of your build threads.

Keep plugging away at it! I'm not only jealous of your welding and tube craft skills but also the amount of time you manage to work on it!

Cheers

Bennie

 

Just getting older and I don't bounce like I used to.

 

Most probably won't understand, the car will be pretty radical once its done but hopefully it will still resemble an BRZ/86. I'm a bit annoyed they changed the rules for WTAC to allow for a 3rd spring as that would have been the ultimate setup and I would have gone the extra to build that if it was allowed when I started this project.

 

 

Nugget mate ;-)

 

Impressive, next level DIY mods there mate!

 

How are you mate, its been a while! still got your wrx?

 

[Asymmetry]

 

How are you mate, its been a while! still got your wrx?

 

Good, yeah still have that nugget its my daily now, have a XV and now a 2017 STI that will take delivery this week. Having a look for some stock rims for it thats why I'm here but MSR was able to hook me up. Bought it to flip but not sure if I will keep it. I actually was looking for a STI Levorg.

 

 

Kid carrier, $10k from auctions and I modded it of course.

 

Wondering where the rexnet remnants wound up. 

 

Still have that Cartigan Volvo tractor? Guess you still have your stormtrooper. Going to Subynats?