ludsonline
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| posted on 3/12/05 at 05:47 AM |
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Opel manta
Are opel manta uprights any good?, does anybody have a drawing for one?
Cheers
PAul
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NS Dev
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| posted on 6/12/05 at 10:37 PM |
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Aha, my pet subject, will say now that I am something of a guru on these!!!
(omoc oracle and owned 7 I think, actually 8 now!)
basically, no good really!
The axle is a trailing arm and torque tube arrangement so is a pig to convert to 5 link. The 1.6, 1.9 and 2.0 engines are CIH engines and weigh about
20 tonnes. The 1800 is ok but you might as well use a 2.0 ohc then!
Stuff like the manta steering column is very good, but the main running gear is no good at all really!
sorry!
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Cita
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| posted on 7/12/05 at 07:07 AM |
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I thought the uprights where a good replacement for the Cortina,could be wrong though
Cheers Cita
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NS Dev
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 12:13 PM |
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Yes, the uprights are useful, but you'll need very different balljoints, and some way of getting different pcd/wheels etc if using a ford rear
axle, as opel wheels wont fit the ford pcd.
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