Brant,

Do you have any more info/pics of the AJRS monoball rear suspension bushings you are talking about?

Your car is an inspiration, thanks for sharing,

Tony

Who was it that convinced him to get a digital camera??

It's a beauty Brant

QUOTE (Eric_Shea Posted on Dec 28 2004 @ 08:00 AM)

Who was it that convinced him to get a digital camera??

I'm sure it was mostly his own decision. But I'd be surprised if I wasn't a tiny bit to blame.

Looking great Brant! Can't wait to see it.

Kelley, Chris, Tony, Eric... and Mike

Thanks again for the feed back and input.
yeah... I got a bit jealous of everones cool pictures and then Ginter got a cool 2nd camera too.

Regarding the mono-balls. I actually haven't seen the inside of them so its hard for me to tell you much about them. I know they are a solid replacement for the bushing with a metal to metal contact... Its a full insert that is placed into the swing arm tube and then welded... It uses a full different shaft, and we even had to enlargen the holes for the shaft to mount to the console.

but since I've not seen one uninstalled, and I've also not seen a mueller roller bearing uninstalled its hard for me to draw comparisons.

I know AJ has been selling and installing these on 914's for a long time. But I'm not sure if he produces or buys a mono-ball kit from a producer.

Regarding AJRS. The AJ, that I refer to is not the Allan Johnson that advertises and has the big race shop and all.... Its a little independant 914 shop that doesn't even put their phone # into the local phone book. He is in Grand Junction, Colorado and this Allen Johnsen is truly a Guru...

He has been building and modifying 914's for years. He comes up with some of the most inventive ideas and he is also a heck of a driver... His -4cyclinder GT5 PCA car out runs most of the GT4 and even GT3 cars at any event he attends...

I don't like that it sounds as if I'm bragging, but this guy is truly an unknown genius of the 914 world.

brant

Congrats, Brant on sticking with your project.

You serve as a motivator for the rest of us.
You're good...

KT

Thanks KT...

Ok, here are some shots of the rear shocks and suspension. I'm pretty happy with these. The shocks are a carrerra brand race shock. Since I'm planning on running the car very low, we made them up with a reduced travel range.. Supposedly they are valved for our weight and rough colorado tracks

They are an inverted shock, which theoretically may move a tiny bit of the weight off of the suspension:

Other side:

This is the top of the shock mount (inside the rear trunk):

The rear shock bolt is modified for the rear sway we used to run on our old car:

I'll be by tonight with some black touch up paint, I can't bear to see this scratch

Mike,

dang.. I hadn't even noticed it..
your going to have a long drive to get to dad's house and fix that...

Sammy,

decision was made after consulting Allen Johnsen and talking with other friends that are racing these as both 4cylinders and 6cylinders...

also based decision upon saving a tiny bit of weight.

We believe that we will have plenty of cooling without it... the temp coating on the headers will help reduce some of the heat from below issues....

plus we have a plan to run an extension on the lower floorpan and cover up a part of the engine bay from the bottom with this pan.. If this happens, it will reduce the possibility of drawing in dirt or debris. Also I intend to never go off road anyways.... RIGHT?

(said while laughing to myself due to the number of "excursions" I've already experienced while racing)

brant

Here is a picture of the shock itself prior to install.
They are aluminum bodied with the adjustment threads made right onto the body:

picture of the handmade tops that allow the inversion, and the 8inch springs:

I would think that lower shock bolt would flex. It sure is hanging out ther.

You can't get the shock closer to the arm?

Paul

Brant,
The car is looking great.
Can you please explain to me (like a kindergardner) the "toe brace bar"?
How does it work? What are the advantages?
Thanks,
Chad

QUOTE (brant @ Dec 28 2004, 02:54 PM)

plus we have a plan to run an extension on the lower floorpan and cover up a part of the engine bay from the bottom with this pan.. If this happens, it will reduce the possibility of drawing in dirt or debris.

Brant, Great looking project car. Thanks for all of the photos and info.

Concerning the belly pan. I'm surprised that your organization which has fairly strict rules for most areas, allows this sort of mod.

