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This installment covers making the new rear subframe, or cage, that will mount the Jag rear suspension to the car
I did some of the cutting and figuring, and my dad did all of the welding.
1. Here are the plans we used. I bought them on ebay. They consist of a blueprint, and a reprint of a magazine article. |
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2. My dad brought home a piece of 1/2 inch plate to lay the work out on and to make our jig. |
3. Laying out some of the initially cut pieces. |
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4. My awesome Harbour Freight cheapie cutoff saw. |
5. One side almost all laid out. |
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6. The back side of this piece is welded and cooled. It's been turned over to weld the other side. |
7. One side all done. We are deviating from the plans a bit by having the lower support pieces both front and abck, rather than just front. |
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8. Both sides clamped down for the central plate to be welded on. |
9. Side view. |
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10. One more from the back. |
11. We had to switch to my ARC welder when the MIG we were using kept having different problems (Hence the chipping hammer). |
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12. The plate is slanted because so is the mounting surface on top of the diff. |
13. Here the diff is, all bolted in. I will need new bolts because the old ones are tapered. |
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14. From the front. |
15. Next to the old subframe (or cage as it was called). |
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16. One more. Considerably narrower. |
The shock mounting locations, lower arm, and halfshaft are all 4 inches narrower per side. The Jag rear end was 61.75 inches WMS to WMS (wheel mounting surface). My car is set up to have 53.75 inches WMS to WMS.
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