dirtbike
cutting, welding, bashing
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2003
- Location
- Cheltenham, UK
Intentionally though 
I borrowed a roll over spit/jig many years ago and as the guy will not let me give it back to him I finally decided to modify it and make use of it.
It?s just an A-Frame with the bearing housings from an old Escort axle, the front also has the original drum brake and a handbrake mechanism so that you can brake it at any incline, neat huh
Additional support as there is no longer a front panel to mount it to.
Underside of car, including the trans tunnel, I think I?m going to make an exhaust tunnel through the floor while I?m at it so that I can maintain decent ground clearance without killing the downpipe and exhaust.
Obviously the damp doesn?t like the underside of the rear kick up? you can also see the Jaz fuel cell, ignore the black aluminium pipes they were originally going to be fuel feed and return lines, this will now be replaced with braided lines front to back which I picked up cheap on a transatlantic trip a couple of years ago
Another shot of the underneath back to front.
I?ve patched up the bulkhead after cutting a hole on the passenger side to clear the inlet manifold giving me plenty of room for future growth.
Here?s a snap of the bulkhead before
From above, it?s the left hand side that I want to even compared to the right hand side.
Another one from above, but in reverse.
Snap of the cam cover.
Cosworth Inlet Manifold cleared the bulkhead but only by about 5mm at the bottom.
Hence the big hole for clearance.
Inlet manifold flange I picked up at SE7 from Ken Lanham (qwkswede)
The finished piece, very time consuming but definitely worth it, I could probably fit a catch can as well in the corner
From the front things are now evened up but the slope is a little less on this side to make better use of the space if I wanted to at a later date.
Now that I?ve got the car on its side I can tidy up all the old brackets that are no longer used, mount the fuel pump and filter as well as run the fuel lines, brake lines etc? so hopefully I?ll be able to make some real progress of the next few weeks.
However I may take a different approach once the fibreglass turns up as I?m excited to get the shell back on its wheels and outside so I can take some pictures?
Laters
Nick
I borrowed a roll over spit/jig many years ago and as the guy will not let me give it back to him I finally decided to modify it and make use of it.
It?s just an A-Frame with the bearing housings from an old Escort axle, the front also has the original drum brake and a handbrake mechanism so that you can brake it at any incline, neat huh
Additional support as there is no longer a front panel to mount it to.
Underside of car, including the trans tunnel, I think I?m going to make an exhaust tunnel through the floor while I?m at it so that I can maintain decent ground clearance without killing the downpipe and exhaust.
Obviously the damp doesn?t like the underside of the rear kick up? you can also see the Jaz fuel cell, ignore the black aluminium pipes they were originally going to be fuel feed and return lines, this will now be replaced with braided lines front to back which I picked up cheap on a transatlantic trip a couple of years ago
Another shot of the underneath back to front.
I?ve patched up the bulkhead after cutting a hole on the passenger side to clear the inlet manifold giving me plenty of room for future growth.
Here?s a snap of the bulkhead before
From above, it?s the left hand side that I want to even compared to the right hand side.
Another one from above, but in reverse.
Snap of the cam cover.
Cosworth Inlet Manifold cleared the bulkhead but only by about 5mm at the bottom.
Hence the big hole for clearance.
Inlet manifold flange I picked up at SE7 from Ken Lanham (qwkswede)
The finished piece, very time consuming but definitely worth it, I could probably fit a catch can as well in the corner
From the front things are now evened up but the slope is a little less on this side to make better use of the space if I wanted to at a later date.
Now that I?ve got the car on its side I can tidy up all the old brackets that are no longer used, mount the fuel pump and filter as well as run the fuel lines, brake lines etc? so hopefully I?ll be able to make some real progress of the next few weeks.
However I may take a different approach once the fibreglass turns up as I?m excited to get the shell back on its wheels and outside so I can take some pictures?
Laters
Nick
