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Old 2nd May 2014, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Davidbolam View Post
If you go down the mx5 route stay mx5 as the engines as mentioned are very good and there are plenty of tuning options available. The wiring loom from the donor needs to be used so if you were to change the engine you would need to retire the whole car.

If you were to go zetec it would be easier to go sierra donor route and follow the book spec chassis.

I've gone down the mx5 route. Mk2 may be a way to go with the steering as you will be able to get more lock on the steering due to the arms being higher.

There are lots of cheap parts available and lots of donors.

David
Sierra donors are becoming difficult to source, especially where I live up in the far north of Scotland, thats one of the main drivers of going mx5, another reason is that ideally I want to run 13 inch wheels and as far as I can tell you can't do that with the sierra uprights. I think I want the best of both worlds but it seems that I'm just going to cause myself a world of pain
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