Auto Rotisserie

[r33_racer]

where on the car they bolt to?

Im making up some brackets to go in the ends of the chassis rail so i can push the car around with the motor in but no running gear.

Well the end of the attachments will have some plates welded to them so we can attach to the firewall and rear bar support area on the HR. I havent looked at a skyline to see where it would work, but something off or around the chassis rails would probably work well enough. Obviously needs to be a structurally sound point to bolt to and can support its weight without crumbling when suspended in mid air.

[Craved]

how did you go with this things michael? im starting to get some motivation to get mine started

im looking at 900mm vertical runs which may be too high one i add the 75x75 under it and the casters once i purchase some.

[r33_racer]

Its all finished mate. Just hasnt been used yet. Sitting at home waiting to have a car dumped on it.

You want to be weary of how close the body gets to the frame legs under neath it when its all up and swinging around. So long as thats all good then you wont have any other real issues to consider.

It would be better to be abit too high, then not high enough and have to modify it later on down the track.

[Craved]

900 will spin an R33 gtst over it just, so the sprinter i'll be using mine for should be fine haha

[r33_racer]

We finally got the HR up on the rotisserie over the weekend. Took a while to make up attachments to suit the car, but it worked out pretty good!

So she works and works well! Its considerably stable when rocking it around the place without the base beam to tie in the bottom of the frames along the length.

[warps]

Good work - I need a project like that to get my teeth into now I have a nice, shiny MIG (my god those MIGs can turn a hack like me into a decent welder!!)

Do you intend to make the droppers (from the pivot bearing) adjustable? Reason I ask is the pivot point looks a long way from the COG. I imagine it would be a fairly hefty effort to turn that thing upside down as it sits - or am I missing something?

[r33_racer]

That vertical post that comes off the pivot point can be raised higher and then bolted again. Just a matter jacking it up higher and drilling holes to suit and then bolting it. It is difficult to turn using the wheels at each end, but its easy when someone actually lifts the car body in the centre.

For the work we are doing, we dont need to go any more then 90 degrees each way, which is easy enough to turn. Going further then 90 is quite difficult due to that big offset from the pivot point.