Hey all,
I've jus got Bill Adair (Irelands MK
Agent) to order my kit.
But i havent even got my donor car yet
So will i hav to send the donor parts away afterwards to be modified? Do i get
the steering rack with the deluxe kit
cause i was gonna but a quick rack?
Many thanx

It'd be best if you could get a donor ASAP. I gave him all my stuff at the start - worked out OK. I don't know how he'd be with not having the donor parts for collection. I can't imagine he'd get that worked up tho'!
I suspect you are snookered on the steering rack - as far as I'm aware the is still no sign of Quaife producing these (anyone know any different?).
Out of interest how long did Bill give you as a waiting time?

Hey Ali, do u think it'd be ok to give him the parts when he delivers the kit? Very suprised about the delivery time. I told him last friday (2nd) he told me to get back to him by monday on the final colour (Black) and he ordered it yesyerday. Shud have it by next tuesday or at the very latest the following tuesday. Was shocked as ur's took ages. But pleased

So wat parts to i hav to give him?
Cheers

The exchange parts are:-

Steering Rack
Bottom Steering Linkage
Front Hubs
Prop Shaft if you want but its an extra

HTH Gordon

I'd take Bill's schedules with a hefty pinch of salt. He's a nice guy and as honest as the day is long but he has kept me waiting at every turn of my build!
I'd guess you might have the kit by September!

Cheers fellas, went to the scrapyard today to get all the parts. Will give them to Bill soon. Also got me a micra radiator like hellfire

Where did you get the radiator from? They're starting to get thin on the ground in NI. Also what diff are you gonna use? And are you going for drums or discs at the back?

Got the radiator from belfast car dismantlers (i think). They might hav some more. There was also a daihatsui (think thts spelt wrong) charade radiator pretty much the same. The donor is a sierra 1.8 petrol, with drums (unfortunately), not really sure wat the diff is, but im hoping its under 3.5. Waitin on parts being delivered now
Cheers

Just be careful of the diff ratio - it could badly affect your gearing. You don't want a car that tops out at 90mph. That in itself isn't that big a problem, but that means to do 60 you'll be sitting at 8000rpm in top gear! Doesn't make for relaxed cruising.
The diff issue has be debated to death on here - have a wee search about - also it's worth getting speedcalc.xls and doing some calculations with tyre size and so on.

Yeah, was on carfolio and the sierra 1.8 diesel has a 3.38 diff. Wud this b ok to use or are the diesel diffs different? (stupid question but hey)

Back in the early days, I looked into the 1.8 TD, all the diffs I checked were 3.92

One other tip do try to get the half shafts that came with the diff as they are not always interchangable (I have a 3.62 diff and a 3.38 - but the 3.62 half shafts will not fit the 3.38 - that's why I used the 3.62 in the end.)