Rear Shock Turrets For Volvos
Posted by Tim Taylor
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david amor Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > hudson Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > what program are you guys using? Autocad?? > If so > > damn > > > > Cheers > > > > Andrew McNally > > Hamilton ON > > 28 > > > Man what I'd give to be able to design shit like > this. Don't worry, I tell him every time we talk "Damn you!!!! It's not fair!!" I hope that you love your job Tim. I'm > jelous. What's the issue on the rear of Volvo's > that there isn't a proper upside down thing > residing in there? Some cars use things called "shocks" and Toilettas, and old Fords, Xratties and VW and Volvos use these old things: 
That's one of the 50mm (same internals as your Soooper Bitchin JVAB struts) magnesium bodied shocks I bought used from Stig Blomqvist in Sweden. The steel ones work the same just weight a pound more. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2008 05:22PM by john vanlandingham. |
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john vanlandingham Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > worked for him. > I know you wuzzzn't gonna, I am just curious what > proble this supposed solves cause I dun understand > nuthing, I knopw Adam is an astute fellow, and I > learn by unnerstandk howz other guys think they're > solving problems. > I don't know why Adam used that design in his application. Maybe he just wanted to play with it and see how it worked...I do that sort of thing all the time. Not everything Ford did back in the day is the end all and be all of designing race cars :-) It is a particularly elegant solution for preventing damage to cast mounting ears. I have a better drawing of what we're talking about below. The suitability or necessity of the sliding bushing on a ductile mild steel mount is not what I'm asking about. I just want to know what kind of tolerance he has on the bushing fit and while we're at it what's the wall thickness of the box tube? FIXED EARS: 
SLIDING BUSHING EARS: 
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SW2008,
Looking for a job near / in Redmond after DooWops. It is working fine, way better than for the first 3 years of prepping/rallying where the shock eyes were free to bounce forward and aft inside that housing as they pleased, creating some nice clanks at full droop. the reason i'm not going for Johns pressed in superfly reducers is, shocks ship with 1/2" eyes, from bilstien. the rest of the car's 4-link is also 1\2-20. i never managed to ovalize the 1/2 drill hole, so i'm even less concerned about it now with a much larger bearing surface. i actually used a drill bit (3/4"  , and doubled it with some left over tube, tweaked in the lathe. the clearance isn't critical, and as a bonus, was tightened when the blue extra guide was welded to the main piece. you would have to try really hard to loose it. (blast it out of the car)
I have occasional access to a lathe, not enough to do up 20+ reducers, but enough to part a couple non critical lengths of tube. i have run my shocks upside down, and the bearing height is much closer than you show, that's why there is an enlarged hole and gap cut out of the square channel. "I put the hurt on dirt" - adam crane http://CraneRallyCrew.com corolla gt-s "Patches" Op: S.S. |
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alkun Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > hey you guys > > i am not flaking out, Im really sick 104 fever > cant walk or talk. Tim I ll get the car to you > someday soon Dayum Man, is it the plague? > > I found some good looking turrets from the old > country > > check out lighspeedmotorsports.se > > the blue 240 Yeah they're a favorite 
> thanks -Al John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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