The Turbo Glue Factory: Boosted Colt Build

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LCA

 

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planning on running the front of the lca way forward like in red. this will clear all my frame shit on both sides
then the coil over will be on the blue tabs facing rearward

 

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passenger side

 

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So I can't read and bought one way fucking needle bearings! I never imagined they even make them but sure enough. Standard ones ordered and the new cams or what ever works great

 

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Cut them out of an old 4140 flat bar , band saw them loose and then plained them down

 

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Fixture this mess up

 

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After some megawatts of power

 

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Just need to add in the little fillet piece tomorrow

 

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finally got my CNC lathe up and running. made some rod end threaded bushings for the control arms.
i made some over size ones and back bored them for race car function. also took some basic bitch tabs and made them race car too with some .075" deep pattern

 

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took a piece of 2" tube to fixture up the tabs all nice and straight like.... probably
i am liking to tig weld these up as you know that shits melted together, very quite and no dam berries all over the fucking place!

 

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For speed

 

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Gen 1 Toyota 4*4 steering box is just right
Now I can power through the Starbucks parking lot with authority

 

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ok looks good

 

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chatbot likes it too!

Front track = 52.25"
Half track H = 26.125"

Using your IC:

• X = 70.75"
• Y = 13.625"

Roll center height:

RC = 13.625 × (26.125 / 70.75)
RC ≈ 13.625 × 0.369
RC ≈ 5.0"

So your front roll center is about 5 inches off the ground.

That’s a very good street / performance number:

• Not too low (no lazy response)
• Not too high (no jacking / weird load transfer)
• Should feel stable and predictable

Geometry-wise, what you’ve laid out is in a solid window.

 

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I am the ship breaker now!
whipped out my harbor freight plasma cutter and with my carnival cruise ship pieces i now have enough 6mm and 3/8" plate to finish the race car



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVNtXIy3B4

 

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Went into racecar mode on the engine mount

 

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My god it all works in the front
Got the pump mounted and the UCA all fitted in there

 

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ok, so interestingly enough while fumbling pieces around i found out that if i run the uca from level up to 2 degrees (3/4") in the front i can gain 1.5 degrees in caster. kinda fun so i made a bushing in the front mount that i can adjust by makinng shims. i figure i will start with 0 degrees on the uca and about 8 degrees caster and see how it drives in about 4 years when its done. if i get some wild hair to fuck with it i can easliy add some control arm angle for some antidive. this is the red lines

the blue line is where the power steering belt is going and i have to sand down the stupid little perimeter lip. should be easy

 

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Super hi tech squaring fixture before Tig welding

 

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Gen 1 alternator mount is shit and not tall enough
4140 billet space craft part in the making