DorsetStrider
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 12:50 PM |
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Uprights
Ok so I'm adapting my drive shafts to accept new uprights..... Any recommendations as to what uprights to go for? They would need to be
resonably common so I can pic them up from the scrap yard (along with brakes calipers etc.) but at the same time will need to be suitable for wishbone
suspension...
As always suggests/commets welcome.
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:07 PM |
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presuming you mean rear ones..............Sierra??????
Or don't you want to fabricate the carrier? If that's the case, Fiesta or Sierra 4x4 front............the world is your oyster!
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:16 PM |
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No we are talking front uprights. The engine I'm using is from an alfa 33 front wheel drive. I'm going to drop it in the back to creat a
middy.
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:27 PM |
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Many people when building IRS locosts use a Sierra hub and bolt this to a fabricated upright. I guess this would work for your alfa midi
setup
 
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Jon
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:29 PM |
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this might interest you. Not much of the upright visible, but a similar alfa based midi
 
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:30 PM |
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and this
 
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 01:31 PM |
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and this
 
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 03:59 PM |
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Would love to see any more pic's you have of this car as it is spookily similar to my design.
So can you fabricat an upright yourself or is this something that needs to be purchased? if so can anyone give me a rough idea as to how much
it'll set me back and where to get one from?
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 04:21 PM |
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Sorry, I don't have any more pictures of the Alfa based car. I don't even know where the pictures came from - If you find any more I'd
love to see them.
As far as I know, there is no major problem fabricating your own rear upright. I believe the Sierra hub / bearing carrier bolts on with 4 bolts making
a fabricated rear upright easy.
This picture is of a Tiger Avon rear upright - it looks fabricated to me.
IIRC, the Martyni Lotus 23 replica used an Alfa 33 engine.
 
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Jon
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JonBowden
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| posted on 7/4/05 at 04:25 PM |
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This is the address for the Martyni web site
http://www.martyni23.freeuk.com/
This is a picture of their rear upright:
 
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