voucht
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| posted on 29/1/24 at 06:19 PM |
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MGF as a donor for a Locost
Hello everyone,
What do you guys think of an MGF as a donor for a Locost (Ron Champion) front end: front uprights, steering rack, steering column, and why not brake
discs and calipers.
Plenty of cheap parts or scrap cars available here.
All thoughts and comments are welcome.
Thank you.
555
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Ugg10
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| posted on 29/1/24 at 08:20 PM |
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The Locost is a longitudinal front mid engine with rear wheel drive, the mgf is transverse mid engine and rear wheel drive.
If you search for the Jeremy Philips J15 car he made an mgf single donor kit car quite a while ago that looked a bit like the Fury/Stylus/Phoenix
design cars.
[Edited on 29/1/24 by Ugg10]
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1968 Ford Anglia 105e, 1.7 Zetec SE, Mk2 Escort Workd Cup front end, 5 link rear
Build Blog - http://Anglia1968.weebly.com
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voucht
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| posted on 29/1/24 at 09:04 PM |
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Thank you for your reply.
quote:
Originally posted by Ugg10
The Locost is a longitudinal front mid engine with rear wheel drive, the mgr is transverse mid engine and rear wheel drive.
Yes, I know that. That is the reason why I was just talking about the front end parts only (again: front uprights, steering rack, steering column).
My question was more: are the size, dimensions, etc. of these parts from the MGF a good match for the Locost (Cortina and Escort MK1/2 parts are just
impossible to find now here).
Thanks.
[Edited on 29/1/24 by voucht]
555
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/1/24 at 07:39 AM |
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I'd have thought parts availability in the future would be not as good as using an MX5 due to far less of them being produced. Ideally you want a
one donor car for long term ownership rather than a mix'n'match car.
Although I have never bought one due the bad rust problems, I'd have thought an MX5 would be the ideal sports car to own, before it dissolves
like an Alka-Seltzer.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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JC
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| posted on 30/1/24 at 07:43 AM |
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When I built my mid-engined kit, I originally planned on Metro (same as MGF) uprights etc.
You will need a tapered bush to mate with the top ball joint - at the time I got some from the people that made wishbones for the GTM Libra. The MGF
upright also has the stub of the driveshaft in the upright as it is the same upright as the rear.
The MGF has an odd PCD too 95.7 or something similar so matching a rear axle with the same PCD will be tricky, or you will need adapters - more
unstrung weight!
I would either build a mid engined car based entirely on MGF, or use MX5/miata parts - just as cheap and plentiful and come as a complete package of
parts that suit a Locost!
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