Great points and interesting project, wish you well. Far too many people like to make a plethora of assumptions and go "just do XYZ", meanwhile they near literally never get their own project off the ground and don't realize, or are extremely reluctant to admit how intensive things like... suspension and chassis design are. Nice engine plate setup as well.
josh you could use a e90 XI awd subframe they are made of steel then add in a brace for the rack as the awd has the rack a little further forward i think cheers from down under
That’s a great question and wish I could answer it myself. I’ve never saw a E9x AWD subframe and didn’t even know it was steel. If the pickup up points of the rack and LCAs are the same I don’t see why not but I doubt the rack location is the same due to the diff but could be wrong
@@masonthedriver if the rack brace is different just put a tube across it and add the rack tabs here in oz i have a e90 with a turbo ford barra in it like adam lz mustang engine cheers glenn
Hey Glenn, thanks for the info. I am super interested in hearing more about this. Oh ya totally I dont mind cutting stuff up and adding braces. But I am asking about the location of the rack. Because I am assuming its moved due to the front diff. I have zero experience with a AWD E9x subframe and never even seen one. I dont follow Adam LZ so I am also not familiar with it. Do you got a vid of your setup? Id love to see it. If you dont film one and send me the link
That would be rad. I think the biggest downfall of classic car suspension is the front geometry. I even heard a rumor engineers actually made them poor on purpose to slow the cars down supposedly
This is what I was planning to do with my Datsun 620 but im undecided on what platform I wanna go with. I was planning on buying whatever angle kit/ suspension and build backwards for the subframe. Do you think that’s smart? Or how would you go about if you were starting from scratch? I think by building backwards it’ll give me more options to throw whatever motor I end up going with in and not have to work around it as much.. but I haven’t built anything so idk what I’m talking about. Just trying to have a game plan.
If you have never built anything before I would highly suggest using a existing subframe and angle kit. BUT if you are adapting it to a existing car make sure your track width is where you want it from stock. If you plan on widebody you have more room if not you have less room. I would worry about wheelbase cause I would just follow the body line of the car and place the front subframe where it needs to be to fit the front wheel in the existing front wheel hole in body. So figure out what your track width needs to be. I would start there because thats gunna dictate the subframe and obviously angle kit. Motor isnt an issue for me since I mount all my engines off motor plates
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Great points and interesting project, wish you well. Far too many people like to make a plethora of assumptions and go "just do XYZ", meanwhile they near literally never get their own project off the ground and don't realize, or are extremely reluctant to admit how intensive things like... suspension and chassis design are. Nice engine plate setup as well.
Thank you for the kind words. But ya its quite the balance between time, money, effort etc.
josh you could use a e90 XI awd subframe they are made of steel then add in a brace for the rack as the awd has the rack a little further forward i think cheers from down under
That’s a great question and wish I could answer it myself. I’ve never saw a E9x AWD subframe and didn’t even know it was steel. If the pickup up points of the rack and LCAs are the same I don’t see why not but I doubt the rack location is the same due to the diff but could be wrong
@@masonthedriver if the rack brace is different just put a tube across it and add the rack tabs here in oz i have a e90 with a turbo ford barra in it like adam lz mustang engine cheers glenn
Hey Glenn, thanks for the info. I am super interested in hearing more about this. Oh ya totally I dont mind cutting stuff up and adding braces. But I am asking about the location of the rack. Because I am assuming its moved due to the front diff. I have zero experience with a AWD E9x subframe and never even seen one. I dont follow Adam LZ so I am also not familiar with it. Do you got a vid of your setup? Id love to see it. If you dont film one and send me the link
I have a 64 Tempest that I’d love to put e46 front suspension on
That would be rad. I think the biggest downfall of classic car suspension is the front geometry. I even heard a rumor engineers actually made them poor on purpose to slow the cars down supposedly
This is what I was planning to do with my Datsun 620 but im undecided on what platform I wanna go with. I was planning on buying whatever angle kit/ suspension and build backwards for the subframe. Do you think that’s smart? Or how would you go about if you were starting from scratch?
I think by building backwards it’ll give me more options to throw whatever motor I end up going with in and not have to work around it as much.. but I haven’t built anything so idk what I’m talking about. Just trying to have a game plan.
If you have never built anything before I would highly suggest using a existing subframe and angle kit. BUT if you are adapting it to a existing car make sure your track width is where you want it from stock. If you plan on widebody you have more room if not you have less room. I would worry about wheelbase cause I would just follow the body line of the car and place the front subframe where it needs to be to fit the front wheel in the existing front wheel hole in body. So figure out what your track width needs to be. I would start there because thats gunna dictate the subframe and obviously angle kit. Motor isnt an issue for me since I mount all my engines off motor plates
Which chassis table is that? looking at options for a build I am starting.
It’s a table I designed and built myself. I couldn’t afford anything on the market so I just decided to make it myself. I saved a bunch of money