ADJUSTABLE SWAY BAR CONTROLS
4130 Chrome Moly plates and tube handles. Modular design, a single or twin set up can be run, morse cable mount incorporated into the body, coated in Black Oxide, with anodized alloy parts.
For more pictures check out the Sway bar photo album.
Things are really getting a swing on now. Derek is now back in the shop and we have more than enough work to keep us both busy for a while, and with a couple of Top Secret projects in the pipeline, the future is looking bright.
Brent Peters has rolled in his Mazda FC RX7, with a few boxes of parts. The car has been fitted with a 1UZFE Toyota quad cam V8 and Toyota 5 speed. The car had been fitted with a cage already, up not up to the task for what Brent wants to do with the car. So mods have been made and bars added to the existing cage to bring it up to spec. A Tilton floor mount pedal box has now been mounted and new seat mounts have also gone in to replace, the not so nice ones, that were in there. Aluminum dash panel and gauge pod has been started and plumbing for the brake system has been started. With a long list of jobs to get the RX7 driving out the door, this job should keep us busy for a few weeks yet.
Check out the Mazda's photo album for full build shots.
Chris dropped the JetCar transporter off to us last Saturday. The mission, to get the JetCar in the back of the truck. Derek has designed and built a ramp system to tie in with the tail lift to be able to get the beast up and into the truck.
And finally MRX now has a brand new set of wireless Intercomp corner weight scales. We are going to make the scales along with our 2 post hoist available to any one who would like to rent them, you can bring your circuit car, drift car, what ever it might be in to the MRX shop and either get us to carry out the service for you, or you can hire the set up, and with some direction, corner weight your own car. Naturally there is a fee for either service, so if you are interested feel free to contact us by phone or email.
Well, we're still busy here at MRX, Derek is away at the moment, so I'm working for two. We have some big jobs on the horizon, I'll keep you posted as they progress.
We're still plugging away with Tony's RX3, I tipped it over yesterday to finish Tig welding the new chassis and to fabricate chassis plates to box in the factory chassis. The new Racetech seat has been mounted and Derek's awesome aluminum gaurds are ready for their final dress up.
Over the last couple of week I have been developing new components for customers cars and to sell to the public. The latest is out new Adjustable Sway Bar Controls. Laser cut steel quadrants, sprung loaded Chrome Moly levers, and with 9 positions, makes for finer adjustments. These can be purchased and fitted to any existing adjustable sway bar set up. Also if anyone is interested in receiving 'Workshop News' via email, please let me know by dropping us an email, derek@mitchellracextreme.co.nz. Or find us on Facebook and become a fan. Cheers.
She's been a busy week here at MRX, with plenty of work for Derek and I to get done and with more work waiting in the wings.
Tony's RX3 Supercar has been our main focus over the last two weeks. Derek has been busy putting the english wheel to great use, fabricating new alloy guards and flares to house the huge Supercar rims. Using the original Katyama flare as a base design and adding some DTM styled vents, these guards are going to give this RX3 a very different look. Mean while, I have been positioning the engine and gearbox, and getting it mounted as far to the left and rearward as possible. Mounts have been fabricated for the PMM designed bell housing unit, which houses the alternator and power steer pump, both being driven off the gearbox input shaft, this makes for a compact and light weight unit, keeping the engine free of all the bits and pieces that go with them. New four link mounts have been fabricated, and a new space frame chassis has been put in to tie the front of the car to the back and allowing us to position the driver in a better spot for greater vehicle balance.
Check out the RX3 photo album for more photos.
Greetings everyone. Despite the nasty temperature drop here in Hamilton, we are still out in our chilly bin of a workshop keeping things ticking over.
I (Nick) have finalized the new Saker front end geometry on our suspension computer program, eliminating the issues that the Saker was previously suffering from, to give us a light weight, compact unit. With caster built into the upright, allowing any where from 8-15 degrees caster to be run, 6.5-8.5 degrees of King pin inclination, zero bump steer and the scrub radius heavily reduced, all these will greatly improve the Saker's front end handling.
The front uprights can be purchased for any Saker, or fabricated to suit other vehicles.
Over the last couple of weeks I have also been carrying out a engine transplant on a Nissan Primera, including turbo conversion, intercooler piping, waste gate, alloy radiator etc etc. A full 3" exhaust has been fabricated for the car, cold air box as well as new engine and gearbox mounts for the SR20 and 4WD box.
