Bang for buck fabrication jobs...

[Bullet Fast]

Got a few things in mind for the GTI,

There are some recommended off the shelf mods that everyone has on their lists, SEAT intake, FMIC etc, but wondering where to go to with the fabrication skills...

Thought about knock up a fixed front strut support or a DP, just wondering what to look at first. Water jet cut wheel spacers?

Any thoughts?

Just after cheap fun gains, rather than world beating performance. I can just about make anything, or at least try. Not past considering batch production if it's an easy enough job, or worth enough to someone. As i mentioned in the introduction post i use registered versions of Solidworks and supporting CNC software. Bodgy jobs are written off as trainng, and... I'm the boss.

Pete

[gecko2k]

Bang for buck fabrication jobs...

$2 coins would be appreciated I guess....


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[Polo GTEye N9]

Pete, pity your in Sydney as your skills would get a hiding here.... Cheers Al

[Bullet Fast]

Im thankful that i'm inaccessible, my customers are demanding enough but having said that, do you live in a Austpost black hole? Excusing variations in manufacturing, the cars are the same, so whatever I make here should fit there. I try and steer clear of one-off fabrication tasks, they're particularly expensive in labour per finished article, and benefit only one person.

I've got two weeks before work kicks off full time, so now is the time for your ideas...

[waxgti]

Im thankful that i'm inaccessible, my customers are demanding enough but having said that, do you live in a Austpost black hole? Excusing variations in manufacturing, the cars are the same, so whatever I make here should fit there. I try and steer clear of one-off fabrication tasks, they're particularly expensive in labour per finished article, and benefit only one person.

I've got two weeks before work kicks off full time, so now is the time for your ideas...

2.5" / 3" DP to original exhaust!

[noone]

The main things that get overly expensive and restictive on our cars tend to be:
-suspension geometry
-exhausts (as no local production).

Braces are good, but there was a recent batch buy, so not much market.

If you had a full exhaust kit that was cost efective and worked well, i'd likely be in.
If you could work out a better system for adjustable top mounts to adjust the caster, I'd be very interested.

No great ideas here, just thoughts...

[vwthunder]

The main things that get overly expensive and restictive on our cars tend to be:
-suspension geometry
-exhausts (as no local production).


If you could work out a better system for adjustable top mounts to adjust the caster, I'd be very interested.

I would be interested in that too and adjustable lower control arms, too hard to fab up ?

Like this, Ray uses them on his Bagged A3, not sure how different the polo ones are

https://www.facebook.com/innovativefab#!/photo.php?fbid=839555199482&set=o.193533044015874&type=3&theater

[Redliner]

If you could work out a better system for adjustable top mounts to adjust the caster, I'd be very interested.

I am definitely interested in adjustable top mounts as well.

[VWindahouse]

The guys on UK-Polo are saying these fit out car

VW Golf MK5 TOP MOUNTS (PAIR) - Golf MK5 - VW - Parts by Car Manufacturer

Someone has ordered them and will be trying them out soon.

[vwthunder]

The guys on UK-Polo are saying these fit out car

VW Golf MK5 TOP MOUNTS (PAIR) - Golf MK5 - VW - Parts by Car Manufacturer

Someone has ordered them and will be trying them out soon.

Really, Interesting

[vwthunder]

Just read up on them, might be worth a try at that price

[VWindahouse]

Could you fab up some pipework like in the front of the photo here



The section that attaches to the turbo then the straight pipe with the tab. Should be able so sell about 20 or so with all the SEAT coolers being bought

[Polo GTEye N9]

I have a TBE system with DP already but I agree If you could work out a better adjustable front top mounts to adjust the caster etc, I'd be very interested. Are the rears worth a look for adjustability?

And the FMIC THS pipes would be of interest too...
Cheers Al

[Bullet Fast]

Top mounts look pretty easy. Does anyone have a busted one sitting around?

The LCAs are fairly acheivable too. The link to the tubular arm looks fairly robust. It doesn't look light though, and it's half-sprung weight. Hmmm. Anyone seen a cast BMW LCA? A casting company could produce a number of LCAs to order in cast alluminium alloy, steel, whatever at a reasonable cost per unit. at a minimum order quantity of course but you wouldn't know without a design. It could be CNC'd out of billet or plate but there'd be huge waste and high tooling costs. My other major concern with this is the consequence of failure. It'd be accepable to have a LCA fail outright in a race scenario but totally unnacceptable in a school zone on a public road.

On the adjustability point. You need to be very clear how you want it adjustable, by what method and how much adjustment. To cut a very long story short, there is no point having ininite adjustability if there is only a single correct setting. You may as well just make it the right size, reduce complexity and cost and delete stress failure points. If the OEM LCA desiugn is compromising grip at very high cornering loads (likely) there will be correct dimensions to suit most modified applications, I'd aim for these dimensions and manufacture a fixed, non adjustable element,

OR

modify the OEM items, which would be my choice first and foremost. If it's as simple as a slight caster and camber adjustment, some very very simple mild steel weld on plates to replace the ball joint pick up points and you're away. Get it welded up at your local engineering shop and you're done!

OR

Get a set of the slotted TT LCA ball joints, is this enough adjustment?

[VWindahouse]

I wouldn't need adjustable just a fixed arm like this

Supaloy

I have already put in some Superpro antilift poly rear control arm bushes and it's made a world of difference to getting the power down. Much more than my solid SEAT rubber ones ever did. So there is merit in playing more with the angle the poly bushes create in a set of control arms.

And alloy would be a great weight saver too