Lightning
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 07:32 PM |
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Avon wider wishbones take 2
Moved the new shocks closer to the ball joints.
The lower wishbones are almost parallell to the ground. Unfortunatly in my case this means I have 2.5 inches clearance on the blade sump.
There is plenty of adjustment to raise the front a bit and I'll raise the back some more too. Sump guard next job.
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Steve
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Lightning
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 07:33 PM |
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closer view
 
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Steve
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mark.s
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 08:46 PM |
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Nice job, ive got a Avon kit coming next month (bike engine this time!) Are you selling these in sets? If so let me know
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Viper
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 09:02 PM |
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how much wider have you made the front?
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Lightning
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 09:24 PM |
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75mm each side. Still narrower than the back but not much.
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Steve
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Viper
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 10:05 PM |
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I can't remember how much wider i made mine, and looking at my pictures it's very hard to tell
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Lightning
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 01:55 PM |
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Just to let you know. I have run the car for a while now and most chuffed. There is a great deal more travel on the front and the turn in is improved.
Now to sort out the back as still toeing out too far on one side. I think I will make a rig to bolt on to the rear hub so that a lazer line misses the
rear arches. I should be able to use this to get it parallel, although might have to recheck the wishbone and mounts as it really shouldn't be
that far out. T'other side is fine!
Steve
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Viper
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 06:59 PM |
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on mime the front n/s mounts were 10mm further back than the offside..
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Lightning
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 08:48 PM |
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For some strange reason that fails to suprise me
Steve
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Lightning
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 08:59 PM |
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I had a thought though to make checking easier I could mount my magnetic laser on one of the tubes that run across the rear and shine it on the rear
disc so it hits half way up. If parallel it should reflect back to the laser.
Assumptions: The cross tubes are indeed at 90 degrees to the rest of the chassis. should be.
The disc is not worn: These are nearly new. and would have to be boted back with the wheel nuts.
It occurs that a modification could have been made so that adjustment could be made without the removal of the wishbone each time: say an adjusting
nut with left and right hand threads with locknuts???maybe next time.
Steve
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Northy
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| posted on 4/1/06 at 07:17 PM |
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Lightning,
Are you making any more wishbones?
If not do you still have the jigs?
Cheers,
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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Lightning
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| posted on 21/1/06 at 08:00 PM |
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Rob around the corner from me has the jigs. He was planning on making some more. I was planning on running these for a while to give them some
longevity testing. So far so good. I'll have a word and see if he has fitted his to his car yet but I know he was having problems elsewhere with
his drive shafts so may not have had time.
Steve
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