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PostPosted: January 15, 2022, 1:05 pm 
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On the next one, consider using protégé/zx2 IFS and adapt to a high offset rocker UCA, putting the bike coilovers forward of the engine and the rack behind and above the output shaft for a short, direct link to the steering column. You could also use a shaft drive config motor without the rack being in the way and more room for the UCAs. The offset rocker UCA would be larger OD tube with thicker wall since it would be in torsion.

On the exhaust, try cheap furnace cement on the top side, then wrap and strap. Might also try fitting ¼ inch spacers to create an air gap to the floor.

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To elaborate on the offset rocker with cheap bits and little to no machining required.
With sufficient pivot OD, wall, and maximized engagement through arm cross section and welded area for the torsion load, a diagonal over the top to the pivot ends (that would hit the engine) is not required considering the weight of this thing and travel limits that are not part of the UCA. Cruiser bike coilover rear shocks of vw bug coilovers should work well.


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Time to fit the Austin Healey-derived windscreen..

Maybe one of my favorite, and yet least functional stock features found in a LBC is the AH 'Lay Down' windscreen. It looks so good in the down position, but you wouldn't want to drive cross country that way :drive:

None the less, I like the way it looks, so I pirated some AH-100 A-pillars a few years back to inject a little of that cool-cousin vibe into the Berkeley.. Will it work? will the A-H bits 'flow,' and add to the car in just the right way? I don't know- but these next many pics show the effort for better or for worse..

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So you can see my official "bendy-wheel windscreen shaping tool" :lol: ..This is all a bit of an experiment, so I used what was to be found to shape the frame.. I know a Polycarbonate screen is not ideal, but I didn't want to be tethered to a preexisting shape and size, and I'm not ready to do a DIY windshield chop- yet..

--In the down position, the car is 35" tall..

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PostPosted: January 24, 2022, 8:14 pm 
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I've driven the car around a bit with this windscreen, and I like it. I like the way it looks, and in the up position, it offers pretty good protection. It would cut the wind even more if I go back and add a rubber strip to fill the screen-to-body gap, but I'm not sure if I will or not..

I'm thinking I'll eventually come back to this and chop it another 1.5-ish inches.. that should be a nice compromise between still getting good wind protection, and giving it a sleeker look overall. These pics were taken at Avila Beach- one of my favorite local haunts 8)

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Always enjoy the occasional post showing the diminutive size of this thing next to the typical daily drivers

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That looks great.
Don't forget the tension springs.

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JAMADOR- I agree.. she's comically small.. doesn't seem so bad in the garage, but then I put it out on the real world with real cars, and I'm instantly reminded that this thing is toy-sized..

Miatav8.. Gotcha.. I still need to source those...
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Late Jan, 2022

Seat padding and Body Mounts..

The aluminum seat is not necessarily uncomfortable, but it's certainly not cushy either.. I'm going to try and improve it in 2 ways; by adding a little foam to the back and bottom, and by adding some lumbar support.

The foam for this experiment was sourced from an Amazon-special yoga mat.. It's .5" thick, and I'm not really sure if it's going to make any difference- I still have yet to drive it with this mod.. As for the lumbar support, as is, I can drive the car for about an hour, then my lower back really starts to hurt.. I get out, stretch and move around a bit, and I'm good for another hour. I'm going to get an inflatable lumbar pillow to go underneath the seat cover to see if I can improve things for my lower back.

The last several pics show the fabbing and installation of 2 new body mounts that attach down at the frame near the front coilovers, and bolt to the upper inner fenders. Now that I've made the fiberglass body and unstressed member, these 2 braces are needed for additional support to keep things tight up front.

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Looks like a smaller model of the Kirkeys I have in the garage.
From my garage, they seem comfortable, but definitely 'huggy'
Yours are probably a bit more accommodating, but good to know about maybe adding some padding behind the foam/covers.

