My FE3 progress thread

[FE3-323]

RollCage plates anyone???

roll cage plates anyone???
the cage itself is due to go in pretty damn quickly here.
Tomorrow the rear strut tower caps are getting welded in place.

[yunvmyegt]

nice bubble gum..lol...

[FE3-323]

You try welding to the frame- it some of the most contaminated metal you'll ever find- short of an acid bath/blasting theres no chance in hell you can get remarkably clean welds.

[Racerboy]

You try welding to the frame- it some of the most contaminated metal you'll ever find- short of an acid bath/blasting theres no chance in hell you can get remarkably clean welds.

[Mazda_Powered]

me like!

[IMACHU2]

I welded patches on the shock towers on mine, FE3-323's welds are very pretty considering. It is like trying to weld a snowflake to dew drop. They must have made 323's out be made of old beer cans.

[FE3-323]

Nearly finished the rear strut tower caps -------- let me emphasize!!! what a PITA
I believe it will be worth it in the end. but meanwhile my god its a whore.

Started tigging the main hoop together also

[Damkid]

Sweet!! It's looking really good man!!

[FE3-323]

the caps are strong as sin in retrospect to just the factory. it will be stronger once its tied into the cage & also the frame rail.

[Mazda_Powered]

wow looks awesome!!!

[FE3-323]

small update!!

A few goodies came in today - thanks goes out to scott (the pile)
for mailing me some 8mm wheel spacers- [cheap attempt to getting the back to clear the strut body]
RX7 balljoints also.







Installed the passenger side RX7 balljoint- which pronounced the stance even more & added alot of correction to the camber issue i had previous.
I should be able to adjust the plates back from full negative position via an alignment & end up with something a bit more midway. thinking ~ -1.3° front camber.





started forming the front rail plates to tie the front A pillar bars to the rest of the body. eventually i'll wind up fitting a box around the base to ensure more integrity.

[frogi323]

hey ryan when your done come do mine. looking good man. hit me up some time.

[FE3-323]

when i happen to visit sometime in the warmer months. i'll continue the trip northward. i'll be busy in the meanwhile trying to get setup in south florida.
download AIM so we can chat- i hardly log on to yahoo anymore

[Racerboy]

hey ryan, let me know how much thread you have left on the studs when you use those spacers. I'm trying to figure out if it would be worth using on my race car to try and get 13" rims to clear in back with disc brakes, but I don't want to not have the lug nuts on enough.

[FE3-323]

theres threads, its still within a safety margin. however still uncomfortable to me. (I won't be cornering hard anytime soon-that alone brings tears to my eyes)