ettore bugatti
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| posted on 27/8/14 at 10:40 PM |
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Coilover on McPherson
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4397/img106s.jpg
Isn't s Smart Roadster/Coupe not a bit narrower than a Fiesta/Puma?
[Edited on 27/8/14 by ettore bugatti]
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bozla
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| posted on 27/8/14 at 11:30 PM |
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You could try the race kits Falcon - it's a 750 formula car and uses the uprights from the Seicento. The rear end is converted to de-dion
though so might not be suitable.
As everyone else is suggesting, I would also go down the mini/metro/mgf route. Here is an interesting link - showing the different lower ball joints
for changing the castor angle. http://www.obsessiveperformancedisorder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16864&start=60 (about 3/4 down the
page).
The only issue with MGF is the odd PCD of the wheels but I don't think it would be a problem getting them re-drilled.
[Edited on 27/8/14 by bozla]
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DW100
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 09:29 AM |
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The MGF basically uses two metro front subframes. The front still has an outer CV joint in but not fitted with the ball bearings cage and drive shaft.
I've often looked at them as crying out for a twin engine conversion.
You could use the puma uprights with a mushroom in the top like when Sierra uprights are used on 7s
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scootz
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 09:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ettore bugatti
Isn't s Smart Roadster/Coupe not a bit narrower than a Fiesta/Puma?
There's not a huge deal of difference... I'd already accepted that there will have to be a degree of chopping, joining and extending in
any case.
I would have taken a mould off the front of the Puma, but I don't think the front-end is all that pretty. That said, I was wondering last night
about cutting the Puma in two just behind the engine bay firewall and seeing if it could be attached to a spaceframe without being floppier than a
dead eel. It's worth a look as the shell is just getting weighed in when I've taken out the cars guts. Would be a good bit heavier
though.
It's Evolution Baby!
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bozla
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DW100
The MGF basically uses two metro front subframes. The front still has an outer CV joint in but not fitted with the ball bearings cage and drive shaft.
I've often looked at them as crying out for a twin engine conversion.
That would rule!
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Andy S
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 11:30 AM |
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Ginetta G32 - Mid engine RWD uses the Ford Fiesta MK2 hub and upright at the front. They replaced the drive shaft with a couple of machined spacers
and a 1/2" bolt. Upper fitting is an adaptor to fit a ball joint.
Early Tiger Super sixes used the Golf upright and lower wishbone.
Andrew
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scootz
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 01:13 PM |
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Cheers
It's Evolution Baby!
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 02:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Metro/MGF?
Hadn't thought of the Metro. Cheers.
MGF? Is that not mid-engined RWD (fixed position uprights)?
same front upright but with a 17 mm bolt (I think) through the drive flange to keep it in the upright. The S1 Elise uses the same bearing, drive
flange and bolt in a alloy machined upright.
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 02:46 PM |
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Scootz Did you get any where with the red RX8 you purchased for a project?
[Edited on 28/8/14 by ceebmoj]
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scootz
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| posted on 28/8/14 at 08:26 PM |
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Gutted it and scrapped the shell.
Mulled over the engine and gearbox for a while, but decided it was going to cost too much to do it right.
Chopped it in recently and got my money back (for a change!).
It's Evolution Baby!
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