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I really like the windscreen, definitely a Healey vibe about it :D. I think it works with the car. Here was a 100M that recently was on BaT that had one and It looked good there too. Your car is definitely a head turner. Looking good!

That is my biggest worry right now on the MGiata, long drive comfort...I made the decision recently to fit the Miata seats. I’m hoping that helps. Good luck on finding a comfort level that gives you more than an hour behind the wheel.

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JAMADOR- gotcha.. this seat is a Kirkey too.. memory tells me it's 15" wide(??).. it is in fact a 'huggy' seat.. I'm actually very fond of this seat and the way it keeps you in place..

ohmite- I've decided I like this transplanted windscreen also.. I do want to go back and chop it just a bit, but other than that, I like the look and function of it on the car.. I'm in the exact same place as you are on your MGiata; driving comfort.. hopefully your Miata seats get you what you need as a driver (I've heard of Miata owners stuffing a bit of extra padding under the seat cover for lumbar support- might be worth experimenting with should you find you need it).. I'm doing 'go backs' to make things more driver friendly now that the car is running- the seat needs attention for sure/ an alteration to the turn signal location/ a bigger radiator to take the stress of overheating out of the drive/ and an effort to quiet the exhaust is next up..

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Steering Stops..

As I continue to chase loose ends and try and refine the car a bit, the task of fabbing a pair of adjustable steering stops has come up.

It just so happens that my lower shock link bolts come very close to the steering arms at full lock, so it seems a good place to limit steering travel as needed. I could have achieved the same result with a small set of spacers inside the steering rack, but this approach is much more user friendly to make small adjustments if or when needed, like when I swap wider wheels/tires onto the car (track days)..

Anyway, I welded a small collar onto a socket head (allen) bolt, and ground it down into a concentric, 'snail shell' shape that results in different lock-to-lock limits with the turn of the allen head bolt. In reality, I'll likely get these adjusters dialed in once and won't have to mess with them again.. The point of contact is hard to see, but it's in the red box on the last pic in the series..

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Messing with the sound..

One of the coolest things about this little VFR800 lump is it's signature sound.. it's pretty cool.. One of the least cool things about this car is that at 6-7K rpms on the freeway, that cool VFR sound beats you up in just a short time.. So what to do?

I've already incorporated an exhaust cutout up near the motor for when I feel like upsetting the neighbors, so I can get loud and rowdy when I want to.. For the rest of the time, when I'm actually driving the car, I want to turn things down a bit.

I'm running a carbon fiber 2 Brothers silencer up in the engine bay, but it is not enough for my liking, so I'm trying an experiment as I fashion the worlds thinnest muffler, Flowmaster style.

I've taken some 16 gauge stainless, and I've fashioned a very slim muffler that is 1" thick, 18" long, and 9" wide. Inside, I've styled it pretty much along the lines of a Flowmaster 50 series muffler, with a lot of compromises. I know this is a pretty unorthodox approach, but my thought is that I've incorporated some baffling into the space of my exsisting exhaust run; at no point in the muffler does it choke down to less than a 1"x3" passage, which is the size of my rectangular exhaust tubing. I have no idea if it will work and give me my intended result.. we'll see.. or more correctly, we'll hear :lol:

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A few more of my silly skinny muffler.. I got all this way making this, and I forgot to take a picture of the final product- duh! I'll get some more pics soon, particularly once it's hung up in place under the car.. Also, I've ordered some 1"x3" @ .065 stainless tubing to re-do the exhaust run.. this time I'm going to have it exit at the passenger rear corner of the car..

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Three series or four series stainless? Thinner wall material transfers more sound and heat so leave more space between the glass floor and the exhaust. Symmetry of passages and cavities can cause resonance though the flowmaster/brooklands style wall angles will help. I hope it's perfect for your needs, but if you find it drones or doesn’t bring the db down enough, there are tweaks you can try without cutting the muffler open to redesign.

There is a phone ap for a db meter that might be accurate enough to compare the dump to the tailpipe with muffler from the same distance and height.

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