Progress continues. I added a few more tubes around the front of the trannsmission tunnel and footwell area. I couldn't figure out how I wanted to panel around the footwell so the tubes could not be placed. More thinkin required, later.
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For a change of pace, I layed out the stock steering column. I modified the stock mount by welding on some tabs. I needed a steering wheel to place the column so I ordered an adapter for the S2000 steering column spline to the common 6 bolt pattern of the after market wheels. Well, guess what, the adapter I got has a different spline size than my steering column, go figger. Maybe I'll try to order another one later. I took a guess and tacked in the column, just to get an idea. I'll see if I'm get lucky on the placement.
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Good thing there is plenty of stuff to work on. I switched gears and started on the front suspension. Early on I decided to use the bolt on hubs from a '96 dodge caravan. For that year, there are two wheel bolt patterns, 114.5 x 5 and 100 x 5. I finally got around to ordering them and thanks to a non-descriptive ebay ad, I got the 100 when I needed the 114.5 to match the stock S2000 rims (I really despise ordering unusable parts). Oh well, another set was ordered, with the right bolt pattern this time.
Went to bolt the rim to the hub and guess what, the pilot diameter of the rim is about 1/16in smaller that the boss on the hub. I should of checked this earlier as all the the dimensions of the hub are in the timken hub catalog posted on this site. So, I was thinking, with rims that bolt on with tapered lug nuts, the hub boss should not be needed to align the rim concentric to the hub. Therefore, I could just grind out the pilot diameter of the rim to fit. The center cap may not fit anymore but are there any reasons I shouldn't do this? I will also have to grind out the rotor to fit over the hub, again, any cause for concern.
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