Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[39Deluxe]

I like that grille better too.

Tom

[OFT]

I like that grille better too.

Tom

X2 good to see you started working on it again.

Earl

[stovens]

New grille looks great! Nice work on polishing the shifter.

[firebird77clone]

hurry up and finish, so I can make an offer !

$$$

[vara4]

Wow J. Robinson that things really looking sharp.
Those honda coilovers working like you thought they would.
I'm gonna have to buy some coilovers here in the near future,
those ones would probably be to weak for me though.
I'm not sure how much a honda weights, my Ranchero
only weights about 2,000 pounds. Kurt

[Itoldyouso]

Chop chop, Daytona is only 7 months away. Looking good Jim and starting to get to the finish line it looks like. That grille really is going to make the front end.

Don

[J. Robinson]

Thank you all for the compliments.

Kurt - Those Honda coils are really stiff. I won't know until I drive it, but they seem awfully stiff to me. They may be too stiff for this car and I may have to change them...

Don - I know, I know... And time gets away so quickly... I was driving my coupe in primer by this time in the build (2 years) and I am yet to put "fire in the hole" with this one. Hopefully, when school is out I can make some big strides on it. Only time will tell.

[Itoldyouso]

I know Jim, we are pushing hard too, and 7 months flies by......it's already 4 months since Xmas.


Don

[Hotrod46]

J R

Glad to see you're back on the T.

That grille looks cool! It really sets the front off.

I won't know until I drive it, but they seem awfully stiff to me. They may be too stiff for this car

I thought my front springs and rear shocks were going to be too stiff, but they worked out OK in the end. Hope your's do too.

Keep up the good work.

Mike

[vara4]

J. Robinson; Do you know about what your weight is going to
be when you are finished with the car? Kurt

[firebird77clone]

J. Robinson; Do you know about what your weight is going to
be when you are finished with the car? Kurt

How rude.

Oh wait.. you meant the CAR...

[J. Robinson]

How rude.

Oh wait.. you meant the CAR...

The car is just a guess, but I know working outside on this porch extension is melting the fat off of me... Frankly, I'd like to lose about 40 pounds; then I would fit better in the car pictured below.

[J. Robinson]

I don't know, Kurt. Probably somewhere around 1600 pounds. The springs are designated as "Honda Civic racing springs" and we all know that a Civic is pretty light. However, the effective rate of a spring at the wheel is dependent on leverage (the type of suspension and where the spring is mounted in relation to the pivot points of the suspension components). On my roadster, however, there is no fancy or complicated geometry involved like on independent suspension. In this case, with the springs mounted directly between the frame and a beam axle, the chassis "feels" the full rate of the spring. I bought four of these springs in a kit with the idea that I might use them on all four corners. When I got them I soon realized that they were much too stiff for the rear. In the past I have used Ford Escort, Chevy Chevette, and Geo Metro rear coils in the rear of an array of different vehicles. These springs are stiffer than any of those.

[OFT]

Jim,

How is roadster project going? Any update?

Earl

[J. Robinson]

Nothing to tell, really. I have been completely sidetracked temporarily. It all began with painting the house during spring break. Then I needed to clean out the garage so I would have room to get back to work. Then I started building on to and enlarging the back porch. Hopefully, when that's finished I will get back to work on the roadster. In the meantime, I have acquired the intake manifold I need to make the little 2.5 'banger run with a carburetor.

The good news is, during the garage cleaning phase my wife suggested that I "needed" a big new tool chest to replace the two old ratty small ones I had! Who am I to argue with that kind of logic?