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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
There are lots of brake vendors out there to use; Wilwood and AP Racing are the catalogs I've been looking at. I have no idea why you would want to use a stick axle, though. Just a bad idea all around.
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That is very bad ass.
My only reasoning for using a stick axle was ease of build. Considering my tools consist of standard hand tools, grinder, and 110 mig flux-core welder; and budget is next to nil, drafting up a complex design and whatnot is/has been out of the equation. Also, never thought of adapting Miata pieces, as my knowledge of the cars is also next to nil, other than thinking one would be a fun "little" build project.
Honestly though, I'd be much more inclined off the bat to build a Formula Vee - based car as that's what I know. Thinking swing axle tranny (yeah, I know.....) with z-bar style single rear coilover suspension, heavily modified ball-joint front beam based suspension using a torsion spring stack and a through rod to allow for coils - the torsion and through rod would act as adjustable sway bars (as they were used in vintage FV). This way I could at least get the suspension together and have the roller with a simple chassis. Only way to keep the weight down would be Chromoly tubing, which would necessitate a TIG. I'd likely have access to a chromo-compatible TIG (at Trent Fabrications) as well as tubing benders, cut offs, notching set-up, etc.
So the chassis would be a "fairly simple" endeavor. For my own ease, I'd run all VW-based parts and a VW drivetrain as that's what I know. Having a car weight of 800 would depend on tubing specs - VW tranny weight, rotor to rotor is under 100lbs, fully assembled turbo-spec'd engine roughly 250, front suspension under 100lbs, 9lb wheels.....
Still, wrecked Hyabusas and other sport bikes are all over the place, and to be able to set the car up with a reliable-as-hell, light-as-hell engine and tranny set up would be the shit.