I agree with what you have said,
I do not want to tidy it up and move it on as that is what everyone else has done.
It has a lot of good bits, that have not been fitted, because as we all know with kitcars, that is never straight forward.
That is why I was thinking about doing a new MK chassis but MK have informed me my Wishbones and other items do not fit, so I would also need to buy
them.
I was hoping for a straight forward swap over.
I wish the people that have owned the car before me that have read my private message to them on this forum would give me some info on the car, so
this car can finally get on the road & not another 5 people in a course of 10years working on it
quote:Originally posted by macboycie
The chassis is 460mm bottom to top
Do you mean the height of the chassis from the bottom of the lower rail to the top of the upper rail in the engine bay? Or do you mean from the bottom
of the lowest chassis rail, to the top of the rail behind the seat?
Neither of those dimensions tallies with it being a Haynes Roadster chassis, which in the book is 355mm for the engine bay and 547.5mm for the
bottomrail to top rail behind the seat.
The front frame on your chassis is also not like a Haynes Roadster book design - it might just be the photo but the lower wishbone inner mounts look a
lot closer together than any other build i've seen. How is the bump steer on it?
I bought a similar project myself a year ago. I am guessing it’s been through three or four owners in the last ~10years. There is plenty of issues
with it. But it was very cheap and like you I would like to save it.
I hope to start it in the spring now I’ve finished this one, well sort of.
Sorry could not work the tape measure that day, it is 355mm in the engine bay.
I have not driven it, as there is a lot to do ie: complete new loom, 4 branch manifold, gearbox mounts & much more.
The running gear is Blacktop 2.0 zetec with single GBS throttle body on mega squirt, MT75 gearbox, Sierra 3.9 LSD
The Mk chassis was a copy and an evolution of another like most of them. But the yellow Pinto powered Indy on eBay looks like a traditional Indy with
a lot of bent tubing. Front top wishbones, bulkhead, front section.
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posted on 8/1/21 at 05:10 PM
If you look at Ron champions book and it looks like your chassis then it could be a Martin Keenan chassis as he had a lot to do with making them
Also mc1 cars did a good co-y of mk chassis
Graham
It's 100% not an MK Chassis, I had one and yours is very different in many area. Their actually quite easy to spot due to the way MK formed the
tubing. If you really don't want to use the chassis, sell it on but really it would be far quicker and vastly cheaper to just sort and finish
this car than to start all over again. From what I can make out from the photos looks a very decent car and could be finished to a high standard. With
some regular work on it, you could easily have ready for the IVA by summer.
I have a prediction that might be considered unfair, but if you get a new chassis and start all over again it won't be completed.
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posted on 10/1/21 at 10:59 AM
A shorter bar is better then no bar also the square plastic plugs could do to be removed and a metal plate welded on th strength that area as it
looks like some welds are missing
Graham
From looking at your chassis, I’ve noticed your front wishbone fixing points are offset. My are offset but my wishbones are not designed to be offset,
as my front wheels seem further forward and my steering arms are further forward. I’ll add photos tomorrow for reference
Sadly I have but I have purchased a road going MK Indy which is correct.
I have removed the MK chassis label & removed chassis number on the frame, as I do not want to falsely advertise it, as many people have done
