well with the overgrowing throngs of "yoofs" taking over car forums with the big speakers and even bigger wheels i find myself browsing more forums like this and less auto based sites.. so what am i up to???
despite being old enough to know better i`m having a go at putting together a 106 for a few track days and maybe a bit of hill climbing/sprinting..
i`ve owned the car for a few years and had done a few things.. rollcage/suspension/changed the roofskin as the leaky french sunroof became too much.. converted it to run on yamaha R6 carburettors and it was a giggle on the back roads but during my ownership i`d noticed the dreaded rust appearing here and there so decided to go for broke and attempt to get the ol girl up to a higher standard....
first up was a spit:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9953
this should make scraping/welding at awkward angles a bit easier/comfier..
initial scraping went well and early signs were good...
but then....
ROT...
i had an inkling there was something amiss with the drivers side chassis rail and inner arch but after the affected stuff was cut out i realised i had some patching to do!!
first job was to replace the chassis rail as i was getting worried about it giving way on the spit:
after a bit of whacking it was in... then i realised i needed to put the "crumple zone" creases in it... now i`m not sure if this is the correct method but...
some heat and some healthy whacks with the ball pein resulted in..
next up... the inner wing...
decided to do this in 2 bits...
once TIG`d up i was (fairly) happy with the repair......
despite being old enough to know better i`m having a go at putting together a 106 for a few track days and maybe a bit of hill climbing/sprinting..
i`ve owned the car for a few years and had done a few things.. rollcage/suspension/changed the roofskin as the leaky french sunroof became too much.. converted it to run on yamaha R6 carburettors and it was a giggle on the back roads but during my ownership i`d noticed the dreaded rust appearing here and there so decided to go for broke and attempt to get the ol girl up to a higher standard....
first up was a spit:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9953
this should make scraping/welding at awkward angles a bit easier/comfier..
initial scraping went well and early signs were good...
but then....
ROT...
i had an inkling there was something amiss with the drivers side chassis rail and inner arch but after the affected stuff was cut out i realised i had some patching to do!!
first job was to replace the chassis rail as i was getting worried about it giving way on the spit:
after a bit of whacking it was in... then i realised i needed to put the "crumple zone" creases in it... now i`m not sure if this is the correct method but...
some heat and some healthy whacks with the ball pein resulted in..
next up... the inner wing...
decided to do this in 2 bits...
once TIG`d up i was (fairly) happy with the repair......