Mark's 1G Winter Projects - Page 34

polishmafia · 11-26-2014

Wow, that floorboard looks great! Nice work!

**scheides** · 11-26-2014

So legit. another 45 pounds off this hog are you serious? That is unreal.

So this replaces the rear part of the rear diff mount and supports the fuel cell & chute, does it also replace any of the lower suspension mounting points?

Mark Leasure · 11-26-2014

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Originally Posted by scheides

So legit. another 45 pounds off this hog are you serious? That is unreal.

So this replaces the rear part of the rear diff mount and supports the fuel cell & chute, does it also replace any of the lower suspension mounting points?

The rear diff is supported in front of where I cut, so no support changes. That was intentional! No replacement of other points either. It's legit!

The front k member and lca's should save another 40lbs. So 85 total for the winter is nuts. It will be breaking into the 2,2xx lb range. Excited to see if it all pays off, it was a high labor low cost mod.

turbotalon1g · 11-26-2014

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Originally Posted by Mark Leasure

The rear diff is supported in front of where I cut, so no support changes. That was intentional! No replacement of other points either. It's legit!

The front k member and lca's should save another 40lbs. So 85 total for the winter is nuts. It will be breaking into the 2,2xx lb range. Excited to see if it all pays off, it was a high labor low cost mod.

Mark Leasure · 12-21-2014

I completed my MBA last week so now I have more time on my hands. The program was super awesome and is already paying off. Back to messing with cars and rebuilding my social life!

I just turned up some ball joint receivers to make the factory ball joints work with tubular lower control arms that I'm going to fab up. I did my research and determined that 1018 would be the best material for weld-ability and structural strength. It didn't cut the easiest on my lathe, but they still turned out nice.

I also had some issues with injector insulators blowing out on my evo and race car, so I made these aluminum spacers to make up the gap between the injector and the insulator. I tossed them in my wife's jewelry tumbler, they turned out nice and shiny! I also needed to make new fuel rail standoffs to preload the insulator better, the original standoffs put way too much load on the insulator.

I ordered the custom 9.75:1 HD2 Wiseco pistons last week too. So my engine build will be done in time for next year. I'm excited to get going on this thing.

Off topic to this thread, I just rebuilt my Exeddy HD twin and installed new syncro's in the transmission in my daily driver. It's back to awesome, like I drove it off the show room floor! I think I'm going to give road racing a shot next year. I'm going to start slow and follow what Scheides did on his entry into turn style racing with the IX.

**Kracka** · 11-26-2014

Wow...that work is beautiful. Nice job!

**goodhart** · 11-26-2014

Nice work with the bead roller, holy smokes !

**scheides** · 12-21-2014

Yee haw! All those custom parts look awesome! I dinked around with getting perfect fitment on the X with my 1680's but man it pays off once its perfect!

Safety gear, good brakes, good tires, and turn the boost down when you start, that's about my only advice. Go faaaaast!

**Kracka** · 12-22-2014

I love it, not only are you doing completely custom one-off work, but you're making it look good in the process. Hopefully I get to see this car sometime.

turbotalon1g · 12-22-2014

Speechless.

enasnitsi · 12-23-2014

Are the control arms a lot stronger with the ball joint receivers over just using the threaded ball joints.

Mark Leasure · 12-23-2014

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Originally Posted by enasnitsi

Are the control arms a lot stronger with the ball joint receivers over just using the threaded ball joints.

The short answer is YES. I cannot tell you by how much, but I would not be comfortable using what you have in those pictures, at all.

**Goat Blower** · 12-23-2014

Non-adjustable tie rod ends used as ball joints, plus no triangulation point at the joint itself. No thanks.

**Kracka** · 12-24-2014

Those welded things look like they'd snap after one bad pothole.

enasnitsi · 12-24-2014

Those aren't mine. That's what someone is building and selling along with a k-member, but it didn't seem like any of it was very strong

Pushit2.0 · 12-24-2014

I took the cheaper route on the injector oring blowing out and used silicone hose, very nice aluminum pieces Mark.

I second the fabricated lower control arms look a little sketchy at best.

~John

Mark Leasure · 12-26-2014

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Originally Posted by enasnitsi

Those aren't mine. That's what someone is building and selling along with a k-member, but it didn't seem like any of it was very strong

Good there not yours! I will post up pics of mine once fabricated, it will take about a month. You will see a big difference.

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Originally Posted by Pushit2.0

I took the cheaper route on the injector oring blowing out and used silicone hose, very nice aluminum pieces Mark.

~John

I didn't even think of using hose, that would have worked fine! Thanks for the compliment too.

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Originally Posted by Kracka

Those welded things look like they'd snap after one bad pothole.

Word

enasnitsi · 12-26-2014

I'd like to see what you do with yours.

Here is a picture of their k-member.

Mark Leasure · 12-26-2014

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Originally Posted by enasnitsi

I'd like to see what you do with yours.

Here is a picture of their k-member.

Check this out, it's a good design. It has good triangulation with the best weight savings. I'm building this one:

http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/93-....456345/page-7

enasnitsi · 12-26-2014

Yeah that one looks good. I'll have to save that one for making my own. Looks like the hardest part is the ball joint receivers. I'm assuming heim joints will be used to connect lca's to k-member.