Rear Shock Turrets For Volvos

Tim - you selling non-welded sets? Have tig, will travel.....

Hey John, on the subject of *GASP* "A new subaru"... Why couldnt you use these on a suby? Does IRS have a different shock placement or something? Or where you just harassing him?

If the suby's do have some different kind of shock mount thingy, how would WRC cars install longer shocks?

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Mild progress...looks like they will fit fine though. Only minor frame rail and sheet metal chopping.

Tim Taylor Wrote:
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> Mild progress...looks like they will fit fine
> though. Only minor frame rail and sheet metal
> chopping.

Oi Tim, Looking at the bottom piccie of the bottoms, and bearing in mind the upper piccie of the upper seem to have SOME flexibility on the height of tower, youse stink that the whole tower might tolerate being up a skoootch so's the lower shock is off the springseat and maybe somewhere around midpoint of the axle tube.
Huh? Whaddya stink?
I'm thinking that the lower spring pans/link is going away, mounts will need to be made for shock and link pick up anysways so why mount the shocks to the lower link/spring seat onlt to have to chop all that off later.

I sknows you're thinking, I just hain't seeing.
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We just set the shock in there for reference it's actually about 2" down from the real location. New tabs that mount the shock eyelet level with the axle centerline are no problem. Al wants bolt in interchangeability for now with his spare rear axle that's getting a hydra-lok. That makes hooking it to the spring perch the easiest solution until he decides to go huge. Do you want me to make a pattern for the mounts so you can get them cut?

Tim

Tim Taylor Wrote:
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> We just set the shock in there for reference it's
> actually about 2" down from the real location.
> New tabs that mount the shock eyelet level with
> the axle centerline are no problem. Al wants bolt
> in interchangeability for now with his spare rear
> axle that's getting a hydra-lok. That makes
> hooking it to the spring perch the easiest
> solution until he decides to go huge. Do you want
> me to make a pattern for the mounts so you can get
> them cut?

Yes please, I don't think Houston has the time to cut in the towers but he needs them all the same, I could drop them off at Olympus o r have somebody drop them off.
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> Tim

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Is that turret top appropriate thickness for attaching cage bars?

I'm just trying to visualize the next step.

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Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA

Hey Tim, Will there be some extra plates with curved cutout to match the wheel wells and connect the edges of these towers to the wells? Just thinking that would make everything stronger and better laterally suported. How does this seal out the dust from underneath?

Nice looking!

Regards,
Mark B.

more progress...one side done

Sofa King Wrote:
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> Is that turret top appropriate thickness for
> attaching cage bars?
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> Kevin Hawkinson
> Seattle, WA
> 83 Volvo 240 Gp5 (in progress)
> 34-ish

Hey Kevin,

If you are talking about the cage backstays, this is not the best pace to attach those. They would be much better attached to the floor on on the forward side of the axle tunnel and just inside of the wheel wells, there should be a reinforcing memeber under there; it can be seen in one of the earlier pix (wiped clean and showing yelow paint in the pix from the underside of the car). The floor plate for the backstays could be wrapped up and welded onto the forward side of these towers and even onto the wheel well to connect everything together even better.

Regards,
Mark B.

That's hot!

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

Sweet. I gotta come up and take another look at the car. It's looking like it's coming along nicely.

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Self-righteous douche canoe

Mark,
I don't understand. Why would it be better to go to the floor, as opposed to the top of the shock (where all the vertical suspension load is)?

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Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA

Sofa King Wrote:
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> Mark,
> I don't understand. Why would it be better to go
> to the floor, as opposed to the top of the shock
> (where all the vertical suspension load is)?

So that the loads are carried in a structure made out of material twice as thick as the measly floor, and the main hoop backstays have a better angle to support the main hoop (Less acute angle means it hoop/stay juction is more direct)
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> Kevin Hawkinson
> Seattle, WA
> 83 Volvo 240 Gp5 (in progress)
> 34-ish

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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Sofa King Wrote:
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> Mark,
> I don't understand. Why would it be better to go
> to the floor, as opposed to the top of the shock
> (where all the vertical suspension load is), and so that the loads are carried in a structure made out of material twice as thick as the measly floor, and the main hoop backstays have a better angle to support the main hoop (Less acute angle means it hoop/stay juction is more direct)
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> Kevin Hawkinson
> Seattle, WA
> 83 Volvo 240 Gp5 (in progress)
> 34-ish

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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.