Inner Wheel House clean-up and primer..

Here's just a few pics of cleaning up the hell-hole and inner wheel house post welding..don't get too excited! I'll do a bit of filling and sanding later to finish it off but at least it won't start rusting now.

Next job will be to stiffen up the suspension ear (bottom of the last pic) and add the Heim Rods from the stiffening kit to help stabilise the suspension under heavy loads..."fascinating" I hear you cry. Bet you can't wait to see that!

Tangerine Racing - Chassis Stiffening Installation

Now the Inner Wheel House was done, I started on stiffening the chassis. I bought a kit from Chris Foley at CFR Tangerine Racing in the US. These pics show the installation of the external suspension console. I felt that with the intended horsepower and potential track use it might be a good idea to beef up the suspension to handle the increased loads and stresses.

So first off, I cleaned up the suspension console and painted it with epoxy primer. Here it is with the paint off..

...and painted up.

I prepped the first bit of the kit ready to install.. I cleaned off the temporary primer and sprayed the reverse side with Weld Primer...

..and welded it in.

And now comes the "here's one I made earlier" moment. I stupidly didn't take enough pics and got a bit carried away just welding the hell out of everything! So here's the finished job, fully welded and just needing clean-up and paint! Bear in mind I have to do this on both sides, obviously, so next time I'll take more pics.

You can see how the kit boxes-up the suspension console to prevent it flexing or cracking under heavy loading.

Here it is cleaned-up...

...and primed.