| Click the thumbnails to see a larger image | Day 36 - 3/07/2004 |
Another nice warm day. I worked on the front suspension today. I gathered every ball joint I had, good or bad. I needed to figure out an inexpensive solution to hook up the steering rack to the hubs. After a few hours of mocking up different combinations I came across the perfect solution. I used a rear toe control ball joint and rod from a 1987 MR2. On the board I stated it was an 86, but in fact it is a 87 part. The rod was welded to the steering rack. It works perfect. 3.5 rotations of a standard MR2 steering wheel lock to lock.
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1 All welded up. |
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2 I sliced the rod so I could get a better weld. |
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3 You can see the 4 cuts here |
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4 I ground down the strut mount as it is too thick for the 1986 struts |
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5 Drivers side all bolted up |
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6 Tein adjustable strut tops. The struts are not torqued down yet. |
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7 The passenger side |
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8 I like the looks of the hardtop strut bar much better! |
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9 Drivers side |
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10 Passenger side |
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11 I will need to start the body work soon. So here is a last image of the stock body |
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12 For reference |
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13 This will be moved out about an inch, maybe two. Now I move on to the cooling system. |
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