Okay, whilst the driveshaft angles were still just within limits (moving the 'box forwards didn't help them), with the extra power/stress anticipated we had a bit of a question mark over the longevity of the CV joints, they get pretty hot from the transmission loss as it is.

Anyway, after a few weeks thinking about it, we bit the bullet and decided to go with longer driveshafts to reduce the angles. Of course, that means moving the outer CV joint outwards to suit, and the car is already as wide as we can practically go at the rear that becomes a bit more difficult, so, cue shiny bits:







Whacking great spindle/hub that's large enough to pass the CV joint right through, with ally upright to bolt to the rear trailing arms, of course, that means we can't drive the discs off the rear of the spindle any more (The bearing preload nut is there now) hence the ally brake bell instead of bolting them to the rear of the hubs as presently.
The CV then bolts up to a machined drive ring that is clamped down on by the wheel:



Although, I'm not sure whether to just ditch that and drill the wheels to bolt the the CV's directly to them - we've never broken a wheel yet so I think it'd be okay - just makes wheel changes more of a hassle.

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- Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM me
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Pics or it didn't happen.

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Best-Price-Dave:

You turd

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Couple of pedestals to bolt rail down to as well:






Oil shortage? What oil shortage? MORE FUEL! :

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'cause we got a cheap and nasty Parweld brand spanking off ebay last year for a price you wouldn't believe

The bloke thought he'd broken it, turns out he'd just plugged the torch and earth in the wrong way around


Although, we are thinking about buying a better one now, as we have a few issues with this one with startups being poor, arc wandering, etc.......what have you got?

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I should've took some pics of the test welds the clients did when they tried them out yesterday, they were awesome.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

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3k gets you into some pretty tasty stuff, is your company VAT registered?

We have machines that will genuinely kick out 230 amps on a 16 amp 240v supply.
I'll bung you some info over when I'm back in the office.

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That makes things 20% less attractive then

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

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That would make sense.

What type of torch do you like to use?

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WP9 gas cooled or WP20 if you go for water cooled (these are the way to go for you I think)

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Most decent AC tigs have the cooler included as an integral or modular part of the machine. Much neater than clumsy add-on units.

Like so...



Cooler is the bottom half, but it detachable so you can go and do some stick welding up a ladder if you're that way inclined

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That's a good way to save money, go air cooled to start with and add a cooler at later date, they are nice if you do much ally as the little torches get roasting hot very quick and the big air-cooled ones are very cumbersome.
Oh and I wouldn't recommend climbing any ladders you've welded

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

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That's true

I visited a client near Goodwood that had a really nicely made gravity racer as a showpiece in their lobby, made me think it would be fun to try and build one at some point.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

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