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[heeman10]

Do I assume you mean on an angle, from one side to the other, to improve torsional rigidty, or just a pair of bars from front to back on each side? Thought they looked quite Leda-ish

[MAD_Adamski]

Do I assume you mean on an angle, from one side to the other, to improve torsional rigidty, or just a pair of bars from front to back on each side? Thought they looked quite Leda-ish

For you james

Ade,

I drove it out of Danny's place and noticed the difference! The car felt so solid!

The best mod i did, on a level with the brakes and another purchase which remains a secret at this stage!

Some pics:













MSN if you want to know more!

And yes the quality is superb as said but these are better than leda's were so i am told!!!

[Brammer]

Looks great the white against blue is

[heeman10]

Centre front to centre rear? How odd!

[MAD_Adamski]

theres 2 bars james

[MAD_Adamski]

couple of pics

[RS rob]

fairplay aint seen this thread for a while,
you've really gone to town on the handling,
cracking read!!!

[MAD_Adamski]

thanks mate , for those interested the car has not moved really, the strut brace metal has been ordered and on its way ....

this weekend i should have the car back with the new coil box fitted and my new radiator... then the car will be going over to have the chassis bars in the next couple of weeks ....

few things i have decided too...

the car is going to be fitted up with a 2WD Ahmed rear beam and setup this will allow me to run stronger shafts and eliminate the toe problem on cossie's as std.. Altho this will be expensive will be a very worth while mod that with my coilovers, rose jointed drop links powdercoated rear roll bar and new uprated diff hanger. Also on the cards when the car has been to danny's i shall be getting AH to make me a custom fuel cell built in swirl pot and setup allowing me to run my own spec fuel setup which should be good enough to flow whatever i want in the future...

All very complex and busy alot do to over the next few months but with my plans the car will be structually and handling wise amazing... leaving me to mod the engine in the future... all talk just now but i will add pics as and when...

cheers Ad

[jayrs]

this is gunna sound a bit stupid, but is it a gen cossie or a shell made to take cossie running gear?

[MAD_Adamski]

genuine jay mate

[jayrs]

ah right, saw the rear turrets with no paint and thought wtf

[MAD_Adamski]

u spooner jay i did that so they could weld a strut brace in , also more paint has to come off for the turret strengthing plates too ...

[jayrs]

my bad, blond moment

[MAD_Adamski]

got the car back off Ah fab for the weekend after some hard graft on it we have been changing alot on it just now...


got my new boost guage a racetech 2.5 bar item, half fitted to my pillar pod just now will get it fully fitted asap the coil box has been fully fitted and is perfect just how i wanted it, just 1 wire to extend and thats that finished ...

ringing danny b tomorrow about the chassis bars to book in, and if i dont get booked in for tues i'll be looking to get the rear turrets strengthened and the strut brace welded in instead .... i have my aeromotive fuel reg here and my aeromotive fuel filter and pump is on there way from the states! roll on a awesome fuel system .....

few pics













Adx

[ianFRST]

i sent you a pm co(kbag, reply to it

[jayrs]

you need to get some paint over them rear strut tops dude,

[MAD_Adamski]

were gonna whack some etch on them after we reclean them up

[jayrs]

[Max M4X WW]

Looks good, You lost your front tow hook cover?

[MAD_Adamski]

some pikey nicked it

[Max M4X WW]

Expensive!

[jayrs]

little c*nts

[j7aoc]

Look's cool as allways Has it been over heating

[Brammer]

Just had another look through the whole thread, and i can see where this is going

One hell of a project, keep up the great work Ad:Q

[MAD_Adamski]

cheers guys, ian has his pm reply ...

The car hasn't been overheating, that is the the fact i had my new rad fitted and i didnt tighten the cap properly so when i drove it some leaked out but the new rad is perfect and it runs cool as ever now.. Max the cover will be about £50 which i am not happy about but tbh i'm gonna put it off for a few weeks as im skint and its no emergancy to replace it... in the mean time plans are still coming in place were designing my fuel system and making templates for the rear turrets and things should all be coming together very shortly

[Sphinx]

All looks very impressive
I can't help but think those bars should be braced somewhere in the middle.

[MAD_Adamski]

cheers sphinx , my templates for the turrets plates are made just need to get the right steel and cut to shape then bend it and get Ah to weld it in for me ... Still need to get my strut brace bar and shape it for them to weld too ... due to me being skint tho the chassis bars wil have to wait a few weeks ....

Also think i have decided on a route for the fuel system!? i am toying with the idea of cutting the boot floor and recessing a steel box and fitting a cell in there then having a large lid covering it allowing me boot space still and also giving the cell protection from any knocks, off that running my aeromotive fuel filter-lift pump-internal swirl pot-aeromotive fuel pump-fuel rail-aeromotive fuel reg...

still trying to get my head round it all but this maybe my best option ....

So if anyone wants to donate some cash to the adam fund i'll gladly crack on and get the fuel system on the way

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[MAD_Adamski]

another day passes and some more work , strut bars were bought shaped and started to be welded in until the welder decided to die .....

But got things coming along nice, need to save up some money so i can order my aeroquip hosing and fittings and my new rear beam...

My fuel system parts have arrived and i'm pleased so just need to decide on the fuel tank and design, finish the strut brace make up the turret strengthening plates weld them in then the car will need to go to jamie ... Also think my rear diff is on the way out so a ideal time to replace it for the 2WD setup ... few pics








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[muz]

Take the plastic cover off of the centre console you tart.

[MAD_Adamski]

Ok gonna drag this back up after planning and saving, the car will be soon going off to Danny B for seam welding finishing my rear strut brace and chassis bars....

Cars then off to my mates bodyshop to have the boot bubble removed and plated have the rear half of the inside resprayed and the rear half underside stripped and speedlined.. then i can get the new interior in, off bigpower ..

The fuel tank lines etc be removed renewed with braided items then off to Ah fabrication for a custom fuel cell.. once working will be making my way over to harvey gibbs to recieve my new 2WD adj rear beam and 2WD diff and uprated hanger... then thats phase 1 complete

many pics and updates to come soon, Ad xx

[~nomad~]

is the 2wd stuff an upgrade or are you actually going rwd with it? Its looking good mate

[MAD_Adamski]

the car will be still 4wd my diff is totally shafted atm ... The std 2wd item is stronger than the 4wd item eing as the 2wd item runs 100% power normally unlike the ecos one which is 64% or whatever it is and 2wd also runs thicker driveshafts and i have heard of ecos's snapping rear shafts on launching BUT the std ecos diff is 7'' the 2wd item is 7.5'' and wont fit on the 4wd beam. So being sensable i ordered a 2wd adj beam and have the new diff and shafts waiting to go on... the std 4wd prop etc fits fine and ratios all work so all i am basically doing is ftting better stronger stuff not cheap tho

[edders]

seems kinda pointless to make it 2wd. or is it already?

[MAD_Adamski]

seems kinda pointless to make it 2wd. or is it already?

reread it chap all will be revieled

[Brammer]

My mate is having to go down the same route with his 4x4 - he's going from 500bhp to 550+ this year and everything needs to be replaced.

Look forward to seeing up to date pics