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sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:58 pm

well hopefully this setup for the rear swaybar mount was a good idea..cant be any worse than the factory setup also finished up the transaxle framerail mount

GTV27 · Post by **GTV27** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:25 pm

suspect the comment about deleting the rear anti roll bar is due to the shortwheel base meaning it could be comforting to have a bit of understeer.

also, I'm not an engineer, but your mounts look pretty good to me - you are going to tie it all together by filling in the big hole in the middle though...aren't you?

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:07 am

yeah im not entirely sure how i want to tie it in...the top 2 inches actualy has a crossmember up there..ill probably run a stick of 1x1x.065 and triangulate them into the frame rails

hopeing to start putting floor pan skins in tomaro after i sort out the new seat mounts..well not exactly new....im planing to use a modified alfetta seat..found theres a huge section i can cut out of them IF i swap them (driver as passenger passenger as driver) theres a 3 inch skirt that once removed should clear the remaining transaxle issue

la_strega_nera · Post by **la_strega_nera** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:46 am

sh0rtlife wrote:anyone know of some seats that are narrow ar the bottom or narrow in the back that are still comfortable?

Have you had a look at the seats the Lotus 7 replica guys use? some of them are good and narrow, but they tend to rely on the trans tunnel and the side of the car for lateral support.
I've seen gokart seats used in a Caterham....
Looks like a neat project anyway

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:10 am

lotus 7 seats eh...hmmmm ill look into that GOOD idea!!!...i dont have much tunnel obviously but the side of the body will definatly support ya LOL..planin 5point belts anyway

ill get a pic tomaro of the alfetta seats loosely placed in the body so you guys can get a better feel for how tight the inside really is

la_strega_nera · Post by **la_strega_nera** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:26 am

sh0rtlife wrote:lotus 7 seats eh...hmmmm ill look into that GOOD idea!!!...i dont have much tunnel obviously but the side of the body will definatly support ya LOL..planin 5point belts anyway

ill get a pic tomaro of the alfetta seats loosely placed in the body so you guys can get a better feel for how tight the inside really is

Oh, big duh moment... 105 series GTV seats! these things are freakin narrow inside! I sit with my shoulder against the drivers door and can reach the passengers side door easily.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:31 am

or early Mazda MX5 seats - a mate of mine ran a pair of these in a Mini Moke with room to spare and that's damn narrow - also pretty comfortable and supportive. He also fitted them in his '67 Mini which is even smaller.

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:45 pm

a lloyd is just a little narrower than a 67 mini by about 3 inches...still all of the sources i can get for ideas for some decent comfortable seats helps

early mx5 hmm...i dont speak mazda whats an mx5?

Giuliettaevo2 · Post by **Giuliettaevo2** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:07 pm

the girly two-seater convertible... known as a Miata in the States.

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:08 pm

figured some of you might like an update...anyway i added a "spine" to the car to take out a lil more flex..ive killed about 90% of the flex and havnt caged it yet

also started building new floor pans from scratch ...anyway i also started on the "wide body" conversion to fit the milano suspension better

anyway..im quite happy with the widebody'ed look..i was a bit worried about it..it came out looking VERY leadsled mixed with modern race widebody...i never thought the 2 styles could be mixed with success

Giuliettaevo2 · Post by **Giuliettaevo2** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:48 am

that's a fat bastard...

but i like it!

wish i could weld like that...

i've just bought a good welding machine and started to learn it by doing it. holes and craters were the first results, but it's getting better now.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:32 am

Are you welding that frame/cage to the toilet roll that Alfa calls a rear shock mount without any additional bracing?
I'd be worried that those super stiff pipes will just violate the hell out of that 0.8mm sheet metal structure...

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:56 pm

actually the small cage work thats back there right now is all .065 1.5inch tube as i wanted to just brace up the towers and tie the rear section to the body...those tubes are only a little bit thicker than the stock sheetmetal but there placing allows the chassis to be ALOT stiffer.......as a bonus the towers should be able to handle coilovers now

...basically the tubes you see in the rear are a elaborate tower brace more or less

when i get to the cage it will tie DIRECTLY to the old frame rails and some of my new ones

Duk · Post by **Duk** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:55 pm

As much as I love seeing quality custom stuff that is actually done by the owner........... I'm still thinking NO!

Looks like a waste of what appeared to be a decent Alfa

To each their own I suppose.

Nice work tho.

sh0rtlife · Post by **sh0rtlife** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:30 pm

Duk wrote:

As much as I love seeing quality custom stuff that is actually done by the owner........... I'm still thinking NO!

Looks like a waste of what appeared to be a decent Alfa

To each their own I suppose.

Nice work tho.

yes it was a damn neer perfect milano platinum(2 dime size rust spots on an other wise PERFECT rust free body and 2 splits in the front seats it was in desperate need of a tuneup as well as leaking oil badly from the presure sender)...HOWEVER it sat for sale for 1500$ for 4 months 1000$ for 2 months and then another 3-4 months at 500$....no one wanted it PERIOD..i saved it from being impounded and likely crushed....i feel somewhat bad about cutting up a platinum but the fact that no one wanted puts that feeling to rest..along with knowing how much sheer fun its going to be

started building the drivers side widening..also built most of the transaxle floor cover....first off is a shot of a "stock" door next to the new 4 inch door