Among other things, Derek has been making templates for the new front and rear garuds for the RX3 Supercar, which he will fabricate out of aluminum and then they will be used to take moulds for carbon fibre ones. As soon as we receive the parts we are waiting on, we will carry on with the floor and chassis modifications.
And finally, if you have a job that needs doing on your race or performance road car, now's the time to come see us, during the racing off season. Look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers Nick.
THE JET CAR IS COMPLETE.
As of this afternoon we have completed our part in the reconstruction of this awesome weapon. We started this huge rebuild back in September 2008, when a very untidy, metal mess arrived to us from Chris, via the USA, just another example of the dodgy work SOME American's carry out in there hay barns. But we love a challenge.
We started buy stripping the car right back to a bare chassis. The americans had shortened the chassis down by about 1200mm, so our first job was to lengthen the chassis back to it original length of 240 inches. We cut the front of the chassis off in front of the driver protection, and fabricated a completely new chrome moly chassis, which we grafted on to the existing chassis. A new front end was fabricated with new front uprights and brakes which were donated by a late model RX7.
The next big task was all the aluminum work, which included the side panels, front nose and wing, engine cover with tail fin, aero fins for the fuel tanks and cute tubes. Nut certs and dzus buttons were used to attach all the side panels on to the chassis, with the dzus panels being around the engine, to make access to the engine alot quicker and easier. Another big job was the all Stainless Steel Afterburner, with fuel tubes and internal defusser. The Stainless Steel sheet was laser cut and rolled, then pieced together and tig welded by Derek over the course of about 2 weeks.
A twin brake pedal assembly was designed and fitted, one pedal for the front brakes and the other pedal for the rear brake system, this allows for better staging and better stability under brakes at the end of the run as you would only use the rear brakes when slowing down. New brake lines were also made up and fitted. A set of new Center Line drag wheels and Goodyear slicks have been bolted up, and all the little odd jobs have been completed.
Sorry everyone, I've been a bit slack with the news updates lately, but we've been busy in the shop which is a good thing.
Between Derek and myself, we've been pretty busy finishing off the last little jobs on a couple of cars, including Austin's supercharged BMW, which has been completed, bar a couple of little finishing touches. I became a jet engine mechanic for a couple of days, swapping fuel pumps and gearboxes over between engines. The Torana of Peter Kivits made it into the shop, where Derek fabricated a set of 4 into 1 headers, while I fab'd a full stainless steel 2 1/2" exhaust system, and did a tunnel mod for the external shifter.
Tony has given us the go ahead to carry out the next stage of mod's to the RX3 Supercar. But first I needed to finish off the front wheel tubs, which I did, while Kyle from Wintec started to cut out the floor in preparation for the left hand drive conversion, new gearbox tunnel and space frame style center chassis.
Well that'll do for now, I'll try to be a bit more on to it next time.
Cheers, Nick
As you know we had the 'Boys Day Out' show last weekend in Hamilton, thanks to everyone who helped out with the multiple trips back and fourth, delivering cars and equipment, and a special thanks to Chris Fay, Nelson Marshall, Steve Lea, Haydn Gordon and Tony McFall for letting us display your cars over the weekend. It was great to hear all the great feedback about our site, the great cars and how much everyone enjoyed seeing the 'live' workshop in action over the weekend.
Nick was busy building the roll cage in Haydn's Subaru, while Derek built a muffler for the saker as well as working on the alloy work for the saker nose. Between the fabrication work and talking to the punters, it kept as very busy.
Check out the photo album for photos of the whole weekend.
BOYS DAY OUT
13-14 March 2010, 'Boys Day Out' this weekend people. Want to win a half cage, want to win a race suit, want to win a Bride style bucket seat, want to win a ride with Japanese drift ace Takeshi Teruya in his Nissan S13. Then come down to our 'live' workshop site and over the weekend at Mystery Creek, $2 with get you a entry into this competition, and a chance to win these awesome prizes.
So with the 'Boys Day Out' show coming up next weekend, we have been pressing on with the RX3 Supercar of Tony McFall, so that we can take it to the show. Front tubs have been first on the list this week, while we wait on components for the lower suspension arms. Tony has been in doing the grinding and cleaning up of the car as well as bolting on a few bits and pieces so that it resembles a RX3 for the show. We have also fabricated a front engine brace, to tie the engine into the suspension points.
We have also made good progress on Austin's BMW. The new manifold is all done, complete with new injectors and fuel rail. Manifold, piping and any thing thats not black, are off to the powder coaters to be done in flat black.
