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Author: | Reg [ Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:57 pm ] |
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Wow! ..that looks fantastic! Pure candy for the eyes.. Another vote for a vinyl roof here.. Inspired colour choice..please keep the great updates up. |
Author: | lazeruspete [ Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:09 pm ] |
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Thanks all |
Author: | Carledo [ Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:39 pm ] |
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That's seriously ............. green! As am I! Hope mine looks half as good when it's painted! Steve |
Author: | Mad Mart [ Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:24 pm ] |
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There are cone plates on the ends which can be turned around to increase the torque. I'll have to have a look at my photos to recall what I did. |
Author: | lazeruspete [ Sun Dec 24, 2017 9:49 pm ] |
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There are cone plates on the ends which can be turned around to increase the torque. I'll have to have a look at my photos to recall what I did.
yeah that was the other option.
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Author: | lazeruspete [ Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:34 pm ] |
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Hello All! Well, once again it has been a while. Various different things have happened since we last spoke including a redundancy, a new house, 4 months of unemployment and a new job! The new job is allowing me progress the car in earnest, which has been a long time coming I must admit. I have started to fit various bits of trim.... we have also done our own attempt at restoration of the interior wood.....more on this to follow. We are also working towards getting it into a rolling shell. It is currently sat on a trolley of sorts and is difficult to move. The axle is being rebuilt by 2Spec Transmissions, based near Kenilworth. He has managed to source me a NOS CW&P, as the one removed from the axle was pitted on two opposite faces. We think this is where the car/axle has been sat in the same place for an extended period of time with little to no oil. Some components will need powdercoating, obviously. I am looking at going down slightly away from the norm. I have managed to find a company who seem to do a very hard paint-like coating. I am hoping that is of a similar thickness to powder coating. watch this space. Alan(remember him?) is currently working his magic with the subframe, adding some anti roll bar mounts and developing some drop links. I'm hoping to get this back soon. That's it for now, I am hoping to update this more regularly now we have forward progress. As always, I look forward to your comments! Pete |
Author: | GTS290N [ Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:32 pm ] |
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Chitty chitty bang bang springs to mind. ........ ...... .... .. . Scrumptious. Truly truly scrumptious. I like the Stag in the background too. |
Author: | lazeruspete [ Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:39 pm ] |
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Chitty chitty bang bang springs to mind.
Thanks ........ ...... .... .. . Scrumptious. Truly truly scrumptious. I like the Stag in the background too. I don't quite get the Chitty reference though?! The stag is currently poorly......the casting sand bit hard on that one. |
Author: | PollyB [ Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:06 pm ] |
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Donβt worry Pete. I will sing it to you when next we meet. X |
Author: | shaunroche [ Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:53 am ] |
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Quote: Quote:
Chitty chitty bang bang springs to mind.
Thanks ........ ...... .... .. . Scrumptious. Truly truly scrumptious.. I don't quite get the Chitty reference Kids eh! |
Author: | soe8m [ Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:07 am ] |
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Are you sure those rear axle modifications will work? The angled reaction rods have to take both axial and radial movement of the axle and a round bush isn't designed for that. The two half donuts make it be able to move and pull in all directions. The more solid round ones will cause a lot of stress on the pick up points not being able to move freely. These rods also aren't moving parallel when the axle moves up and down and when cornering when the body angle's over the axle making an even more out of line suspension arms. The round donut ones making the rods be able to turn and twist in the pick up points as your bush modification cannot only stressing body and axle brackets even more. These rods are a not ideal contruction acting as axle location all way round in all directions but this way using round bushes something will shear I think. I would keep a close eye on the axle pick up points when going to drive your car. Jeroen |
Author: | soe8m [ Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:39 pm ] |
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A few year ago when I worked at Vencer we hired a specialist who set up suspensions for major car manufacturers all over the world. The setup involved many days of testing. During this period I had some interesting conversations with this man and also about dolomites and four link rally systems of the '70s. He said most are not so effective and in those years it was try and error and reverse engineering. Not all used uniballs because some just don't work and would stuck solid. The flex of the bushed made them move. He said build it with lego and when it doesn't move it doesn't work. Suspension should be able to travel by itself and not be able by flex in bushes. A std dolomite rear suspension is the type what needs the flex of the bushes because of the angle of the arms. The axle tramp is mainly caused by the angle of the lower arm. The more the axle is towards the body pivoting point the more axle tramp can happen. So lowering will cause more. The steeper the angle the more the axle want to be pushed under the car during acceleration thus more grip. Some rwd cars lift their back when acceleration and that is good. Others lower their rear during acceleration and that is purely the axle is pushed towards the body and off the road causing less grip. At a dolomite there's a lot to improve but if you want a more solid rear end using uniballs a parallel link is the thing to start with. The Dutch racecars of Hans has partly uniballs like your idea and still the angled arms. But those cars have less than 10cm travel and the uniballs just can cope. Jeroen |
Author: | lazeruspete [ Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:06 pm ] |
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Jeroen, Would the act of us lengthening the upper tie rods not artificially push the axle away from the body? This would in turn limit the amount the car squats under acceleration? I take your point about the joints locking up, however how much articulation is there in these arms at the axle end? In the end, if it doesn't work then we will have to rethink, the shell hasn't been modified for this solution so its relatively simple to go back to a more standard setup. Pete |
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