A few more parts arrived yesterday, it seems that I have all the parts to get my motor running and DASH2 to comm with the LINK. Also gathering parts for the Alu Baffled Sump and Remote Filter/Thermostat/Oil cooler System.

AEM 100PSI Pressure Transducer
AEM Air/Fuel ratio guage with 0-5V output for the Mangement
LinkECU to DASH2 comm cable
AN10 Alu Weld on bungs
Circuit Sport Magnetic Oil drain plug
Wheel Nuts

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Damn, I forgot about these, they arrived about a month ago:

Wilwood DynaPro Calipers, what is actually nice about these are the fact that they have dust seals.
Wilwood PB10 pads to start with
Race-Technology DASH2 LCD Display
Race-Technology Serial Communication cable to connect to LinkECU

And then also worked out the Fuel system layout in the boot, in the meantime made some mounting brackets for the filters and Walbro pump.

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Nice work Buddy, This has been a dream of mine for a long time. Eventually fitted a SR20VE to my Sabre, and I am enjoying driving it daily. Will be driving to the coast next week, going to service and then hopefully get a slot for a dyno.

Good work, and keep it up, may look into an install of the DE that I took out for my 1400 bakkie as well.

will be following this thread...

well done

Thanks spd_freak, hopefully we will start spraying the car in the next 2 weeks, some of the small bits are being sprayed as I type this.

Front suspension is 80% done, just waiting on parts for the machine shop ans then mount the calipers.

3 September 2011 - Front Suspension II






A lot has happened since the last update, basically 3 additional weekends passed that I visited the car, I must admit, some other work kept me from being 100% focussed on front suspension, for example spending a complete Saturday in front of the lathe to machine bushes for the front suspension. Never in my life will I under estimate the amount of worked that went into those bushes. In between the front suspension, I found the time to get a plan together for an oil block, this had me standing in front of the lathe for a couple more hours. Received the front anti-roll bar mounts back from machining.

Track Rods


















These have been finished with their M14 x 2 left hand and right hand threaded bushes, those coupled with the rod ends really makes adjusting castor on the vehicle quite a breeze and will aid al lot with setup.

Track Rod Mountings




















These parts have two sides to them, the mountings on the Lower Controls Arms that have been finished previously and then those on the chassis, this was probably the area of the front suspension that took the most time to finish, not to mention planning etc., as they will also acts as the mounting place for the anti-roll bar. We had to be very careful with these as space around them is limited and a rather thick piece off spring steel will be mounted to them. We used as much off the original mounting holes on the chassis to get these units as strong as possible.

Pillow Ball Shock Mounts












With me making a few measuring mistakes about 3months ago, I had to redesign the mounts, at least we had something to keep the shocks steady while we designed the rest of the parts. In the meantime the new units have been designed, cut, fitted and plated, ready for fitment to get the wheels back on the ground, I actually think this car has been more in the air than on the ground since I started with it.

Lathe Work


























All the bushes for the front suspension that goes between mounting and rod ends have been finished. Adaptors have been made for the adjustable steering arms, which will be used between rack end and rod end. Aluminium milled and a rather big hole machined for a healthy piece of spring steel, these would be the basis for the anti-roll bar mounting, just need some time to drill and tap them. A few weeks ago I decided to remake my baffled oil sump, this round from Aluminium which meant I had to create a rather accurate Acad drawing to get everything correct, which in turn meant I had to get all the machining done for the parts that would be used on it, I ordered some threaded bushes that I machined to act as Weldon bungs.

Battery










After a few headaches, I at last laid my hands on the perfect battery for the car, a AC Delco NS40ZSMF, this particular unit is almost the exact size than it's better known racing variants, but the punch line of this unit is it's starting amps, which exceeds that of the better known racing units. Henk the owner of Sparxx Automotive, also the sole supplier of all my Auto Electrical goods, offered me one of these battery’s to measure, at least the Aluminium mounting bracket finished the designing phase and just needs to be cut and welded.

