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tiger rear suspention
hotshotbeans - 3/12/05 at 09:04 PM

hello earthlings
any body know if you can replace the tiger e1 rear suspention which weighs in at the same as the titanic with wishbones like most other 7 cars?

Avoneer - 3/12/05 at 09:56 PM

Yes, as long as you get someone reputable to make them for you.

Pat...

MikeRJ - 4/12/05 at 09:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by hotshotbeans
hello earthlings
any body know if you can replace the tiger e1 rear suspention which weighs in at the same as the titanic with wishbones like most other 7 cars?


"most" other sevens have a live axle. Conversion to IRS shouldn't be too difficult, but there is no bolt on solution AFAIK, you are going to need to modify the chassis.

Avoneer - 4/12/05 at 10:22 AM

Cats all use the Sierra trailing arms and de-dion bar.

Wouldn't be too hard to replace with fabricated parts without going IRS.

Pat...

dave1888 - 4/12/05 at 03:49 PM

any reason why you want to replace the complete rear.

britishtrident - 4/12/05 at 07:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dave1888
any reason why you want to replace the complete rear.


Understandable -- it uses the full Sierra rear end sub-assembly.

MikeRJ - 4/12/05 at 07:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
Cats all use the Sierra trailing arms and de-dion bar.

Wouldn't be too hard to replace with fabricated parts without going IRS.

Pat...


Whats the point apart from weight saving though? If you are going to start fabricating bits you might as well junk the useless semi-trailing arm arm suspension and use either a de-dion or adapt one of the other manufacturers IRS parts.

Avoneer - 4/12/05 at 11:02 PM

That's a fair point.

I have been drinking alcohol today though!

Pat...