AE86 GTV-Multipoint Cage, Beams, AP Brakes & Brides

[Conrad]

A few more of the suspension goodies arrived...

TRD rear springs



Swift front springs



Yesterday, I made a short visit to the fabricators to have a look at a few extra modifications that I had requested and talk about the way forward for the car. These last few additions just about wrap up the stiffening and cage modifications and here are the results.....

No need for a bolt on strut brace anymore





I think it should be stiff enough now ?



Next up.. I wanted a straight bar across the cage behind the seats for the harnesses to wrap around (correct method) rather than using floor anchors. A small brace has also been added between the equal length link boxes in the floor to help stop the the boxes from flexing under hard load.



Further to that, I also got a pair of bars added from the bottom of the main hoop on each side to the bottom of the rear diagonals. These can can be seen in this picture.



And last but not least, a view from the rear of the car with the proposed position of the fuel cell.




Next up, the servo hole and clutch master cylinder hole gets welded up, the fuse box bracket gets removed, the engine / box gets installed and "the front end gets cut away" lol