86er's Track rebuild N2.??? Finally an update page 8
06-24-2011, 05:50 AM
Post: #172
 
Ok so rewind


Ok so its been a while but still here, not sure where to start

some 2+years ago this car got parked and parted out after i had a weird fuel/ignition problem (was acting like it was running on 3cyls and would cut out after a while) which led to a second engine knock ( this was after driving car fine for 7+ months since the first knock becuz of sump pan) So that pushed me to halt project and I sold most of the nice bits and kept the shell.

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Anyway enough of that so It was parked for a while some couple months just catching dust & rust when I decided that i was going racing. I always loved track cars, mostly for the builds and the engineering that would go into making a perfect weapon, and I always wanted to take a stab at making a perfect weapon, it wouldnt need to be too fast but i would need enough grunt and reliability was important, but handling and braking was key. So I painted i rough picture in my head, wasnt sure of everything, but I knew it could be done.

So I started rough planning and talks, I knew I wanted it to be as light as I could afford, so I started with a chromolly cage. At this stage I had to contemplate what to do about a serious rust problem that had manifested itself with my roof from the previous removal of sunroof. I cut it out

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After the cage was done the project got parted again, for another year and some sadly, I guess I had gotten caught up with other stuff, but at the beginning of the year I made a push to get it back on track and on its way to completion.
There are a lot of ideas in this car and its not 100% where i want it its still a phase one build even at this satge, but here goes.

As far as power plant I considered alot of options in the last few months before the build restarted, mostly focused on reliable power (200-230hp), so looked at alot of stock 1800-2000cc 4cly, the altezza engine was a great match to car so it was high on list but it is heavier than say a sr20ve, k20a, f20c or some of other 2lts. I heavily considered the Ford Duratec 2.0 as i think its a gem of a engine, small, light weight 2lt capable of an easy 200bhp with little work and 300 with a lot. The thing that stopped me going that route was having to shop in pounds and euros, at the moment it was a bit too much of a deterrent. Anyway my choice was decided when I got an opportunity to get another beams swap complete, so I jumped at it.

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Now the shell had gotten a bit rustier even though I tried to weather proof it in this time as best i could so was more work to be done. Now the first thing I had planned to do with the motor of choice was optimize balance and weight distribution, so this meant ultimately in the current configuration, a front mid mount, this was one of the more challenging bits of the build, so we tackled it first

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It was a tight fit, alot of cutting, massaging, then came mounts

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Will post more in morning, it continues to be long days/weeks/months

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