Brumby build with a difference

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:26 pm

stenno wrote:move the chassis rails outwards to EJ crossmember width, reweld pan / inner guards to rails. EJ lower control arm mount welded on to MY rails / pan or adapter made and fitted using existing holes.
how are you going to fit the box in the MY tunnel? body lift for clearance? i seen on MV brat brumby forum that you wanted to stitch in the lib tunnel but i got confused as to which brumby you are building / talking about. Is there more updates on that forum?

Go straight to the top of the class !!

Niterida's 10 Step EJ into Brumby process ->

Step 1 - cut out damaged and slightly rusty floor :

Step 2 - cut out pesky narrow Brumby frame rails :

Step 3 - bolt EJ crossmember to Brumby frame rails :

Step 4 - weld Liberty LCA mounts to Brumby frame rails :

Step 5 - bolt EJ gearbox crossmember to Brumby frame rails :

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:27 pm

Step 6 - modify Brumby frame rails to fit Liberty floor :

Step 7 - replace Brumby floor with Liberty floor :

Step 8 - place Brumby frame rails in new position :

Step 9 - stand back and admire handiwork

Step 10 - realise you now have to pull it all apart to tweak it here and there, weld it in place and make lots of fiddly plates to be welded into all the gaps

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:27 pm

EJ firewall & rails joined to Brumby floor?

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:28 pm

Wow, amazing work...can't wait till I have the time/money/skill to do this sort of thing

Really looking forward to seeing this brumby come together

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:36 pm

Silverbullet wrote::an't wait till I have the time/money/skill to do this sort of thing

2 out of 3 aint bad - except if you take 2 out of those 3 that only leaves me with one : Time

I don't really have the money and I certainly don't have the skill - there are a lot of f*ck ups already that I need to go back and fix

But thanks for the kind words.

Tweety · Post by **Tweety** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:40 pm

great effort there. will be watching this one.

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:29 pm

I forgot to mention that I got hold of a twin turbo RX7 motor last week - 206 killer wasps from the factory - turn the boost up for an easy 300

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:30 pm

When are you taking orders????
Lol..., good work:)

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:34 pm

guyph_01 wrote:When are you taking orders????
Lol..., good work:)

Funny you should say that - I've been making templates of where I have cut and modified things so I can easily replicate it for the second one I am building. So yeah doing it on request is a possibility......

I've also got an even easier way of doing it - not sure if its registerable or not - but instead of using the Brumby chassis rails along the floor use the Liberty rails. Where they both come up and attache to the front chassis rails is almost identical. That would mean you don't have to weld any LCA mounts at all - would be a lot easier and a lot better but I think they might look at is a chassis change and place it in the Individually Constrcuted Vehicle class. Will find out when I do the next one.

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:23 am

With the utmost respect..... Youre a Freak!
Seriously that take big kahunas to do a job like that!

Hats off to you mate!

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:33 am

brumby91 wrote:Seriously that take big kahunas to do a job like that!

Not really anything special - if it didn't work I would have burned a whole $200 - cos thats how much the Brumby and the Liberty bits owe me

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:09 pm

Big project on the go there but best way to tackle it. My son has an RX7 series 3 with a 13b rotor. Engine was built by Dyson Rotary on the coast. The HP these engines develop is unbelievable so good luck with the project and watching with interest.

2coupedup · Post by **2coupedup** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:45 pm

oh so sweet....

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niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:29 pm

2coupedup wrote:oh so sweet....

Thanks - glad you like it.

Spent the last 3 days pulling it all apart, tweaking it, grinding a bit here, shaping a bit there, welding a f*ck up here AND there !!

All just to end up exactly where I was.

Except now it is ready to be welded in. Just gotta wait a few weeks for my friendly neighbourhood coded welder to have free time at the same time as me. It has to be done by a coded welder to pass rego - plus the floor pan is made of paper thin steel that I do not have the skills to weld properly

I will be tacking it in place tomorrow though and then I can get to work on the strut towers, rewelding the radiator support panel to the newly moved frame rails etc etc.

Still a LONG way to go yet though....................................

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:35 pm

niterida wrote:Still a LONG way to go yet though....................................

And so long as you see the light at the end you'll get there mate!

Top effort so far and I love the concept too!

Cheers

Bennie

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:03 pm

El_Freddo wrote:And so long as you see the light at the end you'll get there mate!

Top effort so far and I love the concept too!

Cheers

Bennie

Thanks Bennie

The concept is remarkably simple - made more so by Suabru using the same spacings on the engine crossmember mounting bolts.

I have another 2 Brumby shells sitting here ready to make one good one out of (one has a rusty body but good chassis rails - the other has damaged front chassis but excellent body). When I do it again it will be sooooo much easier because I willknow exactly where to cut and I have templates made of some of the harder bits

taza · Post by **taza** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:28 pm

Coming along well mate, I will have to come and have another look next week when im back from Perth.
I would love to do something similar oneday but thats for the future. For now I can throw my money down the drain into the foz :P

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:28 pm

taza wrote:Coming along well mate, I will have to come and have another look next week when im back from Perth.
I would love to do something similar oneday but thats for the future. For now I can throw my money down the drain into the foz :P

Offer still stands to throw (almost) any motor / box combination in and paint it any colour you like if you want to buy it off me

taza · Post by **taza** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:33 pm

Since its gonna take you a few years we can see at that time. By then after uni I might be after a road racing brumby

But now na, gotta save for uni.

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:35 pm

taza wrote:Since its gonna take you a few years we can see at that time. By then after uni I might be after a road racing brumby But now na, gotta save for uni.

Years ??? No way - it'll be done by Christmas