Eternal's Straight 6 Build Thread

[Bonzo]

Don't want to sound patronising here

This was my take on the Poly bushes.

After the shock of buying my shocks ( No pun intended ), I must admit, it bought a tear to my eye when it came to paying out a wedge of wonga for my Poly bushes

Then I got to thinking .... Try not to do that too often as it tends to land me in trouble

Why do Poly bushes seem expensive ??, I guess the answer lies with the sheer number needed.
22 of the little beggars, that's 44 Injection moulded bush halves & 22 CNC machined, stainless steel crush tubes .... Sort of puts things into prospective, £4.50 per bush kit !!

Let's say, a few years down the road & your pride & joy fails its MOT on the nearside front, lower wishbone bushes !!??

£10 - £15 for a new pair of bushes begins to seem like a bargain to me.

Just the thoughts of this old duffer

[mark]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Don't want to sound patronising here

This was my take on the Poly bushes.

After the shock of buying my shocks ( No pun intended ), I must admit, it bought a tear to my eye when it came to paying out a wedge of wonga for my Poly bushes

Then I got to thinking .... Try not to do that too often as it tends to land me in trouble

Why do Poly bushes seem expensive ??, I guess the answer lies with the sheer number needed.
22 of the little beggars, that's 44 Injection moulded bush halves & 22 CNC machined, stainless steel crush tubes .... Sort of puts things into prospective, £4.50 per bush kit !!

Let's say, a few years down the road & your pride & joy fails its MOT on the nearside front, lower wishbone bushes !!??

£10 - £15 for a new pair of bushes begins to seem like a bargain to me.

Just the thoughts of this old duffer

I was going to state a similar point in my post but it turned into a short story so i didnt bother!

But you have hit the nail on the head there Ronnie, when you think about what you are actually getting (ie bushes for an entire car) and how important they are, its not alot to pay really

[gaz05]

Another vote for the Saturn bushes here. Got mine very quick and a perfect fit.

[ozzy1]

At the end of the day you get what you pay for,pay peanuts get shite.Personally have had no dealings with Saturn but Handy and Spud are on the forum a lot and would be easy to contact and always seem willing to offer advice and feedback on anything without pushing you to anything they sell.

[spud69]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback its always nice to see.

The polybushes themselves are actually very cheap for what they are it is the stainless steel crush tubes that make up the majority of the cost, they are not standard steel tube and need to be made from stainless steel rod, drilling them and finishing off in the lathe. So for 22 of these they do put the price up a fair bit.

TBH mine are bought in and sold at more or less cost price just to make them available so i'm not sure how they, if like for like, can be offered so cheap.

Everybody has a choice......

All the Best...>Andrew

[baz-r]

i have 3ge set and yes thoes little tubes are where all the money goes but now john has closed 3ge
if you dont want satern ones for any reason.
rally design do some (may need mod'ing slightly) and so do superflex but i think thay will be expensive

just one of thoes roadster non standerd parts i guss

[Eternal]

Will go for saturn ones when i got the spare cash. Nice shiney red ones lol.

Good news is i ordered a 8x6 shed so can store all the extra garage stuff in the garden and have some work space at last!

Epoxy Mastic 121 arives monday so can start to paint stuff. This weekend i plan to mount the Diff. Clean up the diff any any other parts so i can crack on with the painting on monday. Also want to do part4 of my youtube vids as it been 6 months from my last one.

It feels so good to be back into the build again.
Also thanks for everyones replys!

[Eternal]

First bit fitted to chassis! Feels great to bolt something on. The 7.5inch diff looks nice and chunky thats for sure.
Anyone know where i can get a new diff breather plug?

[Eternal]

Had to do a bit of squashing modding and cutting but managed to fit the Sierra steering column bracket onto the granada shaft. Granted it sits below rather than ontop but the bolt holes are still in the same position so i think it should be ok. If anyone thinks it might be a problem let me know before i start welding stuff up!
Have to admit i do prefer the Granada stalks and cowel.

Oh also looking at the revision for the mt75 plans it highlights that one of the uprights from the tunnel needs to be changed to a new size but one is not listed. Dont suppose anyone knows what the tube size is along with the cut angles ect.

[Andy_B]

Excellent somebody using the exact same Granada gear as me ...looking forward to the wiring up bit ?