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76 2002 Track Car Project


VMSETHAN

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more great work.

LOL loved your comment about the bump steer spacers..

"Pretty simple part, so I am building them now."

yeah, pretty simple if one would have your skills, the materials, and your access to the expensive tools needed....

for most of us, it is much simpler and cheaper to put $100 on the credit card! :-)

2xM3

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A few pics to update and answer your questions....

Spacers are drilled and painted.

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I was waiting for the arrival on my front coil spring pads(the thin rubber ones that go on top and bottom) but got an auto refund as my source had zero stock and no future availability. PN is 31 33 2 450 120

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Does anyonre have a good source? Best I have seen is abot $13 each and local BMW dealer wants $21 ea!! Any other suggestions?

Do I really need them??

Regarding the shrinker question, here are a couple pics.

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Craaaazy;

The tool is avaialble from Eastwood and Harbor Freight. I would get a shrinker and a stretcher to prevent having to change jaws repatedly. I believe Eastwood has a good tutorial. These are pretty inexpensive versions of these tools and are definitely LIGHT duty, but work OK for occasional use on aluminum. I am happy to add more or help directly. Do you have material and or a template??

Here are pics of my Polycarbonate(Lexan) sunroof. There are acouple tapered nylon side spacers to keep a nice fit and a rear aluminum strap inside.

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Having touble with a PM? Not sure about etiquette regarding posting my contact here. Someone chimne in??

THX!!!

76 2002 - TRACK CAR PROJECT

05 MINI COOPER S - DAILY DRIVER

05 BMW X5 - WIFE'S RIDE

67 MUSTANG- MUSCLE CAR ALTER EGO

02 F250

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thanks VMSETHAN, never seen those tools before, pretty nice. i looked at both eastwood and harbor freight and it's just not wise for me to buy a tool i will probably use only once. as for supplies and templates, i haven't bought anything just yet as i was still trying to figure out how to build the plug. i know you bolted your down to the body itself which is what i am trying to avoid myself. i'd like to use the existing hardware on my sunroof so i may be able to pop it off easily, thus i would need the aluminum angle stock to keep the shape. sorry to clutter your build thread. shoot me an email and i can send you some pics of what i am talking about. thanks. -fred

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mlytle;THX!

Great, I will omit the pads. Good idea with the rubber tubing. I will try that in the morning. It got me thinking outside the box....Maybe some heavy duty heat shrink tubing??

Gathering parts for the engine now. Decided to build the M10 now and get on the track ASAP. MANY options for more power, so I want to drive the car in order to decide what to upgrade option makes sense for me, M20, turbo, S.Charge...........

I love the SC whine on my MINI:)

76 2002 - TRACK CAR PROJECT

05 MINI COOPER S - DAILY DRIVER

05 BMW X5 - WIFE'S RIDE

67 MUSTANG- MUSCLE CAR ALTER EGO

02 F250

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  • 2 weeks later...

Started the next fabrication project, front spoiler. I have been looking at lots of threads regarding those. The Golf MK1 duckbill looks cool, but not quite what I want.

I built my Mustang front spoiler a few years back, so something similar may do the job here. Broke out the sheetemetal shrinker and stretcher to get started.

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Material is .050 2024 T-3 aluminum. Cut 2 strips 1.5" x 40" and bent them about 45 deg. Forming it as one piece all accross the front is tricky. Doing it in 2 halves should be a bit easier.

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Looking good so far, on to side 2. Not sure yet how long/deep it will be, but time will tell. Will update as I progress. Here is a pic of the Mustang's, so it should be similar to this. Needs to be functional, but also look decent.

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76 2002 - TRACK CAR PROJECT

05 MINI COOPER S - DAILY DRIVER

05 BMW X5 - WIFE'S RIDE

67 MUSTANG- MUSCLE CAR ALTER EGO

02 F250

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Very interesting build. :) A little after the fact, but most will say a rear strut brace is unneeded on an '02.

PM's are disabled on the board. Our Italian friend can likely email you thru the button next to your name, otherwise you are welcome to post your email address, possibly spelling out "@" and ".com" in an effort to avoid spam.

Looking forward to your progress. I DD an '06 R53 JCW.

Cheers,

Having touble with a PM? Not sure about etiquette regarding posting my contact here. Someone chimne in??

THX!!!

Ray

Stop reading this! Don't you have anything better to do?? :P
Two running things. Two broken things.

 

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You're doing really great job. What I like most is your thinking outside the box. Not copying what everybody else has done but really showing your own ideas and very nice handwork! Keep that up, don't worry about some comments you get.

Tommy

Racing is Life - everything before and after is just waiting!

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Thanks for the positive feedback guys. As promised, here are a couple more progress pics.

I got the RH angle formed and located. I have taken another pair of aluminum strips(.040) to start defining shape and length.

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Two halves set in place and drilled/clecoed.

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I will tie them together with a splice plate behind. Next task is to form a lower angle and lip section. Maybe employ a splitter also.

76 2002 - TRACK CAR PROJECT

05 MINI COOPER S - DAILY DRIVER

05 BMW X5 - WIFE'S RIDE

67 MUSTANG- MUSCLE CAR ALTER EGO

02 F250

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please tell me you plan on attending a race at Mission Raceway this summer?

May just have to do a road trip South to see this beauty of design and execution.

fascinating the new ideas I'm seeing. you probably added another year of fab work to my project. so now the kids will be 17 and 20 when i finish....btw, they are 3 and 6 now ; }

Keep the pics and ideas coming. Cheers!

More power!

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