TF Corty Project - Page 3

Oscar of Markoz · 25-05-2008, 05:03 PM

Since restarting, its been about 4 months if that.

Oscar of Markoz · 25-05-2008, 08:44 PM

More progress.
I made up a panel to raise the trans tunnel at the rear. On a previous occasion (many years ago) the car was very low and the tail-shaft would hit the tunnel when it was loaded up. Iam planning on going low again, not stupid low, but low enough. So for this to not happen again I have raised the rear half of the trans tunnel. It was pretty easy to see where the problem area was.
I bent up a sheet and then trimmed it to fit the existing hump, raised by about 30mm in the centre compared to stock.
I also cut out a end plate that fits at the front section. This plate was needed as I didn't want to cut away any metal from the cabin brace that runs from sill to sill. Also with this brace I stitch welded the area that would have been covered by the new tunnel before I continued for added strength.
I then welded in the peice from inside the cabin with spot welds. After this I cut out the old tunnel section from underneath.
I allowed a 10mm lip to fold up and press against the new section. I then fully welded the lip to the new tunnel in 1" stitches till it was complete.
Later I will grind back the welds and make them smooth.

Next, the Dump Pipe trench.

YIH00N · 26-05-2008, 09:25 AM

your doing a hell of a job there mate, your a lot more game than me i am not that keen in case i stuff it up

aj510 · 26-05-2008, 03:54 PM

nice work mate - looks like you've done a really neat job. What do you mean by the dump pipe trench??

Oscar of Markoz · 26-05-2008, 10:08 PM

YIHOON, I have stuffed up enough things in my time to have learnt how to do things the right way, haha. Iam just sick of watching others stuff it for me. I've always been one to have abit of a go and now at 32 its paying off.

AJ510, The dump pipe that comes off the turbo is the biggest section of exhaust in the whole run. The area on that side of the motor has the steering arm, firewall, suspension braces, starter motor and trans bellhousing all fighting for space. What I want to try and do is make a trench so that I can allow more room for the Dump Pipe to make its way down and head towards the rear of the car. The easiest way I can see is in the firewall and side of the trans tunnel. It'll maybe take away some space from the "foot rest" type area. But since the car never came with one and it'll be auto, this should be livable.

aj510 · 27-05-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oscar of Markoz

AJ510, The dump pipe that comes off the turbo is the biggest section of exhaust in the whole run. The area on that side of the motor has the steering arm, firewall, suspension braces, starter motor and trans bellhousing all fighting for space. What I want to try and do is make a trench so that I can allow more room for the Dump Pipe to make its way down and head towards the rear of the car. The easiest way I can see is in the firewall and side of the trans tunnel. It'll maybe take away some space from the "foot rest" type area. But since the car never came with one and it'll be auto, this should be livable.

Yeah ok, sounds like a pretty big job in itself really. Are there any rules when it comes to modding a firewall??

Oscar of Markoz · 27-05-2008, 10:45 PM

I don't know. I mean, Iam gonna be using the same thickness metal and all that, so I don't think its gonna be weaker or anything. Its just the corner of it, all the seams will still be in place.

YIH00N · 28-05-2008, 07:02 PM

there would be some sort of rule about it but you would think that if all seams are in place and there wont be any holes or weak spots that it should be ok ??

Oscar of Markoz · 16-06-2008, 09:31 PM

I finished making the Dump Pipe trench in the trans tunnel/firewall.
I managed to cut alittle out of the subframe/control arm brace also. So that will help with clearance for the Dump Pipe.

Oscar of Markoz · 23-08-2008, 10:55 PM

Finally an update.
I have finished with the stitch welding inside the cabin and boot areas.
Here you can see how I stitched the sill braces to the floor and the floor to the sills. Also the firewall to the floor.

The tubs have also been fully welded and are solid as a rock.

I modified the seat mount areas for the front seat as I bought a set of Honda Civic ED seat rails. They are the flatest that I found.
Since the rails sit on an angle, front being higher than the rear of the seat. I decided to slope the sill brace so that the rail sat flat and as low as possible.
From factory, the inner most front seat mount is bolted in from the front of the sill brace and the outer most is bolted down on the sill brace.
I removed the outer most mount and made it function the same as the inner most mount via bolted to the front of the sill brace.

The seats themselves needed to have the mounting areas where the rails bolt onto modified also. I had to move the threaded sleeves slightly further apart so as to be able to use the factory cortina floor supports for the seat mounting area.
I still had to fill in the rear floor mounts on the car and then re-drill them in the correct spot.
I got a peice of rectangular tubing to raise the outer most rail as the cortina has one mount that higher than the other.

This is the seat and how it'll be in place.
The seats are OBX Carrera's. When looking at seats I found them to be the most perfect for a normal male shape, that being wider across the shoulders and narrower across the hips. All the other aftermarket ones that I tryed (in my price range) were the opposite.
They'll get re-trimmed once I get to the interior stage

Next up, I'll do the LHS seat mods. I have the rear seat brace to put in place and garnet blast some of the boot area before painting the cabin in POR15.
Onto the undercarriage, WOOHOO!