Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Front axle, springs, shock absorbers, wheels, bearings, calipers, drums...
Tuning: suspension, discs, alloys upgrade...
NO parts requests here, please use our V3M BUY & SELL corner
User avatar
L14MNP
Posts: 1340
Joined: 26 May 2010 09:15 pm
Location: Sunderland/Durham

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by L14MNP » 14 Feb 2012 01:06 pm

Well, as discussed on the phone. I'm a paying convert lol.

Join the revolution people!
STREETO WITHDRAWL
INTO BURNOUTSsince1982

User avatar
Chris_C
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9600
Joined: 18 Jun 2004 11:53 pm
Location: South Coast, UK

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Chris_C » 14 Feb 2012 05:54 pm

Can you grab some photos when you get it dude, I can't find any.

I'm starting to learn I don't have time to make things anymore, so if something exists on the shelf that I was planning anyway it'd be silly not too!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

Nimminz
Posts: 1669
Joined: 11 Jun 2010 10:56 pm
Location: Durham City, NE England, UK
Contact:

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Nimminz » 14 Feb 2012 07:19 pm

I'm quite interested in 5 link but would love to do it my self. Been looking into loads of suspension stuff recently :)
'88 360 +T LSD - sold
'87 760 TDI (D24TIC) - sold
'04 V40 D sport (F9Q, decat, Remapped, launch control)
'89 740 SE (b230ft, 12psi, V-cam, headwork, 'remapped', banded steels)
'86 340 DL 1.4

User avatar
Speedy88
Posts: 4057
Joined: 04 May 2009 11:52 pm
Location: Bristol

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Speedy88 » 14 Feb 2012 07:26 pm

Quick rack would be cool, I imagine parking would be more difficult though?
'88 340 Williams (Sold)
'85 360 GLS - Drift project (Sold)
'77 Colt Sigma
'96 940 Drift project

Bodyman
Posts: 59
Joined: 17 Jan 2012 09:39 pm

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Bodyman » 14 Feb 2012 09:52 pm

I'm normally one to have a go at things myself, but that 5-link setup sure looks complicated! haha.
What coilover units for a start?

User avatar
L14MNP
Posts: 1340
Joined: 26 May 2010 09:15 pm
Location: Sunderland/Durham

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by L14MNP » 14 Feb 2012 11:54 pm

The coilovers are an F1 Moto secret, I asked too lol. (I'm just gonna have Nev supply those also.) IIRC he said he would have to copy the setup from his grey 340, so not even sure if the 5 link kit is for sale as such atm? Same with the rack mods, he requested that I not share out his design/R&D work, and I will honour it tbh.

Sorry!

Doing it yourself would be cool, but I don't know the first thing about it, plus this saves time! As I said to him via phone or text, fair play for the engineering work he is putting into these cars. Raising the bar you may say! 8)
STREETO WITHDRAWL
INTO BURNOUTSsince1982

User avatar
Chris_C
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9600
Joined: 18 Jun 2004 11:53 pm
Location: South Coast, UK

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Chris_C » 15 Feb 2012 12:15 am

Sorry, not the coilovers I'm interested in. Quick rack is the bit I am, mainly if the rack has the track rod ball joint centres in the same place as the 340 ones!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

User avatar
L14MNP
Posts: 1340
Joined: 26 May 2010 09:15 pm
Location: Sunderland/Durham

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by L14MNP » 15 Feb 2012 12:22 am

I meant the rack as well as the suspension Chris, just what I have been asked. You can't blame the bloke tbh. As for your question, I will check, would imagine it's very similar to begin with though!
STREETO WITHDRAWL
INTO BURNOUTSsince1982

User avatar
Chris_C
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9600
Joined: 18 Jun 2004 11:53 pm
Location: South Coast, UK

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Chris_C » 15 Feb 2012 10:34 am

Yeah, that's fair enough then. Bit of a shame as I've tried to navigate his website but nothing there either.

With custom stuff, without seeing it I'm not prepared to just hand over money blind :(
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

Bodyman
Posts: 59
Joined: 17 Jan 2012 09:39 pm

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Bodyman » 15 Feb 2012 07:29 pm

Where is he located ?

User avatar
jon-ovlov
Posts: 1291
Joined: 30 Jul 2010 09:45 pm
Location: Bristol/Birmingham

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by jon-ovlov » 15 Feb 2012 07:53 pm

Nev's work has inspire me no end. If I had the money, I would have done everything that he's done to his 340 (suspension, rack etc) to mine. I'm planning on designing a watt's link rear set-up for my final year uni project. that or a carbon fibre prop shaft. Time will tell!

