bought this 2day, need sum help

Yessum that's the chassis the lads at 3ge made and we had at Exeter in 2008 it has inboard front suspension and adjustable rear wishbones for toe in and out. It was made to take the MT75 gearbox as at the time I had an XR4i intended to be the donor........but things change so I sold it to a lad in the Navy or RAF or whatever it was I can't remember.

3GE's welding is the muts nuts by the way.

[layotn20]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

Yessum that's the chassis the lads at 3ge made and we had at Exeter in 2008 it has inboard front suspension and adjustable rear wishbones for toe in and out. It was made to take the MT75 gearbox as at the time I had an XR4i intended to be the donor........but things change so I sold it to a lad in the Navy or RAF or whatever it was I can't remember.

3GE's welding is the muts nuts by the way.

yeh the lad i bought it off today was out the raf. can anyone confirm what steering rack it takes, because i dont want to be buying the wrong 1

Oh and uses a MK2 Escort rack and all the Sierra gubbins will fit at the rear but uprights are for disc brakes as my old XR had rear discs. Seat straps are spaced for.....yep you guessed it "Triton race seats".

[layotn20]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

Oh and uses a MK2 Escort rack and all the Sierra gubbins will fit at the rear but uprights are for disc brakes as my old XR had rear discs. Seat straps are spaced for.....yep you guessed it "Triton race seats".

yeh i will be buying some seats of you when i get that far, hopefully shouldnt take me long got my engine sat in me kitchen loll zx9r ready to go in.

Takes the shocks as stated in the Roadster book so no need to mess around trying to figure out what you need, well apart from farting about with what poundage springs you want as we are all different and have different driving styles...sideyways is more fun than flat out boring main roads

Not me anymore mate, My daughter Emma and her other half Ed now make the seats up in Northamptonshire.....www.tritonraceseats.com

[layotn20]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

Takes the shocks as stated in the Roadster book so no need to mess around trying to figure out what you need, well apart from farting about with what poundage springs you want as we are all different and have different driving styles...sideyways is more fun than flat out boring main roads

what shocks are those? as iv bought the haynes build your own sports car on a budget book today

Thats the one and why you are on this forum... I can't remember what length the shockers are ..guessing 13" open?

[spud69]

An excellent purchase there...Well Done.

The dampers are 13" open with a 1" top hat extension - springs 350lb front and either 200lb or 250lb rear, book says rear 200lb but i find 250lb on the rear makes the car more balanced.

Don't forget the pics....>AndyH

[AshG]

if your fitting a bike engine you will only need 300lb springs max at the front.

after having my iva what i dont get is why we are fitting softer springs at the back? my car was slightly heavier at the back than it was at the front.