And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

[Sunbmw]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

It seems that the picture issue is still active......................sorry guys but I have no clue what I am doing wrong?

[RS2KPETE]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

pics are ok to me

[Sonus]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Does this work?

EDIT: No, can only see the pics of exhaust and parts car

[exboyracer]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

There is an issue with linking photos from external sites on here at the moment, better to use turbosport's own uploader.

[RS2KPETE]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

now they have gone????? the TS uploader makes things slow when viewing for me

[POO SLINGER]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

i got a set of quad drla's in the garage, i wonder what they are like to drive with?

[Stringpants]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

I wanna hear this roar

Russ

[Sunbmw]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Hi all, been hard at doing the axle this week, so, started with a 4HA from a Jag Mk2, which is still not wide enough for the Rover, I need an axle at 60" wide, so removed the tubes and cleaned the pigs head up (no pics of this, sorry), then, buy some proper tubing, this is 63.5mm CDS with a 7.94mm wall......................



THen cut it and machine the ends, one end 62.8 to sweat fit into the pigs head..............



the other end 60mm to sweat fit again, some Atlas stub axles I have had for a while..............



And two spares for anopther casing I am intending to build.................



Stub axle sweated on..............



Gently heating the pigs head.............



All assembled...........





Then plug weld the holes to hold the tubes tight............





Then plug, and weld the edges of the stubs.............



Where we are at so far, brackets this week, then price the hardware up from Tom at Fostek, i.e, hubs bearings etc..........

[caprimentle]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

i really really love your work

[exboyracer]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Cool work re-tubing that axle

[Sunbmw]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

In a moment of extremely silly laziness, I had contemplated using hard earned cash to buy some 4 link axle brackets, then the reality fairy had a word in my ear, and told me that the budget is sooooo tight, so I did the decent thing, as I should have done all along and made some...........

Just got to make the front and back plates, but the brackets are made.........










I should get the actual casing all finished, then blasted and painted in the next week or so, then I need to save my pennies to buy the rest of the gear....................

[boddx]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Nice!
Last time I saw one of these it was being driven by Tony Pond.
Top work fella
p.s any chance of a pic of the Zakspeed?

[MK1_Oz]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Any issues with the tubes bending when you welded the brackets on???? I know mine had to be re-straightened afterwards.

[caprimentle]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

thats very nice welding, you do that on the bench or did you slowly rotate the axle over a couple of trestles?

[Sunbmw]

Re: And now for something completely different, Rover Sd1 Stage rally car

Caprimentle, just done on the bench buddy, I guess I have just got a steady hand!

Mk1OZ, I would like to hope that the tubes haven't bent, they are mightily thick!

Boddx, Thanks. I like to be different.

Here are a couple of pics of the Escort we built, 2.4 Duratec, Tractive, Atlas at the rear, proper Bilstien from the guy who originall designed the suspension for the original Zakspeed Escorts. Unfortunately, the car hasn't had the impact we thought, the pics are from Kaunas where we did a days testing, and at the race in Palanga, we only did half a practice session and the new engine let go in a monumental style.

Next race in Riga, Latvia, my best mate, and the quicker driver of the three (One Dad and two sons), he stuffed it into a concrete block in practice!