2G AWD Auto Dragcar Build

[dsmornothing]

From some personal experience with chassis strength you should really look into doing a full cross member for the foward ladder bar pickups. Them 2 areas you have rectangle tube welded in are very weak. Also what do you plan on competing in as far as classes? The solid axle just bumped you into a whole new class, so just curious on that!

 

[turboking15]

The two rectangle parts for the front pickups sit right under where the rollcage will mount to the floor so that is going to be one main tie in point. I will also be adding plates to the end of the rectangles that tie them into the driveshaft tunnel.

As far as what class, i havent really decided yet. At this point im just building the car to hold the power reliably and have fun. Once i get a feel for the car and what its capable of ill see where it will be most competitive.

Ill be updating soon with some more pictures as i havent in a while.

 

[dsmornothing]

As far as what class, i havent really decided yet. At this point im just building the car to hold the power reliably and have fun. Once i get a feel for the car and what its capable of ill see where it will be most competitive.

Alright, Only reason I ask is because the rear end put you in an outlaw class in most sanctioning bodies. At that point you better be running 7s!

 

[turboking15]

Update time, finally got my new welder, argon tank, and some time to play with it. So I have been busy finish welding all the tabs, brackets, etc for the 8.8 conversion and I am almost done with that part. Also decided to go with a different mounting style for the rear coilovers, and have been working on designing a new front suspension setup. Here are some pics.

New shock mounts

After I got done with the lower shock mounts i was pondering ways of mounting the shocks at the top and I would like to get some opinions on a possible solution I came up with. I have the bar that goes across the rear of the frame rails that i added for support when i removed the rear support from the floor between the shock towers for the diff, and then i will have a bar that ties the strut towers together with the cage. My thought was to run a bar from the rear support bar up to the strut tower bar and hang my tabs on the connecting bar for the upper shock mounts. Does anybody see any downsides to doing it this way or have any other ideas? Nothing is set in stone yet on those just tossing around some ideas.

As I mentioned earlier I am also working on a new front end design that will do away with the 6 control arms in the front and go to a single lower control arm and a macpherson style strut. For this I am using a 3g eclipse spindle and coilover, 99 diamante caliper brackets, and gsx calipers. Upon seeing the thread someone posted about the magnus billet knuckles and seeing what Mike did to make that setup work on his 2g it got me thinking abit more about how I could acomplish that. I am still gathering parts for that phase of the build and figuring out how to jig it all up, but I will be sure to post pics of the progress on that as well.

Enjoy.

 

[turboking15]

Rear bars are all tacked into place, shock tabs are tacked on top. Waiting on final welding. Once welded the axle will come out, be rebuilt with new gears, bearings, seals, etc and will go back in with springs, brakes, and wheels.

Pics.

Once the rear is done I will be starting on the 12 point cage and the tube front chassis. Hoping to get alot done in the next couple months. I would like to have the car running at the shootout, but we will see.

 

[ka24debt]

subscribed! looks promising

 

[turboking15]

Finished up welding the rear end and other related components now its time for the cage. Ca
ge is a 12 point ms cage tgat i will be adding a couple more points to to aid in bracing some areas i had to remove factory bracing to fit the 8.8.

Everything is cut, notched, and ready to weld with the exception of the door and harness bars as i need to get my seat first. Hoping to have the majority of it welded up in the next couple days. Here are some pics.

Thats it for now should have some more updates in the next couple days.

 

[ferruchnuts44]

Any updates on this? Great job on the fab work btw, did you happen to weigh the 8.8 setup vs. the stock IRS ? I've read from the c-dub guys that it saves 100lbs, seems like quite a stretch but I suppose it's possible. That alone would be worth the swap for me, not to mention the added strength.

 

[turboking15]

Been a while since the last update. Been busy working on everybody elses cars and outting mine on the back burner. Well its time to get back to it. Got some more work on the cage done, finished off the rear X brace and added some 6" long 1" dia .120 wall gusset braces on the main hoop to halo joints and the halo to a bar joints. Also got the kirkey pro drag installed so i can finish off the door bars and harness bars and move on to the front end. Here are some pics of the progress and should have some more by the end of this weekend.

And no I did not get any weight differences between the two setups but at the very least it doesnt seem any heavier so im happy with it.

 

[weasel1G]

Any updates on this car?