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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2018, 09:00:46 AM »
you can find them for less than £300 quid, im just waiting for an auto version to fall into my lap  ;D

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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2018, 11:50:11 AM »
But that's an Auction will probably go north of 2K . err actually no it wont -  worst feedback ever! " We never give the reg out" rofl

However I did spot one for you, badly described https://ebay.us/rdS5rz
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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #33 on: December 03, 2018, 12:00:09 PM »
But that's an Auction will probably go north of 2K . Also worst feedback ever! " We never give the reg out" rofl

However I did spot one for you, badly described https://ebay.us/rdS5rz

a couple finished last week  under 700
this was 5 miles down the road but a manual   595 buy it now
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GRND-VITARA-XL-7-V6-STARTS-AND-DRIVE-EXPORT-SALAVGE-REPAIR/153253072356?hash=item23ae984de4:g:9m8AAOSwWrxb5X7Q

Birmingham is convenient for that one but its one of them dam manuals lol
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« Reply #34 on: December 03, 2018, 12:08:12 PM »
Yea taking a look at some of the sold stuff there are a few S/R ones. Anyway don't you already have a project or two!

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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #36 on: December 03, 2018, 12:12:06 PM »
these 2 pics of an mx5 with no clothes on caught my eye whilst looking on ebay just






they look like you could make something out of it ?  maybe like a fug with less rear overhang and engine up front, seems to have double wishbones all round h'mmm

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« Reply #37 on: December 03, 2018, 12:13:08 PM »
Yea taking a look at some of the sold stuff there are a few S/R ones. Anyway don't you already have a project or two!

 a few more than 2 lol but there is no law against it

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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #38 on: December 03, 2018, 12:24:14 PM »
read through this


https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/using-a-fwd-drivetrain-for-a-mid-engine-awd-setup/91900/page1/

looks interesting will have a read through tonight

transverse layout was how mark built his rockcrawler





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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #39 on: December 03, 2018, 01:09:27 PM »
The Exocet uses the stripped MX5 joined with a space frame. There is a US off road version too. It's a monocoque so back to IVA.

I've stripped an MX5 to build an Exocet - Fugly when I saw it though, which is why the engine is in the back  of my rail!



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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #40 on: December 03, 2018, 01:39:49 PM »
The Exocet uses the stripped MX5 joined with a space frame. There is a US off road version too. It's a monocoque so back to IVA.

I've stripped an MX5 to build an Exocet - Fugly when I saw it though, which is why the engine is in the back  of my rail!



mx5 appeals to me, was it hard to sort the wiring on the engine ?

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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #41 on: December 03, 2018, 03:25:57 PM »
Medium I would say. The engine loom is fairly well self contained, immobiliser is not that complicated. ECU Needs a speed input from the transmission via the instruments which you can do with a Dakota sgi-5e and a feed from an ABS ring or elsewhere. Clutch and N sensor.  Battery is mounted in the back end so lots of wire. I had to extend quite a bit to re-use the gauges. and I had already used the column switches for lights so just built a bit of circuitry.  Bonus is that wiring diagrams are available. Mine was a Mk 2.5 from 03

I undid all the unneeded pins from the connector blocks rather than cut wires

To Start


Spare bits


Packed


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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #42 on: December 04, 2018, 07:03:15 AM »
I wish you and baloo were on this side of the pond. Would be fun getting you both to one of our gatherings.
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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #43 on: December 04, 2018, 08:08:19 AM »
I wish you and baloo were on this side of the pond. Would be fun getting you both to one of our gatherings.

I wish l was too
I will make it over there at some point  8)

probably  next year as I  am thinking of going to see my pal in chatanooga


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Re: "Road Rail" Design (UK)
« Reply #44 on: December 04, 2018, 10:10:52 AM »
The Exocet uses the stripped MX5 joined with a space frame. There is a US off road version too. It's a monocoque so back to IVA.

I've stripped an MX5 to build an Exocet - Fugly when I saw it though, which is why the engine is in the back  of my rail!



which version  of the mx5 id that ?

I wonder what the definition of a chassis is, how far could you push it ?  that frame that connects the  gearbox  to the  back  axle is a sort of chassis   ;)

 

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