Liam good on you for going for the rack!! How much was it if you don't mind me asking? I've chatted with Nev via text too, nice bloke, eager to help out.
Image
Speedy88 wrote: Leave choke on, idling obnoxiously until neighbours peer out windows at the noisy exhaust
Give neighbours thumbs up
Rev engine to 7K
Exit street sideways
Win at life.

Attack2001
Posts: 1015
Joined: 05 Jun 2011 03:45 pm
Location: Rochester, Kent
Contact:

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Attack2001 » 15 Feb 2012 07:59 pm

F1 Moto's in west kingsdown, about 500yards up the same road from the entrance to brands hatch :D Good to see your getting in there liam, when you see it and put it on you'll love it! I've seen it all first hand, i used to work there :lol: I did have a mk1 fiesta when i started, only took 2 weeks till the fiesta was gone and i had acquired a volvo lol

Chris, i get what your saying about his website,its crap with regards to his volvo drifting stuff/parts, apart from his bike stuff, but a new one is currently being created. :D

Here's a pic of the quick-rack:

Image

If you want pics of the front/rear coilovers, link set-up, its all in here, and you can see how awesome the stuff looks! I've got a set of the front coilovers for mine, and will go to a 6-link later in the year. Its definately worth the money, go cold turkey from the pubs for a month and order a set! 8)

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-c ... wered.html
Last edited by Attack2001 on 17 Feb 2012 04:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image

User avatar
Chris_C
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9600
Joined: 18 Jun 2004 11:53 pm
Location: South Coast, UK

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Chris_C » 16 Feb 2012 01:08 am

That's just what I needed bud, thanks.

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-c ... red-6.html

has both pics of the mounts and column extension. Rack mounts look *very* nice quality as does the laser cut stuff a few pages before. Just my worry about bump steer now, and a chat with him about how the column is connected, I see welderising in that thread, but must be a solution to that.
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

User avatar
L14MNP
Posts: 1340
Joined: 26 May 2010 09:15 pm
Location: Sunderland/Durham

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 01:19 am

Was gonna say Chris, he said that all the pics of the stuff is in his SR360 build thread, so must be happy to share those pics. I dunno the in's and out's of it all. Glad you're sorted though. I must admit, I forgot to ask how the rack attaches to the column, it was queued up in the list of questions in my head.

Jon, it's £450 for the lot mate, He mentioned the CNC machined alloy mounts were something mental like £160 or more. Escort rack (modified) is £150, then rack extenders, and I am sure something else. It is a lot of money, but if it transforms the car and just fits straight on then I am all for it. I wouldn't know where to start with sussing all of that out, so in that respect I am more than happy to pay Nev for the convenience, plus it's a proven setup.

I know that to get my car anywhere near useable for the fine weather this year then it will involve buying/sending off a lot of work. So be it. I just wanna drive the thing again!
STREETO WITHDRAWL
INTO BURNOUTSsince1982

User avatar
Chris_C
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9600
Joined: 18 Jun 2004 11:53 pm
Location: South Coast, UK

Re: Steering Rack and 5 Link Setup.

Post by Chris_C » 16 Feb 2012 01:23 am

L14MNP wrote:Was gonna say Chris, he said that all the pics of the stuff is in his SR360 build thread, so must be happy to share those pics. I dunno the in's and out's of it all. Glad you're sorted though. I must admit, I forgot to ask how the rack attaches to the column, it was queued up in the list of questions in my head.

Jon, it's £450 for the lot mate, He mentioned the CNC machined alloy mounts were something mental like £160 or more. Escort rack (modified) is £150, then rack extenders, and I am sure something else. It is a lot of money, but if it transforms the car and just fits straight on then I am all for it. I wouldn't know where to start with sussing all of that out, so in that respect I am more than happy to pay Nev for the convenience, plus it's a proven setup.

I know that to get my car anywhere near useable for the fine weather this year then it will involve buying/sending off a lot of work. So be it. I just wanna drive the thing again!
I get a lot a prototype bits made with work, and 4 bits with that machining for £40 each is roughly what I'd expect tbh. If you could get me those ball joint dimensions bud it'd be much appreciated, I'm still pretty certain the 300 dimensions are "wrong", but even the crazy dutch know more about it than me so I must be missing something!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

Post Reply