Fat Bastard Customs

Ok, above is a pic of all the bits and pieces required to make my adjuster thingos work for the bottom of the shocks. The problem i had was that the koni inserts i got have full bump and rebound adjustment but the bump adjustment is by a flat screwdriver fitting at the bottom of the shock. This is designed for a more later model strut that can just have a small hole drilled in the bottom for adjustment (ala 200sx, etc) i couldnt do that obviously and wanted a way to adjust the bump without removing the shock from the car. In essence i needed some way to transfer the twisting motion of the bottom adjuster 90ish degrees so that i could make it come out the side of the strut leg. Enter little gearboxs, the little thingo in the top pic, 2nd from the left is a little 90ish degree gearbox off a cheap drill fitting i found at a local toolshop. I modified this a little to take off a few casting irregularities and machined up the part on the left to hold the gearbox with one of the grub screws in the pic, then i needed a way to transfer the drive from a 1/4" hex drive to a flat screwdriver style drive so that the adjuster would work. This proved to be a massive pain in the arse so as the adjuster in the bottom of the insert protrudes from the housing somewhat (it looks like a piece of 1/2" round bar that protrudes about 6mm with a slot cut in it for a screw driver) i machined up the component on the far right to fit over the adjuster and it be held on by a smaller grub screw. I the threaded the other end of this component to accept a 1/2UNC grub screw which just happens to take a 1/4" allen key or the drive side of the little gearbox that i made fit earlier. I then secured this with another little grub screw and all worked well. The finished product attaches to the bottom of the shock via another small grub screw as per bottom pic. I could probably take a few more detailed piccy's if anybody is interested or doesnt understand my descriptions.

It may be retrimed, i do know that it is mazda tho. I was in a 323 panel van that i got for parts and the dude i got it off said they were series 4-5 RX7. I'm just kinda keen 2 know what they are as they are pretty comfy.

If not an RX7 chair what is it? I was under the impression that it was a series 4-5 RX7 but I'm happy to be proved wrong. Rose joints cost me around $500 delivered from www.jegs.com in the states about 8mths ago i spose, took less than a week to arrive aswell.

Well the fortnight came and went and i lost my job so it all took longer than expected but its all back on track now. I made a little progress, i found a polish for flat black paint, bought some new rotors, wheel bearings, spherical bearings, coilover kits, a heap o' metal, some seamless tube and did a heap of machining. I'm so close to having some cool bits in this now i can taste it. Hopefully a fortnights time, give or take, and i'll have the coilovers and new shocks in and then i get me a new daily. my shiny new machined bits and pieces, what you can see in the picture is: closest to the bottom is the weld-in end peices for my rosejointed p/bar (L) spacers for the spherical bearing in the rear coilover ® bits for bottom shock adjustment next up from that the 8 similar looking bits are the spacers that go from the shock to the bearing in the top hats above that is the spacers that fit under the gland nuts to suit the fancy pants konis i got and the bigger things at the top hold the adjusto thingys i made for the bottom shock adjuster and fit the bottom of the shock To come is all the rosejointed LCA's, castor rods, rear arms and swaybar bracketry, new sway bars I'm making, p/bar and my personal favourite, adjustable front RCA's my can of flat black polish my loungeroom chair that once rested in an RX7, just coz i like it and wanted to share :-P

this thing really is becomeing somewhat cool man, top marks

can't hurt 2 try, I'm trying to sell crown, KE70 and sprinter parts

so goin to this, i have a crown and a heap o crap 2 sell

Also, the lunch stop is up for debate, if there isnt a huge amount of people we could just go do a pub lunch, i know a few pubs in springwood that do a decent lunch and at least 2 that have ample parking.

Thats me out then, thats the day of the all toyota swap meet at revesby and the prospect of earning money as opposed to spending it can't be passed up

so who from out here is goin on the kiama cruise? i know i am and a mate of mine is coming, I'm pretty sure jake (ke70frommtpanorama) is coming so who else? westies represent yo, lol :-P

I havent as yet, i know that the company i was just working for actually has some jobs advertised at the mines but coz of the mines stupid new travel rules (can't live more than 40mins from work) i can't have those jobs. Gonna check out the saturday and tues day papers tho.

Hey all, Ive just been reamed by a company in the bathurst/orange area who shall remain nameless. Basically, they promised me a better pay than i was on and steady, fulltime work in the security industry. So i moved my whole life 200kms west of where i was living, and quit my secure job, to work for this company. Now after 6 weeks of work, my position has evaporated and I'm out of a job. I'm after a security/bouncer/customer service/retail sales job in the orange/lithgow/bathurst area. I also have experience in toolmaking (machining and fabricating) and , obviously being on here, a pretty health knowledge/intrest in cars. So, if anybody can help a brother out, or knows someone who can, drop me a line, day or night, on 0410 723 395 or P.M. me through here Thanks, beau

Well the only thing that will keep me from coming is work, thats about it.... Or if the rolla somehow implodes parked in the driveway

I can come if i can get a decent (read:legal) set of 205/50/15's or 195/50/15's

Siiik :lolcry: that actually does take a load off the brain believe it or not. As a side note, I'm gettin some spherical bearings tomorrow so hopefully next fortnight i can order some coilover kits and get welding

nice man, I'm having very similar thoughts about either an old yami V twin, a honda xr650 or what you've done. You definately get my tick of approval

Hopefully it'll work good aswell :hmm:

XT130 struts, hubs, some spare tubes and some AE86 steering arms. All shiny and bead blasted My stupidly expensive new shocks

Alrighty, Ive finally started pouring some cash into this thing. I've bought the Koni inserts i was planning to get ages ago ($2600 all up, that hurt) and i am slowly gathering the bits and pieces for the suspension work. Ive got the seamless tube for all my link bars, panard and front end, my hidiously expensive shocks, my rose joints and a nice set of XT130 struts prepped and ready to go. I pretty much need some new rotors, springs, coilover kits, some steel and i can start playing. Planned suspension mods include: Equal length 4 link full rose joints (everywhere, including the tierods and ball joints) new coilovers front and rear with 8 point bump and rebound adjustment (hence $2600) adjustable front and rear roll centers fabricated swaybars similar to the ones earlier in this thread more link adjustment in the rear and prolly a few other things that i'll take photos of but can't remember atm I'll be putting a few piccy's up in the next few days

lol, beats the shitty humid craphole that is sydney

I'm hoping to but u already know this, depends on work

If I'm not working i should be able to make it, see if i can bring the rolla, dads KE70 van and the crown

I am now officially a central westie, living in bathurst as of last week

best 1 ive got

come on, whilst i would love to spend sunday hangin out with puzzleman and instigator i'm pretty sure it'd b better with a few more people attending