By the way, if you want to see some neat pans on 914's, check ot the Patrick site and its project 914's.

http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/cgi-bin/...?action=gallery

QUOTE (URY914 @ Dec 28 2004, 08:13 PM)

I would think that lower shock bolt would flex. It sure is hanging out ther. You can't get the shock closer to the arm? Paul

Paul,

your right... that bolt isn't finished yet.
It will be a little closer when done, but to keep the geometry it has to be spaced out some... A solid metal spacer is supposed to be used so that the bolt tightens correctly and shares the load... We are getting some machined from aluminum in hopes that the aluminum will be strong enough, yet save some weight.

brant

QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Dec 28 2004, 08:19 PM)

Brant, The car is looking great. Can you please explain to me (like a kindergardner) the "toe brace bar"? How does it work? What are the advantages? Thanks, Chad

Chad,

The toe brace bar may be a tiny bit unecessary, but was recommended to us.

Apparently with the really high latteral loads (Slick tired cars) it becomes useful to lock-in the toe, or keep it from changing at all.... Also it may add a tiny bit of reinforcement to the suspension.

I doubt we will be able to create that type of G-loading with our d.o.t. tires.

However, the reason we went with it anyways was because of the Monoballs. AJRS only runs a zero toe if the car is monoball equipted. He is convinced that with other bushings and non reinforced swingarms, there is some toe "flex" and the monoball is his only solution to that. So when he puts the monoballs on he also recommends the toe brace so that the toe can be finely dialed in and then locked..

brant

QUOTE (maf914 @ Dec 29 2004, 07:22 AM)

QUOTE (brant @ Dec 28 2004, 02:54 PM) plus we have a plan to run an extension on the lower floorpan and cover up a part of the engine bay from the bottom with this pan..   If this happens, it will reduce the possibility of drawing in dirt or debris. Brant, Great looking project car. Thanks for all of the photos and info. Concerning the belly pan. I'm surprised that your organization which has fairly strict rules for most areas, allows this sort of mod. By the way, if you want to see some neat pans on 914's, check ot the Patrick site and its project 914's. http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/cgi-bin/...?action=gallery

Mike,

your right too...
our org. will not allow aero aids..
in fact I don't think patricks cars are legal for the same reason in his sanctioning body...

but what we had in mind is MUCH smaller than patrick's.
and may or may not be allowed... have to wait and see.

brant

I've seen "toe braces" of verious types over the years. It seems to be a good idea.

I see you also added some meat to the outer piece that the the toe brace attached to.
RacerChris also fabs a piece from thicker material to replace the stock pressed steel piece.

You seem to be doing all the right things, looks great..

Paul

QUOTE (URY914 @ Dec 29 2004, 09:38 AM)

I've seen "toe braces" of verious types over the years. It seems to be a good idea. I see you also added some meat to the outer piece that the the toe brace attached to. RacerChris also fabs a piece from thicker material to replace the stock pressed steel piece. You seem to be doing all the right things, looks great.. Paul

Paul,

regarding the added "meat"..

just got to share this little tidbit..
where the front edge of the "toe brace" attatches... there is a threaded part in the long. Its made from taking a tube and a threaded insert and then welding them together.. Then a hole is drilled all the way through the long (all the way into the engine bay).
Then this "tube" is inserted into the hole and welded on both the outboard and inboard sides...

The reason I'm rambling is that this tube ties both sides of the long together and it was an eye opener to me that this added SO MUCH rigidity to the long itself... So as a side benefit the long is really re-braced also.

brant

I was actually talking about this piece (see pic), but thanks for the info.

oops... my bad,

I thought you were refering to the forward point..
I've got it now.
brant

We did some more dash work this weekend. Its really close to being ready for wiring now.. Need to make up a new loom now. Thought I would add a few more shots.

This is the gauge cluster from behind.
Its and aluminum face with 3 guages, an ignition switch, and a start switch.

It looks much better with the cover on, and will be even better when we get the new cover for it.

The reinforcement braces are aluminum too... Dad took a piece of welding rod and beat them over it to give them the rolled-reinforcement-bead... Very strong actually.

You can also see the tops of my warning lites in this one:

Here is the same angle with the beat up pod or cover on it:

Here are the warning lights from the important side.

Red will be oil pressure
Blue will be alternator belt

sorry for the glare...
here are the three gauges from the drivers view:

speaking of seats here is my new seat. Its an Ultra-Shield, and has a REALLY nice rake to fit a 914 contour.

