b20 turbo ek9....bare shell up

[Championship White]

Joe, if you don't mind me asking, how much was the shell when all the fees were paid etc.?

 

[rd55 dun]

This is epic. Looks ultra clean, would love to have the space or facility to do this to my car.

P.s liking the Rotax Do you race it?

 

[Harris_EK3]

Some serious work you've taken on there bud, one question though. Where are you gonna get all the random bolts and brackets ?

 

[justingoldie]

can't wait to see some progress!!

 

[sarkel]

Were is updates joe...........

 

[V-TEC ABUSER]

Joe, if you don't mind me asking, how much was the shell when all the fees were paid etc.?

X2 please dude.
and as said updates needed. looking great so far tho.

 

[joe_thompson]

Right guys, sorry there hasnt been much up dates recently, been really busy and wasnt quite sure what i was doing with the car, but thats all sorted now!

Iv done a few things with the car

Basically iv made my own cage from scratch,painted alot of stuff, fitted all the rear arms ect,rebuild my rear brakes and welded the cage in

So ye..here goes.....

for ages the car sat like this

Fully build and designed my cage myself.It too more time than i first thought as working out bending angles and notching points isnt as easy as you would think, but nothing abit of maths cant sort out.

I had the X tacked up from when i mocked the cage up in a spare ek9 shell

Sharpened my tig tip up and got to work!

After about 3 hours of that i had this!

Also made up all my mounting points with are to MSA regulations, well the whole cage is

Welding the base plates in was horrible! no matter how hard i tried to get a nice looking weld i failed! and id say im quite good at welding and fab work, Used he mig for base plates also. All the welds have full penetration just not cosmetically pleasing

 

[joe_thompson]

Gave my wishones a lick of paint and some poly bushes

Brought a JPR DEVLEOPMENTS rear adjustable anti roll bar, which i have to say is a really nice piece of work!

Also got my front anti roll bar powder coated to match

Fitted all the rear arms and back onto the shell with fresh poly bushes and grease

Re fitted my subrame with was fully stripped down, seam welded and painted.Also stripped my steering rack down welded the collar up to give my a proper non power steering set up

fab'ed up a front cross member brace too

Got some fresh goodies too waiting to go on

Crank girdle for a itr

ARP rod bolts

RC 650s

Stage 3 paddle clutch and acl race bearings

Also machined out my itr throttle body

 

[Ashy C]

Epic work and some nice little items being fitted, love the look of the jpr bar!!

 

[Peteioz]

I'm loving this thread this is something I'd love to do, if I had the mechanical knowledge lmao, I bet it's amazing doing all the work yourself Can't wait to see it finished

 

[X28]

This is going to be one clean car. Coming along nicely. Can't wait to see more. What type of red have you used to paint the front lower arms?

 

[ShaunEk9]

Amazing work there! Wish I could do all that..
Make me a cage please ha!!

 

[ek9mike]

epic build, mental how you made your own cage top work!

 

[Willox]

Awesome work on the cage! Something I reckon I could do if i had the mandrel bender

 

[Ally138]

fuk aye! love the cage

 

[joe_thompson]

Thanks for the comments guys only got a tiny bit to sort out on the cage now.Need finish the engine off too now

 

[ramboteamjon]

Well cool, lucky being able to do all the work yourself!!

 

[Skunk257]

Crazy build!! Love the attention to detail

 

[Willox]

The welds on the base plates looks to have gone on a bit hot to me mate. Might have been better to do a hot but fast first pass if you had it set up for a full pen weld then maybe a 2 run finish overlap to get a better look. As long as it's strong though looks aren't too important!

 

[Alex_8]

the work is amazin!!!

Man with many talent!!