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[stuart bowes]

what would be the advantage of raising it up 15mm or whatever it is.. surely a lower centre of gravity is better if anything, and exhaust clearance would be reduced?

 

just out of curiosity . I'm sure there probably is a good reason

[Gaz66]

It wouldn't be higher it would lower the car by the thickness of the rubber tower spacer as the towers would be flush up to the bulkhead cross member.
Good point about the exhaust. In essence it would push the Y piece of the manifold up into the tunnel etc
I'm not sure if this would need modding, if so it all starts getting hard work 😁
It maybe a good mod in itself getting the Y piece into the tunnel especially if you run an internal gear linkage

Edited by Gaz66, 04 July 2024 - 11:12 AM.

[stuart bowes]

of course, yeah, the wheels are connected to the subframe.. duh 

 

I suppose one plus point would be slightly more clearance over the crossmember for carbs / inlet of whatever type

Edited by stuart bowes, 04 July 2024 - 11:17 AM.

[nicklouse]

It wouldn't be higher it would lower the car by the thickness of the rubber tower spacer as the towers would be flush up to the bulkhead cross member.
Good point about the exhaust. In essence it would push the Y piece of the manifold up into the tunnel etc
I'm not sure if this would need modding, if so it all starts getting hard work
It maybe a good mod in itself getting the Y piece into the tunnel especially if you run an internal gear linkage

And as I have the remote gear change things get tight.

[nicklouse]

Dropped the better subframe of for blasting. And made up a brace before the welding using the not so good frame and some other info on the correct spacing. 30 1/4”.

Need longer bolts and some spacers.

[nicklouse]

Well. The other subframe is back from the blaster and welding started.

 

Then I ran out of mig gas so thought I would try the pure argon. Nope nope nope.

will be rewelding when I get new gas.

 

Other bits arrived

 

mm the rebound buffers are really hard and the knuckle boots have bits..

 

in talks with KAD about bits.

 

[nicklouse]

Busy weekend new struts and top mounts for the caddy. Fixed a neighbors kids wipers, got paid in Weston Vintage. Got new gas. Ran out of wire. Used up lots of batteries and it does not look any different.

Oh also drifted out the old bearings in the top arms. Needed a spot of weld on one as it was falling to pieces. Cleaned the powder coat of the running surfaces and checked the grease nipples fitted.

 

still waiting on KAD.

 

But know the diameters of theirs and MEDs Trumpets. KAD are the only ones that will do a pair.

[nicklouse]

Mmm backward step. Weld shrinkage. Cut the tower braces out. And while I wait on some new tube guess what hole I was making.

[GraemeC]

I did the next one round towards the front too, although with no inner wings that one is probably more accessible for you.

Edited by GraemeC, 12 August 2024 - 04:21 PM.

[nicklouse]

So. 
just need to dress the welds up and remove the splatter.

Spacing spot on 30 1/4”

[nicklouse]

Still playing with the subframe. Went to see a friend that had a car upside down so I could check things fitted.

had to remove the tow eye mount to get it into the engine bay.

then did some measuring of the rear mounts. Worked out a 5mm spacer and moving the brackets to the end would work but the mounting holes would need a half inch re drill.  No one does of the shelf mounts is you do away with the spacers on the

top of the subframe. 

[nicklouse]

So after lots of thoughts and discussions and finding out I could only buy a full front and rear set from one supplier or just a pair from another.

here are some rather big “HiLo”s

[imack]

My friend has the MED versions, they're pretty big too, compared with my 1980's Ripspeed HiLo's