WIP Beta released Miramar Power & Parts - Works again 0.75

It would be relatively easy to make it AWD or even togglable 4WD. However that would be mechanics only. For the way I'm handling this right now it would require me to fit an actual front differential complete with driveshafts which the default suspension layout doesn't easily allow. I would have to practically redesign the front end suspension. Or alternatively have the differential collide with the front crossmember and the halfshafts going trough the springs.

That is also something I've considered and experimented with at one point. Unfortunately I feel unable to do that as I would not be satisfied with simply throwing the mesh into the engine bay. With the Moonhawk engine I reshaped the oilpain enough to not clip with the tie rod. Some reshaping/rerouting to the coolant hose to the radiator. Getting the headers not to collide with frame rails and actually meet the exhaust pipes without clipping other stuff was challenging. Started with moonhawk headers and soon realized it's just impossible with how tight the clearances in engine compartment are. Ended up restarting with the Miramar race headers. After all it's something that fit in the first place. But add in another one to the other side and the fact that for the V8 the exhaust ports in the head are some 25-30cm lower and you have yourself a challenge.

Basically ended up doing them from scratch while using the texture for miramar race headers. I know it's not perfect but I assure you it's the best I can manage at the moment. Now that I think back I would have saved a ton of time and effort had I realized earlier it's just easier to create them from scratch instead of trying to reshape existing ones. Still took a while of pipe bending. For the Civetta engine even (visually) connecting the engine to gearbox would be difficult (for me). Maybe somekinda "adapter plate" would work.

I guess I have a tendency of overcomplicating things that "should be" simple to begin with. When I added the ability to run 5 lug wheels I originally intended to steal front and rear brakes off Pessima. However I was only able to use the front discs due to how the rear axle is setup on Miramar. So I ended up "having" to add a fifth lug to the rear drums and moving the lugs around to closely enough match the actual bolt pattern of the 5 lug ones.

 

makeman updated Miramar Power & Parts - Works again with a new update entry:

Little fixes and improvements.

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Can you adapt this to work with the lhd mod for the miramar?

 

*necrobump*

i added starter sounds, fmod engine sounds, turbo and supercharger sounds, fixed the rallylight flexbody issue, added ecus and long blocks

enjoy

i hope @makeman is ok with this

 

ok so i rewrote the 1.6 and 2.4 nb's to fix the exhausts, adjusted vehiclecontroller paramaters, replaced the 5 lug suspension entirely, made the 6 speed race gearbox more whiny