Sp3no

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Cracking work, car is absolutely stunning, got a good lady there. My missus allows me to have my engine in the bottom of the wardrobe lol

cutch

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yeah yeah yeah!

oh i did think of something? does it make a difference that i have a 4x4 (engine stand)

madsi

love the pics beef and love how your missis lets you do it,mines the same

-beefy-

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aye mate !!!


lol she is a diamond bud


nope , mines the same block bud

be amazed what a lapdance gets you lol !!



ok , so popped to see spesh eairler , worked of the measurement mk said he needed to make the hub bearing adapters ,

so hopefully they can be machined up asap , and the back end can be built up with only the bottom link arm bracketry to finish !!

jamie rst

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stunning mate and lovin the engine in the front room pal

whizzisat114

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Your one luck bastard Beefy i just about get away with seat's in the spare room

-beefy-

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evening folks - update - 4-4-2011

so been chatting with k last couple of weeks about an idea he had a fair while back , basically when i first decied i wanted to go the tubular rear end route he said well in that case we'el fab a tubi engine bed for the front to match and pull the theme thru the complete underside of the car ,

so with that in mind i was dispatched on satday to see our good mate andy @ geronimo cages in hartlepool to get some suitable tube

so after a bit of measuring of the o.e item a bit of 38 mm 3mm wall tube was put in the bender and bent and the scrap bin raided for offcuts

so with that in hand and sunday off , went round this eve to make a start on it

excuse the poor piccys , i forgot me camera - better pics tomoz

pile of tubes and 2wd bed


peice of bent tube ( matched to profile of the o.e bed )





some centers worked out and scribed onto sheet to act as square grid for jig



now as it wasnt possible for the tube to be bent upwards at the ends and then brackets attached for the tca's , it was decided that the profile tube would be welded to two profiled end boxes ,

so fabbed and welded





note the angle cut in , this will incline the box upwards a tad and aid clearance in the travel of the tca , as will the cut out in the bottom . granted this end of the tca's movements minimal , but better to have the room

the crossmember mounts were matched to the o.e holes on the bed then a coped tube was put inbetween for strength , all tacked up atm will be cut off the bed and mounted in the jig tomorrowand finished welded when its all together ,

k is going to pop and get some machine time tomorrow on the lathe and machine up some bosses to be welded into the tops of the tubes before they bolt into the jig ,


so the box profiles where then welded to the tube





shot of what will be the underside of the bed where the tca will mount




so far really pleased with how its turning out so far ,

didnt have any box in for the jig , but going to pick it up tomorrow

just having a few ideas thrown about as to the best way to run the tie in tubes between the various mounts, got a good idea of which way we gonna go . also considering dropping the engine mounts slightly to lower the motor , but tbh it isnt nessacary really as its only a road car


just trying new ideas , make it a bit fresh , as i know of i aint seen one done tubular ..........

hopefully it makes the car that tad bit more unique and custom .


hope you like ,


beef and spesh

COCHYN

Trick mate!

-beefy-

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we do our best fella

got to try and keep moving things forward aint ya ?

robbie1988

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My favourite project in the world this matey

Cant wait to see it

Rob

-beefy-

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also means that as i referenced the piccys i had of the ls powered ecsos before starting that if i wanted to drop a ls v8 engine into the car , it would slide straight in without mods to the engine bed being needed lol



chortle chortle !

-beefy-

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cheers mate , glad to read on fb the red devil is back on fine form and full boost ,

youll get to see it shortly bud , its return home is imminant !!

dingla rs

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spoke to andy to day he said you were there satday ,not bad so far has k run outa gas yet bud ?

-beefy-

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not yet fella , but ill get them bottles refilled soon as ,


off to bed folks ,

update tomorrow eve ,


beef

special-K

glad you like it so far matey.

made a start on ya new gearbox cradle...

onwards and upwards bro..........K

whizzisat114

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Lovely bit of fab work there k

give it some stick

quality as usual

-beefy-

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ok so works progressing on the front c-m


jig's been started





the original c-m was chopped up and used to jig the engine mounts





jig now finished



bosses for the engine mounys fitted in jig






made a start on tacking in the coped tubes





other side will be fitted tomorrow , welded up in the jig and then the rack mounts fitted


beef & k

focus 4x4

Awesome Beef!

paul16v

Top work as usualll lads!

You 2 still coming away this weeeknd?

cutch

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to right we are! woohoo!

WENNY

shame you wernt down earlier cutch, could of came in the van with us

karl when you make mine dont forget the 4x4 mounts are different

GINGExR2 T

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Excellent work as always, love seeing the updates on this, keeps me motivated to get mine done

FiestaMSB

Ive just joined this site about 3 hours ago and am currently in college suppose to be doing work but for the last 2 hours ive been look at all 81 pages of your project

looking mint mate keep up the good work

by looking at this i am motivated to start a project on my fiesta

-beefy-

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thanks mucka

yea you better belive it , spesh getting a lift up with gazz to wenn hq

lol you excited mate - c u sat morn

aye we were talking bout the 4x4 setup wenn , may need a bed for mock up ,


cheeres ginge ,



get back to work !!!

nahh welcome to pf mate , and thanks for the long read , id of fell asleep lol !!


just got to take missus to work a 6 pm , then im going to pop n see if spesh got the welding finished

update this eve peeps ,

Psycho Warren

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you going to weigh the new crossmember?? be interesting to see how it compares to the original. any weight off the front end is a good thing!

-beefy-

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prob will do warren , but its made from 3mm tube ,

if weight was the main priority for constructing it and it was purely track based we would of prob dropped to a thinner wall tube ,

update to follow

-beefy-

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ok peeps - wed eve update,

crossmember is 99% finished , just two steering rack mounts to weld on ,

pics ,

welded up






just happend to have a shell to try it on






it fits like a dream !!! and looks pretty dam good imo !!


and with that done the ends were etch primed centers been left bare for the rack mounts ,










will drop over the rack tomorrow eve , fit up the mounts and then it will go in the powdercoat pile with the hubs ect

big thanks to spesh for his efforts , think hes done an outstanding job


beef

Cragrat

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Saaaarweeet!!!

andy escos

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very trick good work spesh

fezzajsy

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Psycho Warren

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dont forget to weigh it beefy!! karl could be onto a real seller now he has a jig.

whizzisat114

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Great work K look's the bollox

-beefy-

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will do warren ,

ta dave , see you sunday yeah ?

whizzisat114

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Yes M8 ill be there

Be nice to Catch up with ya

K coming ?

dobermann1234

nice bit of fab work lads

Twins

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Great work lads

MK MOTORSPORT

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hi beefy if your fitting comp struts and adju tcas ,you ought to fit mounts on front cross member for bladed roll bar save welding to chassis legs mate

thanks mark

JamesH

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Mad progress Beef

CozzyKing

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Very nice beefy.