violentblue
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| posted on 1/9/04 at 03:24 PM |
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calling North American builders.
have a question, most of the info out there is based on donors avaliable in the UK, what donors are being used for nort American builds. Particularaly
the suspension components.
I'd like to use a Toyota 4AGE from a corolla GTS but the Front engined RWD corollas don't have the best pieces to use for the front
suspenstions.
anyone with drawings for the front suspension using Readily avaliable donors?
a few pics of my other projects
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derf
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| posted on 1/9/04 at 08:16 PM |
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Cant say that I'm an expert, or that I'm done with the suspension. I am using a mix of donors, mostly rx7 for the drivetrain, and s10 for
the suspension.
The rear axle is easy if your going to use a solid axle, just follow the book dimensions, and make sure it's wide enough. I used some aluminum
arms with heim joins on the end, and a panard rod the same design.
I'm also using the front spindles. Instead of making my own A arms I bought a set of westfield arms, and lengthened the bottom ones to fit.
Here is the last photo of the front suspension before I lengthened the lower arms:
 
bad suspension pickup points
Here is the S10 axle sorry about the quality it was taken with a camera phone:
 
Description
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Dale
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| posted on 1/9/04 at 08:18 PM |
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I have used ford fox (mustang tbird zefoer ect 80's) front spindles with adaptors similar to the factory five cobra adaptors.
Dale
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locost_bryan
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| posted on 2/9/04 at 04:03 AM |
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Several US builders have used Hi-Ace van spindles with Corolla GTS rears.
Bryan Miller
Auckland NZ
Bruce McLaren - "Where's my F1 car?"
John Cooper - "In that rack of tubes, son"
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Aston
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| posted on 2/9/04 at 04:27 AM |
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1982 Corolla.
Front suspension uses the stock lower ball joints, with homemade wishbones. The strut has been cut off, and a fabricated "cap" has been
fitted, which has a 3/4" bolt passed through it to accept a 3/4" rod end. Lots of people have gone this route as well as using proper
spindles, and it seems to work well.
-Aston
85' Dodge Omni GLH
Project Locost
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MarkClow
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 07:19 PM |
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I am using 83 RX7 ?GSL? - one model has the limited slip and rear disks.
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violentblue
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 07:38 PM |
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I went out to the wreckers yesterday and took a look at the suspension from one of the Toyota Breadbox vans, and it defiatly looks like it would do
the job.
I think this is the direction I'll take in conjunction woth the rest of the bits from a Corolla.
now its a matter of finding some drawings for this setup, or makeing some numbers up myself and throw them at a suspension program, see how they turn
out.
a few pics of my other projects
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Arthur Dent
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 03:04 AM |
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Chevette as well
'The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go
wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.' Douglas Adams
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sgraber
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 04:33 AM |
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Hasn't anyone looked at the Geo Tracker or Suzuki Samurai as a rear live axle donor? Seems like the right size...
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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