Jackstrath

Awesome work!

sgracing

thanks for comments

cader

Great work again.
My rack mounting question has been answered
With using 15" wheels I take it the rack is slightly higher?

sgracing

its actually lower but all will become apparent when you see the uprights

Turbo Zetec

iTrader: (1)

great work

sgracing

so a few more bits

so im changing the pedal box as it was a puma s1600 made to fit a ka

it had alloy spacer plates inside and out

and it was ok but not pretty so need to make it mint

it used original plastic clutch master cylinder which was fine but i wanted it 100 % so i gonna fit a matching alcon cylinder for clutch , so 3 in a row looking neat

also wanted to get rid of nuts and bolts so i made some studs and tigged them to more plate that i welded inside




that will do for tonight

sgracing

Pedal box updates

can you see why i wanted to improve it !!



and the brake pedal !!!!!




steering column ground down cos it hit the brake pedal !!!!!



spacers i want rid off



standard clutch




Do you like the new rear brake setup ??

sgracing

hey

so back to front suspension issues

the car always ran high due to a lack of suspension travel and being on 15 rims

measuring a sensible sumpguard to ground height and jacking suspension up to rideheight

there was 25mm left of travel left oooops

the proflex have 150mm total travel which isnt great but it is what it is

ideally would change to fiesta r2 reigers which give an extra 60mm travel and are better in every way apart from the price tag

so i will change topmounts to a turret design and adjustable camber

also it will be moved due to wider track and adding more caster



made a little jig




now i am waiting for bits to be machined and laser cut to finish top mount

bigchez

top work again dude

MrCapriScort

What a mint bit of fabrication, going to look nuts when finished. Are you putting sportka bumpers on it, to get wider track ??

sgracing

yes sport ka bumper s with a few modifications

better fixings as ka arches seem to fall off regularly but take a age to remove if you want to remove it





spot the bolts

M K

iTrader: (9)

Nice update Steve

Keep em coming

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Looking good matey.

paulyzetec

Could you recomend a decent brake set up that will run under 13inch wheels?

robertfyffe

Great topic, any further updates on this?

gjh

Making great progress with this one! Will be hell of a car when finished.

sgracing

Been awhile since I updated

I have been busy with work and also have another little project on the go at the moment , a nissan !!

Anyway back to the ka

I have designed and had made bespoke top mounts , which allow adjustable camber and can be turreted or just a plate in standard turret

The design is based on ideas I have seen over the years working in motorsport it is a reasonable priced solution to improve suspension

Anyway








I'm quite happy with the result

We are now fitting a new t45 weld in cage and moving the bars on to the turrets for a bit of extra support

One step forward two steps back but it the only way if you want to do it right

M K

iTrader: (9)

Looks good Steve

What's the Nissan project then???

sgracing

Little micra weapon

On weight loose program it lost 54 kg so far

And other improvements











Back on the ka soon !!

Paul_RS

iTrader: (4)

Can't wait for more updates, I love your work

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Cool strut tops.

ossie cossie

WOW what a cool project. Keep up the good work.

jordz

brilliant project i look forward to seeing further updates

Racing Ka

Please, update needed. Great job!

It's Czech Mate

Love this!

sgracing

The nissan has left the garage so the ka is having some attention at last

Ben-B

Good to hear

sgracing

Its been a long time coming but .......

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Wow. Amazing work.

sgracing

Thanks

gjh

Very nice! Quite the cage in there!