Petes FC rebuild again

[FCRB26]

Yeah the thought had crossed my mind.
I threw in a bucket of lime to cool down slow.
Will probably run off the shelf ones.
There's a lot of cars that run them.

Pete

[FCRB26]

Big night Thursday night.
Wasnt happy with the VB rack it has the rack ends that the outside of the racks threaded so you cannot just get an off the shelf rack end thats a sealed type unit that bolts on.
So i went to the local wrecker and he had a VL manual rack which is an alloy housing. So i took 185mm out of the housing in the lathe .
And tigged back together in the lathe between centres.
Parted off rack centre section and re tapped M14X2
I used EA falcon rack ends as commodore were to short they are roughly 50mm longer.
Used VL manual tie rod ends as they are M14X2 thread same as EA
I welded all the  eccentric onto the housing.
I fitted the rack tabs to the crossmember all the measurements were perfect dead centre of the steering arms and centred off the lower control arms at ride height (100mm)
Laurie had finished the upper control arms and also the lowers when i got there.
We machined up locating dowels so the crossmember bolts into the subframe and locates.
Still have to make the upper control arm mounts and the air bag mounts.
And ream the upper ball joint holes out to accommodate the larger ball joints.
Going to make our own engine mounts as well i hate factory style ones i want round ones like used in the upper and lower control arms that way we can make a feature of it.
We want to incorporate upper control arm mount, air bag mount, engine mount all into one so it looks smooth.
Aaron fitted a rear gearbox crossmember thats right up in the tunnel no hanging bits here..
Forgot to take any pics of all the rack ect
Laurie sent me a pic after i left . might have more tommorow if he remebers.
It really annoys me forgetting pics just got caught up doing stuff on the car and i was running late for an appointment ..

[FCRB26]

[pedro]

Youvé done too much for me to comment on everything Pete, all i can say is WOW 8) 8)
            Pedro

[FCRB26]

Thanks for the comments pedro good to hear from you.

Well its friday again we mocked up all new turbos radiator barrel intercooler .
We are running a folded section under the radiator to mount the barrel intercooler in so i dont see a front mount one.

You will only see the bottom radius if you are down really low to the ground.  everything fits great heaps of clerance around radiator and thermo.
I removed all the RB26 oil filter housing as its massive it has a cooler attached for the front diff. So i replaced with a very small and neat RB20 unit.
Started all the intercooler piping should look really smick going thru new inner guards that are coming soon.

Also the Idle (AAC unit think thats it) Valve is massive so i ripped out all out and we are running a haltech remote one.

[snuff69]

Yeah spose it looks alright Pete  ;)

[brett_f]

One talented bloke Pete. Dont you love when a plan comes together. Keep up the great work you are doing. By the way did you get the cables and will they help you. Brett

[FCRB26]

Thanks very much Brett cables arrived was meant to MSG you i will run it i think.
remember what goes round comes around if you need anything done dont hesitate to msg me ..

Pete

[JB]

Keeping this thing straight down the road is going to be a very fine line with the right foot!!!
:o :o :o wow...

[NES304]

Yeah even with those wheels!

[GMB-58FC]

Every time I'm depressed due to lack of progress with my project (for what ever reason) I just look at this thread and the updates and it puts a smile back on my face.

The thought and fabrication that has gone into the car so far is a credit to you and the boys at The Chop Shop Pete and I cant wait to see the finished product "dragging" down the road.

[FCRB26]

Big day most piping is  done intake is still not finished back 90 degree bend needs sorting and the front turbo pipe needs to be grafted into the bottom of it.

Also we are using cheap shitty ebay joiners to set up ill buy nice black ones to finish.



Notched the chassis to get more bag clerance.

Also the upper control arms are reamed and bolted up.

[FCRB26]

The diff arived back today .
New massive outer bearing carriers , Mark willams 31 spline billet axles, harrop 31 spline tru trac LSD, new diff gears, new screw in studs, 315mm rear rotors ,ready to race..

[NES304]

Think I'm hard

[GMB-58FC]

Think I'm hard

If some other fella's rear end gets you hard I might give the nationals a miss next year :P

[NES304]

If some other fella's rear end gets you hard I might give the nationals a miss next year :P

Hahahahahahahahaha

[FCV08]

Pete

Who's your offsider taking a nap under the car ;D ;D

[pedro]

Pete you're a legend mate this is one awesome build you have thought of everything 8) 8)
          Pedro

[FCRB26]

Laurie installed diff.

Does my arse look big ?

Watch out nes might get a chubby again.



Pete

[brett_f]

hey pete looking good and bad mate. Brett