No Massive updates lately as i had a few set backs, mainly the rear brake set up situation
First off i must say a quick thanks to Mark @ MT-MOTORSPORT who sorted me the brakes, very helpful guy with great parts and great prices to match, thanks mate
I purchased a 295mmx25mm ap 4 pot kit for the rear of the car
Was well happy with that but unknown to me it turns out that with the ag style steering arms i can't run a discs that small as the caliper fouls the steering arm no matter what you do and i didn't realize this
Had a quick measure up and spoke to Andrew and he confirms that he used a 330mm discs on the rear and positioned the caliper at 10 o'clock and that way it clears everything so unfortunately the brakes must be sold and i have to go for a 330mm rear set up, and i can't just buy new discs as the 5100 caliper is only for a 25.4mm discs with a 295 dia.
So anyone selling a 330mm kit let me know
Next up is a bit more lathe action,
I wanted to run the proper stud sleeves on the M14 wheel studs to give them the extra strength as per the grpa/wrc cars but after speaking to dewitts i found out the ones they sell are not threaded as the studs they supply have a shoulder so there sleeves i assume are heated up then slid over the shoulder then once cooled down they shrink tight,
As my studs are threaded all the way i made up some sleeves that were threaded with M14x1.5 instead so they can be screwed on and tightened using stilsons or similar
So ideally i needed some 18mm round bar as that is the diameter needed but i had some 19mm laying around so turned that down instead to save a few quid
Round bar in mild steel, ideally stainless would be better but the lathe struggle with stainless so i will get these plated when finished
Rough cut into 30mm lengths once the bar had been turned down to 18mm
Then drilled out to 12.5mm
Threaded to M14x1.5
And voila
Grpa/wrc wheel stud sleeves
I didn't worry about a nice perfect finish on them as they will get scraped etc every time the wheel is taken off and put on but i am happy with them and the total cost was about £10 and 5 hours of my own time making them, but that is just the rear set as the fronts are not done yet
Dummy fitted them to check all was ok
That's it for now
Thanks
Marc