Its not in the pic, but I'm moving my old corbeau over to the passengers side and changing the mounts so that it will be easy to pull.

that way I can leave it in when instructing and pull it for sprints.

last couple of views. Lots of wiring to do now. Also, you can see that the firesystem is not bolted in yet nor the battery. The little cardboard box is my mock-up on the battery location, and the firesystem bottle will go to the left of that:

From the other side. Volt-meter was missing in that last shot, but installed in this one.

We're running a hotlap and next to it is our fuse panel

(aluminum tach mount, was another of dad's little creations):

looks mighty fine
very impressive

You’re doing an excellent job on putting this car together. What are you going to run- PCA? Vintage? I ran the same tach in the 914. If you have not run one before you’ll love it. You’ll really like the shift light. It got to the point that I could see the light in my peripheral vision and stopped looking down at the revs. Looks like you’ll be on the track when the snow melts.

I think I need a towel. Who needs Viagra?? Gimmee more pics.

Thanks for all the kind words. Its really a boost to hear all the feedback.

Its primarily a vintage car and will be heavily outgunned in PCA GT-5, but I'll run some PCA too just for fun.

I really like the shift light idea to help me prevent over-revs while downshifting... I've not run a shift light previously and have been told that I will learn quite a bit about my downshifting.

Our 1st event is a drivers school is march, which I would love to do again. However Its going to be tight if I can finish the project in only 8 weeks (plus my brother-in-laws wedding is in feb in NY and that will take up 2 of my weekends).

WOW! I just got back from spending a weekend with this most impressive car!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, those of you who have not had the pleasure to SEE in person, even though these pictures present this car well, they absolutely do it no justice! If you were looking up the word "sorted", there should be a picture, with attending written copy, describing this very car!!! In idle conversation, wherever car enthusiasts meet, you might hear wafting through the air "...yeah, I've gone through EVERYTHING, suspension, brakes, fuel, oil, motor, paint, roll cage, flares..." quickly followed by... "oh, you mean like the McClung car?" And invaritably, the reply would be,"oh no, I didn't have the time or the desire to go that far...."

A tangerine dream in flowing, flared form, fabulosly fabricated with wonderful aluminium accents! The Georgia peach of south-east Colorado!

All I can say is...

QUOTE (balthazar @ Jan 23 2005, 09:01 PM)

WOW! I just got back from spending a weekend with this most impressive car!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, those of you who have not had the pleasure to SEE in person, even though these pictures present this car well, they absolutely do it no justice! If you were looking up the word "sorted", there should be a picture, with attending written copy, describing this very car!!! In idle conversation, wherever car enthusiasts meet, you might hear wafting through the air "...yeah, I've gone through EVERYTHING, suspension, brakes, fuel, oil, motor, paint, roll cage, flares..." quickly followed by... "oh, you mean like the McClung car?" And invaritably, the reply would be,"oh no, I didn't have the time or the desire to go that far...." A tangerine dream in flowing, flared form, fabulosly fabricated with wonderful aluminium accents! The Georgia peach of south-east Colorado! All I can say is...

Wow!

How can the rest of us ever hope to achieve that kind of praise.

Great job Brant.

Corby...

thanks for the kind words but put down the bottle you've been cut off...

just kidding... but its not all that.
I have really tried, and I'm sure you can tell from your observation of our anal-ness that alot of heart and soul are in there... Still its just a car.

thanks man

All I can do is

Fantastic job!!

Yep! I don't feel like I can add praise higher than what's above. This is a beautiful project!

pete

Spent a short weekend working on the car... mounted a few things and took more pics to document.

Here is the coil location we picked with dad's coil mount:

From below:

Still haven't yet created our wiring harness.. Thus the wires hanging everywhere.

but here is the MSD location:

Mounted the kill switch
(which now needs wiring completed also)

Mounted our fire bottle
(not plumbed yet)

Here are the cross brace mounting support straps:

and I've applied for a waiver with the Captain regarding this one.. haven't heard back from him yet...

JP, if he doesn't grant his blessing can I get your approval?

That inspection cover looks especially nice.

These aren't all that clear, but here is our MC brace. This came up in a different thread. We've run this same brace on our -4 cylinder car for 5-8 years. It takes out the "flex" in the floorboard. Its easy to bolt it onto an aluminum cross-brace, but shouldn't be too hard to weld, or bolt to a stock steel cross-brace: