Looking good Lincoln. I bet it has given you a big boost of enthusiasm to see it starting to all come back together. Looks like it will have the go to back up the looks too! I have a question for you. I happened to notice the rose joints on your rear trailing arms & they've got me interested. I have some modified rear arms myself which have been converted to take ford motorsport rose joints. The difference is that your rose joints are mounted vertically, whereas mine are mounted horizontally. Just wondered if you knew the reasoning behind this & whether there are pro's & con's for each option? I have attached a couple of pics of my arms, the second is incomplete but with special jig to correctly position rose joint tube during fabrication.

Cheers Matt

p.s. sorry I'm not trying to hijack your thread.

That beam is adjustable for caster (toe in/out) only. Have not seen that one. There are a few methods of doing it;

Mine is adjustable for caster and has the same joint horizontally mounted like yours. You can just about see it on one of my pics (I will take more). The vertical ones in the centre adjust the camber.

This beam I made for a friend is adjustable for caster by the slotted inner pickup. And adjustable for camber by the vertical rose joint.








Any more help mate give me a ring. 0417167885.

Thanks for all the comments guys - appreciate the enthusiam and love the discussion.

Hijack away.

And about the ridiculous build - you been speaking to my wife? [B)]

Lost a few gaskets in the mix so slowed down final engine assembly for a bit



Thought I would show you and good plating solution I have found. I hope you all know you should not plate hubs, axles etc because of embrittlement possibly caused by the process (hydrogen and nitrogen trapped). Found a low temperature phosphate plating that is AOK.



Looks cool too like the grey cast iron. And pretty easy to mask certain areas (with race tape - 1002 uses!)

























Also you can see the mods for the centrelock conversion - turned smaller id and od.

Set the turbo up with the ceramic coated housing and manifold. Cannot believe how close it all fits.
Those cosworth engineers must have breathed a sigh of relief when it all just missed.










Had to grind the lug on the head to fit the compressor housing - I assume this is standard practice??

Hi lincoln This car will be a beast on the track,Hope you can get it finished soon,So you can play with us on the track soon.Keep up the great work mate...

Thanks - mate is organising a sandown day in November - that is the plan. Would like to know how your track days are organised.

Give us a call sometime Lincoln 0417167885

Hi lincoln I will give you a ring.

Got the gaskets and sensors so it is full steam ahead - athough had to order some silicone hose I needed. And freaked up a few Speedflow/aeroquip fittings.... damn that poo poo is addictive..... and expensive



Mounted the harmonic balancer and crank trigger wheel - thanks to Paul and Danny.



Also made sure the injector dynamics injetors fitted. Got to mod the loom.

Great work I realy like what you are doing


I will have one of these one day

John