How nice- a Berkeley Brother has joined up!
Hi Freezing.. glad you're here documenting this tiny build.. You have saved yourself a bunch of work by sourcing the ATV parts for sure..
In the end, what will the car be used for? Grocery getter? Autocross? Cars and Coffee? That will surely help determine what needs more/less consideration in the planning/fabbing process..
Love where this is going so far.. I offer only a few suggestions if you're not already married to a final outcome.. The first one is to get that rear DS angle down to about 1 or 2 degrees max.. I wonder if you can rework your rear frame section a bit and drop the diff down to floor level to help achieve this? As it sits, I believe it's going to give you a nightmare vibration.... having said that- maybe just keep it as-is and put it in service and test it.. who knows. maybe it will be fine?
The only other thing I can offer has already been mentioned, and that's to fab a Guibo/Cush Drive into your drivetrain.. My last BEC I skipped this crucial piece, and in my street application, I don't think my bike tranny would have lived if I didn't go back, redesign the whole damn thing, and install the BMW-sourced Guibo into the driveshaft.. it made an unbelievable difference in reducing driveline shock while shifting.. ATVs can get away without a Cush Drive as the're on soft terrain and the tires/poor traction take it up, but on the street, there's got to be some give somewhere...
So glad you're documenting this here.. these are the coolest little cars, and to be truly used and enjoyed, they need clever engineering to be repowered for use on our larger, faster roads (here in the states anyway).. Please keep documenting what you've done and where the project takes you
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If you need parts for your Berk, Kevin Kalman is in the states and he is a great help.. (BTW, where are you located?).. otherwise, if you don't already know of them, the Berkeley Enthusiast Club (BEC) is in England, and they too are of tremendous help for the odd bits or info you might need.. They value a stock Berkeley, but they also understand the desire/need to mod them too..
--ccrunner
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Dean
1972 Honda N600 Restomod "ccrunner's N600 VFR800 repower"
1963 Volvo P1800 Restomod
http://locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=163091959 Berkeley SE492 Restomod...
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19397"ccrunner's 1960 MGA coupe Restomod" found on MGExp.com