mattpilmoor
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 posted on 30/11/04 at 06:58 AM |
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Cortina donor chassis width?
Hi,
Chassis steel being delivered today, can't wait to get at it.
Anyway, i think i've found a decent cortina MK5 donor. The question is-do I need to widen the chassis to accomodate the back axle (or the 2l
pinto) thinking about using the mcsorely.net CAD drawings with the + 4ins width. If i can get away without doing it i'd rather go with the
standard book chassis cause i guess the fibreglass bits'll be cheaper.
Any comments appreciated.
Cheers
Matt
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James
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| posted on 30/11/04 at 08:14 AM |
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More importantly than cheaper, is easier to get hold of! No one I'm aware of produces +4 bodywork so it means doing a lot more work yourself.
If you look at pics of standard cars you'll see there's a lot of the 'caravan' look- where the back axle is a lot narrower
than the rear arches. A lot of people think this doesn't look too great.
With the wider Cortina axle and standard chassis/arches this issue goes away! 
There's maybe a potential issue with differing front/rear track but no-one I know of has yet said it doesn't work having wider track so I
guess it's ok!
Hope that helps,
James
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ned
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| posted on 30/11/04 at 09:35 AM |
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standard chassis and bodywork will be fine for cortina donor.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 30/11/04 at 06:31 PM |
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If you use a book chassis with a Cortina axle, you will need some seriously wide rear arches. Mine are 12" and my capri axle makes the wheels
fill the rear arches.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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