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Part 14 includes the rear axle and differential and cross beams to attach the two sides of the subframe that were assembled in parts 12 and 13.
Here is where I used the upper half of the S14 front diff mount as a locking washer for the diff cover mounting bushings.
While Tony had everything apart putting the roll cage in, he also reinforced the subframe by going a continuous weld (beyond the factor spot welds).
This is a 2000 M coupe, with no engine mods. It sees track use but otherwise gets pampered. :) At 50k miles there were zero signs of problems, this was purely preventative maintenance.
Installed by TC Design.
all rear wishbones fitted onto the subframe. Not sure how tight to torque things up but it may tell me in the Bentley manual. Not sure if the arms should move freely or be a bit more stiff as I have them and able to support their own weight
Powdercoated front subframe. Can also see some of the additional welding we did around the towers and sheet metal joints for strength.
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20 Feb 2026; Spotsylvania, Virginia USA. Bortle 4.5 zone.
Celestron C8 telescope at f/7, ZWO AM5 mount and ASI533MM Pro camera, no autoguiding, no calibration frames, Baader broadband filters (Lum: exp 30s, gain 0, bin 1, 60 subframes. RGB: exp 30s, gain 0, bin 2, 20 subframes each), sensor 0°C, autofocus. Data acquired in ASIAir and processed in Pixinsight. Image scale: 0.5"/pixel (at Dawes Limit).
Clouds: clear
Transparency (AL): 6
Seeing (AL): F
Moon: illuminated 15%, age 3.7 days
Apparent magnitude 8.4
Apparent size 11x4 arcmin
Notes: First image with C8 using ASIAir, autofocus and filter wheel. Stars appeared bloated (characteristic for SCT vice refractor) and saturated -- reduced in processing. This target would benefit from adding Ha data. Autoguiding was ineffective (not consistent, 1-9"). Bottom line: my finest M82 to date.
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From Wikipedia
Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is the second-largest member of the M81 Group, with D25 isophotal diameter of 12.52 kiloparsecs (40,800 light-years). It is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way and its central region is about one hundred times more luminous. The starburst activity is thought to have been triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy M81 (NGC 3031). One of the closest starburst galaxies to Earth, M82 is the prototypical example of this galaxy type. SN 2014J, a Type Ia supernova, was discovered in the galaxy on 21 January 2014. In 2014, in studying M82, scientists discovered the brightest pulsar yet known, designated M82 X-2.
In November 2023, a gamma-ray burst was observed in M82, which was determined to have come from a magnetar, the first such event detected outside the Milky Way (and only the fourth such event ever detected).
M82, with M81, was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774; he described it as a "nebulous patch", this one about 3⁄4 degree away from the other, "very pale and of elongated shape". In 1779, Pierre Méchain independently rediscovered both objects and reported them to Charles Messier, who added them to his catalog.
M82 was believed to be an irregular galaxy. In 2005, however, two symmetric spiral arms were discovered in near-infrared (NIR) images of M82. The arms were detected by subtracting an axisymmetric exponential disk from the NIR images. Even though the arms were detected in NIR images, they are bluer than the disk. The arms had been missed due to M82's high disk surface brightness, the nearly edge-on view of this galaxy (~80°), and obscuration by a complex network of dusty filaments in its optical images. These arms emanate from the ends of the NIR bar and can be followed for the length of three disc scales. Assuming that the northern part of M82 is nearer to us, as most of the literature does, the observed sense of rotation implies trailing arms.
In 2005, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed 197 young massive clusters in the starburst core. The average mass of these clusters is around 200,000 solar masses, hence the starburst core is a very energetic and high-density environment. Throughout the galaxy's center, young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside the entire Milky Way Galaxy.
In the core of M82, the active starburst region spans a diameter of 500 pc. Four high surface brightness regions or clumps (designated A, C, D, and E) are detectable in this region at visible wavelengths. These clumps correspond to known sources at X-ray, infrared, and radio frequencies. Consequently, they are thought to be the least obscured starburst clusters from our vantage point. M82's unique bipolar outflow (or 'superwind') appears to be concentrated on clumps A and C, and is fueled by energy released by supernovae within the clumps which occur at a rate of about one every ten years.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory detected fluctuating X-ray emissions about 600 light-years from the center of M82. Astronomers have postulated that this comes from the first known intermediate-mass black hole, of roughly 200 to 5000 solar masses. M82, like most galaxies, hosts a supermassive black hole at its center. This one has mass of approximately 3 × 10^7 solar masses, as measured from stellar dynamics.
In April 2010, radio astronomers working at the Jodrell Bank Observatory of the University of Manchester in the UK reported an object in M82 that had started sending out radio waves, and whose emission did not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
There have been several theories about the nature of this object, but currently no theory entirely fits the observed data. It has been suggested that the object could be an unusual "micro quasar", having very high radio luminosity yet low X-ray luminosity, and being fairly stable, it could be an analogue of the low X-ray luminosity galactic microquasar SS 433. However, all known microquasars produce large quantities of X-rays, whereas the object's X-ray flux is below the measurement threshold. The object is located at several arcseconds from the center of M82 which makes it unlikely to be associated with a supermassive black hole. It has an apparent superluminal motion of four times the speed of light relative to the galaxy center. Apparent superluminal motion is consistent with relativistic jets in massive black holes and does not indicate that the source itself is moving above lightspeed.
M82 is being physically affected by its larger neighbor, the spiral M81. Tidal forces caused by gravity have deformed M82, a process that started about 100 Myr ago. This interaction has caused star formation to increase tenfold compared to "normal" galaxies.
