stig2
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 07:39 AM |
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Chassis Width
By how much should I widen the chassis if I am using a Sierra for donor parts?
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Avoneer
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 07:45 AM |
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Nowt - unless you are anorexically challenged.
You'll just need wider rear arches.
Pat...
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However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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James
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 09:27 AM |
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Agreed.
Widening it can only make you life harder.... I speak from experience!
Cheers,
James
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wilkingj
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 10:19 AM |
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Use Wider Back wings to cover it up?
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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smart51
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 11:07 AM |
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if you are going to have a wider axle then you might as well have a wider chassis. You will have a less exposed right elbow or more room between you
and a passenger. Are there plans for a 4" wider chassis or is it just a +442? I'm sure it's worth the extra effort.
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 11:53 AM |
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Draw it out on your baseboard with the seating area 4" wider and just extend the J1 and J2 and the D1 and D2 till they meet the side rails, then
make all the back 4" wider.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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t.j.
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 12:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stig2
By how much should I widen the chassis if I am using a Sierra for donor parts?
I'm using the sierra track at the rear 151 cm. planning with 195/50 r15 it will be about 173 cm.
As i'm someone with at lot of muscles  i'm want the place to sit 5 cm extra room.
So i planning to extended the upper rail which comes from the scuttle, this will result in more room at my back. like HKT, VM and Donkervoort does.
Only problem is that you will get more corners in the rear instead of handy 90degrs
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 01:19 PM |
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Personaly I think the massively wide rear arches look awfull on a 7, especialy from the rear. I would definately go for a 4" wider chassis using
either the McSorley plans or the GTS plans (though you have to pay for them).
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Simon
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| posted on 25/5/06 at 08:21 PM |
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I added 4" across the width on mine.
Of course, you could always chuck an A Series in the "boot" and do away with the transmission tunnel. Then you could put the wheel in the
middle and have 3 1/2' for your muscles
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 25/5/06 by Simon]
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leto
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| posted on 12/6/06 at 07:07 AM |
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Get the rear wing and the wheels you plan to use. Try on the wings over the wheels till it will look good. Build chassis to fit.  A friend of mine
actually did this.
“I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round”. (J. Cash)
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