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Originally Posted by londonsean69
Welcome to the forum, what sort of engine and tranny are you thinking of using? Would be interesting to know what you plan on using as a donor. MX5? (I think you lot call it a Miata?)
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Thanks Sean and Chris!
Re the donor, I understand that the Miata is an easy donor to find in the US. I haven't decided yet though. I think I'd like a slightly more powerful engine than is available in the older Miatas, and in any case, I'm still perplexed about how to design the suspension to take on different donor IRS setups. For one, the mounting points of the Miata differential look like they'd be very different than in other donor cars (the housing has a long support arm on each side). Also, I'd like to understand what I have to play with in terms of suspension geometry to accept a non-Sierra car.
I know it's been done before, but I'd love to see plans for a build based on a Miata, or a methodology for designing an appropriate suspension to accept different donors in general. I'm still hunting around online for this, but haven't come across it yet.
Best,
Brad