M82 has undergone at least one tidal encounter with M81 resulting in a large amount of gas being funneled into the galaxy's core over the last 200 Myr. The most recent such encounter is thought to have happened around 200 Myr ago and resulted in a concentrated starburst together with a corresponding marked peak in the cluster age distribution. This starburst ran for up to ~50 Myr at a rate of ~10 M⊙ per year. Two subsequent starbursts followed, the last (~4–6 Myr ago) of which may have formed the core clusters, both super star clusters (SSCs) and their lighter counterparts.
Stars in M82's disk seem to have been formed in a burst 500 Myr ago, leaving its disk littered with hundreds of clusters with properties similar to globular clusters (but younger), and stopped 100 Myr ago with no star formation taking place in this galaxy outside the central starburst and, at low levels since 1 Byr ago, on its halo. A suggestion to explain those features is that M82 was previously a low surface brightness galaxy where star formation was triggered due to interactions with its giant neighbor. Ignoring any difference in their respective distances from the Earth, the centers of M81 and M82 are visually separated by about 130 kly. The actual separation is 300+300−200 kly.
As a starburst galaxy, Messier 82 is prone to frequent supernova, caused by the collapse of young, massive stars. The first (although false) supernova candidate reported was SN 1986D, initially believed to be a supernova inside the galaxy until it was found to be a variable short-wavelength infrared source instead.
The first confirmed supernova recorded in the galaxy was SN 2004am, discovered in March 2004 from images taken in November 2003 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search. It was later determined to be a Type II supernova. In 2008, a radio transient was detected in the galaxy, designated SN 2008iz and thought to be a possible radio-only supernova, being too obscured in visible light by dust and gas clouds to be detectable. A similar radio-only transient was reported in 2009, although never received a formal designation and was similarly unconfirmed.
Prior to accurate and thorough supernova surveys, many other supernovae likely occurred in previous decades. The European VLBI Network studied a number of potential supernova remnants in the galaxy in the 1980s and 90s. One supernova remnant displayed clear expansion between 1986 and 1997 that suggested it originally went supernova in the early 1960s, and two other remnants show possible expansion that could indicate an age almost as young, but could not be confirmed at the time.
On 21 January 2014 at 19.20 UT, a new distinct star was observed in M82, at apparent magnitude +11.7, by astrophysics lecturer Steve Fossey and four of his students, at the University of London Observatory. It had brightened to magnitude +10.9 two days later. Examination of earlier observations of M82 found the supernova to figure on the intervening day as well as on 15 through 20 January, brightening from magnitude +14.4 to +11.3; it could not be found, to limiting magnitude +17, from images caught of 14 January. It was initially suggested that it could become as bright as magnitude +8.5, well within the visual range of small telescopes and large binoculars, but peaked at fainter +10.5 on the last day of the month. Preliminary analysis classified it as "a young, reddened Type Ia supernova". The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has designated it SN 2014J. SN 1993J was also at relatively close distance, in M82's larger companion galaxy M81. SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud was much closer. 2014J is the closest Type Ia supernova since SN 1972E.
"Fitting the cab, grille and wiring to the subframe"
This issue is an important stage in the assembly process as the cab is fitted to the subframe. The first part of the lower deck flooring is also supplied.
Although the front part of the lower deck floor was supplied with this issue, it is not yet fitted to the bus. This overhead view shows it in place, but not screwed down. The 30cm ruler gives an idea of size!
The window splits the frame into two subframes just like the "before" and "after" shot but taken at the same time.
Side Windows to L & R of front door almost framed up... the antique chinese screens from the "olde family house" will be placed directly across from the front door. Note the subframes have been installed for some the windows
.. A Koi pond has been placed in front of the main door, and access to the Main door is over a bridge (now concrete, as it was poured in error) so there will be water jets, placed just below the side windows, flanking the main door....
I gotta a feeling most people will probably think I planned this bec of "fung shui" principles but frankly I just did it as I thought it would be "wonderfully refreshing" to enter one's house over a solid wooden bridge while being "greeted" by water flowing from either side of high wide double doors.... and then to be finally "surprised" by the intricacies of the 4 large antiques screens before even entering the main living areas.....
.... to this end the entrance floor will probably be black granite or marble as I think the dark, almost brooding entrance area beyond the main doors, with it's tall intricate woodwork will give people entering the house an interesting experience due to their transitioning from the light fillled exterior of the main landing areas with it running waters, moving koi & lush plants to a static but plush almost moody entrance.
Then their experience of the house will once again change as they moving onto the soaring main portico with 25ft high double windows & vaulted ceiling and / or the light filled main living / dining areas with it's view of a generous, glass staircase sitting on a second koi pond and large green back garden
.. I arranging the house as above, I'm thinking of a combination of the best aspects of "Shanghai" mixed with "tropical modern". This work work out as COMPLETELY BREATHTAKING or COMPLETELY YUCK!!! ... let's hope the former:).. ...
.....either way it's certainly going to be different and NOT "booooriing".. and we are thankful to the Lord for providing us with such material blessings
Third owner, Al Beebe, completed a subframes-off, bare-shell restoration in 2002. Photo taken by Al at that time.
Picture showing the old Lounge Bay Window, which is in need of replacement due to the rotten timber subframes.
Fastener pack 101 parts needed for rear subframe install. In the end I did away with all but two washers for the underside of the front mounts as the bolts were not long enough with washers top and bottom. This may be because I'm using after market bushes but don't think so