andrew-theasby
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 06:08 PM |
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westfield wide bodied chassis question
Hi, ive got a friend interested in buying a chassis
(link) Its a westfield widebody, but its for a live axle. Is this normal in a widebodied car? Would it be designed for a
Atlas axle? Is this an old design, would there still be new paerts available for it like the suspension and bodywork? Whats your thoughts on the
price? Any comments welcome, Thanks.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 06:15 PM |
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You could always alter the chassis to take IRS, wouldnt take much.
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procomp
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 06:17 PM |
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Hi
Yep it's a perfectly normal later live axle chassis.
The earlier chassis where narrower and shorter. when they moved onto to the later wide chassis they where still producing a few live axle cars for
some applications. All they did was move the brackets on the English axle further outwards compared to what they where on the earlier narrow cars.
It is the later wide live axle car / chassis that the locost was copied from.
Cheers Matt
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procomp
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 06:22 PM |
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Hi
However having now managed to open the link. That is not a race chassis. And if it is a lightweight Ie 18G chassis then it is useless as it dose not
have any of the RACE extra bracing in it. It will simply fall apart if it is an 18G chassis.
Cheers Matt
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 10/11/09 at 12:41 PM |
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Thanks for the warning. What sort of value would you put on a bare chassis like that?
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procomp
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| posted on 10/11/09 at 02:52 PM |
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Hi
Hard to say really about the same as any decent locost one. 500 - 600. But would need mods if it is a genuine 18G chassis. Rear roll cage is not
westfield either by the looks of it as it.s fully welded on to the chassis.
Cheers Matt
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speedystew
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| posted on 11/11/09 at 08:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by procomp
Hi
However having now managed to open the link. That is not a race chassis. And if it is a lightweight Ie 18G chassis then it is useless as it dose not
have any of the RACE extra bracing in it. It will simply fall apart if it is an 18G chassis.
Cheers Matt
are you sure matt? (i will stand corrected)but it does have the top extra brace in that goes from the dash hoop back to the tunnel that the race
chassis have,having said that i don't know that much about live axle westies.
stew.
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procomp
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 09:24 PM |
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Hi
It dose have that extra piece but where all the other extra bracing thats missing. Something not kosher about that chassis.
Cheers Matt
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 10:18 PM |
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Hes not answering e-mails either, so makes you wonder?? Thanks for the pointers anyway
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