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stupot - 9/5/10 at 10:16 AM

hi all just am just a car fan have built a couple of kitcar now, not for me. now its my turn so i pick locost with cosworth v6 boa engine and granada donor parts.

please help if any done this before who can tell me of any mod to chassis and body cheers

stupot


jollygreengiant - 9/5/10 at 10:27 AM

Greetings young man, welcome to the mad house.

There are a few on here who have done similar to yourself, NeilP comes to mind, although he is using the Luego Viento chassis.

I believe that you will find it easyest to use Sierra Front uprights and Sierra rear drive plates (You know, the bits that you actually bolt the rear wheeels onto) on the rear Granada hubs as you will find the front Granada hubs to big/heavy and the geometry is slightly differeny to Seirra so it will make it easier wheel wise to just swap the rear dive plates to Sierra items as they are interchangeable.

I hope this helps.


speedyxjs - 9/5/10 at 10:43 AM

Welcome to the madhouse!

Sounds like a good choice of donor. May i suggest you read the haynes roadster book aswell as uncle ron's locost book if you havnt done so already. You may find it easier to fit your choice of engine with the extra inches


stupot - 9/5/10 at 12:21 PM

thanks guy's i have newer book thanks for hub advice what rad is best with the engine choice....


speedyxjs - 9/5/10 at 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by stupot
what rad is best with the engine choice....


Im using a 1.0 polo rad which cools my 6 pot fine so should be fine for yours too. They are pretty cheap too!