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 ..
