Ciaran
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| posted on 12/11/17 at 09:30 AM |
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R1 equipped MNR Vortx rebuild
Having owned 4 Impreza in a row I the last one being 572bhp I decided I needed something cheaper to run as a toy.
I started looking at different kit cars.
Took a good while to find something I liked.
Then the perfect car turned and I bought and had it shipped to me from NI. Early R1 4xv equipped MNR Vortx
I enjoyed a few runs over the summer but at one point it made a strange crunch after the car got a bit loose going over a damp patch and then
regaining grip.
A quick look under the car and confirmed that several welds had failed around the point where the Sierra diff is mounted in a the chassis.
Unfortunately the more I look the poorer some of the welding on the car looks. So no real choice but to strip the car down and start grinding out
welds and get them
re-done as well as repairing the actual fractures
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Hopley89
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 posted on 12/11/17 at 11:41 AM |
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I think that’s was my main concern when i was buying a kit car, i didn’t want to buy one that’s already
been built by someone else due to not knowing what the build was like and budget when building it,
and then for me to go and spent a fortune putting it right!
i know the chassis welding wasn’t done by a man in a shed but that’s the hidden horrors you may find on
a used kit car,😞
Good luck with the welding and i look forward to seeing some pics
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Shooter63
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| posted on 12/11/17 at 04:14 PM |
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I must admit when walking around the kit car show a lot of the chassis welding has been down right crap, under cuts everywhere walking off line the
full 9 yards, the only make it saw with real quality was HAWK and a procomp LA GOLD, I've got a sylva and that's nothing to shout
about.
Shooter
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SJ
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| posted on 12/11/17 at 05:46 PM |
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quote:
I must admit when walking around the kit car show a lot of the chassis welding has been down right crap, under cuts everywhere walking off line the
full 9 yards, the only make it saw with real quality was HAWK and a procomp LA GOLD, I've got a sylva and that's nothing to shout about.
Shooter
There's quite a difference between messy welding [like most of the stuff I do!] and welding so bad that stuff starts to fall off. I thought MNR
had a good reputation for quality.
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Ciaran
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| posted on 12/11/17 at 06:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SJ
quote:
I must admit when walking around the kit car show a lot of the chassis welding has been down right crap, under cuts everywhere walking off line the
full 9 yards, the only make it saw with real quality was HAWK and a procomp LA GOLD, I've got a sylva and that's nothing to shout about.
Shooter
There's quite a difference between messy welding [like most of the stuff I do!] and welding so bad that stuff starts to fall off. I thought MNR
had a good reputation for quality.
They do but my car is number 36. Think they may still have been learning. Also possible my car has been repaired before I thing as welding on most of
the chassis looks fine
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