Tonight i got a whole bunch of stuff done on the car, predominatly focusing around the front suspension and brakes.
Firstly i replaced the bearings in the hubs:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30130-1/IMG_1142_s.jpg[/IMG]
and then popped new studs in and added the disc locating collars:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30136-1/IMG_1144_s.jpg[/IMG]
After that i machined up some little spacers for the spherical upper hat to sit on, so i could use my spare Cusco cambertops as i had some better nuts for them (still need to get aroudn to machining up some tube nuts for the T3 items)
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30142-1/IMG_1146_s.jpg[/IMG]
And voila, assembled:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30145-1/IMG_1147_s.jpg[/IMG]
I then popped it into the car, and added the brakes to it (as its a pain lifting the lot as a whole), and the 20mm bolt on spacer:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30154-1/IMG_1150_s.jpg[/IMG]
All in all it fits quite nicely, no fouling anywhere, and its all quite solid and sound.
Popping a wheel on it revealed just how close the entire setup comes to the wheel:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30169-1/IMG_1155_s.jpg[/IMG]
I think im going to have to get some 25mm spacers for the front and then use those 20mm ones at the rear. The bearings wont be any issue as the rims are +24 offset, but as it is there some of the bolts holding the 3piece wheels together just clip on the caliper itself. Only some of the bolts though, due to the manufacturing differences in the length of the bolts.
All in all i dont think you could run this setup without spacers, finding wheels which would fit in a 0ish offset would be a complete nightmare.
Also today i managed to run around half the city picking up gear and getting stuff done. Amongst that i managed to get the caliper mount helicoiled, which solves that issue, and i also had my radiator delivered:
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A nice 2″ alloy radiator, which is absolutely huge compared to the weeny little thing that i had in there before.
Thats about it for now, I currently have to wait for the brake shop to get in a pair of caliper rebuild kits, so i can do that, and then i can assemble those brakes for real, loctite and all.
From there im going to chuck some wheels on it and roll it outside to give it a good wash and then start sanding it back so i can paint it soon.
The engine is ready to go back in soon too, but i think ill probably paint it first and then put the engine in again. Thats about it for now though.