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I appreciate your support proposition D. Here are the main sizings I measured yesterday on the chassis for the forecasted shocks lenght: *REAR : - Full bump : 320 mm - Ride height : 400 mm - Full droop : 420 mm - Limited by a chassis rail ; can be extended to 435 mm...

Since my previous posts, I focused mainly on the drivetrain installation : *Porsche G50 box install on the chassis , via 2 polyurethane bushings I made from Shore A 90 PU. I understood that some ( Experimented...) builders use to bolt directly the engine and box on the chassis; for me, I was a...

Related to Eddie's question about the adjustments I made to fit the GTSTUNING MKI body, you will find attached a pdf file as summary of the 3 main dimensions I finalized after the body delivery . Of course, all the "secondary level" dimensions are to be accordingly adjusted... For me, I made...

Thank you all, for your informations and suggestions about the roll bar installation and the related safety issues .... I am gathering all data and try to find the best solution, including that I plan to install 2 each side bar links between the uper coils points and the roof ( Close to DRB...

Markus, Welcome to the scratchbuilders community... The original drawings where made with Solidworks CAD and the files can be converted to E-Drawings for mail exchange ; but it looks that E-drawings cannot be loaded on the forum . That is the reason why I made those pdf scan from prints, in...

Tom, Thanck you to point out some safety issue you detected on my build and as your experience is far ahead mine..., I will closely re-check and adjust if needed all those points. In fact, I made some distance checks before installing the safety bar, but as I am 1.70 cm (small..) I had no...

Thanck you Jason ; I wish you to go soon from the dream to the realisation of your own GT40 ; but even at that stage, do not stop dreaming !

Here are some recent pictures with the safety cage installed ; I made it from 40X2 TUB37 steel , cold bended . It does not meet any racing class specification but related to the "track-day" use I plan for the car, I feel better to have it on the head.... By the same time, I machined a...

Mark, James I am glad to see that my drawings are confirming new scratch-builders vocations ! Budget wise, I am presently on the objective of 20/25 K€, engine, gear box and body included ; but this budget needs to build every part you can : Uprights, suspensions , etc ... Of course, you...

Very nice result Brett .... You are almost ready to drive it to Cote d'Azur , after the bath-room installation , of course !

Nice information D.; it looks that the body activity is growing up ... I do not know Claude Chaume, but you can propose him to get in touch with me ... René

Thank you D. and Graham; now, my challenge is to keep all the work still to be done at the same level! I have not been yet in contact with Olivier but I will of course give him all informations if he calls me. From my present understanding, there are approx.5 to 7 GT40 scratcht build projects...

Tom, Thank you, very good advice ...I was so focused on the PU foams which I used years ago for windsurfing applications, that I did not imagined that easier products where now available! In addition, this solution will solve the rear-front tunnel problem with water ducts which I will have to...

These last weeks,I worked mainly on the rear bulkhead which I had left non welded until the floor pan was achieved . By the same time, I achieved the top sills pannelling , with the same aluminum 6082 than floor pan ; I made access traps for the fuel cans, despite I do not exactly know at this...

I am happy you appreciate the work Woody... The shifter mecanism is my design, but not my idea ! It comes from gathering several ideas in this forum and designing with objective to be : efficient , compact and as simple as possible to install and to maintien ... From the first static tests I...

Thanks Randy , for the encouragements ... The fact is that I first spent a lot of time on the project preparation, forums reading ( GT40s.com on top of them of course..) technical informations analysis etc ...and when we started the SOLIDWORKS drawings with my friend Christian, I felt quite...

As new chapter , Glen, I can post now the main drawings I made for the chassis build ; They where designed "from scratch", but I took ideas from several sources: Pictures, kit builders , historic GT40 , Webguy drawings etc ... They where first made on table with pencil, and then converted to...

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By the time we designed the uprights, I fixed the suspensions main features and started the build up on the main following solutions *Paralell A arms with no anti-dive angles : after investigations, it seems that a good anti-dive system needs important angles ( As designed on some Corvette)...

Thank you Randy ; now the next step is to check if the parts do the job they where designed for! Tom, well seen... In fact the front upright are 2 axis ( Vertical, horizontal) symetrical, and I did not paid attention when doing the picture that I made the dummy assembly in the same way...