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[michaelprg]

Ooh, you genius - I've been considering the Haynes Roadster, the V6 seemed like a silly idea though... I take my hat off to you!

Haha thank you I would certainy reccomend it, and silly idea? certainly not    its entertainment at the end of the day

[geoffr70]

Not that I know anything about doing this, but how do you make/weld on the fixing points for the engine mounts and get it all lined up/level etc?

Is it a case of sitting the engine in on blocks of wood, packing it out, taking all measurements/levels etc, adjusting then welding in place? or something else?

Thanks

yeah pretty much mate, i level'd mine up with the sump off and put wood under it sitting on top of the rails and then went about doing it that way pretty trial and error tbh but luckily i've had no error so no complaints here

ok cool thanks, sounds like fun. Is it pretty much the same for a custom prop shaft? Once the engine and box and diff etc are in place?

[aaronjb]

Plenty of companies out there who make custom prop shafts (measure, give dimensions, receive shaft .. fnarr) - even if I knew I was decent at welding I'd probably farm that bit out, personally, given where it sits relative to your gonads..

Nice project though and good progress there. Do I spot Sierra steering column, Wilwood pedal box and some kind of Ford steering knuckle/uprights?

The Neova LTS are a fantastic tyre btw - are you running a mix of the Neova and T1R? That should make it pretty tail happy!

[michaelprg]

Plenty of companies out there who make custom prop shafts (measure, give dimensions, receive shaft .. fnarr) - even if I knew I was decent at welding I'd probably farm that bit out, personally, given where it sits relative to your gonads..

Nice project though and good progress there. Do I spot Sierra steering column, Wilwood pedal box and some kind of Ford steering knuckle/uprights?

The Neova LTS are a fantastic tyre btw - are you running a mix of the Neova and T1R? That should make it pretty tail happy!

column yes and sierra uprights but its an obp pedal box

yeah I'm bravely doing that ive never experienced the yoko's to be hohnest but ive heard theyre rather good

And my prop is one i have made and got a local company to balance for me

[aaronjb]

I ran the Neovas on my turbo'd MR2 Roaster for a while - they're easily the best 'road' tyre I've driven on (granted I've not tried R888s or R1Rs).. Enormous grip, progressive at the limit, and despite ending up like this, kept me on the road through a very wet February:



The Toyos are almost as progressive but have a lot less outright grip (they were my tyre of choice for years on the regular wheels) - I reckon you'll spend a lot of time sideways

Neovas don't last long, mind! I reckoned on about 5-8000 out of a set.

[michaelprg]

thats assuring to know the thing im looking for is the soft compounds which i belive these have, as my car is only going to weigh 600 with me in it! im gonna need to get the heat in to them   so my wear rate should be longer than yours (so he says) and ive heard them t1r's are a nice bit of kit .

I'd love a set of r888 but whith the british roads the pick up on them would be nasty! have half of the road stuck to my tyre haha

[aaronjb]

A friend of mine runs R888s year round on his turbo'd MR2 .. and I've never been able to keep up with him no matter what I was driving  He rates them very highly indeed - though personally I'd probably have stuck with the Neovas as they were just so wonderfully progressive (only I took all the turbo kit & suspension mods off the MR2 so it's now utterly gutless and really doesn't need the grip  )

[michaelprg]

guten abend!

a few piccies! 3 to be precise . ordering my steering rack/clamps and trackrods in a week or 2







and shall be relocating my alternator next week!

problem im faced with now is to remove the wiring loom for the imobiliser transponder! long tedious process I reckon


what do you all think?