The below parts are not required until your body is fitted,
• Radiator hoop.
• Radiator hoop stays (long) - (2)
• Dashboard stays (short) - (2)
• Front wing stays (2)
Upon delivery of the chassis locate it in the centre of the build area with maximum access from all four sides.
Three people, two at the rear and one at the front can easily lift the chassis. Place the chassis on the four axle
stands with the main longitudinal 2” x 4” members parallel to and about 15” above the ground. Placing
cardboard or cloth between the axle stands and the chassis will avoid damage to the powder coating.
The chassis is stamped clearly with its chassis number behind the offside front upper wishbone. Check that
this is so as it is a legal requirement. See Appendix 9 for a detailed drawing of the chassis.
4.1 Rear suspension and final drive
You will need the following parts for this operation:
• 4 special rubber “Metalastic” bushes for mounting the differential unit.
• A 6” length of 12mm studding, washers, nuts and a tubular spacer or similar, see Figure 1.
• Loctite thread lock.
• The assembled final drive and rear suspension subunit comprising differential, rear discs, main
calipers, handbrake calipers, brake pads, handbrake pads, return springs, lower wishbones, drive
shafts, hubs, and lower differential mounting plates.
• Coil over shock absorber units with springs fitted (2).
• 2 upper rear shock absorber mounting spindles (Suffolk manufacture), washers & nyloc nuts.
• 2 lower shock absorber mounting spindles from donor car (modified), washers & nyloc nuts.
• 4 spacers 5/8” ID x 3/8” for mounting the two rear shock absorbers ahead of the drive shafts.
• 2 tie bars with Rose joints fitted at one end, rubber bushes at the other.
• 1/2” UNF x 31/2” bolts (4).
• 1/2” UNF x 4” bolts (2).
• 1/2” UNF x 21/2” bolts (2).
• 1/2” UNF nyloc nuts (16).
• 1/2”ID x 11/2” OD “mudguard” washers (2).
• 1/2”ID x 11/8” OD “mudguard” washers (8) – 2 with a 3mm hole drilled near the OD.
• 4 special countersunk 1/2” UNC bolts from the donor car for attaching the final drive to the upper
mounting plate.
• 0.8mm diameter stainless steel locking wire.
• Camber setting spacers as needed (usually 2 inner and 6 outer).
4.1.1 Prepare chassis for bushes
Firstly remove all powder coating (paint) from the inner bore of the 4 mounting points (2 each in the upper &
lower cross beams respectively) for the special rubber bushes with paint stripper (e.g. Nitromors), wire
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