Howdy folks,
Its biannual update time.
Based on everyone elses update frequency im assuming the traffic here is pretty light these days.
Ide love to say i would have been updating at least annually because im just too busy in the garage working on rusty metal.
But i cant.
Short version of this update is the car is pretty much in the same state as last time, maybe with a few more panels cut out.
Longer version is i bought a house, bigger garage than before, but then house stuff takes up my time so less build time.
I ran the track day at the last nationals which took up some time and was extremely stressful but all worked out ok in the end.
I have been on several trips to south and central America again eating away at precious build time.
I have found some joy in watching others build their cars on Youtube.
So that the excuse list.
The reality list is i dont know what im doing and its a long and slow process trying to teach myself.
Once i had the new garage set up to my liking i put my head down and got into it.
At last update i was about to graft FD suspension in front and back.
I pondered for quite a while on how to do this cheaply.
My main concern was trying to get as much adjustability into the arms as possible.
I didnt really want to pay the big bickies for aftermarket solutions.
So i convinced myself into making the arms.
I then pondered on remaking the subframes blah blah.
Nek minute i have decided to just redesign the arms and pickup points.
I had all but decided on the numbers and was about to start welding when Liam Hills Excel uprights came up for sale.
So i bought them and Liam (total legend) basically told me the specs of the Excel suspension design and slightly rejigged the numbers to suit the Datto.
If you dont know this Excel build you have wasted your life until now.
Search Riverside Racing on Facebook or apply for a weeks leave and sit down with a few tinnies and read this
http://www.performanceforums.com/forums ... orts-Sedan
So that was xmas 2017.
In Jan 2018 i caught the crypto trading bug and thought i was going to be rich and basically spent the next few months watching my car fund go down the drain and didnt even step into the garage for about 6 months.
I then got re motivated into working on the Dat but again it is just a slow process when you dont know what youre doing.
So im currently at the stage where the rear subframe is 90% done and ive made mockup control arms for one side.
The engine and box are sitting on a trolley that has them at ride height for the current height of the cars trolley wheels.
Ill spend the next little while working out where to put the engine and diff then make the front suspension.
Once the front suspension is done then i will expand the cage to tie it all in and then it should only be 1, maybe 2 biannual updates until its back on the track.
I often ponder is it too late to just bolt in a CA, just like that one i used to have that had nothing wrong with it, bolt in some 510 suspension, just like it used to have that had nothing wrong with it, and just fucken drive the thing. O how i ponder. **** it is too late so owell back to welding rusty metal.
Anyone want to buy and FD suspension parts?