drivers side in tonight
Then seats are a bit to wide but they will do for the time being, got them for decent money and the are like new albeit out of date, now just to get the cage feet welded in sometime this week
drivers side in tonight
Then seats are a bit to wide but they will do for the time being, got them for decent money and the are like new albeit out of date, now just to get the cage feet welded in sometime this week
Wide seats will be fine, more room for a maccies drive through
Is the colour of this the same as your BMW?
Drivers seat is sorted now, moved the mount of a bit so i clears the cage no problem. No its like a burgundy colour at the minute but it will be getting painted soon tho I'm unsure what colour either white red or grey but i fancy putting some opel motorsport style graphics on it so leaning towards white
Going to get my hubs machined for larger bearing but I have 2 pairs the standard nova items
and some facelift corsa
anyone on here running the corsa ones? They seem to have better bump steer characteristic from what I've read.
Cage should be finished this week too as I've recieved the folded plates
The main impact on bump steer will be the steering arm angle.
If the lower bit is the only difference and your lower suspension arm is not at a satisfactory angle then that's definitely worth looking at.
My thinking is that if i want to lower the car slightly at the front the corsa hubs would in theory help with the arm angle
IMO get those blasted before the larger VW bearings & vactan them for protection.
Geometry is such a big thing & all depends on how far you want to take it; the lower you go the more you end up doing. I'm at the stage where it's inverted steering rod ends, cut down steering arms, spherical bushes, hand made lower arms & bars, Corsa C bottom ball joints & raised mountings welded onto the knuckles themselves. CVs are now the limiting factor, ground clearance & that's on 17's. After making such changes it actually makes it feel like a standard setup (i.e unmodified) except the center of gravity is down about a foot
Why use corsa c ball joints? To be fair I don't want to take it to far at the minute would like to get a few track days in and take it from there
Very nice fabrication work, engine looks great too!
They're bigger & mount on 3 holes; could even be same as the astra counterpart. Just keep in mind nova part's were never designed for 3x the power 1.5x the weight; bigger wheels, brakes, solid mounts etc.
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