Parts that arrived since the last update:












AEM Digital Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge with 0-5V Output
AEM 100 PSI Pressure Transducer
LinkECU - DASH2 Communication cable
AN10 Aluminium weld on bungs
Magnetic Oil drain Plug




To conclude, the front suspension is 80% done, the callipers must be mounted and then the drop links have been machined, they are ready for test fitment this weekend, these were made to reduce bump steer and form the link between the steering arms and knuckle. This weekend will be used to do the final preparation work before the colour paint can be sprayed, if the weather is good enough, we will spray the interior of the car.

17 September 2011 - Spray Painting
















After arriving at my parents’ home were the car is located, a quick cup of coffee later and I found my way down to the workshop to inspect the newly arrived parts, first on the list was the pillow ball shock mounts and various washers that came back from plating. After looking thru my parts table I noticed that my father went by the machine shop to pick up my drop links for the steering, these were machined from a piece of solid hexogen, this is one of the last puzzle pieces of the front suspension completed, only the steering rack brackets and mounting of the calipers remain. On a previous visit I spend a lot of time figuring out how to make/modify the oil filter housing, at the end of the day I ended up cutting a large piece of from the old housing, machining a new piece. I had these welded in place with some modified AN10 bungs, the end product is a SR20VE oil block with AN10 input/output and a pressure/temp sensor location.




















Saturday morning up at 6am to gain a slight advantage before my father came down to the workshop, the first order of business was to get the front suspension together in order to help with moving the car around. On his arrival we started masking the exterior up. This took us more or less 2hours to get the exterior isolated from the interior. We moved the car outside, gave it a final clean and started mixing up the Off White 2k colour coat. 3 Hours, 3lt of paint and 2 air filters later, the interior was completely covered in white paint. I must say, the weather was so perfect that we had to use a fan to get some of the fumes out of the car to increase visibility. While we had the white all mixed up, we sprayed some of the brackets and panels to.








After lunch, the weather allowed us to prepare a few other brackets and parts for paint, I've always been a huge fan of a fine silver paint, but especially a darker variant, I got hold of some black 2k paint and mixed myself a nice gun metal colour for all the other interior brackets and parts, I ended with 3l of this gun metal which will be used on a select few exterior parts like uprights, spot light mounting and A Frame brackets. These parts was sprayed and hanged to dry.










Sunday morning was spent doing some final preparation work on the engine bay, one item less to worry about when spraying the exterior. After lunch we were in such a good mood since the interior and parts is done in colour, that we spend the afternoon fitting the bonnet pins. As many things, this ended up aligning the fenders and bonnet before we could start drilling a few holes for the pins. I just need to get a few plates cut the support the pins.

Monday afternoon I collected the rest of the materials needed to spray the exterior of the car. As you would know by now, the car will be done with the old BRE colour scheme, but the majority blue one.

Material list:
5lt Nissan Marine Blue 2k
3lt Nissan Formula White 2k
1lt Nissan Firecracker Red 2k
500ml Nissan Marine Blue Satin 2k
4lt Medium Hardener 2k
2lt Thinners 2k

this is coming to gether so beautifully. some really beautiful cars coming out of late with their builds. turely admirable and inspiring. love that front suspension. your dad must be a great talent to inspire you so.

unfamilia, yes it is coming together quite nicely, next week I'm on holiday and will be spending 7 full days with the car.

My dad is one great talent, quite surprising what a young lad like myself can learn from the older generation machanics, especially those that learned to fix rather than replace.

We run a few very competitive Gymkahna vehicles in South Africa and have a spend countless hours and alot of $$$ on suspension R&D. When it comes to inspiration, I like to be different, not even a normal off the shelve Alu AN fitting can be used without going thru the lathe.

Here is two pics from our last race, the car is called "Lil Datto", basically the smaller version of my racecar, put the vechile I'm using for all my R&D. The vehicle is owned by my brother, but since my car is still not done, I'm using and developing it.

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Racetech,
This is a very comprehensive build you are doing and the quality looks top knotch.
With the steering and front/rear suspension changes, what analysis have you done on the new suspension/steering geometry and the resulting change in suspension kinematics?
How has these changes improved the steering and suspension performance?
Again quality build. Good work.

Bryan

Nice looking build mate..

Where did you get you hand on the "Race-Technology DASH2 LCD Display"?? And what did it cost you??

If you don't mind me asking....