Philippe Bellefleur same as above Elite Moderator Location: In the woods Join Date: 03/12/2016 Age: Settling Down Posts: 130 |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Seen these? super simple, cost a coupla bucks One on the upstream pipe overlapping the on on the downstream pipe, drop a bolt and an all metal locknut and presto.. When the exhaust is all mooshed to death, you haven't spent a couple of hundred buck for quick release V bands which really don't need to be quick release cause you don't have a spare section of exhaust or a spare gearboxor the skills or the crew with skills to do 11 minute gearbox swaps---sop why quick release.. Howzabout catch and release? How about early release for good behavior? 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. |
Rx7Kevin Kevin Schmidt Junior Moderator Location: Waterford, MI Join Date: 11/27/2017 Age: Settling Down Posts: 7 Rally Car: Rx-7 |
I have not seen those... and you're right - I don't have a spare exhaust to snap on but I did manage to bring a spare v-band so I could re-attach the exhaust after it fell off to finish the day.
I already fixed it with a slip fitting but I'll give that a try when I break the slip setup. 1986 Rx7 Non Turbo |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
See what's nice with those is even if the joint is banged you still have a chance of working in apart> Big ol nasty U bolts dent things on sip fit joints, dent the outer and the inner and are often impossible to slide out quickly/easily.. Lots of joints that had to come apart often used to be done in some variation of that..I've seen in on the collectors for radial aero engines Hey regarding suspension question..Have you seen Alex Staidle's build thread? The stanrad thing since last century sometime on the old steering box equipped, fixed strut-poked-into-the-bottom-forging style strut is swapping the whole 2nd Gen crossmember, steering rack, arms, hubs, brakes etc and simply (!) extending the steering column down This solves a WHOLE raft of chronic 1st Gen problems---a) everything is whimpy and weak b) steering is good--vague zero on center 12 to 15 turns lock-to-lock worn out steering boxes--which are also weak, aren't cool, c) brakes--the key to happiness d) quickly swappable struts e) all forreally rayher minimal work...and there's enough 2nd Gen stuff around.. The rear of the car also has similar problems: a) weak b) hard to find goodies c) expensive as hell d) upper links a foot too short causing axle movement mid-corner e) limited travel..f) weak Look at Alex's build.. 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. |
Philippe Bellefleur same as above Elite Moderator Location: In the woods Join Date: 03/12/2016 Age: Settling Down Posts: 130 |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Cause my old friend Schmitzy has a Maz-dog and I think its ,,erste generation'' mit scheiss lenkung , alt-schule federung--wot the fuck am I doing writing to you in German?? Oh! Schmitzy is er um (whispering) one of them..so whatever you do DON'T MENTION THE WAR!! OK??) 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. |
Philippe Bellefleur same as above Elite Moderator Location: In the woods Join Date: 03/12/2016 Age: Settling Down Posts: 130 |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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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. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2017 07:01PM by john vanlandingham. |
Pete Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
The interesting thing is, the recirc-ball steering is faster than the 3 turns lock to lock "fast" rack. Steering arms are massively different in length, is part of the puzzle. Sort of like how the new car I bought technically has 2.5 turns lock to lock steering but the max steering radius is worse than a crew cab pickup. It puts shame to the Volvo badge on the grille. (But then I dip into the big-turbo BOOOOST and stop giving a crap) I was going to take my FC converted car and de-convert it to FB suspension/steering but keep the FC uprights, and get the good suspension geometry AND the fast steering, but then I just bought another car and now I want to build a poor man's Mk1 Escort... Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2017 07:56PM by Pete. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Yeah the 'lock to lock" things sucks and I've gotten a big stiffy before over say Saginaw 2.5 rack for GHL Omni to use the guts in a Saab 9 Hunnert housing but at the last minute I thunk "less measure rack travel per turn a'fore we rip into this..BOTH had the same I think it was 55mm per turn..(both had the same wheelbase too but 900s turning radius was better---hmmmmm---and they blew more CVs Hmmmmmm
I did compare The Escort for North America's ZF PS to "the 510 of the 00ies" ZF PS.. Xratty....64mm per turn 240.......55mm per turn And those are an easy swap in.. 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. |
Rx7Kevin Kevin Schmidt Junior Moderator Location: Waterford, MI Join Date: 11/27/2017 Age: Settling Down Posts: 7 Rally Car: Rx-7 |
yeahh... May wanna start another thread for the suspension not to hijack this one like a bus in LA...
too late. in other words - lets see if I make it sno*drift and my exhaust stays on. It seemed to stay on last sno*drift (winter)... if not I'm welding the whole thing together as 1 piece lol. 1986 Rx7 Non Turbo |