Gone very far to the Dark Side

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Car is officially a Roller

4-28-2014

Rear is the same setup they use in the FFR racing series except for the lower control arms. The FFR factory arms are a fixed length design but I added a set of Spohn Performance adjustable ones.

Upper, lower control arms & Panhard Bar are all on adjustable spherical rod ends. This makes centering the axle & setting the pinion angle an easy task by hand.

Take your measurements. Turn the lower (front/back) & Panhard (left/right) bars to adjust the axle to center. Turn the upper bar (rotate pumpkin) to set the pinion angle then tighten all the lock nuts to hold the settings.

Big local operation is Whitby Motor Cars. Will have the body painted there but he also builds turnkey FFR cars. Very big shop covers two full size by side industrial buildings in Greensboro NC. With over 10K kits produced from Mk-I through Mk-IV there has to be a number of shops like Whitby around the country.

Web site is poor but gives an idea of what is available.
http://www.whitbymotorsports.com/UHome.asp

They use this for group shop tours

4-30-2014

Now its really really beefy.

Got the rear disk brake adaptor plates & brakes on & finished the cockpit back wiring harness, Tires look to clear everything, big relief. Still have to fit the emergency hand brake system.

Its doing an imitation monsoon here so I can't push it out to turn it around. Need to get the front pointing toward the door to have enough room drop the engine in. Hope to get my son-in-laws in over the weekend to help out.

Also have lined up the painting & will be bringing the body down to Whitby's in Greensboro in a few weeks.