Still going.

Man, that looks so sweet.

What's with the little stubby leg in there ? is that because the stays coming rearwards from the base of the main hoop would have clashed with the wheel arch if they went straight back to the node ?

Thanks Reed.

 

Hi Mika.

The small stub tube is a bit hard to explain why, I just felt the car needed it.

Main reason is because the car now has rear strut towers transfering load into the rear fire wall.

The Corolla steel is quite thin gauge, even with the 3mm plates, it just needed the load to be spread over a larger area to help reduce flex.

Hey mate looking good, do you know of anyone with a rear end welded solid like yours? I'm tring to decide weather I weld mine in or use the rubber mounts, obviously welding would be stronger but will it be noisy and have a lot of vibration, I know it's a race car but I don't want a stupid amount of noise

Cheers

don't know of any other welded subframes.

I do have a new set of poly bushes here if you want something stiffer than rubber.

Fulcrum have a listing for them, but you need to ask for ma60 supra bushes.

They are the same as ra65 celica.

More roll cage.

Hmmm been thinking about it all day and chatting to dad about it, decide ill use the rubber mounts, so ill just make up some mounting plates with big 4140 pins and a saddle for more support

Cheers

Hey Justin, Have you done a mock up of how the rear suspension will sit?

eg, the angle of the A arms with the car at the ride height you want and the wheels and tyres your using.

Being a lowered track car, you might be surprised at how high you will have to mount the sub frame to get things like traction and anti squat to work.

 

Front struts now braced to the cage.

Yeh propped it up on dads aligner, worked out the mounting height etc, gonna make up a camber kit for it to take it from -2.3° back to -1°

I used to have one of those wheel aligners in my old workshop.

Havent seen one used in many years.

 

Corolla looks great. Is that the colour its going to be?

Iam still deciding how to paint mine.

Yeh they're good aligners, dad has 3 of them at his work shop (Shepparton front end centre), no room for error with him so no electronic equipment. The rolla will be similar to the original red, this is the plan

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/65975-ke30-3sgte-racecar/

Test fitted the seat, steering and pedals to ensure every thing clears before the final parts of roll cage go in.

Coming together very nicely! :2thumbs:

So a guy walks into a bar...... haha play gym for kids

 

Nice work mate, I did want to put side intrusion bars in the Cortina but is a mission to get in and out of