My Lada 2107 Racecar Project

[mancs]

4 speed, so its not a great loss I already havemy new clutch on the engine, and got a new sport tranny But there is not to much time

[tranceporter]

i just skimmed through this entire build

pure awesome

looking forward to more videos

[mancs]

Thank you very much!

I doubt that there will be to much updates in the summer Maybe this winter... We'll see..

Btw, Im going to buy a Niva rear axle. It is around 65mm wider (on each side, that is ~130 mm total) than the original axle plus Im going to leave the 35 mm spacers as well, plus et12 rims (factory et20) so my total track width is going to be around 10cm plus on each side from factory Bodywork is going to be needed I think

The axle needs work though, the spring seat (or what its called) is not exactly at the point I need it, so it has to be rewelded. Also the niva has 5x160 (?) and Im going to convert it to 4x100.

Thats it for now.

[mancs]

Bought some rare rims, not for the racecar, but for a future "streetfighter" Lada 2101. Its going to get the suspension from the present car, and the old lada engine, but with full interrior, only one racing seat, and a steering wheel. No blinging, just the lowering and the rims, so its going to be kind of a sleeper. Well maybe not, with these rims...

About the rims, they are of a fiat simca, 13x6.5 et6.5. Not bad. And quite lightweight Im loving the oldschool design, the color is just a test, but its not the exact color I want:



PS-ed color:


Some more pics:






By the way, it begs for 175/50 tyres... These are /70, and they are way to tall...

Thats it, cheers

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by mancs

By the way, it begs for 175/50 tyres... These are /70, and they are way to tall...

Thats it, cheers

What iot also begs for are some VFTS arches

Nice rims, there is a brand new punto with very similiar (possibly the same) rims on about 2 km's away from my house. Always thought they looked nice, only they were far too tiny under the new hulking car

I like the idea of a street lada, it's not often you see a fast one of them out and about

[mancs]

No vfts for me I found a very very nice solution, will post up pics later of it

Cheers

[mancs]

Just two random pics of Zola's chassis welding:

[mancs]

Sooo, my over fenders are here. I ordered it from ebay, this type:



Here is it on a car:


Test fitted it on the car, looks awesome, I'l need to cut it, and bend it a little bit, but it looks the business

[Posmo]

Why not the VFTS-ones?

[mancs]

You really are a vfts fan, arent you

Its to common here, on every rally event the 20-30% of the cars are VFTS lada's, so it is associated with rallying, and I wanted something different. I always loved the ae86 ke70 etc, they all have these type of flares, so thats why

Btw, I want to copy these, and make it out of carbon...

[Posmo]

Whatever you do, post pics!

[mancs]

^ Your wish is my command!...................NOT!

Anyway, some crappy pics taken with my cellphone:








First fitting (ducktape powa), I love it tbh! Gonna try to copy these with carbon, we'll see if we succeed... It would be more awesome in a carbon finish BTW: front ~50 wider, read ~60 wider Cant wait to fill in the arches

[Posmo]

I suggest using a heatgun to bend the arches, and then rivet them into place to get the shape you want

They look good, but I was hoping they would be wider

[mancs]

They are made from fiberglass, so heating wount help, but they bend quite well, so its not going to be a problem! But first the arches will need to be cut etc etc...

Yeah, for now this will be enough widening, when the arches will be filled, its going to be ~25cm wider than the standard lada suspension Not bad!

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by mancs

They are made from fiberglass, so heating wount help, but they bend quite well, so its not going to be a problem! But first the arches will need to be cut etc etc...

Yeah, for now this will be enough widening, when the arches will be filled, its going to be ~25cm wider than the standard lada suspension Not bad!

heating fiberglass helps a lot with bending it. It will straighten out eventually, but if you rivet it down, it will hold the shape and not straighten. I used it on the grille panel on my car, which is fiberglass, and it worked wonders.

[Kiwi72riv]

when you cut the rear, cut the outer skin first then pull the inner wheel well out to match. then weld them together. once welded you can trim off the extra and leave a nice edge. (thats how I did mine) good luck!

[mancs]

Zola's car is coming together now, changed all the old rubish bushings to new hard plastic ones.

Old, shitty, distroyed:


New, shiny, green :





Also, reinforced the A-arms:


I got my self an oilcooler with fan:


And a new racing fuel cell, witch will be mounted much much lower than the original:


Also hopefully, I'm buying a 2101 in a few weeks, for winter fun, and well, to go to any small event, so I can finaly drive as well, not only build build build.... Everything from my racecar will go in it, engine, new sport tranny, suspension, but I want it 'sort of' streetlegal, so the interrior will remain factory, except for two bucketseats, and my steeringwheel. So it will be much heavier than the racecar, but well.. Maybe later on ? :wack: The chassis is 34 years old, so the car isnt rust free, thats for sure, but its in a fairly good condition. Some metalwork is going to be needed before I put it to the test

So from this:


To hopefully something like this:



Ah its so beautiful... Well the one I'm looking forward isnt in such a good shape But if it survives the winter without any major damage, and I will have enough money, it will look like this one day :thumbs:

Thats it for now

[Posmo]

If you buy the 1200 lada, you absolutely HAVE to get a small hammer & sickle badge on the front of it