In todays episode we temporarily mount the 240z body to the 240z chassis and make sure everything clears the engine.
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Fareoh – Cloud Ten
I should have watched the video before I asked you about the rear suspension. I am building an A/C Cobra and a GT40 with BMW suspensions.
Hi mate, is that a BMW rear suspension you are using?
What is this car being used for, racing, drag racing or what?
Easier if you had put in a LS1, Nissan rear end.
Going to guess you hse a tail shaft with a centre bearing
What do you mean by good/clean title ?
The frame sits BELOW the floor pan and about the width you have them at. There should be angled braces connecting from the frame to the shell. Kind of like a ladder. Look under a unibody car to see what I mean.
Also, the cowl does not really manage water coming off of the windshield. It allows fresh air to enter the HVAC system without allowing water to enter as well.
Why not just mount the engine 2 inches lower? Better handling, less work, better clearance for the hood
Cut 2inch out of strut towers and dogleg and plate bottom rails job done.
your the f**** man chris …. THE F***** MAN!
Boys and girls you mean. My wife watches your show with me.
Frame bars look Chinese imitation like flimsy. Especially when also cutting and lowering them in the middle part.
Huge forces (500 HP pushing a heavy engine and driver from the back and big brake deceleration), all going through many welded angles on only two thin bars. Really looks like quite a dangerous DIY. Unless the cage adds much rigidity.
Respect to the Can Do mentality though. I could be very well wrong and over-cautious. Armchair warrior here 🙂
Very impressive, i'm doing almost the exact same thing but with a for capri body instead so I know how much work is going into this. lots of similarities in approach as well, for example buying a roll cage for a standard car then making my own chassis around it.
Im using a Manual from the M3… bolts straight up to the V10 🙂
Keep up the good work.
I was thinking it would be cool to see u walk through ur googleing/ problem solving in a video. So we can see all the stuff u work thru, and what u research to figure it all out.
Putting and or building a 240z around a BMW V10 why.this will be an unsellable car.you could get the power with out the weight,and BMW V10 will be a nightmare to get parts for.This seem to me like a more money than brains build.
The amount of play on the end of the tape measure is the same as the width of the metal piece. It make it so you get an accurate measurement by pushing it against something or hooking it on the end
For a race car you should run a one piece drive shaft.
Then on your axle being a race car you'll need ajustable upper control arm,s . Then take the deg of the engine vrs the deg off you axle at the pinion then subtract the two number and see we're your at, ajust your axle so you have an angle between 0 & 5.
Off of the front of your crank harmonic balancer as the car sits level you should have a 5 degree angle in the engine. Then you'll know the drive shaft is at the right angle. 👍
start with the pannel between the hood and the winsheild leave the holes in the fenders that way you could down the road add turbos out the holes in the fenders as they wont effect the engine. It's just between the hood an winsheild that you would need a metal pannel for
Won’t you need a cowl? Where will your wipers go?
you should hit up Street Bandito and ask them for help 😉
Universal joints were used in drive shafts for the exact reason of not being lined up!!!
Hey Chris, do your original idea of welding off the existing frame rails down and to the side, but make it go a bit lower (the 2" that you need to raise the diff by) and dont weld it to the shell just yet. Then, you lower the shell those 2 inches and then weld to the shell. Dunno if i explained it well enough. Good luck
hi Chris you have already aligned rear and front sub frames height wise if you raise the rear you will loose this alignment. it might be best to lower the engine or tilt it downwards a the rear. the drive flange on the diff looks like it is angled up wards slightly. with the frame rails i would lower them to pick up on the rear most mounting points on the front sub frame. good luck.
New camera?
Why don’t you tuck the frame rails under the door sills so they’re inside the 240 shell? Nice and clean.