Right build thread, i have copied it from Retrorides so excuse the time line, however it will give you a history of this car since there is quite an extensive one.....
Hi guys, ive been lurking in the backround of this forum and ive been doing up this car for about 2 years, ive been away at uni and now I'm living up in glasgow, sadly the car is down at my very understanding mothers. here are the pics from when ive bought it till now.
getting cage:
size comparison:
shot of it, rolling with my mums 500 and my teg
heading up to glasgow
up in glasgow in 2010ish and i went looking for rust.....
FOUND SOME!!!!
bracing in prep for welding
floor out, inner sill prep
Floor panel getting sized and trimmed
front arches, or where should be...
Right as promsed I have the pics of it in it's current state, with the doors in place and lining up well.
What i'm currently doing as you'll see from the photos is adding some strength to the chassis, the fiat 500 is a monocoque chassis but it is not designed to take a lot of power, it has three main cross member, one about the gearbox mounts one behind the seats and one at the front which the transverse leaf spring would get bolted too if I wasn't planning to run coilovers and double wish bone.
I'm using 50mm x 50mm x 2.5 thick box section to create and join the main member providing additional stregth, just at the first stages but so far i'm pleased.
Should give an idea that i'm really not planning on standard powers
Comment and critisisms welcome.
New front on
box section running up both sills
Right, this thread needs a serious update.....
After toying with various engine ideas, along the lines of Scooby engines with backward cut diffs or a rotary engine mated to the scoob box with the backward cut diff, or Porsche engines (saw the price tag and my mind was changed for me....). I took some inspiration from close to home, my partner in crime has a MK1 MR2, once the measuring tape was produced, it was decided.
So a rather poorly looking mk1 was sourced and the carnage began.
This car has totally snowballed, it was going to be a quick tidy up, nice wheels and use as a daily classic....oops!
I started by welding some 50x50x3 box section to increase the chassis strength before I took out the main x-member of the car, seen with the two downward members that hold the trailing arms, or gearbox, I can remember now.
I'll let the pics do the talking:
made gearbox mount out of the box section:
the other mount is nearly made and that is us up to present day.Right more pics and more progress. The timing belt engine mount has been....mounted :icon_razz: So that's me finished with that, and the rear torque mount also has a place to sit. I also managed to cut down the front torque mount in such a way that all i need now is the bolt to check everything lines up and the jobs a goodun, so i'll try and borrow a m12x110ish bolt from the stores.....
There is about 4mm clearance, just looks touching, although to be fair it's pretty tight in there anyway
The view from the back, looking into the car.
Utilising the standard engine mounts
Bolted through and sitting pretty.
I also had to put the axle stand at that rear x/member. i realised this once i jacked up the car, took out the bit of wood that supported the engine triumphantly. However on lowering the jack i realised the car would just keep coming back towards me since its now a shell with a rather large weight in the back.....
All an all not bad progress for a day, will hopefully be updating through the week. i'll try and do some rad placement and look at gears me thinks.
quick wee update
Mounted the rad as well but no real pics of it, and the exhaust hanger meets the main rear x-member a treat, this engine was meant for this car.
