It's ALIVE!!!!!
*Now with negative camber!*




Hooray for SolidWorks!!!


There are now two camber settings, which I have not adjusted at all. The camber bolts on the struts are set to zero, and the top mounts are set at full negative (same as before the monster struts, but now it actually produces negative camber!). Oh yeah, and I need a new tie rod end, coz I stole one for my street car a few months ago.

The numbers are:
Bilstein B46 inserts (400/160)
325# springs x 14"L

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Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA

Awesome!

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Grant Hughes

That's one bitchin brick, nice work!

I'm sure this is old news for brickers, but what rotor are you using with that Mazda caliper? I expected some 2-piece job with a homebrew hat to get the spacing right, but that looks like production stuff.

-Dave

eyesoreracing Wrote:
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> That's one bitchin brick, nice work!
>
> I'm sure this is old news for brickers, but what
> rotor are you using with that Mazda caliper? I
> expected some 2-piece job with a homebrew hat to
> get the spacing right, but that looks like
> production stuff.
>
> -Dave

Dave, when I designed the brake set up I said to Kevvi "got get the "big" diameter 740 discs" He gave me the what year what, then I smacked him fore and and back hand, with both hands. It's called "Coming and Going" school. He brought the "Big" rotors and didn't ask silly questions again.

So to answer your question, they're the BIG 280mm x 22 740 198 whatever discs.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

This is a really cool thread with intelligent questions and answers, it's great to see Kevins project moving forward!!!!

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As always IMHO

SEAN TENNIS KF7JJR
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
SAAB 99, SAAB 850
SAAB V4, SAAB 99T

SEANT Wrote:
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> This is a really cool thread with intelligent
> questions and answers, it's great to see Kevins
> project moving forward!!!!

Well I would say intelligent, but maybe "good solid down to earth".
Yeah yesterday evening we planned out the next stage: finishing the mounting brackets and junk-n-stuff to get the Toyota axle in and to make a fixture so's I can show him how to set up the break-away torque on the LSD and we can move on to getting the towers and longer shocks installed AND TRY THE THING OUT!

Oh, the red 96 went like stink with new gas!!
Left some black marks the length of the car in the driveway. Tee Hee!
Kevin drove it and got out and said "FAAAAWK!" 1965cc V4 tee hee.
>
> As always IMHO
>
> SEAN TENNIS
> SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
> SAAB 99, SAAB 850

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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I'm sure you've already got something in the works, but that brake line is going to have something supporting it, right?



On a street/track car, I'd worry about fatigue, but on a rally car you don't have to sweat it. A rock will take it out long before it gets a chance to fatigue...

-Dave

That's a really cool set up!

I'll be really interested to hear how it works out when you start testing/driving it in anger.

If you get a chance - can you take pictures with a tire mounted to show what kind of clearance you have between the tire and spring?

Rabin

john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> > Oh, the red 96 went like stink with new gas!!
> Left some black marks the length of the car in the
> driveway. Tee Hee!
> Kevin drove it and got out and said "FAAAAWK!"
> 1965cc V4 tee hee.
> >
>

The 96 is running again? Awesome!
Fond memories...
"...Hey, maybe we should put our helmets back on..."



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Doivi Clarkinen Wrote:
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> john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> -----
> > > Oh, the red 96 went like stink with new
> gas!!
> > Left some black marks the length of the car
> in the
> > driveway. Tee Hee!
> > Kevin drove it and got out and said
> "FAAAAWK!"
> > 1965cc V4 tee hee.
> > >
> >
>
> The 96 is running again?

Jooooooviiiiiist! Of course. And this time it's way bigger than ever before.

When we wuz sharing the ride way back it was 1885cc now its 1965cc and in stark contrast to almost always in the past the top end AND bottom end is all fresh at the same time.

On the old stroker motor I had 70.8 stroke, 134mm rods and 92mm pistons at 34.5 comp hgt. In this one I have 70.8 stroke, 137.1 rods, 94mm pistons with 31.4mm comp hgt.

It feels really strong.




Awesome!
> Fond memories...
> "...Hey, maybe we should put our helmets back
> on..."
>
>
>
> Edited 1 times. Last edit at May 26, 2008 by Doivi
> Clarkinen.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

So how many bars you going to need to add to the cage to meet the rules?

Never mind the fact that it's an old Saab and it's stronger stock than most modern crap WITH a cage.

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

fiasco Wrote:
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> So how many bars you going to need to add to the
> cage to meet the rules?
>
> Never mind the fact that it's an old Saab and it's
> stronger stock than most modern crap WITH a cage.

Don't know. It's been caged and logbooked forever and the cage meets the FIA specs aside from WRC cars homologated after 2002.

Who da fawk knows.

Same with the Xratty. Roof, X in main hoop, second door bar. who the fawk knows.
>
> Andrew Steere, 1973
> Lyndeborough, NH
> KB1PJY

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

With the ciggie-smoking cooperation of JVL,
we mapped out the rear floorpan and some of the "frame".
Came up with a pretty damn coherent plan
based on actual dimensions.
SolidWorks fucking rocks. (And puts John to sleep).

Hey Tim, can you please send me that turret file?
Tha'd be awesome!

PS. that's not the actual floorplan,
but a carefully crafted facsimile of what we actually made today.
I just forgot to send the file to my laptop,
and I already had this from mucking around earlier (and later too).

I will post the real floorplan later.

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Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA

Sofa King Wrote:
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>
> Hey Tim, can you please send me that turret file?
> Tha'd be awesome!

Check your gmail I sent you a .xt of the assembly this afternoon.

Tim

Thanks Tim!

It looks like with the Toyota axle, I won't have to cut in to the frame rails to get the shocks to clear the tires.

(This was done with the REAL floorpan model!)

Still working on the model...

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Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2008 12:02AM by Sofa King.